Server 2012 Lessons 1-5
what physical disk technology offers the fastest transmissions speeds?
SCSI
Using file and storage services in server manager, you will create a new share. The New Share Wizard prompts you for a profile. You need a profile for basic SMB sharing with full share and NTFS permissions. Which do you choose?
SMB Share-Quick
Virtualization makes it possible to separate vital network functions on different systems without purchasing additional network adapters for each one. What is the drawback?
Single network adapter means a single point of failure
Internet printing creates a website that enables users on the Internet to send print jobs to shared Windows printers. How can an administrator add Internet Printing to a designated print server?
Step 1 a. Using Server Manager's Add Roles and Features Wizard, Print and Document Services role Step 2 d. On the Select role services page, select Internet Printing Step 3 c. The Add Roles and Features wizard shows dependencies such as the Web Server (IIS) Step 4 b. See new Print Services icon appear on Server Manager
You have finished a new installation. Order the steps to rename the computer and join it to a domain using the command prompt.
Step 1: Ensure DHCP has already configured the computer's TCP/IP client. Step 2: Type netdom renamecomputer %ComputerName% /NewName: <NewComputerName> Step 3: Restart the computer by typing shutdown /r Step 4: Type netdom join %ComputerName% /domain:<DomainName> /userd:<UserName> /passwordd:*
Order the steps to install Windows Server 2012.
Step 1: Boot up the computer with the Windows Server 2012 DVD. Step 2:Select the appropriate language, time and currency format, etc. Step 3:After accepting the license terms, select the type of installation. Step 4: Select whether a clean installation or an upgrade. Step 5: Select a partition on which to install, or create a new partition. step 6: Enter the password associated with the new Administrator account.
You have finished a new installation. Order the steps to rename the computer and join it to a domain using the command prompt.
Step 1: Ensure DHCP has already configured the computer's TCP/IP client. Step 2: Type netdom renamecomputer %ComputerName% /NewName: <NewComputerName> Step 3: Restart the computer by typing shutdown /r Step 4: Type netdom join %ComputerName% /domain:<DomainName> /userd:<UserName> /passwordd:*
Order the steps to assign printer permissions.
Step 1: Log on to Windows Server 2012 with administrative privileges. Step 2 a. Open the Control Panel and select Hardware > Devices and Printers. Step 3 f. Right-click one of the printer icons and, from the context window, select Printer Properties. Step 4 d. Click the Security tab of the printer's Properties sheet. Step 5 e. Click Add, then select a principal (e.g. user, computer, service account or group) to add. Step 6 c. Select the type of permissions to assign (Allow or Deny).
Order the steps to set share permissions
Step 1: Log on to Windows Server 2012 with administrative privileges. Step 2: In Server Manage, click the File and Storage Services icon. In the submenu click Shares Step 3: From the Shares tile, right-click a share and from the context menu, select properties. Step 4: Click permissions and then click customize permissions. Step 5: Click the Share tab. Click Add and then select a principal (for example, user, computer, service account, or group) Step 6: Select the type of permissions to assign (allow or deny)
What is the key benefit behind delegating server administration
In larger networks, delegation restricts access by using restricted permissions
When you manage permissions in any of the Windows Server 2012 permission systems, you are actually creating and modifying the ____ in an _______
access control entries, access control list
Active Directory Rights Management Services are available on which Windows Server 2012 edition?
all windows server 2012 editions
To extend or shrink a volume of which built-in groups must you be a member?
backup operators or administrators
Before you perform any upgrade procedure, you should ______
backup the entire system.
The easiest way to deploy several printers to several clients is to ______.
configure the needed policy in a GPO. Then link the GPO to either the users or the computers.
what fault tolerant storage solution is relatively simple but expensive compared to RAID
disk mirroring
What factor is not important for choosing the best Windows Server 2012 edition for your environment?
heating and cooling system of the datacenter
What is the key benefit behind delegating server administration?
in large networks delegation restricts access by using restricted permissions
users generally do not understand the concept of network drive sharing. they only know they can store their files "on my F: drive" and are unaware that someone else's F:drive might point to a different folder. what do we call this concept of having a drive letter associated to a user's network folder
mapping drives
What is the command-line tool for renaming a computer and what is the command? Choose the proper syntax.
netdom renamecomputer %ComputerName% /NewName: <NewComputerName>
To simplify the administration process, you should always assign permissions to ____ rather than to individuals
security groups
After initially configuring a new server, you can fully manage it without needing to be present at its console. What tool allows this?
server manager
What is the preferred graphical tool in Windows server 2012 with which you can manage storage pools and create virtual disks?
server manager
While all your servers meet the minimum hardware requirements, some servers have "strengths" which make them better suited for a particular role. Which new server hardware would be best for a server hosting complex applications?
server with expanded memory and faster processors
While all your servers meet the minimum hardware requirements, some servers have "strengths" which make them better suited for a particular role. Which new server hardware would be best for a file server?
server with hard drives with higher speeds and larger caches, plus a high performance drive interface
While all your servers meet the minimum hardware requirements, some servers have "strengths" which make them better suited for a particular role. Which new server hardware would be best for a web server?
server with high-end network adapters
after you install your physical disks, you can concatenate their space together, from which you can create virtual disk of any size. This total space is called a ____
storage pool
Windows Server 2012 includes a new disk visualization technology called ________ which enables a server to concatenate storage space from individual physical disks
storage spaces
Which of the following is NOT a basic printer permission?
take new ownership
after you create a new VHD, it appears as a ___ in the disk management snap-in and in Server manager
uninitialized disk
what disk types can be extended
virtual disks only
what is the current trend in server deployment?
virtualized servers.
If massive shares were split across multiple servers what is the best way to make them appear as a single, unified directory tree
windows server 2012 distributed file system
what is the difference between striped and spanned volumes
with striped volumes the system writes data one strip at a time per disk in the volume
______ define the primary functions of a server. A server with the Web Server (IIS) role installed is colloquially referred to as a(n) ________, no matter what other functions it might perform. Select the word pair that fills the blanks.
Roles; web server
what is the minimum number of physical disks required to create a RAID 5 volume
3
What is the maximum number of shadow copies supported by Windows Server 2012?
64
What physical disk technology runs at 600 MB/sec. However it is no longer suitable for large enterprise servers
SATA
To configure a printer pool, you enabled printer pooling on the Ports tab under Printer Properties. You have five print devices ready for the printer pool. Of those five, four are in one room. Of the four, three use the same print driver. Of those three, two print devices are identical. How many print devices are in your printer pool?
3
The difference between in-place upgrade and a migration is ________.
A migration copies vital information from the existing Server to a clean installation of Windows 2012.
What physical disk technology runs at 133 MB/sec, now considered obsolete
ATA
Your company uses virtualized servers extensively and has many offline VMs. A role must be added to some offline VHDs. What do you do?
After selecting Add Roles and Features, you can browse for the offline VHD
What is the advantage of deploying roles to a VHD file?
An administrator can modify server roles to offline VMs without starting the VM.
File and Storage Services falls into which of the following basic role categories.
Application Services
What permission do users have by default regarding printer access and the ability to manage documents?
By default, all printers assign the Allow Print permission to Everyone.
Your company will upgrade to Windows Server 2012. The present environment is Windows Server 2008 R2 servers or higher. What is the best path to upgrade to Windows Server 2012?
Clean installation of Windows Server 2012.
At the end of installing a role using Server Manager, you can export the configuration settings to a script file. Then, using PowerShell, you use the script to install roles and features on another Windows Server 2012. What is the PowerShell cmdlet for executing this script?
Install-WindowsFeature -ConfigurationFilePath <ExportedConfig.xml>
Active directory lightweight directory services is available on what Windows Server editions?
Datacenter, Standard and Foundation
Using Features on Demand results in saving potentially significant amounts of disk space. Features on Demand becomes a third installation state per feature in Windows Server 2012. While previous versions allowed only Enable or Disable, Features on Demand provides _______.
Disabled and deleted
The company's Board of Directors would like you to create private folders, which users should not know exist. while you are creating the new network share for their folders, which New Share option should you choose to prevent users from seeing the folders?
Enable access-based enumeration
If you want to examine the VHD to see what roles and features are already installed how do you proceed?
Examine the VHD while still offline using the Add Roles and Features Wizard.
The Server Core installation option in Windows Server 2012 effectively removes _______.
Graphical User Interface
What are the four parameters to set when arriving at the Use The Following IP Address section of the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties sheet?
IP Address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, and Preferred DNS Server
what physical disk technology is still considered the traditional storage interface for enterprise servers. it offers transmission rates up to 640 MB/sec
SCSI
What printing configuration makes the computer with the locally attached print device function as a print server?
Locally Attached Printer Sharing
What basic printer permission do you grant a user to be able to pause, resume, restart and cancel their own print jobs, as well as the print jobs of others?
Manage documents
what was the partition style prior to Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista
Master Boot Record (MBR) only
what was the partition style(s) prior Windows server 2008 and windows vista
Master Boot Record (MBR) only
using file and storage services in server manager you will create a new share. the new share wizard prompts you for a profile. you need a profile that provides basic NFS sharing with authentication and permissions. which do you choose?
NFS Share-Quick
With one network printing configuration, you do not have to attach print devices to computers; instead, you can connect them directly to the network.
Network-attached Printing
What are the Windows Server Migration Tools?
PowerShell cmdlets to enable administrators migrate roles between servers
what RAID level is a stripe set with distributed parity. this RAID level is implemented in windows server 2012
RAID 5
what RAID levels are supported by Windows Server 2012?
RAID levels 0, 1, and 5
What is the new file system available in Windows Server 2012?
ReFS
What are the 2 ways for remote clients to connect to a server in order to benefit from the Remote Desktop Easy Print driver?
Remote Desktop Connection program or the RD Web Access site
You are increasingly skilled with PowerShell. You and your team decide to rely solely on the command line. What is your next step?
Replace the GUI with Server Core
Order the steps to create a virtual disk
Step 1: Log on with administrative privileges and open server manager Step 2: Click Files and Storage services > storage pools. from the virtual disks tile, select new virtual disk from the tasks menu Step 3: from their respective pages, select the pool in which you want to create a virtual disk and type a name for the virtual disk Step 4: from the select the storage layout page, choose either simple, mirror and parity. Step 5: from the specify the provisioning type choose either Thin and Fixed fixed Step 6: specify the virtual disk size, then click create to conform.
Order the steps to install a role or feature to an offline VHD file.
Step 1: Log on with administrative privileges and start Server Manager. Step 2: From the Manage menu, select Add Roles and Features. Step 3: Choose the select installation type (role-based or feature-based installation selected) Step 4: For destination server, select virtual hard disk Step 5: type in or browse to the location of the VHD file you want to modify. Step 6: Close the wizard to dismount the VHD. Step 7: select the role and required features
you're in the process of installing windows server 2012 on a server. you wish to use different settings than the default. order the manual steps in preparing the hard drive
Step 1: Select a partitioning style: the master boot record (MBR) partition style and the GUID (Globally Unique identifier) partition table (GPT) Step 2: select a disk type: basic and dynamic Step 3: divide the disk into partitions or volumes Step 4: format the partitions or volumes with a file system: the NTFS file system, the FAT file system (including the FAT16, FAT32 and exFAT variants) and the new ReFS file system
How should the steps arrange to create and register a Windows Server Migration Tools Distribution Folder? The steps should end with starting the migration tools in a new PowerShell session.
Step 1: Start the destination server and log on with administrative privileges. Step 2:Run the SmigDeploy.exe program with the appropriate command line switches for the platform and operating system version of the source server, using the following syntax: SmigDeploy.exe /package /architecture [x86|amd64] /os [WS08|WS08R2|WS03] /path <deployment_folder_path> Step 3:Copy the distribution folder to the source server. Step 4: At a command prompt on the destination server's folder, type: SmigDeploy.exe Step 5: Type: Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Migration
order the steps to install windows server 2012
Step 1:Boot up the computer with the Windows Server 2012 DVD. Step 2:Select the appropriate language, time and currency format, etc. Step 3: After accepting the license terms, select the type of installation. step 4:Select whether a clean installation or an upgrade. step 5:Select a partition on which to install, or create a new partition. step 6: Enter the password associated with the new Administrator account.
You are attempting to install Windows Server 2012. However, the installation stops because you require a third-party driver. Order the steps needed to install the third-party driver.
Step 1:On the Where do you want to install Windows? page, click the Load Driver button. A Load Driver message box displays. Step 2: Insert the storage medium containing the driver into the computer. You can supply drivers on a CD, DVD, or USB flash drive or other available media. Step 3: Click OK if the driver is in the root directory of the storage medium, or Browse if you need to locate the driver in the directory structure of the disk. A list of the drivers found on the disk appears on the Select the driver to install page. Choose a driver, then click Next. Step 4: When the driver loads, the partitions and unallocated space on the associated disks appear in the list on the Where do you want to install Windows? page Step 5: Select the partition or area of unallocated space where you want to install Windows Server 2012 and then continue with the rest of the installation procedure.
How should the steps arrange to create and register a Windows Server Migration Tools Distribution Folder? The steps should end with starting the migration tools in a new PowerShell session.
Step 1:Start the destination server and log on with administrative privileges. Step 2:Run the SmigDeploy.exe program with the appropriate command line switches for the platform and operating system version of the source server, using the following syntax: SmigDeploy.exe /package /architecture [x86|amd64] /os [WS08|WS08R2|WS03] /path <deployment_folder_path> Step 3:Copy the distribution folder to the source server Step 4: At a command prompt on the destination server's folder, type: SmigDeploy.exe Step 5: Type: Add-PSSnapin Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Migration
What was the former name of Remote Desktop Services?
Terminal Services
With the Volume Shadow Copy Service enabled, what does the system do if the maximum number of copies supported by Windows Server 2012 is reached?
The system copies, and then deletes the oldest copy.
What are the differences, physically and logically, between the two printing configurations: Network-attached Printing and Network-attached Printer Sharing?
They are essentially the same physically. Logically, the print jobs are handled differently.
Why has Microsoft released four different editions of Windows Server 2012?
To offer various features sets and at different price points
Why do administrators delegate server administration?
To separate and limit full administrator access in large networks
As Windows Server 2012 focuses more on virtualization, administrators must consider the roles a server performs both at deployment as well as in the future.
True
You want to add a role to several Windows Server 2012 systems on the network. Which of the following is correct?
Use Server Manager on any Windows Server 2012 to connect and install the role to all the systems.
On a Windows Server 2012 server, you decide to change the interface. Select the best answer to convert a GUI server to Server Core.
Use Server Manager to start the Remove Roles and Features Wizard
On a Windows Server 2012 server, you decide to change the interface. Select the best answer to convert a GUI server to Server Core.
Use Server Manager to start the Remove Roles and Features Wizard.
You decide to change the interface on your Windows Server 2012 server. Select the best answer to convert a GUI server to Server Core.
Use Server Manager to start the Remove Roles and Features Wizard.
You understand the benefits of Server Core. However, you don't want to give up some traditional server administration tools. What is your best option as a compromise?
Use the Minimal Server Interface
Across multiple sites are several servers on which you must install the same roles and features. The servers are not all on the network, so you need a configuration file you can distribute to administrators at the various sites. What do you do?
Using Server Manager's Add Roles and Features Wizard, you end by selecting Export configuration settings.
Across multiple sites are several servers on which you must install the same roles and features. The servers are not all on the network, so you need a configuration file you can distribute to administrators at the various sites. What do you do? Answer
Using Server Manager's Add Roles and Features Wizard, you end by selecting Export configuration settings.
Your server has two adapters. You require a way to add fault tolerance to the network, but do not need any additional throughput. What solution do you select?
Using Switch Independent Mode, employ NIC teaming, and then active/standby mode.
What is best practice for delegating server administration
When delegating administrative tasks, grant users only the necessary privileges.
what is best practice for delegating server administration?
When delegating administrative tasks, grant users only the necessary privileges.
Windows Server 2012 provides hardware-independent NIC teaming or bonding to allow for better network performance and adapter fault tolerance. However, in what scenario is the NIC teaming limited?
When network traffic consists of large TCP sequences
The Windows Server 2012 edition available through the Microsoft volume-licensing program and from original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), but not retail is _________.
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
The Windows Server 2012 edition which is designed for servers with up to 64 processors is _____.
Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
The Windows Server 2012 edition limited to one physical or virtual server instance and a maximum of 25 users is ________.
Windows Server 2012 Essentials
The Services tile for the Local Server in Server Manager is similar to the traditional Services MMC snap-in. How is it different?
You can start, stop, pause, or resume a service, but to change its Start Type, you require the Services MMC snap-in.
There are many different printing configurations available with the default Windows Server 2012 installation. However, additional features are available after installing the Print and Document Services role. Which of these would be available only after installing the Print and Document Services role? (Select all that apply)
a. Internet Printing b. Print Server d. Distributed Scan Services
Order the steps to install a printer in Windows Server 2012. NOT ALL STEPS WILL BE USED.
a. Select the print device's specific manufacturer and model. c. Specify the port (or other interface) the computer will use to access the print device. b. Supply a printer driver specifically created for that print device.
