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Windows Server 2003
Also known as the Win2K3, Windows Server 2003 is a server OS (operating system) from the American software company Microsoft. This OS has the capability to share printers and files, provide email services, authenticate users, and host message queues.
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How many IP addresses can be assigned to a network interface card in the Windows 2000 environment?
Only one IP address (either static or DHCP)could be assigned , if you have just one NIC card, but should be able to assign up to the number of NIC cards you have on the system 2,3,4 or 5. but we can aliases in the nic it possible . the max we can have upto 10 ips in one nic
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Active Directory
DNS stands for Domain Name System: A system of servers located throughout the internet that handle internet connections and the routing of email. So a DNS takedown is the elimination of this system which would mean that the domain names of the affected websites could not be used to access them. (the way around this is the used of IP addresses). Also, BEAT SOPA
What it is if you have a modem they should have a reset button or also called a lag switch or standby button. You jus press that down and it willstandby then when you press it again the connection should come back on but if held in long enough it could lagg you out or lose connection
What is function of raid in server?
Data is stored Physically on Hard disk drives & Other forms of storage media. Failure or Data Corruption on Disks results in Loss of DATA & can result in Complete Failure of the System.
RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) is a Disk Subsystem Storage that improves performance & provides redundancy to the System attached.
Where could one find information on windows server monitoring?
Windows server monitoring can be accomplished with special software. More information on this service can be found online at Uptime Software and Manage Engine.
What is windows enterprise suite?
its a fake anti-virus which tries to make you so scared, that you end up buying the fake remover.It is just another scam and is very hard to remove
Generally in an organization how many server are using?
IT purely depends on the Size of the organization, users and the work they are doing.
The servers could be print server, file share, ad servers,sharepoint server,database servers etc..
What are the advantages and disadvantages of windows server 2003?
AdAvantage of windows 2003 server:
1. Easy to Deploy, Manage, and Use.
2. Secure Connected Infrastructure.
3. Enterprise-Class Reliability, Availability, Scalability, and Performance.
4. Lower TCO Through Consolidation and the Latest Technology.
5. Create Dynamic Intranet and Internet Web Sites.
6. Fast Development with Integrated Application Server.
7. Work Smarter By Turning Your File Server Into a Powerful Collaboration Server.
8. Automate Operations with Script-based and Policy-based Management Tools.
9. Increase Document Protection and Availability via Intelligent File Storage.
10.Easy to Find, Share, and Reuse XML Web Services.
What are the differences between Standard, Enterprise and
Web Editions of Windows Server 2003?
you can find answer here it self
Answer 1:
windows Server 2003 Standard Edition - Standard server that
can be a DC, runs ADS and DNS. Does not support Itanium
Based PC's and cannot be used as a Streaming media Server
but not as a cluster Node.
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Datacentre Edition - Everything a
stndard Server can do, but able to support Itanium based
PC's, adn cable of being a Node in a cluster. More robust,
and supports non unuiform Memory access, 64gb Ram and CPU's
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition - Made for Web deployments,
webservices and applications. Cannot run ADS on it, and
it's never as DC.
Answer 2:
windows Server 2003 Standard Edition - Standard server that
can be a DC, runs ADS and DNS. Does not support Itanium
Based PC's. Can be used as a Streaming media Server
but not as a cluster Node.
Answer 3:
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003 Datacentre Edition - Everything a
stndard Server can do, but able to support Itanium based
PC's, and capable of being a Node in a cluster. More
robust, and supports non uniform Memory access, 64gb Ram
and 8 CPU's
Windows Server 2003 Web Edition - Made for Web deployments,
webservices and applications. Cannot run ADS on it, and
it's never as DC.
by Raghavendra.P.R Here are some of the technical details that would be more help full Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition is aimed towards small to medium sized businesses. Flexible yet versatile, Standard Edition supports file and printer sharing, offers secure Internet connectivity, and allows centralized desktop application deployment. This edition of Windows will run on up to 4 processors with up to 4 GB RAM. 64-bit versions are also available for the AMD x86-64 architecture and the Intel clone of that same architecture, EM64T. The 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003, Standard Edition is capable of addressing up to 32 GB of RAM and it also supports Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA), something the 32-bit version does not.
Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition is aimed towards medium to large businesses. It is a full-function server operating system that supports up to eight processors and provides enterprise-class features such as eight-node clustering using Microsoft Cluster Server (MSCS) software and support for up to 32 GB of memory. Enterprise Edition also comes in a 64-bit edition for Intel. 64-bit versions are also available for the AMD x86-64 architecture and the Intel clone of that same architecture, EM64T. The 64-bit version of Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition is capable of addressing up to 1 TB of RAM. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions support Non-Uniform Memory Access (NUMA). by Raghavendra.P.R Answer:Enterprise Edition:
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition is aimed towards medium to large businesses. It is a full-function server operating system that supports up to eight processors and provides enterprise-class features such as eight-node clustering using Microsoft Cluster Server software and support for up to 32 GB of memory through PAE. Enterprise Edition also comes in 64-bit versions for the Itanium and x64 architectures. The 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition are capable of addressing up to 1 TB of memory. Both 32-bit and 64-bit versions support Non-Uniform Memory Access. It also provides the ability to hot-add supported hardware. Enterprise Edition is also required to issue custom certificate templates. Datacenter Edition
Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition is designed for infrastructures demanding high security and reliability. Windows Server 2003 is available for x86, Itanium, and x86_64 processors. It supports a maximum of up to 32 processors on 32-bit or 64 processors on 64-bit hardware. 32-bit architecture also limits memory addressability to 64 GB, while the 64-bit versions support up to 1 TB. Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, also allows limiting processor and memory usage on a per-application basis. Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition also supports Non-Uniform Memory Access. If supported by the system, Windows, with help from the system firmware creates a Static Resource Affinity Table that defines the NUMA topology of the system. Windows then uses this table to optimize memory accesses, and provide NUMA awareness to applications, there by increasing the efficiency of thread scheduling and memory management. Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition has better support for Storage Area Networks. It features a service which uses Windows sockets to emulate TCP/IP communication over native SAN service providers, thereby allowing a SAN to be accessed over any TCP/IP channel. With this, any application that can communicate over TCP/IP can use a SAN, without any modification to the application. Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition, also supports 8-node clustering. Clustering increases availability and fault tolerance of server installations, by distributing and replicating the service among many servers. Windows supports clustering, with each cluster having its own dedicated storage, or all clusters connected to a common Storage Area Network , which can be running on Windows as well as non-Windows Operating systems. The SAN may be connected to other computers as well.It supports high capacity of data.
What editions of Windows 7 can be added to an Active Directory domain?
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NAT:
Network Address Translation
Nat is used to deal with public and private address.
most of addresses that we have is private and you must use public address in the internet , so NAT server do this job and make address conversion
What is a user account category?
that is a good question... i would like to know the answer to that also.
What is an inward facing server?
This is a server that is part of an intranet. Only those users in the company's network can access the inward facing server. It is not available to the public. Usually this is managed via a firewall, blocking all outside traffic.
What is the difference between os and nos?
Basically there is not a whole lot of difference between OS and NOS. In common usage OS or Operating System is concerned with one computer. That is the simplified answer. An OS can have NOS features when it interfaces with other computers.
Reconcilliation populates the client lease information from the registry to the DHCP database
Where could one find more information on a Dedicated Windows 2003 server?
Not sure there is much information left on Windows 2003 servers. That is ancient technology in the computer world. The best place to look would be at Microsoft's website or maybe on CNET.
What is the file that's responsible for keeping all Active Directory databases?
Windows 2000 Active Directory data store, the actual database file, is \ntds\NTDS.DIT. The ntds.dit file is the heart of Active Directory including user accounts. Active Directory's database engine is the Extensible Storage Engine ( ESE ) which is based on the Jet database used by Exchange 5.5 and WINS. The ESE has the capability to grow to 16 terabytes which would be large enough for 10 million objects. Back to the real world. Only the Jet database can maniuplate information within the AD datastore.
For information on domain controller configuration to optimize Active Directory, see Optimize Active Directory Disk Performance
The Active Directory ESE database, NTDS.DIT, consists of the following tables:
- Schema table
the types of objects that can be created in the Active Directory, relationships between them, and the optional and mandatory attributes on each type of object. This table is fairly static and much smaller than the data table.
- Link table
contains linked attributes, which contain values referring to other objects in the Active Directory. Take the MemberOf attribute on a user object. That attribute contains values that reference groups to which the user belongs. This is also far smaller than the data table.
- Data table
users, groups, application-specific data, and any other data stored in the Active Directory. The data table can be thought of as having rows where each row represents an instance of an object such as a user, and columns where each column represents an attribute in the schema such as GivenName.
From a different perspective, Active Directory has three types of data
- Schema information
definitional details about objects and attributes that one CAN store in the AD. Replicates to all domain controllers. Static in nature.
- Configuration information
configuration data about forest and trees. Replicates to all domain controllers. Static as your forest is.
- Domain information
object information for a domain. Replicates to all domain controllers within a domain. The object portion becomes part of Global Catalog. The attribute values (the actual bulk of data) only replicates within the domain.
Although GUIDs are unique, they are large. AD uses distinguished name tag ( DNT ). DNT is a 4-byte DWORD value which is incremented when a new object is created in the store. The DNT represents the object's database row number. It is an example of a fixed column. Each object's parent relationship is stored as a parent distinguished name tag ( PDNT ). Resolution of parent-child relationships is optimized because the DNT and PDNT are indexed fields in the database. For more technical info on the AD datastore and its organization, a good starting point is the Active Directory Database Sizing document.
The size of ntds.dit will often be different sizes across the domain controllers in a domain. Remember that Active Directory is a multi-master independent model where updates are occuring in each of the ADs with the changes being replicated over time to the other domain controllers. The changed data is replicated between domain controllers, not the database, so there is no guarantee that the files are going to be the same size across all domain controllers.
Active Directory routinely performs online database defragmentation, but this is limited to the disposal of tombstoned objects. The database file cannot be compacted while Active Directory is mounted. An ntds.dit file that has been defragmented offline ( compacted ), can be much smaller than the ntds.dit file on its peers. To defrag ntds.dit offline:
- Back up the Active Directory using Windows 2000 Backup. W2K backup natively supports backing up Active Directory while online. This occurs automatically when you select the option to back up everything on the computer in the Backup Wizard, or independently by selecting to back upSystem State in the backup wizard.
- Reboot
- Select the appropriate installation from the boot menu, and press F8 to display the Windows 2000 Advanced Options menu.
- Choose Directory Services Restore Mode and press ENTER. Press ENTER again to start the boot process.
- Logon using the password defined for the local Administrator account in the offline SAM.
- Click Start, Programs, Accessories, and then click Command Prompt.
- At the command prompt, run the ntdsutil command.
- When ntdsutil has started
- Type files and press ENTER.
- Type info and then press ENTER. This will display current information about the path and size of the Active Directory database and its log files.
- Type compact to drive:\directory, and press ENTER. Be sure that the drive specified has enough drive space for the compacted database to be created. I know, you don't know how big the compacted version will be, but if there is enough space for the uncompacted version, you should be OK. A gotcha!: You must specify a directory path and if the path name has spaces, the command will not work unless you use quotation marks
compact to "c:\my new folder"
- Type quit and press Enter.
- Type quit and press Enter to return to the command prompt. A new compacted database named Ntds.dit can be found in the folder you specified.
- Copy the new ntds.dit file over the old ntds.dit file. You have successfully compacted the Active Directory database. If you believe in belts and suspenders, I would copy the old uncompacted database somewhere else before I overwrote it with the new compacted version.
- Reboot and see if all is normal.
This is a server by server task. Monitor the size of ntds.dit and if it starts growing and performance is slow and you can not see why either situation should apply, consider offline defrags.
If ntds.dit gets corrupted or deleted or is missing ( can happen if the promotion process to domain controller goes bad ), you have to manually recover it using Windows 2000 Backup. Now you did do W2K backups right?:
- Reboot the domain controller and press F8 to display the Windows 2000 Advanced Options menu.
- Select Directory Services Restore Mode and then press ENTER.
- Select the correct installation, and then press ENTER to start the boot process.
- Logon using the administrator account and password you specified during the promotion process. When you ran Dcpromo.exe to install Active Directory, it requested a password to be used for the Administrator password for Active Directory Restore Mode. This password is not stored in Active Directory. It is stored in an NT4-style SAM file and is the only account available when the AD is corrupted.
- Click OK. This acknowledges the warning message that you are using Safe mode.
- Click Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and then click Backup.
- Select the Restore tab.
- Click the + symbol next to the following items to expand them:
- File
- Media Created
- System Drive
- Winnt
- NTDS
- Click the NTDS folder to display the files in the folder.
- Click to select the ntds.dit check box.
- Leave the Restore files to box set to Original Location. This check box provides the option to restore to an alternative location. If you restore to an alternative location, you will have to copy the ntds.dit file into the\ntds folder.
- Click Start Restore.
To move a database or log file :
- Reboot the domain controller and press F8 to display the Windows 2000 Advanced Options menu.
- Select Directory Services Restore Mode and then press ENTER.
- Select the correct installation, and then press ENTER to start the boot process.
- Logon using the administrator account and password you specified during the promotion process. When you ran Dcpromo.exe to install Active Directory, it requested a password to be used for the Administrator password for Active Directory Restore Mode. This password is not stored in Active Directory. It is stored in an NT4-style SAM file and is the only account available when the AD is corrupted.
- Start a command prompt, and then type ntdsutil.exe .
- At a Ntdsutil prompt, type files.
- At the File Maintenance prompt
- To move a database, type move db to %s
where %s is the drive and folder where you want the database moved.
- To move log files, type move logs to %s
where %s is the drive and folder where you want the log files moved.
- To view the log files or database, type info.
- To verify the integrity of the database at its new location, type integrity.
- Type quit
- Type quit to return to a command prompt.
- To move a database, type move db to %s
- Restart the computer in Normal mode.
When you move the database and log files, you must back up the domain controller.
What is the absolute minimum RAM?
For Windows XP 64 mb RAM is required but 128 mb is recommended. (both home edition and professional)
For Vista Home Basic It's 512 the others are 1Gb.
For WS03 512 its 128 mb.
universal groups are not present in the win2000 mixed mode the forest level needs to be win2003 for it to work.
Universal groups can be used anywhere in the same Windows forest. They are only available in a Native-mode enterprise. Universal groups may be an easier approach for some administrators because there are no intrinsic limitations on their use. Users can be directly assigned to Universal groups, they can be nested, and they can be used directly with access-control lists to denote access permissions in any domain in the enterprise.
Universal groups are stored in the global catalog (GC); this means that all changes made to these groups engender replication to all global catalog servers in the entire enterprise. Changes to universal groups must therefore be made only after a careful examination of the benefits of universal groups as compared to the cost of the increased global catalog replication load. If an organization has but a single, well-connected LAN, no performance degradation should be experienced, while widely dispersed sites might experience a significant impact. Typically, organizations using WANs should use Universal groups only for relatively static groups in which memberships change rarely
How do you fix your DNS server?
If you are not hosting on your own servers, you would need to contact your domain host.
What are the advantages of using ones personal savings when starting a business?
there!!
Using one's personal savings in a comapany can be a very good way to raise cash flow in and out of the business. However, you must be aware that if all doesn't go well, you could lose all the money you invested.
The benefits are:
+ You decide how much you'd like to invest into the company (at your own risk)
+ Gives the company a financial boost
+ It's an easy way to improve cash quickly. If you were to ask for a loan, there's alot of paperwork and details that need to be finalized. You, on the other hand, can easily put money into the comapny whenever you feel it is necessary.
I hope this information is useful to you.. :P
What is the minimum number of domains required for an Active Directory tree?
3 as it is the minimum amount of domains in anything. I think this is for and Active Directory Tree !
