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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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PWD
Personal Identifier Number (PIN)
What is knowledge consistency checker?
The Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) is a Windows component that automatically generates and maintains the intra-site and inter-site replication topology. You can disable the KCC's automatic generation of intra-site or inter-site topology management, or both. You can use the script included in this article to automate disabling or the re-enabling of automatic inter-site topology maintenance that the KCC performs.
For additional information go to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/245610
What is the absolute minimum RAM requirement for windows server 2003 standard edition?
Minimum ram
standard edition
128 mb
enterprise edition
128 mb
datacentre edition
512 mb
web edition
128 mb
What are gpo in Active Directory?
Group Policy Objects (GPOs) are collections of settings for Windows operating systems.
In general terms, they are created for two reasons: to control the look and feel of the operating system and its functionality (the "user experience") or to govern the way the system works such as its security and operation.
Administrators have been able to apply policies to machines since Windows 9x/NT3 but with the advent of Active Directory in Windows 2000, GPOs have allowed a granular centralised control mechanism for domain members ranging across almost all aspects of the OS and many of the Microsoft products (primarily Internet Explorer and the Office suite, although customisation allows virtually any application to be controlled).
Group Policy settings can apply either to the machine itself (and consequently apply to all users of that machine) or to groups of users of the machine. They grant the ability to standardise an estate.
In large organisations, they are used to control password policies, logon rights, privileges, permissions, registry settings, the desktop and the underlying security of the infrastructure. They are vital in maintaining control and governance.
As examples of their capabilities, you can set all machines to have the same colour scheme, screensaver, minimum password length/complexity, or any of the thousands of options available. They can be used to roll out software, fire startup and logon scripts, and enable/disable services, etc.
What is a hard disk that is mounted inside the system unit?
Yes they are, although you can get external hard drives that are separate.
What do you mean by forward lookup zone and reverse lookup zone?
There are 2 zones which are required by dns to resolve the query related with the FQDN and IP address.
Forward lookup zone is FQDN(fully qualified domain name) to IP address
Reverse lookup zone is IP address to FQDN(fully qualified domain name)
if you ping or do nslookup it check the dns for the information.
ping abc.microsoft.com
internally it will check the table and find out what is the Ip address for abc.microsoft.com then it will show on the cmd prompt
Pinging abc.microsoft.com [207.46.232.182] with 32 bytes of data:
"forward look-up zone" and "reverse look-up zone" usually refer to domains/zones, or correspondingly to cache or configuration files, in a Domain Name System (DNS).
For instance:
"Answers.Com" represents a "forward look-up zone" and contains Address (A) records, among others, such as:
WIKI.Answers.Com A 67.196.156.63
There is (or at least "should" be) a corresponding "reverse look-up zone", either:
67.in-addr.arpa,
196.67.in-addr.arpa, or
156.196.67.in-addr.arpa
containing (PTR) records, with something like:
63.156.196.67.in-addr.arpa PTR WIKI.Answers.Com
These are used "behind the scenes" by the DNS portion of the internet protocol to resolve Names into Internet Protocol Addresses, and to resolve Internet Protocol Addresses into Names.
The GLobal Catalogue has a reference to all objects within Active Directory. Its is know as GC
What is correct On a server or in a server?
No. It isn't. Haven't you swum in the other pool yet? Answer: Although I don't like to disagree, and it's certainly true that in traditional written English we should say 'haven't you swum..', people do use 'you haven't swum..' with a rising intonation in spoken English to express surprise. The questioner may be asking about the declarative sentence 'You haven't swum in the other pool yet.' The question mark relates to the inquiry about grammar, and not necessarily to the function of the construct. As a declarative sentence, it is correct.
What are the five FSMO roles in Active Directory forest with one parent and two child domains?
There are five roles:
They are further classified in two
1. Forest Roles- Schema Master - As name suggests, the changes that are made while creation of any object in AD or changes in attributes will be made by single domain controller and then it will be replicated to another domain controllers that are present in your environment. There is no corruption of AD schema if all the domain controllers try to make changes. This is one of the very important roles in FSMO roles infrastructure.
- Domain Naming Master - This role is not used very often, only when you add/remove any domain controllers. This role ensures that there is a unique name of domain controllers in environment.
- Infrastructure Master - This role checks domain for changes to any objects. If any changes are found then it will replicate to another domain controller.
- RID Master - This role is responsible for making sure each security principle has a different identifier.
- PDC emulator - This role is responsible for Account policies such as client password changes and time synchronization in the domain
It depends on your setup. If this all of the computers are networked in a workgroup environment, then you need to have a locally stored profile on each computer that redirects to the master fileserver. The SAM will be the database in this case
If you have a domain environment, then just join all of the computers into the domain and they should be able to log on to any computer on the network.The AD will take care of security nad NTDS.DIT will be database in this case
Which utility allows you to create Active Directory trust relationships from the command line?
netdom
Netdom
Enterprise Admins.
What causes computer to dump physical memory?
In this case I rebooted and went into setup. I discovered that my hard drive was no longer listed. I shut down and removed all connections from my IDE slots and cables to my HDD. I checked and saw no visible problem then connected everything up again. My computer runs again.
How can you downgrade a computer running Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2003 R2?
Hi, You cannot downgrade an operating system. You will have to nuke the hard drive and reload from the beginning. This is a tough one to do because you have to back-up everything you want to keep and make sure you have all the drivers for everything in your computer. Let me know if you have any questions. -Nitin Answer: Answer:
1: What you will receive: One copy of the applicable Windows Server downgrade software and associated product key. 2: The Downgrade Media Kit is not a new license for Windows Server. It may only be run under a valid license per the terms of those license terms. For example, a copy of Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition may be run under a Windows Server 2008 license as permitted by the Downgrade rights described in that license. Check the applicable license terms for specific information regarding the rights for the license. 3: Transfer rights apply to the original license you purchased. 4: Only 1 downgrade media kit per license. 5: The terms of this offer may be changed at any time without notice including, without limitation, the expiration date. 6: There is a fee for this upgrade to cover materials, shipping, handling, and fulfillment overhead. The fee will vary depending on your location. The amount will be presented to you prior to final submission of your order. At that time, you will have the opportunity to opt out before final order submission. The fee is non-refundable. 7: OEM Customers: If you acquired your license with a new server from a server manufacturer, the downgrade software acquired through this program may not be supported by your OEM. Contact your server manufacturer for its support policy for running downgrade software on their server hardware.
The administrator of the first domain in a forest is called the?
The administrator .he/she is part of administrators group and has all rights in the domain.The entreprise admin has all the rights on the forest/domain both are default groups.You can rename your administrator's name and make him part of this group.
The server described comes in with ready-made local groups to make it easier to establish these in a company. The function of each local group is to have a group that communicates within and between itself.
What are authoritative dns server and none authoritative dns server?
authoritative dns server is server that has own databases that has name resolution for the clients that for resolve from name to ip address and for ip address to name.
non-authorititative dns server is server that forward request of dns client to authoritative dns server for resolve.
Why is dns a requirement for active directory to work?
DNS is extremely important to all aspects of proper Active Directory operation. Any time a client makes a request for a domain service, it must find a domain controller to service that request, which is where DNS comes in to play.
There are two types of DNS queries: recursive and iterative.
When a DNS client requests DNS information, it uses a recursive query to do so.
In a recursive query, the DNS client sends its query to the first DNS server that it has been configured for in its TCP/IP configuration. It then sits and waits for the server to return an answer. If the server returns a positive response, the client will then go to the IP address returned by the server.
What is the name of the first domain in an Active Directory tree?
The first is the parent domain, and everything after that is a child domain. So you might have something like.
parent.local this would be the first domain of the parent domain
child.parent.local is the second or child domain
What is another name for server?
A rack or collection of hardware, the software is the component that makes it a server. What software/protocol depends on the type of server: DNS, Mail, Web servers etc.
B). Delegation of Control Wizard
What can you do to promote a server to DC if you are on a remote location with slow WAN link?
First available in Windows 2003, you will create a copy of the system state from an existing DC and copy it to the new remote server. Run "Dcpromo /adv". You will be prompted for the location of the system state files
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Answer B:
Backup system state as;
- Click Start, click Run, type ntbackup, and then click OK. (If the Backup utility starts in wizard mode, click the Advanced Mode hyperlink.)
- From the Backup tab, click to select the System State check box in the left pane. Do not back up the file system part of the SYSVOL tree separately from the system state backup.
- In the Backup media or file name box, specify the drive, path, and file name of the system state backup.
Restore system stat as below on the target computer;
- Log on to the Windows Server 2003-based computer that you want to promote. You must be a member of the local administrators group on this computer.
- Click Start, click Run, type ntbackup, and then click OK. (If the Backup utility starts in wizard mode, click the Advanced Mode hyperlink.)
- In the Backup utility, click the Restore and Manage Media tab. In the Tools menu, click Catalog a backup file..., and then locate the .bkf file that you created earlier. Click OK.
- Expand the contents of the .bkf file, and then click to select the System State check box.
- In Restore files to:, click Alternate Location. To restore the system state, type the logical drive and the path. We suggest that you type X:\Ntdsrestore. In this command, X is the logical drive that will ultimately host the Active Directory database when the member computer is promoted. The final location for the Active Directory database is selected when you run the Active Directory Installation Wizard. This folder must be different from the folder that contains the restored system state.
- Verify that the domain controller that is to be promoted has DNS name resolution and network connectivity to existing domain controllers in the domain controller's target domain.
- Click Start, click Run, type dcpromo /adv, and then click OK.
- Click Next to bypass the Welcome to the Active Directory Installation Wizard and Operating System Compatibility dialog boxes.
- On the Domain Controller Type page, click Additional domain controller for an existing domain, and then click Next.
- On the Copying Domain Information page, click From these restored backup files:, and then type the logical drive and the path of the alternative location where the system state backup was restored. Click Next.
- In Network Credentials, type the user name, the password, and the domain name of an account that is a member of the domain administrators group for the domain that you are promoting in.
- Continue with the remainder of the Active Directory Installation Wizard pages as you would with the standard promotion of an additional domain controller.
- After the SYSVOL tree has replicated in, and the SYSVOL share exists, delete any remaining restored system files and folders.
Rizwan Ranjha
Network Engineer
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