AD Info / DNS Flashcards
What step is required by nearly every Server Role immediately after installation?
Post Deployment Config (Orange symbol next to Flag icon in server manager).
Lease Duration
specifies how long a client can use an IP address from this scope and either renews it or grabs a new IP
WINS Server is…
Out of Date service, DNS replaced this
What is a DHCP Exclusion
A range of IP’s that aren’t to be supplied to clients by DHCP
Where is the file stored for Primary DNS Zones?
%windir%\system32\dns
What is the purpose of a Primary DNS Zone?
Allow DNS clients to resolve host name IP addresses
Primary DNS is the only one that can be edited/updated, True or False?
True
Whats that Group Policy Feature you can’t fucking remember you dumb retard?
Item Level Targeting
Secondary DNS Zone Purpose?
Redundancy and failover (can’t edit)
Stub DNS Zone
Less resource intensive version of a secondary zone? wtfff
SOA
Start of Authority - Contains info about the DNS server that provides the data for this zone? wtf
NS
Name Server (remember nslookup? yeah use that to troubleshoot DNS bitch).
Every Zone has an NS Resource Record? wtfff
A
Address - Maps an FQDN to an ip address
FQDN
Fully Qualified Domain Name mapping a name to a IP domain (example: fuckassdc01.ph.com would be 192.168.70.5)
PTR
Pointer Record: is the exact opposite of an A record, by mapping a IP to a FQDN
CNAME
Canonical (kanaanical)Name - Creates an alias for a specified FQDN– itdc01.ph.com > itfleedc1.ph.com
MX
Mail Exchange (Lists mail servers for domain)
SRV
Service Record (you can create this to specifiy the FQDN and the port of the server, so it will be easily accessible to anyone who queries the dns server).
Which one of the following statements is true about a Secondary DNS zone?
Its a duplicate of a primary DNS zone hosted on another DNS server
What do secondary and stub DNS zones have in common?
They both obtain their information from remote DNS servers that host the zone
(True of false) A DNS stub zone contains DNS CNAME resource records from another DNS server?
False
Where is the hosts file located?
C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts
Every zone must contain at least one NS record at the root of the zone.
True
Which of the following resource records map an FQDN to an IP address?
An A resource Record, or a PTR resource record?
A resource record
What is a DNS resource record?
A DNS entry that holds some type of DNS related data
If i had a 2012 server and upgraded it to 2016 how do you enable the new features?
Go to Users and Computers, right click the domain name and click Raise Domain Functional Level
Never install WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) on… ?
Domain Controller, because you’ll have access issues with the database
Can’t ping the DC?
The ICMP from the firewall is probably disabled, read here: https://www.interserver.net/tips/kb/enable-and-disable-icmp-ping-in-windows-10-firewall
How to join a domain to another domain?
install AD Domain Services, and choose “Add a domain controller to an exisiting domain” , specify the domain you want to join “itflee.com”, then click change towards the bottom. IMPORTANT: For the username it’ll be “itflee\administrator”
Add roles to another server
regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll > mmc > File > add/remove snap-in > right click AD Schema > Change Active Directory Domain Controller > Click the other DC, and click OK > and then more shit on AD Users and Computers, right click that first fuckin folder and change directory server & on AD domains and trusts.. FUCK
Site Links are defined in which location? And What do they do?
ADSS (AD Sites and Services)
Look here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FcKPqzLOBap6SP5fr0gknAVpBKfYV1td/view?usp=share_link
Add more time replication if they’re further away and its a slow connection.
