McSe Nt Server 4 Support and Maintenance: Study Guide Exam 70-244

by Sheltz, Matthew; Chellis, James

• ISBN13: 9780782129922
• ISBN10: 0782129927
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xxv
Assessment Test	p. xlv
Planning the Windows NT 4 Environment	p. 1
Server Hardware	p. 3
Selecting Server Hardware by Role	p. 5
File and Print Servers	p. 6
Application Servers	p. 9
Internet/Intranet Servers	p. 10
Messaging Servers	p. 12
Remote Access Services (RAS) Servers	p. 13
Firewalls	p. 14
Networking Models	p. 15
The Workgroup Model	p. 16
The Client-Server Model	p. 17
The Domain Model	p. 18
NT Server Roles	p. 19
Primary Domain Controller	p. 21
Backup Domain Controllers	p. 22
Member Servers	p. 25
Domain Controller Placement	p. 26
Logon Validation Traffic	p. 26
SAM Synchronization Traffic	p. 27
Trust Relationships	p. 27
Trust Example 1	p. 30
Trust Example 2	p. 32
Implementing Trust Relationships	p. 33
The Four NT Domain Models	p. 36
The Single Domain Model	p. 37
The Master Domain Model	p. 38
The Multiple Master Domain Model	p. 39
The Complete Trust Domain Model	p. 41
NT Directory Services	p. 43
Summary	p. 44
Exam Essentials	p. 45
Key Terms	p. 48
Review Questions	p. 49
Answers to Review Questions	p. 56
Configuring and Troubleshooting Hardware	p. 59
Troubleshooting Computer Hardware	p. 61
Night of the Living DOS	p. 61
Finding Hardware Faults	p. 62
Configuring Hardware in NT 4	p. 71
Device Driver Options	p. 73
Troubleshooting Hardware Configuration	p. 74
Using the Event Viewer	p. 74
Using the Windows NT Diagnostics Tool	p. 76
Using the Last Known Good	p. 80
RAID Support	p. 81
Levels of RAID	p. 81
RAID Supported by NT	p. 82
Recovering from Disk Failure in a RAID Environment	p. 87
Disk Mirroring Failure	p. 88
Disk Failure on a Stripe Set with Parity	p. 93
Multiprocessing in Windows NT	p. 94
Summary	p. 97
Exam Essentials	p. 97
Key Terms	p. 99
Review Questions	p. 100
Answers to Review Questions	p. 106
Network Connectivity	p. 109
Network Architecture	p. 110
Networking Concepts	p. 111
The Open Systems Interconnect (OSI) Model	p. 114
Windows NT Networking Components	p. 120
Programming Interfaces	p. 121
File System Drivers	p. 122
Transport Driver Interface	p. 122
Transport Protocols	p. 123
Network Driver Interface	p. 123
Adapter Drivers	p. 123
Windows NT Component Options	p. 124
Network Protocols	p. 124
Installing and Configuring Network Protocols	p. 130
Understanding TCP/IP	p. 130
NT Network Services	p. 138
Using Automatic Network Configuration Mechanisms	p. 139
Using ipconfig	p. 157
Summary	p. 159
Exam Essentials	p. 160
Key Terms	p. 162
Review Questions	p. 163
Answers to Review Questions	p. 170
User and Group Management	p. 173
User Accounts, Groups, and Security	p. 175
Planning	p. 177
Planning Groups	p. 178
Naming Conventions	p. 180
Security Planning	p. 180
Share Planning	p. 184
Policy Planning	p. 189
Managing Groups	p. 205
Local and Global Groups Defined	p. 206
Default Local and Global Groups	p. 208
Special Groups	p. 211
How Local and Global Groups Work Together	p. 212
Example of Local and Global Groups Implementation	p. 215
Managing Groups across Domains	p. 218
Managing User Accounts	p. 220
Networked and Local Users	p. 221
Special Built-in Accounts	p. 221
Creating User Accounts	p. 222
Copying User Accounts	p. 226
Disabling and Deleting User Accounts	p. 228
Renaming User Accounts	p. 229
Editing User Profile Properties	p. 230
User Profiles	p. 234
Summary	p. 236
Exam Essentials	p. 238
Key Terms	p. 240
Review Questions	p. 241
Answers to Review Questions	p. 248
Security	p. 251
The Security Configuration Manager	p. 253
Using Policies through the SCM	p. 253
Downloading and Installing the SCM	p. 254
Analyzing System Security	p. 257
Opening the GUI SCM	p. 257
Creating or Opening the Database	p. 260
Analyzing Windows NT 4 System Security	p. 261
Designing Security Templates	p. 263
Applying Templates to Configure System Security	p. 266
Changes to NT from Installing the SCM	p. 271
Standard NTFS Security	p. 271
Enhanced NTFS Security	p. 272
Managing the Audit Policy	p. 276
Enabling Auditing	p. 277
Using Syskey	p. 281
Server Message Block Signing	p. 283
Configuring SMB Signing	p. 284
The Windows NT 4 LAN Manager (NTLM)	p. 286
Authentication Options	p. 287
Summary	p. 289
Exam Essentials	p. 289
Key Terms	p. 290
Review Questions	p. 291
Answers to Review Questions	p. 296
Routing and Remote Access Services	p. 299
Remote Access Services (RAS)	p. 301
RAS Clients	p. 301
The RAS Server	p. 302
Analog Modems or ISDN?	p. 303
RAS Capabilities and Limitations	p. 305
Installing RRAS	p. 311
RAS and Modems	p. 311
RRAS Download and Installation	p. 314
Configuring RAS	p. 315
Configuring Network Protocols for RAS	p. 315
Configuring RAS Security	p. 317
Using Multilink	p. 321
VPNs and the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol	p. 321
Configuring RAS Clients	p. 324
Troubleshooting RAS Connections	p. 329
Routing	p. 331
What Routing Does	p. 331
Routing and Windows NT	p. 332
How Routing Works	p. 333
Configuring Routing	p. 338
Summary	p. 341
Exam Essentials	p. 342
Key Terms	p. 344
Review Questions	p. 345
Answers to Review Questions	p. 350
The Distributed File System	p. 353
DFS and Its Benefits	p. 354
DFS Topology	p. 356
Installing and Administering Dfs	p. 357
Installing the DFS Server Software	p. 357
Administering DFS Trees	p. 359
Client Access	p. 364
Troubleshooting DFS	p. 365
Summary	p. 366
Exam Essentials	p. 367
Key Terms	p. 368
Review Questions	p. 369
Answers to Review Questions	p. 375
Printing	p. 377
Introduction to Printing	p. 378
Printing Devices	p. 379
Printing Software	p. 380
Printing and Networks	p. 382
NT Print Model	p. 383
Graphics Device Interface (GDI)	p. 384
Print Driver	p. 385
Print Router	p. 385
Print Provider (Spooler)	p. 386
Print Processor	p. 386
Print Monitor	p. 387
Network Print Devices	p. 388
Creating a Printer	p. 388
Sending Print Jobs to Network Printers	p. 391
Managing NT Printers	p. 392
Management Functions	p. 392
Printer Properties	p. 396
Managing NT Print Servers	p. 405
TCP/IP and DLC Printer Support	p. 406
Printing in a TCP/IP Environment	p. 407
Configuring Printers to Use the DLC Protocol	p. 407
Troubleshooting Printing Problems	p. 408
Printer Sometimes Does Not work	p. 408
Printer Does Not Work at All	p. 409
Summary	p. 409
Exam Essentials	p. 410
Key Terms	p. 411
Review Questions	p. 412
Answers to Review Questions	p. 419
Supporting Internet Services	p. 421
Overview of IIS Protocols	p. 422
WWW Service	p. 422
FTP Service	p. 423
Installing IIS 4.0	p. 423
Preparing for IIS Installation	p. 423
IIS Installation Options	p. 424
Managing the FTP Service	p. 425
Creating an FTP Site	p. 425
FTP Configuration Options	p. 427
FTP Properties	p. 427
Virtual Directories and Virtual Servers	p. 435
Managing the WWW Service	p. 436
Creating a New Web Site	p. 436
Configuring the WWW Site	p. 437
Configuring Virtual Servers to Use Host Headers	p. 450
Using HTTPS	p. 451
Windows NT Load Balancing Service	p. 451
Summary	p. 452
Exam Essentials	p. 453
Key Terms	p. 454
Review Questions	p. 455
Answers to Review Questions	p. 461
Optimizing Windows NT 4	p. 463
Windows NT Service Packs	p. 465
Overview of Network Performance	p. 466
Bottlenecks	p. 467
Finding Bottlenecks	p. 470
Eliminating Bottlenecks	p. 471
The Perpetual Cycle	p. 472
Improving Network Performance	p. 472
Reducing Traffic	p. 473
Splitting Networks	p. 474
Increasing Speed	p. 477
Windows NT Self-Tuning Mechanisms	p. 479
Memory Optimizations	p. 479
Prioritizing Threads and Processes	p. 481
Cacheing Disk Requests	p. 482
Performance Monitoring	p. 484
Object Counters	p. 486
Processor Performance	p. 487
Disk Performance	p. 491
Using Task Manager	p. 499
The Network Monitor	p. 502
NT Server 4's Network Monitor	p. 503
Installing Network Monitor	p. 504
Using the Network Monitor	p. 504
Network Monitor Security	p. 509
Summary	p. 511
Exam Essentials	p. 511
Key Terms	p. 513
Review Questions	p. 514
Answers to Review Questions	p. 520
Troubleshooting and System Recovery	p. 523
Principles of Troubleshooting	p. 525
Axioms of Troubleshooting	p. 528
Troubleshooting Networks	p. 533
Client Problems	p. 534
Server Problems	p. 535
Data Link Problems	p. 535
Cable Faults	p. 536
Troubleshooting the Windows NT Boot Process	p. 537
How Windows NT Boots	p. 537
Windows NT Load Phases	p. 540
Boot Sequence Errors	p. 542
The Windows NT Boot Disk	p. 544
The Emergency Repair Disk	p. 545
Restoring Windows NT	p. 546
Troubleshooting a Running Windows NT Environment	p. 548
Using the Event Viewer	p. 548
Using the Windows NT Diagnostics Tool	p. 550
Troubleshooting Security Problems	p. 554
Working with Backup	p. 555
Tape Backup Concepts	p. 556
Adding a Tape Device	p. 561
Backing Up a Volume	p. 561
Restoring from Backup	p. 563
Scheduling Jobs with AT	p. 564
Using the Backup Tool from the Command Line	p. 566
Troubleshooting Resources	p. 568
Windows Help Files	p. 568
TechNET CD	p. 569
Internet Resources	p. 569
Summary	p. 571
Exam Essentials	p. 572
Key Terms	p. 573
Review Questions	p. 574
Answers to Review Questions	p. 580
Glossary	p. 583
Index	p. 623
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