Objective 5.2 Exchange 2010 Flashcards

Objective 5.2: Monitor mail flow.

1
Q

You should know that, by default, message ______ is enabled on all Exchange 2010 Hub Transport, Edge Transport, and Mailbox servers.

A

tracking

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You can use the EMC to configure some message tracking settings on a Hub Transport or Edge Transport server, such as the location of the message tracking log file. You do this by accessing the ______ dialog box for the Hub Transport or Edge Transport object.

A

Properties

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You cannot, however, use the ______ to configure the maximum size or age of message tracking log files or the maximum size of the message tracking log file directory. Also, you cannot use this tool to configure message subject logging in message tracking logs.

A

EMC

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You can use the EMS ______ cmdlet to enable or disable message tracking and to change the path to the message tracking log on a Hub Transport or Edge Transport server.

A

Set-TransportServer

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5
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The following command disables message tracking on the Exchange 2010 Hub Transport server VAN-EX1: ______.

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Set-TransportServer –Identity VAN-EX1 -MessageTrackingLogEnabled:$false

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The following command changes the path to the message tracking log on Hub Transport server VAN-EX1 to C:\Logfiles\MessageTracking: ______.

A

Set-TransportServer –Identity VAN-EX1 -MessageTrackingLogPath C:\Logfiles\MessageTracking

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You can use the ______ cmdlet to change the maximum size of each message tracking log file, the maximum age of each message tracking log file, and the maximum size for the entire message tracking log directory on Hub Transport, Edge Transport, and Mailbox servers.

A

Set-TransportServer

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The following command changes the maximum size of each message tracking log file on the Hub Transport server VAN-EX1 to 15 MB (the same command would work on an Edge Transport server): ______.

A

Set-TransportServer –Identity VAN-EX1 -MessageTrackingLogMaxFileSize 15MB

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The commands to configure maximum log size and age and the maximum size of the message tracking log file directory on a Mailbox server are similar, except that the EMS ______ cmdlet is used.

A

Set-MailboxServer

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The following command changes the maximum size of each message tracking log file on the Mailbox server VAN-EX2 to 20 MB: ______.

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Set-MailboxServer –Identity VAN-EX2 -MessageTrackingLogMaxFileSize 20MB

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The following command changes the maximum age of each message tracking log on the Mailbox server VAN-EX2 to 40 days: ______.

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Set-MailboxServer –Identity VAN-EX2 -MessageTrackingLogMaxAge 40.00:00:00

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The following command disables message subject logging in message tracking logs on the Mailbox server VAN-EX1: ______.

A

Set-MailboxServer –Identity VAN-EX1 -MessageTrackingLogSubjectLoggingEnabled $false

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13
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You should be aware that in order to receive incoming mail, an ______ record for each of your Exchange servers that you have configured as Edge Transport servers or Internet facing Hub Transport servers must exist on your external DNS infrastructure.

A

MX

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For external DNS servers to resolve any Exchange server’s MX record, the Exchange server must be reachable from the ______ zone and must be configured to contact a DNS server to resolve DNS names.

A

Internet

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15
Q

To support outgoing mail, you can configure Exchange 2010 servers to use internal DNS servers that use ______ to external DNS servers.

A

forwarders

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Typically, you configure computers running Exchange 2010 as DNS clients of your ______ DNS infrastructure. On your internal DNS server, you can configure an external forwarder to point to a trusted external DNS server.

A

internal

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17
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If a Hub Transport or Edge Transport server becomes overloaded, this can result in an excessive number of ______ in the queues on that server.

A

messages

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You can access Queue Viewer from the EMC to monitor transport queues. You can also use the EMS ______ cmdlet to view message queues.

A

Get-Queue

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You can use the Get-Queue cmdlet to filter queues. You can use this cmdlet with the ______ parameter to filter queues.

A

Filter

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The following command lists all the queues that contain more than 50 messages on the Hub Transport or Edge Transport server on which it is entered: ______.

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Get-Queue -Filter {MessageCount -gt 50}

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21
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The following command displays the number of messages in queues on the Hub Transport or Edge Transport server on which it is entered, for which the next-hop destination is the Contoso.com domain: ______.

A

Get-Queue –Filter{NextHopDomain –eq “contoso.com”}

22
Q

How a message is routed determines the type of ______ in which it is stored.

A

queue

23
Q

The following five (5) types of queues are used in Exchange 2010: ______.

A
  1. Submission queue
  2. Mailbox delivery queue
  3. Remote delivery queue
  4. Poison message queue
  5. Unreachable queue
24
Q

The poison message queue is used to ______ messages that are potentially harmful to Exchange Server 2010. The unreachable queue contains messages that cannot be routed to their destinations.

A

isolate

25
Q

You can use the ______ cmdlet to view a queue.

A

Get-Queue

26
Q

The following command lets you view all the queues on the Hub Transport or Edge Transport server on which it is entered: ______.

A

Get-Queue | FL

27
Q

The following command displays detailed information for a queue that exists on the server VAN-EX1: ______.

A

Get-Queue –Server VAN-EX1 | FL

28
Q

Suspending a queue does not change the status of messages in that queue. Messages that are in the process of delivery will finish operations. You can also use the EMS ______ and Get-Queue cmdlets.

A

Suspend-Queue

29
Q

The following command suspends all queues that have a message count equal to or greater than 500 and have a status of Active: ______.

A

Suspend-Queue -Filter {MessageCount -ge 500 -and Status -eq “Active”}

30
Q

The following command lists the queues that contain more than 100 messages on the server on which it is run: ______.

A

Get-Queue -Filter {MessageCount -gt 100}

31
Q

______ a queue restarts the queue’s outgoing activities. The queue must have a status of Suspended for this action to have any effect.

A

Resuming

32
Q

______ a queue forces an immediate connection attempt and overrides the next scheduled retry time. The delivery queue must be in a status of Retry for this action to have any effect.

A

Retrying

33
Q

You can use the EMS ______ cmdlet to resume a queue. You can also use Queue Viewer.

A

Resume-Queue

34
Q

The following command resumes all the suspended queues on the Hub Transport or Edge Transport server on which it is issued: ______.

A

Resume-Queue -Filter {Status -eq “Suspended”)

35
Q

When a Hub Transport or Edge Transport server cannot connect to the next hop, the delivery queue is put in a status of ______.

A

Retry

36
Q

You can retry a delivery queue by using the Queue Viewer or the EMS ______ cmdlet. This forces an immediate connection attempt and overrides the next scheduled retry time.

A

Retry-Queue

37
Q

The following command retries all queues with the status of Retry on the Hub Transport or Edge Transport server on which it is entered: ______.

A

Retry-Queue -Filter {status -eq “Retry”}

38
Q

Typically, you might retry the Unreachable queue if your organization has been unable to send email to an external domain or forest due to connection problems (now resolved). In this case, you would set the ______ parameter of the Retry-Queue cmdlet to $true.

A

Resubmit

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Q

You can remove one or more messages in a ______ on a Hub Transport or Edge Transport server by using the EMC Queue Viewer tool.

A

queue

40
Q

You can select whether to send an NDR when you remove messages from a queue. You cannot remove a message from the ______ queue. You can also use the EMS Remove-Message cmdlet.

A

Submission

41
Q

The following command removes messages that have a subject of “Prescription Drugs” and does not send an NDR: ______.

A

Remove-Message -Filter {Subject -eq “ Prescription Drugs “} -WithNDR $false

42
Q

You should be aware that ______ thresholds prevent the system resources from being completely overwhelmed and enable the server to deliver existing messages. When utilization of the system resource returns to a normal level, the Exchange server accepts new connections and messages.

A

backpressure

43
Q

For each monitored system resource on a Hub Transport or Edge Transport server, three levels of resource utilization are applied: ______.

A
  1. Normal
  2. Medium
  3. High
44
Q

Configuration options for backpressure are available in the ______ application configuration file that is located in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Bin directory.

A

EdgeTransport.exe.config

45
Q

The ______ troubleshooter diagnoses retrieved data, presents an analysis of possible root causes of problems, and suggests corrective actions. You can use this tool to troubleshoot common mail flow problems and identify the root causes of symptoms, such as when users receive unexpected NDRs or when messages are remaining in the pending submission queue on a Mailbox server.

A

Mail Flow

46
Q

You are responsible for managing the Exchange Server 2010 SP2 Hub Transport server named VAN-EX01, which supports message tracking. What must you configure in the EMC to change the location of the log file used for message tracking?

A

You need to edit the Hub Transport server object Properties dialog box.

47
Q

All messages sent to recipients in the external treyresearch.com forest are not being delivered. You discover an error in the routing path and repair it. You now want to resubmit all messages stored on the server VAN-EX1 that were not sent to the treyresearch.com forest. What EMS command do you issue?

A

You issue the Retry-Queue -Identity “VAN-EX1\Unreachable” -Resubmit $true command.

48
Q

What file do you need to access to configure backpressure thresholds on an Edge Transport server?

A

The EdgeTransport.exe.config application configuration file that is located in the C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\V14\Bin directory.

49
Q

Which message queue is used to isolate messages that are deemed potentially harmful to Exchange 2010 because several attempts to deliver them have failed?

A

The poison message queue.

50
Q

What EMS command removes messages that have a subject of “Prescription Drugs” and does not send an NDR?

A

The Remove-Message -Filter {Subject -eq “ Prescription Drugs “} -WithNDR $false command.