Exam 2: Installing Windows Server 2008

You can upgrade to Windows Server 2008 Core installation so long as you're running Windows Server 2003 with the latest Microsoft patches installed.

You're in charge of a high-end,enterprise class server running Windows Server 2008 Datacenter edition.Lately you've noticed that the server's memory utilization is too high,so you've decided to add an additional few sticks of RAM into the server's free slots.To reduce downtime,you should check if your server supports ____.

Select below a valid requirement for the installation of Hyper-V: ____.

Your intern would like to know which of the following situations would be ideal for a Server Core installation:

Almost immediately after an OS is released,bugs and security vulnerabilities are found and fixed.These fixes,normally released as ____________________,can be installed through the Windows Update procedure.

Which of the following commands will show the Idx column for network interfaces connected to your machine?

What user must be logged on to a server in order for a virtual machine to run?

After installation Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition,you have attempted to activate Windows.Unfortunately,the activation process fails.Because you are using a Multiple Activation Key (MAK),what must you do first before you can activate Windows Server 2008?

Which of the following Windows Server 2008 editions has no upgrade path?

You are constructing a server for a small office complex that will run for approximately 12 hours every day.Because of a limited budget,you have decided to use a disk subsystem that is inexpensive and offers excellent performance.Pick the technology that best fits this description below.

Which of the following is an important requirement for running Hyper-V?

The netsh command can be used to configure network interfaces from the command line.

This Hyper-V requirement is usually labeled on Intel processors as Intel-VT and on AMD processors as AMD-V.

If you are going to use a CD/DVD image file to install an operating system in a virtual machine using Hyper-V,what file extension will the image file have?

What command can you type to force a check for updates?

Pick the service below that is required by Active Directory:

OSs running in virtual machines on host computers

The physical computer on which Windows Server 2008 is installed

Last Friday,your organization deployed a brand new Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008.To simplify administrative tasks and to prevent downtime,your organization makes use of monitoring software that continually tests connectivity.This monitoring software then sends text messages to a specific group of administrators if it should detect that a server is unreachable for any reason. On Monday,when the Server Core's IP address was placed into the monitoring software,the group of administrators received a text almost immediately telling them that the Server Core machine was unreachable.The administrator on-call says that on Friday,he was able to use the ping command successfully from the Server Core box to a well known internet address,as well as several servers on the local network.On Monday,he attempts to ping the Server Core installation from his workstation for the first time and does not receive a response. Assuming that the Server Core installation is using default settings,what is most likely the issue?

A utility used to test network connectivity and IP address configuration