Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud
User Guide for Microsoft Windows
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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide for Microsoft
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Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: User Guide for Microsoft Windows
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Table of Contents
What Is Amazon EC2?................................................................................................................... 1
Features of Amazon EC2........................................................................................................ 1
How to Get Started with Amazon EC2....................................................................................... 2
Related Services................................................................................................................... 3
Accessing Amazon EC2 ......................................................................................................... 3
Pricing for Amazon EC2 ......................................................................................................... 4
Basic Infrastructure................................................................................................................ 5
Amazon Machine Images and Instances............................................................................ 5
Regions and Availability Zones ........................................................................................ 6
Storage ....................................................................................................................... 6
Root Device Volume....................................................................................................... 8
Networking and Security ............................................................................................... 10
AWS Identity and Access Management........................................................................... 10
Differences between Windows Server and an Amazon EC2 Windows Instance....................... 11
Designing Your Applications to Run on Amazon EC2 Windows Instances............................... 12
Setting Up .................................................................................................................................. 14
Sign Up for AWS ................................................................................................................. 14
Create an IAM User ............................................................................................................. 15
Create a Key Pair ................................................................................................................ 16
Create a Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)....................................................................................... 17
Create a Security Group ....................................................................................................... 17
Getting Started: Launch and Connect.............................................................................................. 20
Overview............................................................................................................................ 20
Launch a Windows Instance.................................................................................................. 21
Connect to Your Windows Instance......................................................................................... 23
Create a CloudWatch Alarm to Monitor Your Instance................................................................. 24
Clean Up............................................................................................................................ 26
Best Practices............................................................................................................................. 28
Tutorials ..................................................................................................................................... 30
Tutorial: Deploy a WordPress Blog.......................................................................................... 30
Prerequisites .............................................................................................................. 30
Installing the Microsoft Web Platform Installer................................................................... 31
Installing WordPress .................................................................................................... 31
Configure Security Keys................................................................................................ 32
Administrative Information ............................................................................................. 33
Making Your WordPress Site Public................................................................................. 34
Tutorial: Installing a WAMP Server.......................................................................................... 34
Tutorial: Installing a WIMP Server........................................................................................... 37
Tutorial: Set Up a Windows HPC Cluster.................................................................................. 41
Prerequisites .............................................................................................................. 41
Task 1: Set Up Your Active Directory Domain Controller...................................................... 41
Task 2: Configure Your Head Node.................................................................................. 43
Task 3: Set Up the Compute Node.................................................................................. 45
Task 4: Scale Your HPC Compute Nodes (Optional)........................................................... 46
Running the Lizard Performance Measurement Application................................................. 47
Create_AD_security.bat ................................................................................................ 47
Create-HPC-sec-group.bat ............................................................................................ 48
Amazon Machine Images.............................................................................................................. 50
Using an AMI...................................................................................................................... 50
Creating Your Own AMI......................................................................................................... 51
Buying, Sharing, and Selling AMIs.......................................................................................... 51
Deregistering Your AMI ......................................................................................................... 51
AWS Windows AMIs............................................................................................................. 51
Selecting an Initial Windows AMI.................................................................................... 51
Keeping Your AMIs Up-to-Date....................................................................................... 52
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AMI Types .......................................................................................................................... 52
Launch Permissions..................................................................................................... 53
Storage for the Root Device........................................................................................... 53
Finding a Windows AMI........................................................................................................ 56
Finding a Windows AMI Using the Amazon EC2 Console................................................... 56
Finding an AMI Using the AWS CLI................................................................................. 57
Finding an AMI Using the Amazon EC2 CLI..................................................................... 57
Finding an AMI Using the AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell............................................. 57
Finding a Windows Server 2003 AMI............................................................................... 57
Shared AMIs....................................................................................................................... 58
Finding Shared AMIs.................................................................................................... 58
Making an AMI Public................................................................................................... 60
Sharing an AMI with Specific AWS Accounts.................................................................... 61
Using Bookmarks ........................................................................................................ 63
Paid AMIs........................................................................................................................... 63
Selling Your AMI .......................................................................................................... 64
Finding a Paid AMI....................................................................................................... 64
Purchase a Paid AMI.................................................................................................... 65
Getting the Product Code for Your Instance...................................................................... 66
Using Paid Support...................................................................................................... 66
Bills for Paid and Supported AMIs................................................................................... 67
Managing Your AWS Marketplace Subscriptions................................................................ 67
Creating an Amazon EBS-Backed Windows AMI....................................................................... 67
Creating an AMI from an Instance................................................................................... 68
Creating an Instance Store-Backed Windows AMI..................................................................... 69
Instance Store-Backed Windows AMIs............................................................................. 70
Preparing to Create an Instance Store-Backed Windows AMI.............................................. 70
Bundling an Instance Store-Backed Windows Instance....................................................... 71
Registering an Instance Store-Backed Windows AMI......................................................... 72
Copying an AMI................................................................................................................... 73
AMI Copy ................................................................................................................... 73
Copying an Amazon EC2 AMI........................................................................................ 74
Stopping a Pending AMI Copy Operation......................................................................... 75
Deregistering Your AMI ......................................................................................................... 75
Cleaning Up Your Amazon EBS-Backed AMI.................................................................... 75
Cleaning Up Your Instance Store-Backed AMI................................................................... 76
Windows AMI Versions ......................................................................................................... 77
Configuration Settings and Drivers.................................................................................. 77
Updating Your Windows Instance.................................................................................... 78
Determining Your Instance Version.................................................................................. 78
AWS Windows AMI Versions.......................................................................................... 79
Image Changes........................................................................................................... 86
Subscribing to Windows AMI Notifications........................................................................ 87
Upgrading or Migrating a Windows Server Instance........................................................... 88
Instances ................................................................................................................................... 89
Instance Types .................................................................................................................... 89
Available Instance Types............................................................................................... 90
Hardware Specifications ............................................................................................... 91
T2 Instances............................................................................................................... 91
C4 Instances .............................................................................................................. 95
D2 Instances .............................................................................................................. 98
I2 Instances .............................................................................................................. 101
HI1 Instances............................................................................................................ 103
HS1 Instances........................................................................................................... 105
R3 Instances............................................................................................................. 106
GPU Instances .......................................................................................................... 108
T1 Micro Instances..................................................................................................... 109
EBS-Optimized Instances............................................................................................ 116
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Resizing Instances ..................................................................................................... 118
Spot Instances .................................................................................................................. 121
Concepts.................................................................................................................. 121
How to Get Started..................................................................................................... 121
Related Services ....................................................................................................... 122
Pricing ..................................................................................................................... 122
How Spot Instances Work............................................................................................ 123
Spot Instance Pricing History....................................................................................... 126
Spot Instance Requests .............................................................................................. 127
Spot Fleets ............................................................................................................... 132
Spot Bid Status.......................................................................................................... 137
Spot Instance Interruptions.......................................................................................... 141
Spot Instance Data Feed............................................................................................. 143
Spot Instance Limits................................................................................................... 145
Instance Metadata and User Data......................................................................................... 147
Retrieving Instance Metadata....................................................................................... 147
Adding User Data ...................................................................................................... 149
Retrieving User Data .................................................................................................. 150
Retrieving Dynamic Data............................................................................................. 150
Instance Metadata Categories...................................................................................... 151
Importing and Exporting Instances........................................................................................ 155
Prerequisites............................................................................................................. 156
Importing a VM into Amazon EC2 Using ImportImage...................................................... 163
Importing a VM into Amazon EC2 Using ImportInstance................................................... 171
Exporting Amazon EC2 Instances................................................................................. 181
Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................... 183
Instance Lifecycle ...................................................................................................................... 188
Instance Launch ................................................................................................................ 188
Instance Stop and Start (Amazon EBS-backed instances only).................................................. 189
Instance Reboot ................................................................................................................ 189
Instance Retirement ........................................................................................................... 189
Instance Termination .......................................................................................................... 190
Differences Between Reboot, Stop, and Terminate................................................................... 190
Launch............................................................................................................................. 191
Launching an Instance................................................................................................ 192
Launching an Instance From an Existing Instance............................................................ 197
Launching an AWS Marketplace Instance....................................................................... 198
Connect ........................................................................................................................... 201
Prerequisites............................................................................................................. 201
Connecting to Windows............................................................................................... 201
Transfer Files to Windows Server Instances.................................................................... 203
Stop and Start................................................................................................................... 203
Overview .................................................................................................................. 204
Stopping and Starting Your Instances ............................................................................ 205
Modifying a Stopped Instance ...................................................................................... 206
Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................... 206
Reboot............................................................................................................................. 206
Retire............................................................................................................................... 207
Identifying Instances Scheduled for Retirement............................................................... 207
Working with Instances Scheduled for Retirement............................................................ 208
Terminate ......................................................................................................................... 209
Instance Termination .................................................................................................. 209
Terminating an Instance.............................................................................................. 210
Enabling Termination Protection.................................................................................... 210
Changing the Shutdown Behavior................................................................................. 211
Preserving Amazon EBS Volumes on Instance Termination............................................... 212
Recover ........................................................................................................................... 214
OS Upgrade...................................................................................................................... 215
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Configure Instances ................................................................................................................... 220
Using EC2Config ............................................................................................................... 220
Overview of EC2Config Tasks ...................................................................................... 221
Ec2 Service Properties ............................................................................................... 222
EC2Config Settings Files............................................................................................. 226
Executing User Data................................................................................................... 229
Sending Performance Counters to CloudWatch and Logs to CloudWatch Logs..................... 230
Installing the Latest Version of EC2Config...................................................................... 241
Stopping, Restarting, Deleting, or Uninstalling EC2Config................................................. 242
PV Drivers ........................................................................................................................ 243
AWS PV Drivers ........................................................................................................ 246
Citrix PV Drivers ........................................................................................................ 247
RedHat PV Drivers..................................................................................................... 247
Related Topics........................................................................................................... 248
Upgrading PV Drivers ................................................................................................. 248
Troubleshooting PV Drivers.......................................................................................... 253
Setting the Password.......................................................................................................... 260
Changing the Administrator Password After Connecting.................................................... 260
Resetting an Administrator Password that's Lost or Expired............................................... 260
Setting the Time................................................................................................................. 264
Changing the Time Zone............................................................................................. 264
Configuring Network Time Protocol (NTP)...................................................................... 265
Configuring Time Settings for Windows Server 2008 and later............................................ 265
Configuring Time Settings for Windows Server 2003........................................................ 266
Related Topics........................................................................................................... 266
Managing Configuration ...................................................................................................... 267
Grant IAM Users Access to SSM.................................................................................. 267
Prepare the Instance .................................................................................................. 268
Create the JSON File.................................................................................................. 269
Create the Configuration Document .............................................................................. 270
Associate the Configuration Document with the Instance................................................... 271
Manually Apply the Configuration.................................................................................. 271
Disassociate the Configuration Document from the Instance.............................................. 272
Delete the Configuration Document............................................................................... 272
Joining an AWS Domain...................................................................................................... 272
Limitations ................................................................................................................ 273
Prerequisites............................................................................................................. 273
Joining a Domain Using the AWS CLI or AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell....................... 274
Joining a Domain Using the Amazon EC2 Launch Wizard................................................. 276
Getting the Domain Join Status.................................................................................... 277
Connecting To Your Instance Using Domain Credentials.................................................... 278
Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................... 278
Viewing Information About Your Associations.................................................................. 280
Changing an Association............................................................................................. 280
Deleting a Configuration Document............................................................................... 280
Sending Log Data to CloudWatch......................................................................................... 281
Step 1: Prepare Your Instance...................................................................................... 281
Step 2: Create a JSON File.......................................................................................... 283
Step 3: Configure the Region and Namespace for CloudWatch and CloudWatch Logs........... 285
Step 4: Configure the Performance Counters and Logs to Send to CloudWatch and CloudWatch
Logs ........................................................................................................................ 287
Step 5: Configure the Flow Control................................................................................ 292
Step 6: Create a Configuration Document....................................................................... 293
Step 7: Associate the Configuration Document with the Instance........................................ 293
Configuring a Secondary Private IP Address........................................................................... 294
Prerequisites............................................................................................................. 294
Step 1: Configure Static IP Addressing on Your Windows Instance ..................................... 294
Step 2: Configure a Secondary Private IP Address for Your Windows Instance ..................... 296
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Step 3: Configure Applications to Use the Secondary Private IP Address............................. 297
Monitoring ................................................................................................................................ 299
Automated and Manual Monitoring........................................................................................ 300
Automated Monitoring Tools......................................................................................... 300
Manual Monitoring Tools.............................................................................................. 301
Best Practices for Monitoring................................................................................................ 302
Monitoring the Status of Your Instances.................................................................................. 302
Instance Status Checks............................................................................................... 302
Scheduled Events ...................................................................................................... 307
Monitoring Your Instances with CloudWatch............................................................................ 311
Enabling or Disabling Detailed Monitoring on an Amazon EC2 Instance............................... 311
View Amazon EC2 Metrics .......................................................................................... 314
Get Statistics for Metrics ............................................................................................. 321
Graphing Metrics ....................................................................................................... 338
Create a CloudWatch Alarm......................................................................................... 342
Create Alarms That Stop, Terminate, or Recover an Instance............................................. 349
Monitoring Scripts for Amazon EC2 Instances......................................................................... 368
Amazon CloudWatch Monitoring Scripts for Windows....................................................... 368
Network and Security ................................................................................................................. 378
Key Pairs.......................................................................................................................... 379
Creating Your Key Pair Using Amazon EC2..................................................................... 379
Importing Your Own Key Pair to Amazon EC2.................................................................. 380
Retrieving the Public Key for Your Key Pair on Windows.................................................... 382
Verifying Your Key Pair's Fingerprint .............................................................................. 382
Deleting Your Key Pair................................................................................................. 383
Security Groups................................................................................................................. 383
Security Groups for EC2-Classic................................................................................... 384
Security Groups for EC2-VPC...................................................................................... 384
Security Group Rules ................................................................................................. 385
Default Security Groups .............................................................................................. 386
Custom Security Groups ............................................................................................. 386
Creating a Security Group........................................................................................... 387
Describing Your Security Groups................................................................................... 388
Adding Rules to a Security Group................................................................................. 388
Deleting Rules from a Security Group............................................................................ 389
Deleting a Security Group............................................................................................ 390
API and Command Overview....................................................................................... 390
Controlling Access ............................................................................................................. 391
Network Access to Your Instance.................................................................................. 391
Amazon EC2 Permission Attributes............................................................................... 391
IAM and Amazon EC2 ................................................................................................ 392
IAM Policies .............................................................................................................. 393
IAM Roles................................................................................................................. 426
Network Access......................................................................................................... 432
Amazon VPC .................................................................................................................... 433
Benefits of Using a VPC.............................................................................................. 434
Differences Between EC2-Classic and EC2-VPC............................................................. 434
Sharing and Accessing Resources Between EC2-Classic and EC2-VPC............................. 437
Amazon VPC Documentation....................................................................................... 438
Supported Platforms................................................................................................... 438
ClassicLink ............................................................................................................... 439
Migrating a Windows Instance from EC2-Classic to a VPC................................................ 446
Instance IP Addressing ....................................................................................................... 455
Private IP Addresses and Internal DNS Hostnames......................................................... 456
Public IP Addresses and External DNS Hostnames......................................................... 456
Elastic IP Addresses................................................................................................... 457
Amazon DNS Server .................................................................................................. 457
Differences Between EC2-Classic and EC2-VPC............................................................. 458
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Determining Your Public, Private, and Elastic IP Addresses............................................... 458
Assigning a Public IP Address...................................................................................... 460
Multiple Private IP Addresses....................................................................................... 461
Elastic IP Addresses........................................................................................................... 465
Elastic IP Addresses in EC2-Classic.............................................................................. 466
Elastic IP Addresses in a VPC...................................................................................... 466
Differences Between EC2-Classic and EC2-VPC............................................................. 467
Migrating an Elastic IP Address from EC2-Classic to EC2-VPC.......................................... 467
Working with Elastic IP Addresses................................................................................ 468
Using Reverse DNS for Email Applications..................................................................... 472
Elastic IP Address Limit .............................................................................................. 472
Elastic Network Interfaces ................................................................................................... 472
Private IP Addresses Per ENI Per Instance Type.............................................................. 473
Creating a Management Network.................................................................................. 475
Use Network and Security Appliances in Your VPC.......................................................... 476
Creating Dual-homed Instances with Workloads/Roles on Distinct Subnets.......................... 476
Create a Low Budget High Availability Solution................................................................ 476
Best Practices for Configuring Network Interfaces............................................................ 477
Creating a Network Interface........................................................................................ 477
Deleting a Network Interface........................................................................................ 478
Viewing Details about a Network Interface...................................................................... 478
Attaching a Network Interface When Launching an Instance.............................................. 479
Attaching a Network Interface to a Stopped or Running Instance........................................ 480
Detaching a Network Interface from an Instance.............................................................. 480
Changing the Security Group of a Network Interface........................................................ 481
Changing the Source/Destination Checking of a Network Interface..................................... 481
Associating an Elastic IP Address with a Network Interface............................................... 482
Disassociating an Elastic IP Address from a Network Interface........................................... 483
Changing Termination Behavior for a Network Interface.................................................... 483
Adding or Editing a Description for a Network Interface..................................................... 484
Adding or Editing Tags for a Network Interface................................................................ 484
Placement Groups ............................................................................................................. 485
Placement Group Limitations ....................................................................................... 485
Launching Instances into a Placement Group................................................................. 486
Deleting a Placement Group........................................................................................ 487
Network MTU.................................................................................................................... 487
Jumbo Frames (9001 MTU) ......................................................................................... 488
Path MTU Discovery................................................................................................... 489
Check the Path MTU Between Two Hosts....................................................................... 489
Check and Set the MTU on your Amazon EC2 Instance.................................................... 489
Enabling Enhanced Networking............................................................................................ 491
Supported Instance Types ........................................................................................... 491
Requirements............................................................................................................ 492
Testing Whether Enhanced Networking Is Enabled........................................................... 492
Enabling Enhanced Networking on Windows .................................................................. 493
Storage .................................................................................................................................... 495
Amazon EBS .................................................................................................................... 496
Features of Amazon EBS............................................................................................ 497
EBS Volumes ............................................................................................................ 498
EBS Snapshots ......................................................................................................... 528
EBS Encryption ......................................................................................................... 534
EBS Performance ...................................................................................................... 536
EBS Commands ........................................................................................................ 550
Instance Store................................................................................................................... 552
Instance Storage Concepts ......................................................................................... 552
Instance Stores Available on Instance Types................................................................... 553
Instance Store Device Names...................................................................................... 555
Instance Store Usage Scenarios .................................................................................. 556
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Adding Instance Store Volumes to an AMI...................................................................... 557
Amazon S3....................................................................................................................... 558
Amazon S3 and Amazon EC2...................................................................................... 558
Instance Volume Limits ....................................................................................................... 560
Linux-Specific Volume Limits........................................................................................ 560
Windows-Specific Volume Limits................................................................................... 560
Bandwidth vs Capacity................................................................................................ 561
Device Naming .................................................................................................................. 561
Available Device Names.............................................................................................. 561
Device Name Considerations ....................................................................................... 562
Block Device Mapping ........................................................................................................ 562
Block Device Mapping Concepts................................................................................... 562
AMI Block Device Mapping.......................................................................................... 565
Instance Block Device Mapping.................................................................................... 567
Mapping Disks to Volumes................................................................................................... 572
Listing the Disks Using Windows Disk Management......................................................... 572
Listing the Disks Using Windows PowerShell.................................................................. 574
Disk Device to Device Name Mapping........................................................................... 575
Using Public Data Sets ....................................................................................................... 578
Public Data Set Concepts............................................................................................ 578
Finding Public Data Sets............................................................................................. 578
Creating a Public Data Set Volume from a Snapshot........................................................ 579
Attaching and Mounting the Public Data Set Volume......................................................... 580
Resources and Tags................................................................................................................... 581
Resource Locations............................................................................................................ 581
Listing and Filtering Your Resources...................................................................................... 582
Advanced Search....................................................................................................... 582
Listing Resources Using the Console ............................................................................ 583
Filtering Resources Using the Console.......................................................................... 584
Listing and Filtering Using the CLI and API..................................................................... 585
Tagging Your Resources...................................................................................................... 585
Tag Basics................................................................................................................ 586
Tag Restrictions......................................................................................................... 586
Tagging Your Resources for Billing ................................................................................ 588
Working with Tags in the Console.................................................................................. 588
API and CLI Overview................................................................................................. 593
Service Limits.................................................................................................................... 594
Viewing Your Current Limits ......................................................................................... 594
Requesting a Limit Increase......................................................................................... 595
Usage Reports .................................................................................................................. 595
Available Reports....................................................................................................... 595
Getting Set Up for Usage Reports................................................................................. 595
Granting IAM Users Access to the Amazon EC2 Usage Reports........................................ 597
Instance Usage ......................................................................................................... 597
Reserved Instance Utilization....................................................................................... 601
AWS Systems Manager for Microsoft System Center VMM................................................................ 607
Features........................................................................................................................... 607
Limitations ........................................................................................................................ 608
Requirements.................................................................................................................... 608
Getting Started.................................................................................................................. 608
Setting Up ........................................................................................................................ 608
Sign Up for AWS........................................................................................................ 608
Set Up Access for Users............................................................................................. 609
Deploy the Add-In ...................................................................................................... 611
Provide Your AWS Credentials...................................................................................... 611
Managing EC2 Instances .................................................................................................... 612
Creating an EC2 Instance............................................................................................ 612
Viewing Your Instances ............................................................................................... 614
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Connecting to Your Instance......................................................................................... 615
Rebooting Your Instance.............................................................................................. 615
Stopping Your Instance................................................................................................ 616
Starting Your Instance................................................................................................. 616
Terminating Your Instance............................................................................................ 616
Importing Your VM.............................................................................................................. 616
Prerequisites............................................................................................................. 617
Importing Your Virtual Machine..................................................................................... 617
Checking the Import Task Status................................................................................... 618
Backing Up Your Imported Instance............................................................................... 618
Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................. 619
Error: Add-in cannot be installed................................................................................... 619
Installation Errors....................................................................................................... 619
Checking the Log File................................................................................................. 620
Errors Importing a VM................................................................................................. 620
Uninstalling the Add-In................................................................................................ 620
AWS Management Pack.............................................................................................................. 621
Overview of AWS Management Pack for System Center 2012................................................... 622
Overview of AWS Management Pack for System Center 2007 R2............................................... 623
Downloading ..................................................................................................................... 624
System Center 2012................................................................................................... 624
System Center 2007 R2.............................................................................................. 625
Deploying ......................................................................................................................... 625
Step 1: Installing the AWS Management Pack................................................................. 626
Step 2: Configuring the Watcher Node........................................................................... 627
Step 3: Create an AWS Run As Account........................................................................ 628
Step 4: Run the Add Monitoring Wizard.......................................................................... 630
Step 5: Configure Ports and Endpoints........................................................................... 634
Using ............................................................................................................................... 635
Views....................................................................................................................... 635
Discoveries ............................................................................................................... 649
Monitors ................................................................................................................... 650
Rules ....................................................................................................................... 650
Events ..................................................................................................................... 651
Health Model............................................................................................................. 652
Customizing the AWS Management Pack....................................................................... 653
Upgrading......................................................................................................................... 654
System Center 2012................................................................................................... 654
System Center 2007 R2.............................................................................................. 654
Uninstalling ....................................................................................................................... 655
System Center 2012................................................................................................... 655
System Center 2007 R2.............................................................................................. 655
Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................. 655
Errors 4101 and 4105................................................................................................. 656
Error 4513 ................................................................................................................ 656
Event 623 ................................................................................................................. 656
Events 2023 and 2120................................................................................................ 657
Event 6024 ............................................................................................................... 657
General Troubleshooting for System Center 2012 — Operations Manager............................ 657
General Troubleshooting for System Center 2007 R2........................................................ 658
AWS Diagnostics for Microsoft Windows Server.............................................................................. 659
Analysis Rules................................................................................................................... 659
Analyzing the Current Instance............................................................................................. 660
Collecting Data From an Offline Instance................................................................................ 662
Data File Storage............................................................................................................... 662
Troubleshooting ......................................................................................................................... 664
No console output.............................................................................................................. 664
Instance terminates immediately........................................................................................... 665
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