Intro to SysAdmin
Name 3 possible types of servers
email, file, game, DNS, DHCP, application, web, and more!
What is the concept of using virtual software that creates virtual representation of physical servers, storage, networks, etc. called?
Virtualization
After installing the active directory role you are prompted to do what next? To complete AD installation.
Promote the server to Domain Controller
What can you do so that updates are pushed and new changes and GPOs can be applied?
gpupdate /force, gpupdate/force or rebooting
Chris, a System Administrator was hired to build a new MS Active Directory from scratch (from the beginning). What is the name of the FIRST (default) account Chris works on?
Administrator
What manages your computer's memory, processes and all of its software and hardware so that you are able to communicate with the computer without speaking its language?
Operating System (OS)
Virtual Machine Manager
What are the two namespaces available?
Contiguous and Disjointed
What types of objects/container can GPOs only be linked to?
Sites, Domains, OUs
X X X X
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Name 2 possible responsibilities of a system administrator
Performing security audits, performing backups, troubleshooting, security, setting up accounts, administering networks, and more!
Encapsulation allows for VMS to have high _________. Meaning they can be moved around with ease.
Portability
What makes an object individual? These make up a schema.
The attributes that come along with them
When altering Group Policy through GPMC, what other resource/program is it linked to and is altering?
A group of system administrators have been tasked to create a network environment for a rather large organization (Enterprise network). This organization went from having 10 users to over 200 and have added several new services. How many domain controllers would be best for this particular scenario?
2+
What describes the interaction and exchange between a server and a request? This fully describes the division of tasks.
The Client and Server Model
What networking mode allows for the host to share its IP address with the VMs and has the host work as the gateway/router?
NAT (Network Address Translation)
What are the 3 deployment methods available to install or upgrade a Windows Server OS?
Optical Disk, USB flash drive & Windows Deployment Services
What is it called when an administrator give full or partial control to Group Policy to a user/group?
Delegation
X X X X
sorry
What type of server is a part of the domain but does not store directory information?
Member server
Give an example of a Type 1 Hypervisor and a Type 2
Type 1: ESXi, Hyper-V, Citrix
Type 2: VMWare Workstation, VirtualBox, KVM, Microsoft Virtual PC
What is the highest forest and domain functional level available when creating a new domain?
Windows Server 2016
Local, Site, Domain then OU
An administrator is called in to work because their DNS server (hosted on a VM!) is completely down and not functioning. They begin to troubleshoot and see various changes were made since the last time they were on shift. They've corrected 3 changes so far, but the server is still down. More changes were possibly made but their supervisor is telling them they have no time. All users are being affected and the mission is being highly impacted. The server needs to be back up immediately. What should they do? (think of all terms learned during the virtualization lesson)
Revert back to the last snapshot of the virtual machine made