Chapter 1 - Installing Windows Servers in Host and Compute Environments Flashcards
You are the administrator for your company network and you are looking to install Windows Server 2016. You need to decide which version would best fit your environment. You maintain a small office that has only 10 users and about 20 devices. Which version of Windows Server would fit your needs? A. Windows Server 2016 Datacenter B. Windows Server 2016 Essentials C. Windows Server 2016 Standard D. Windows Server 2016 Web Server Core
B. Windows Server 2016 Essentials is ideal for small businesses that have as many as 25 users and 50 devices. Windows Server 2016 Essentials has a simpler interface than the other versions and preconfigured connectivity to cloud-based services, but no virtualization rights.
You are the administrator for your company network and you need to figure out what installation type of Windows Server 2016 you want to use. You are looking for a server type that is designed for private clouds and datacenters that will allow you to remotely administer the server operating system. What version should you install?
A. Windows Server 2016 (Desktop Experience) B. Windows Server 2016 Server Core
C. Windows Server 2016 Nano Server
D. Windows Server 2016 Web Server Core
C. Windows Server 2016 has introduced a new type of server installation called Nano Server. Nano Server allows an administrator to remotely administer the server operating system. It was primarily designed and optimized for private clouds and datacenters. Nano Server is very similar to Server Core, but the Nano Server operating system uses significantly less hard drive space, has no local logon capability, and supports only 64-bit applications and tools.
You are the administrator for your company network. You have a Windows Server 2016 server named Server1. You want to configure Server1 as a multitenant RAS Gateway. What should you install on Server1?
A. Network Policy and Access Services server role B. Remote Access server role
C. Data Center Bridging feature
D. Network Controller server role
B. The Remote Access server role provides connectivity through DirectAccess, VPN, and Web Application Proxy. DirectAccess provides an Always On and Always Managed experi- ence. Remote Access provides VPN access, including site-to-site connectivity.
You are the administrator for your company network. You have a Windows Server 2016 server named Server1. This server hosts a line-of-business application named App1. App1 has a memory leak that occasionally causes it to consume an excessive amount of memory. You want to log the event in the Application event log whenever this application consumes more than 4 GB of memory. What should you do?
A. Create a system configuration information data collector. B. Create a performance counter data collector.
C. Create a performance counter alert data collector.
D. Create an event trace data collector.
D. To log a memory event based on a data collector, you will use the trace type of collector. Counter type is used to record data for a period of time.
You are the administrator for your company network. You have just finished installing Windows Server 2016 on a new server. Your colleague has informed you that it is essential that you activate Windows Server. Which of the following command-line tools can be used to activate Windows Server?
A. Netdom C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato B. Netsh C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato C. Ocsetup C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato D. Cscript C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs -ato
D. The correct answer is Cscript C:\windows\system32\slmgr.vbs –ato. Cscript will start a script so that it runs in a command-line environment. The –ato command prompts Windows to try to do an online activation.
You are the administrator for your company network. You and a colleague are discussing Nano Server. You know that with Nano Server some packages are installed directly with their own Windows PowerShell switches (such as -Compute) whereas others are installed by passing package names to the -Packages parameter that can combine them in a comma- separated list. If you want to add IIS to your Nano Server, what command should you use?
A. -Compute
B. -Packages C. -Containers D. -Storage
B. You can install the Internet Information Services (IIS) server role on Nano Server by using the -Packages parameter with Microsoft-NanoServer-IIS-Package.
You are the administrator for your company network. You have decided to install Windows Server 2016 by choosing the Server Core Installation option. What tools would you use if you want to install, configure, or uninstall server roles remotely?
A. Windows PowerShell
B. Server Manager
C. Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) D. All of the above
D. Windows Server 2016 offers a number of ways to perform installations. All of the above are different ways to perform installations.
You are the administrator for your company network. Your network contains an Active Directory domain called abc.com. You want to create a Nano Server image named Nano1 that will be used as a virtualization host. The Windows Server 2016 source files are located in drive D. What Windows PowerShell cmdlet should you run?
A. New-NanoServerImage –Edition Datacenter –DeploymentType Host –Defender –EnableEMS –MediaPath ‘D:' –TargetPath C:\Nano1\Nano1.wim –ComputerName Nano1 –DomainName abc.com
B. New-NanoServerImage –Edition Datacenter –DeploymentType Host –Package Microsoft-NanoServer-SCVMM-Package –MediaPath ‘D:' –TargetPath C:\ Nano1\Nano1.wim –ComputerName Nano1 –DomainName abc.com
C. New-NanoServerImage –Edition Datacenter –DeploymentType Host –Package Microsoft-ServerCore-Compute-Package –MediaPath ‘D:' –TargetPath C:\ Nano1\Nano1.wim –ComputerName Nano1 –DomainName ABC
D. New-NanoServerImage –Edition Datacenter –DeploymentType Host –Compute –MediaPath ‘D:' –TargetPath C:\Nano1\Nano1.wim –ComputerName
Nano1 –DomainName abc.com
D. This is an example of using Windows PowerShell to create a Nano Server image named Nano1 on the abc.com domain that will be used as a virtualization host.
You are the administrator for your company network. You have a physical Nano Server machine that runs Windows Server 2016. You have not installed any packages on this machine. You decide to attach a new disk and then initialize the disk as a GUID Partition Table (GPT) disk. What should you do first if you need to create a ReFS-formatted volume on the new disk?
A. From the physical server, log on to the Nano Server Recovery Console.
B. Install the Microsoft-NanoServer-Host-Package package.
C. Run the Format-Volume cmdlet and specify the -FileSystem switch.
D. Install the Microsoft-NanoServer-Storage-Package package.
C. The Format-Volume cmdlet formats one or more existing volumes or a new volume on an existing partition, and the –FileSystem switch specifies the filesystem with which to format the volume. The acceptable values for this parameter are NTFS, ReFS, exFAT, FAT32, and FAT.
You are the administrator for your company network. You create a Nano Server image named Nano1.vhdx by using the New-NanoServerImage cmdlet and attach it to a Genera- tion 1 virtual machine named Nano1. When you start Nano1, you get an error message that states, “Boot failure. Reboot and select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device.” What should you do to successfully start the Nano Server?
A. Attach Nano1.vhdx to a SCSI controller.
B. Recreate Nano1 as a Generation 2 virtual machine.
C. Increase the memory of Nano1 to 512 MB.
D. Modify the BIOS settings of Nano1.
D. A Generation 1 VM cannot boot from a .vhdx disk; only a Generation 2 VM can boot from a .vhdx disk.
You are the administrator for your company network. You have a Nano Server image named Disk1.vhdx. You mount Disk1.vhdx. What tool or cmdlet should you use if you need to add a folder that contains several files to the image?
A. Copy-Item
B. Add-WindowsImage
C. Add-WindowsPackage D. Edit-NanoServerImage
A. The Copy-Item cmdlet copies an item from one location to another location in the same namespace. For instance, it can copy a file to a folder, but it cannot copy a file to a certifi- cate drive
You are the administrator for your company network. You have a Windows Server 2016 server named Server1. You use the Basic template to create a new data collector set named CollectorSet1 on this server. What should you do before you start CollectorSet1 if you need to configure it to generate performance alerts?
A. Modify the performance counter data collector of CollectorSet1. B. Add a new data collector to CollectorSet1.
C. Modify the configuration data collector of CollectorSet1.
D. Add a new task to CollectorSet1.
- A. When you run a data collector set, the data that is collected for performance counters is stored to a log file in the location that was defined when the data collector set was created. In Windows Performance Monitor, you can view log files to see a visual representation of performance counter data.
You are the administrator for your company network. Your network contains an Active Directory forest named ABC Company. The forest has a Distributed File System (DFS) namespace named \abccompany.com\namespace1. The domain contains a file server named FS1 that runs Windows Server 2016. You create a folder named
Folder1 on FS1. Which two cmdlets should you use? (Choose two.)
A. New-DfsnFolderTarget B. Install-WindowsFeature C. Grant-DfsnAccess
D. New-DfsnFolder
E. New-SmbShare
D. By default, the Windows firewall will be running on the WSUS server. When you installed WSUS, it automatically configured two inbound rules called “WSUS” that allow both TCP ports, 8530 and 8531.
You are the administrator for your company network. You have two Windows Server 2016 servers named Server1 and Server2. There is a firewall between the two servers. Both serv- ers run Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). Server1 downloads updates from Micro- soft Update. What port should be open on the firewall if Server2 must synchronize updates from Server1?
A. 80 B. 443 C. 3389 D. 8530
A. The only way to change between Server Core and the Desktop Experience is to reinstall the server. The ability to convert by running a PowerShell command from Server Core to Desktop Experience is no longer available
You are the administrator for your company network. You administer a large network, and a colleague installs a new machine with Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Server Core. It is determined that it should have been Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (Desktop Experience). What should you do?
A. On the same machine, reinstall the Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Server Core.
B. Install Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Server Core on a new machine.
C. Convert the current Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Server Core to the Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (Desktop Experience) version.
D. Dual-boot the machine with both Windows Server 2016 Datacenter Server Core and Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (Desktop Experience).
B. Microsoft recommends that to upgrade Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard with GUI, you use Windows Server 2016 Standard (Desktop Experience).
You are the administrator for your company network. You are looking to upgrade Win- dows Server 2012 Standard with GUI to Windows Server 2016. If you want to maintain the GUI interface, what version of Windows Server 2016 does Microsoft recommend?
A. Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (Desktop Experience) B. Windows Server 2016 Standard (Desktop Experience) C. Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
D. Windows Server 2016 Standard
B. Microsoft recommends that to upgrade Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard with GUI, you use Windows Server 2016 Standard (Desktop Experience).
You are the administrator for your company network. You administer a network that has a Nano Server named Nano1. You want to see if the DNS Server role is installed on this machine. What cmdlet should you use? A. Find-NanoServerPackage B. Get-Package C. Find-Package D. Get-WindowsOptionalFeature
B. The Get-Package PowerShell cmdlet will return a list of all software packages that have been installed.
You are the administrator for your company network. Your network contains an Active Directory domain. There is a company policy that indicates that new servers should run Nano Server whenever possible. What server role can be deployed on Nano Server? A. Active Directory Domain Services B. DHCP Server C. Network Policy and Access Services D. Web Server (IIS)
D. Nano Server cannot run Active Directory Domain Services, Network Policy and Access Services, or DHCP Server. The recommended role is IIS Web Server. The Web Server (IIS) role in Windows Server 2016 allows an administrator to set up a secure, easy-to-manage, modular, and extensible platform for reliably hosting websites, services, and applications.
You are the administrator for your company network. You are planning on creating an answer file. What should you name the answer file so that it will work with unattended installations?
A. Autounattend.txt B. Autounattend.xls C. Autounattend.xml D. Autounattend.docx
C. Unattended installations utilize an answer file called Autounattend.xml to provide configuration information during the installation process. The answer file allows questions to be answered without user interaction.
You are the administrator for your company network. You have a Windows Server 2016 server named Server1. You create a Nano Server image named Disk1.vhdx. You need to start Server1 by using Disk1.vhdx. What three actions should you perform? (Choose three.) A. Restart Server1. B. Run the bcdboot.exe command. C. Run the bootcfg.exe command. D. Run the Edit-NanoServerImage cmdlet. E. Mark a partition as active. F. Mount Disk1.vhdx.
A, C, and F. You would first want to mount Disk1.vhdx, then run the bootcfg.exe com- mand, and then restart Server1.
You are the administrator
server named Server1. The server has an application named App1 that writes entries to the Application event log when errors are encountered. The events have IDs of either 111 or 112. What should you do to restart the service whenever one of these events is logged?
A. Run the Get-SMServerEvent cmdlet and pipe the output to the Start-NetEvent using Windows PowerShell.
B. Use create task to create one task that includes triggers for both event IDs from Task Scheduler.
C. Create a custom view that has a filter for the event IDs from Event Viewer.
D. Run the Write-EventLog cmdlet and specify the -EventID parameter using Windows
PowerShell.
are the administrator for your company network. You have a Windows Server 2016
D. The Write-EventLog cmdlet writes an event to an event log. To write an event to an event log, the event log must exist on the computer and the source must be registered for the event log. The -EventID switch specifies the event identifier. This parameter is required.
You are the administrator for the company network. You have a server named Server1
that is an iSCSI target. You have a server named Server2 that runs Windows Server 2016. Server2 has an iSCSI disk named Disk1. Disk1 contains one volume that is assigned a drive letter of E:. What should you do if you need to increase the size of Disk1?
A. Run the Resize-Partition cmdlet and specify the -ComputerName Server2 parameter.
B. Run the Resize-IscsiVirtualDisk cmdlet and specify the -ComputerName Server2 parameter.
C. Run the Resize-IscsiVirtualDisk cmdlet and specify the -ComputerName Server1 parameter.
D. Run the Resize-Partition cmdlet and specify the -ComputerName Server1 parameter.
B. The Resize-IscsiVirtualDisk cmdlet resizes a virtual disk by either expanding or compacting an existing virtual disk. The –ComputerName parameter specifies the computer name, or IP address, of the remote computer, if this cmdlet is run on a remote computer.
You are the administrator for your company network. You are deciding on an upgrade path. You are currently using Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard in your environment. What is the recommended upgrade path you should choose? (Choose all that apply.) A. Windows Server 2016 Standard B. Windows Server 2016 Datacenter C. Windows Server 2016 Essentials D. Windows Storage Server 2016
A and B. Microsoft recommends that if you are using Windows Server 2012 R2, the path you should choose is Windows Server 2016 Standard or Windows Server 2016 Datacenter.
You are the administrator for your company network. You have a Windows Server 2016 server named Server1 that has Windows Defender enabled. Server1 runs an applica-
tion named App1 that stores various types of files in Microsoft OneDrive and Microsoft SharePoint Online. App1 also interacts with several local services. What should you do on Server1 if you need to prevent Windows Defender from scanning any files opened by App1?
A. In Windows Defender, modify the real-time protection settings.
B. In Windows Defender, modify the cloud-based protection settings.
C. Run the New-AppLockerPolicy cmdlet.
D. From the Windows Defender settings, configure a process exclusion.
B. Windows Defender offers improved security using cloud-based antivirus protection. When enabled, Windows Defender sends information to Microsoft about any problems it finds. This information is then used to gather more information about the problems affect- ing you and other users. This can be enabled and disabled. The Cloud-Based Protection is also turned on by default, and it gives you “Real-time protection when Windows Defender sends info to Microsoft about potential security threats.”
Youaretheadministratorforyourcompanynetwork.YouhaveaWindowsServer2016server named Server1. A Microsoft Azure Backup of Server1 is created automatically every day. What cmdlet should you run if you need to view the items that are included in the backup?
A. Get-OBPolicyState B. Get-OBJob
C. Get-OBPolicy
D. Get-WBSummary
C. The Get-OBPolicy cmdlet gets the current backup policy that is set for the server, including the details about scheduling backups, files included in the backup, and retention policy.
You are the administrator for your company network. You have a Windows Server 2016 server named Server1. A Microsoft Azure Backup of Server1 is created automatically every day. You rename Server1 to Server2. You discover that backups are no longer being created in Azure. You need to ensure that the server is backed up to Azure. What should you do?
A. Upload the Server2 certificate as a management certificate from the Azure Management Portal.
B. Run the Start-OBRegistration cmdlet on Server2.
C. Run the Add-WBBackupTarget cmdlet on Server2.
D. Modify the configuration on the backup vault from the Azure Management Portal.
B. The Start-OBRegistration cmdlet registers the current computer to the Online
Backup Service using the credentials (username and password) created during enrollment.
You are the administrator for your company network and you are planning on upgrading your Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter with GUI machine to Windows Server 2016. The company is planning on virtualizing 25 servers. What version of Windows Server 2016 should you upgrade to while maintaining the GUI interface?
A. Windows Server 2016 Datacenter (Desktop Experience)
B. Windows Server 2016 Standard (Desktop Experience)
C. Windows Server 2016 Datacenter
D. Windows Server 2016 Standard
A. Windows Server 2016 Datacenter was designed for organizations that are seeking to migrate to a highly virtualized, private cloud environment. Windows Server 2016 Datacen- ter has full Windows Server functionality with unlimited virtual instances.
You are the administrator for your company network. You and a colleague are discussing Windows Server 2016 Server Core. Windows Server 2016 Server Core has many benefits. Which of the following are some of the benefits of using Windows Server 2016 Server Core? (Choose all that apply.)
A. Reduced management B. Minimal maintenance C. Smaller footprint
D. Tighter security
A, B, C, and D. All four answers are advantages of using Windows Server 2016. Server Core is a smaller installation of Windows Server and therefore all four answers apply.
You are the administrator for your company network and you are looking to save hard drive space on the Windows Server 2016 Datacenter machine. What feature can you use to help you save hard disk space? A. HDSaver.exe B. Features On Demand C. ADDS D. WinRM
B. Windows Server 2016 Features On Demand allows an administrator not only to disable a role or feature but also to remove the role’s or feature’s files completely from the hard disk.
You are the administrator for your company network. If physical security is a concern in an area, what type of domain controller should you install? A. Primary domain controller B. Backup domain controller C. Read-only domain controller D. Locked-down domain controller
C. Windows Server 2016 has a type of domain controller called a Read-Only Domain Con- troller (RODC). This gives an organization the ability to install a domain controller in an area or location (onsite or offsite) where security may be a concern.
You are the administrator for your company network. You have a Windows Server 2016 server named Server1. The Windows Server 2016 installation media is mounted as drive D. You copy the NanoServerImageGenerator folder from the D:\NanoServer folder to the C:\NanoServer folder. You create a custom Nano Server image that includes the Hyper-
V server role. What two commands should you run if you want this image to be used to deploy Nano Servers to physical servers? (Choose two.)
A. New-NanoServerImage –Edition Standard –DeploymentType Guest –MediaPath D:-TargetPath \NanoServerImage\NanoServer.wim -Compute
B. Install-PackageProvider NanoServerPackage
C. Import-PackageProvider NanoServerPackage
D. New-NanoServerImage –Edition Standard –DeploymentType Host –MediaPath D:\ -TargetPath \NanoServerImage\NanoServer.wim -Compute
E. Import-Module C:\NanoServer\NanoServerImageGenerator
D and E. You must import the module for NanoServerImage generation, then use the New-NanoServerImage command to create the new image.
You are the administrator for your company network. You are trying to decide if you’d like to install a Windows Server 2016 Nano Server on the network. What are some good options that Nano Server would be ideal for? (Choose all that apply.)
A. A DNS server
B. As a storage machine for file servers
C. A domain controller
D. Systems Center Data Protection Manager
E. NIC Teaming
F. An IIS server
G. An application server for cloud-based applications
A, B, F, and G. When Microsoft created Nano Server, they had some very specific ideas of how companies would use this version. For example, Nano Server is a good option for a DNS server, an IIS server, an application server for cloud-based applications, or even a stor- age machine for file servers.
33. You are the administrator for your company network. You have a Hyper-V host named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2016. The installation source files for Windows Server are located in D:\Source. You need to create a Nano Server image. Which cmdlets should you run? (Choose all that apply.) A. Add-WindowsImage B. Import-Module C. Install-Module D. New-NanoServerImage E. New-WindowsCustomImage
B and D.
Step 1: Import-Module
Step 2: New-NanoServerImage
The Import-Module cmdlet adds modules to the current session. The modules that you import must be installed on the local computer or on a remote computer. The New-NanoServerImage cmdlet creates a Nano Server installation image. The New-NanoServerImage cmdlet makes a local copy of the necessary files from the installation media and converts the included Nano Server Windows image (.wim) file into a VHD or VHDX image, or reuses the existing .wim file
You are the administrator for your company network. You have a Hyper-V host named Server1 that runs Windows Server 2016. Server1 hosts a virtual machine named VM1. What should you do first if you need to provide VM1 with direct access to a graphics pro- cessing unit (GPU) on Server1?
A. On Server1, disable the display adapter device.
B. Add a RemoteFX 3D Video Adapter in the settings of VM1.
C. Install the Quality Windows Audio Video Experience (qWave) feature on VM1. D. On Server1, dismount the display adapter.
B. As long as the guest OS can use video GPU cards, the Hyper-V virtual machine must be enabled to use such cards. To do this, you must add the GPU adapter in the settings of the virtual machine.