Tableau Server 2019.2 QA Flashcards

Pass

1
Q

When installing Server on a machine that has antivirus running, what are the 2 directories should be excluded ?

A

Tableau Server program folder:
C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server &

Tableau Server data folder:
C:\ProgramData\Tableau\Tableau Server\data

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Minimum Hardware Requirements?

A

64 - bit processor, 4-core CPU, 16 GB RAM, 15 GB of Disk Space

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Minimum Hardware Recommendations?

A

64 - bit processor, 8-core CPU, 32 GB RAM, 50 GB of Disk Space

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Supported OS’s

A

Windows Server 2016, 2012, 2012 R2, 2008 R2

Amazon Linuz 2, RHEL 7.3+, CentOS 7.3+, Oracle Linux 7.3+, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS & 18.04

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Web Browser Requirements

A

Chrome on Windows, Mac, & Android,
MS Edge & IE. Compatibility mode not supported
Mozilla Firefox & Firefox ESR on Windows & Mac
Safari on iOS 11.+
Mobile iOS and Android

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

True or False, Site administrators can limit the storage used for a Site?

A

True

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

True or False. Site Administrators can limit the number of users to a site?

A

True

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Who can add or remove users to a Site?

A

Site Administrators, but can be restricted to Server Administrators only.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Difference between Allowed, Denied, or Unspecified?

A

Denied always takes precedence over Allowed; Unspecified results in Denied if no other permissions rules allow a capability for a user

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Order of evaluation?

A

Specifically Denied - Yes > Denied
No > User Specifically Allowed? - Yes > Allow
No > Member of Group Denied? - Yes - Deny No > Member of Group Allowed - Yes > Allow
No > Denied

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

How to edit data connections in Tableau Server?

A

Go to Data Sources Page, Select Data Source, Connections View checkbox, Actions > Edit Connection

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Where can you perform Analysis of the Tableau Server?

A

Click Status > Analysis > choose one of the 12 canned reports

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

What are the 2 different backup types for Server?

A

Data Managed by Tableau Server and Configuration and topology data

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

TSM Command for Repository Backup?

A

tsm maintenance backup -f .tsbak -d

By default, the back up file is written here:

C:\ProgramData\Tableau\Tableau Server\data\tabsvc\files\backups.tsbak
var/opt/tableau/tableau_server/data/tabsvc/files/backups/.tsbak

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

TSM COmmand for topology & configuration data backup?

A

tsm settings export -f .json

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

What backup assets are not manually backed up?

A

System user accounts, coordination service deployment config, customization settings (custom header or logos), authentication assets (most certs, but not cert for gateway or postgres), and LDAP Assets

17
Q

How to cleanup a tableau server?

A

tsm maintenance cleanup -all

Deletes everything, log files, cache, & temp files

18
Q

Can you remove users from Tableau Server?

A

only if they do not own any content. if they have content when removed, they will become unlicensed

19
Q

How do you enable Desktop License reporting in Tableau Server?

A

TSM Admin, COnfiguration > Notifications > Send email checkbox

20
Q

How to create custom admin views?

A

You must create the readonly user

21
Q

A user with a Viewer license type and site role can create data-driven alerts.

A

False, can receive them, but can’t create them

22
Q

What options are available for performing Active Directory group synchronization?

A

Use the Settings page to synchronize on demand, Use the Settings page to set a regular schedule for synchronization, Set the minimum site role for group users to be applied during Active Directory synchronization.

23
Q

Where is the SMTP server set?

A

TSM, Configuration tab > Notifications > Email Server

24
Q

What are the ports used by Tableau server?

A
80 - Gateway
443 SSL
8850 TSM
8060 PostgreSQL DB
8061 PostgreSQL backup verification port
8000-9000 Range of ports for dynamic mapping of Tableau processes
27000-27009 License service
25
Q

Default processes for VizQL Server?

A

Equal to the number of cores divided by four, up to a maximum of four process instances.

26
Q

Default processes for Backgrounder?

A

Set to two unless the number of cores is fewer than eight.

27
Q

Default processes for Cache Server?

A

Set to two unless the number of cores is fewer than eight.

28
Q

Default processes for Data Server?

A

Set to two unless the number of cores is fewer than eight.

29
Q

How repository instances can you have in a distributed installation with 3 or more nodes?

A

Max of 2 repository instances

30
Q

Installation directory on Windows?

A

C:\Program Files\Tableau\Tableau Server\packages

C:\ProgramData\Tableau\Tableau Server

31
Q

Installation directory on Linux?

A

/var/opt/tableau/tableau_server.

32
Q

To do silent installs, what other software is needed?

A

Python 3.5