Sys Ad 101
Storage
Virtualization
VM Basics
Sys Ad Day 2
100

Physicals devices that would be administered by System Administrators 

Servers
100

These are examples of DAS

Hard Drives (HDD)

Solid State Drives

External Drives

Optical Disc Drive

100

3 Main Benefits of Virtualization

Reduced capital and operating costs

Minimized or eliminated downtime

Increased IT productivity, efficiency, scalability and responsiveness

Faster provisioning of applications and resources

Greater business continuity and disaster recovery

Simplified data center management

100

These are the 4 main techniques of VMware

VMotion

Storage VMotion

High Availability

Memory Reclamation 

100
An active directory domain requires one or more of these

Domain Controller(s)

200

A System Administrator is responsible for the upkeep, daily management and configurations what 4 systems

Hardware

Software

Virtualization

Clients

200

These are the two main disadvantages of SAN

More expensive

Requires Specialized Skills to maintain 

200

The authority that issues certificates to certify a VSphere and allow for SSO and a valid License Server

VMCA

200

This is the difference in VMotion and VMotion Storage


VMotion moves a VM from one host to another but keeps the storage location the same

Storage VMotion changes the datastore location of the VM 

200

These are 3 Logical AD DS Components

-Partitions

-Schema

-Domains

-Trees

-Forests

-Sites

-OUs

-Containers

300

Software Utilized by System Administrators (2 out of 4)

Workstation Pro

VM Install Files (ISOs)

ESXI

Microsoft Office Suite


300

These are the three main types of File Systems for Windows OS

File Allocation Table (FAT)

New Technology File System (NTFS)

Resilient File System (ReFS)

300

Four main properties of Virtualization

Isolation

Encapsulation

Portability 

Interposition

300

What do VMMs allow for

Virtualization

300

Three main roles when configuring a Server 2016

Domain Cotroller

DNS

AD DS

400
5 Main types of Virtualization
Desktop

Server

Network

Storage

Apllication

400
File System Optimized for flash memory such as USB flash drives and SD cards

ExFAT

400

These are the three main types of Isolation 

Fault

Performance

Software

400

How many types of hypervisors exist and what is the difference in them?

Type 1 and Type 2

Type 1 exist on bare metal device 

Type 2 exist on top of an OS

400

Components that support the server such as Windows Server Backup or Failover clustering

Features