Storage

Question 1

How to set GPT desk?

Answer 1

when disk is blank you initialize to either MBR or GPT

Question 2

create vhd using powershell?

Answer 2

install hyper-v tools

install-windowsfeature -name hyper-v-powershell

new-vhd -path c:\data.vhdx -sizebytes 10gb

Question 3

how to mount vhd using powershell

Answer 3

either mount-diskimage -imagepath

mount-vhd -path filename

Question 4

Why use NTFS?

Answer 4

file compr, efs, quotas, VSS, resizing

Question 5

Uses for REFS?

Answer 5

can’t boot from it, hyper-v and sql databases, no ntfs features such as compr, efs, and disk quotas. for data use cases

Question 6

server 2016 standard perm are called what now?

Answer 6

basic

Question 7

server 2016 calls special perm what now?

Answer 7

advaneced?

Question 8

what is additive?

Answer 8

start with no perm and add

Question 9

subtractive?

Answer 9

start with all perm and minus. not recommended

Question 10

do explicit perm take over inherited?

Answer 10

yes they do

Question 11

what is a storage spaces storage pool?

Answer 11

pool of data that can be turned into specific disks?

Question 12

how many disks needed for storage spaces mirror?

Answer 12

two or three disks, expensive

Question 13

disks needed for storage spaces parity?

Answer 13

three minimum, less expensive than mirroring

Question 14

how many disk for two-way mirror?

Answer 14

two

Question 15

how many disks for three-way mirror?

Answer 15

atleast 5

Question 16

What is tiered storage?

Answer 16

storage spaces feature in 2016 where you can use SSD as caching drive.

Question 17

what is isns?

Answer 17

like dns for iscsi and fiber

Question 18

how to setup isns?

Answer 18

install isns feature

then add iscsi initiators manually by adding isns server in iniator

Question 19

what is dcb datacenter bridging?

Answer 19

allows allocation of bandwidth for certain purposes like data and storage. need converged network adapter, and storage device must support feature.

Question 20

what is MPIO?

Answer 20

enables server connected to san to go through alternate paths if connection fails

Question 21

what is storage replica?

Answer 21

2016 feature that enables administrators to replicate
volumes, synchronously or asynchronously, for disaster preparedness and disaster recovery
purposes

Question 22

what is a stretch cluster?

Answer 22

in different sites with different storage, not shared storage

Question 23

what is discrete device assignment?

Answer 23

pass through pci express device through to VM

Question 24

what is shared nothing live migration?

Answer 24

migration in hyper-v where you only move vm?

Question 25

in hyper-v migration using kerberos requires what?

Answer 25

enabling constrained delegation on ad objects delegation tab either cifs for storage or virtual system migration service services

Question 26

failover clusters required shared what?

Answer 26

storage

Question 27

guest cluster?

Answer 27

good for testing purposes created on host vm’s only

Question 28

nlb requirements of hosts?

Answer 28

2 to 32 hosts, can share ip address for nlb

Question 29

cluster and nlb name difference?

Answer 29

nodes and hosts

Question 30

why set nlb to multicast?

Answer 30

unicast can create loopback with same mac, while multicast doesn’t create that