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MCTS: Monitoring Computers
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1. Custom views are filters that can display events from ______.
multiple logs
qc
System Diagnostics
Find an example of the event in Event Viewer. - In Task Scheduler - click Create Basic Task in the actions pane. - Use the Schtasks command-line tool from a command prompt or a script.
2. Logs all the info included in the System Performance Data Collector Set - plus detailed system information. Use the ______ Data Collector Set when troubleshooting reliability problems such as problematic hardware - driver failures - or Stop errors (a
System Diagnostics
gr
Wireless Diagnostics
Network Monitor
3. You can open Event Viewer from within ______ by selecting the DiagnosticsEvent Viewer node.
Security
event forwarding
Forwarded Events
Server Manager
4. This Windows log contains events forwarded to this computer from other computers.
Reliability Monitor
Forwarded Events
multiple logs
SCHTASKS /Create /TN EventLog /TR respond.exe /SC ONEVENT /EC System /MO *[System/EventID=177]
5. The wecutil ______ parameter performs the initial configuration required to collect events. If a subscription already exists - the necessary configuration must have already been performed.
wecutil qc
When A Specific Event Is Logged
NMCap /network * /capture /file filename.cap
qc
6. Check the Applications And Services LogsMicrosoftWindowsEventlog-ForwardingPluginOperational event log and verify that the subscription was created successfully. Event ID 100 indicates a new subscription whereas Event ID ______ indicates a subscripti
winrm get winrm/config
multiple logs
103
ds
7. This captures all traffic on all network interfaces and saves it to a file named Filename.cap. When you are finished capturing - press ______.
winrm quickconfig
Ctrl+C
Custom Views
http://computername:5985 (or https://computername:5986 if you are using HTTPS)
8. This Windows log contains core system events. Other system events are contained with Applications And Services Logs.
http://computername:5985 (or https://computername:5986 if you are using HTTPS)
System
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)
wecutil qc
9. After using a Data Collector Set to gather information and then stopping the Data Collector Set - you can view a summary by right-clicking the Data Collector Set and then choosing ______.
Attach Task To This Event
Latest Report
NMCap /network * /capture "DNS" /file filename.cap
network adapter
10. Logs processor - disk - memory - and network performance counters and kernel tracing. Use the ______ Data Collector Set when troubleshooting a slow computer or intermittent performance problems.
ss - wecutil ss <subscription_name> /cm:custom wecutil ss <subscription_name> /hi:<milliseconds_delay>
System Performance
NMCap /network * /capture "DNS" /file filename.cap
5985 and 5986
11. At a command prompt with administrative privileges - run the following command to configure the Windows Remote Management service on the forwarding computer:
NMCap /network * /capture /file filename.cap
winrm quickconfig
Subscriptions
gr
12. The wecutil ______ parameter displays the status of subscriptions.
Win XP SP2 - Win Srvr 2003 SP1 or 2 - Win Srvr 2003 R2 - Vista - Win 7 - Win Srvr 2008 - and Win Srvr 2008 R2
Data Collector Sets
gr
event forwarding
13. Microsoft provides ______ - a powerful protocol analyzer - as a free download.
Network Monitor
Performance Monitor
System Diagnostics
Windows Logs and Applications And Services Logs.
14. To open Reliability Monitor - right-click the ______ node in Server Manager and then click View System Reliability.
DiagnosticsPerformanceMonitoring Tools
ss - wecutil ss <subscription_name> /cm:custom wecutil ss <subscription_name> /hi:<milliseconds_delay>
SCHTASKS /Create /TN EventLog /TR respond.exe /SC ONEVENT /EC System /MO *[System/EventID=177]
winrm quickconfig
15. To capture network traffic from a command prompt - switch to the Network Monitor installation folder (C:Program FilesMicrosoft Network Monitor 3 by default) and run the following command:
SCHTASKS /Create /TN EventLog /TR respond.exe /SC ONEVENT /EC System /MO *[System/EventID=177]
Start
System Diagnostics
NMCap /network * /capture /file filename.cap
16. ______ tracks a computer's stability.
Reliability Monitor
wecutil qc
When A Specific Event Is Logged
Forwarded Events
17. To configure Event Forwarding to use HTTPS - create a Windows Firewall exception for TCP port 5986 and run the following command:
10
winrm quickconfig -transport:https
Wireless Diagnostics
NMCap /network * /capture "DNS" /file filename.cap
18. To create a custom Data Collector Set - follow these steps:
Server Manager
ds
winrm get winrm/config
Right-click Data Collector SetsUser Defined - choose New - and then choose Data Collector Set. The Create New Data Collector Set Wizard appears.
19. You can also use the /inputcapture parameter of NMCap to process an existing capture file.E.g. To read a file named Capture1.cap and write a new capture file containing only HTTP packets - use this command:
Start
winrm quickconfig -transport:https
Windows Logs and Applications And Services Logs.
NMCap /InputCapture "Capture1.cap" /capture "HTTP" /file "HttpOnlyCapture.cap"
20. With ______ subscriptions - the forwarding computers contact the collecting computer.
10
Source computer initiated
Win XP SP2 - Win Srvr 2003 SP1 or 2 - Win Srvr 2003 R2 - Vista - Win 7 - Win Srvr 2008 - and Win Srvr 2008 R2
Data Collector Sets
21. You can create two types of subscriptions:
Collector initiated - Source computer initiated
Application
wecutil qc
ss - wecutil ss <subscription_name> /cm:custom wecutil ss <subscription_name> /hi:<milliseconds_delay>
22. Find an example of the event in Event Viewer. Then - right-click the event and click ______. A wizard will guide you through the process.
Attach Task To This Event
Application
wecutil qc
Subscriptions
23. In Task Scheduler - click Create Basic Task in the actions pane. On the Trigger page of the wizard - select ______. Then - specify the Log - Source - and Event ID.
When A Specific Event Is Logged
SCHTASKS /Create /TN EventLog /TR respond.exe /SC ONEVENT /EC System /MO *[System/EventID=177]
winrm quickconfig -transport:https
Ctrl+C
24. What command should you run to configure a forwarding computer?
winrm quickconfig
Right-click Data Collector SetsUser Defined - choose New - and then choose Data Collector Set. The Create New Data Collector Set Wizard appears.
gr
network adapter
25. Network Monitor can capture only traffic that the ______ receives.
network adapter
Reliability Monitor
Security
qc
26. Because the forwarding computer must have HTTP and possibly HTTPS available - you can attempt to connect to it from the collecting computer by using Windows Internet Explorer
winrm quickconfig -transport:https
System Diagnostics
RACAgent.exe
http://computername:5985 (or https://computername:5986 if you are using HTTPS)
27. To configure a computer running Vista - Win 7 - Win Srvr 2008 - or Win Srvr 2008 R2 to collect events - open a command prompt with administrative privileges. Then - run the following command to configure the Windows Event Collector service:
wecutil qc
logman start "<Data Collector Set>"
System
Attach Task To This Event
28. The Reliability Monitor displays data gathered by the Reliability Analysis Component (RAC) - which is implemented using ______ command.
Network Monitor
RACAgent.exe
Custom Views
Active Directory Diagnostics - System Performance - System Diagnostics - Wireless Diagnostics
29. Using event forwarding requires you to configure both the forwarding and collecting computers. First - you must start the following services on both the forwarding and collecting computer:
Windows Remote Management - Windows Event Collector
winrm enumerate winrm/config/Listener
Win XP SP2 - Win Srvr 2003 SP1 or 2 - Win Srvr 2003 R2 - Vista - Win 7 - Win Srvr 2008 - and Win Srvr 2008 R2
Wireless Diagnostics
30. With event forwarding - only these Windows versions can act as forwarding computers:
winrm quickconfig -transport:https
ss - wecutil ss <subscription_name> /cm:custom wecutil ss <subscription_name> /hi:<milliseconds_delay>
Win XP SP2 - Win Srvr 2003 SP1 or 2 - Win Srvr 2003 R2 - Vista - Win 7 - Win Srvr 2008 - and Win Srvr 2008 R2
Data Collector Sets
31. Event forwarding uses HTTP or HTTPS to send events from a forwarding computer to a collecting computer. Instead of using the standard TCP ports 80 and 443 - HTTP and HTTPS use ports ______ - respectively.
Right-click Data Collector SetsUser Defined - choose New - and then choose Data Collector Set. The Create New Data Collector Set Wizard appears.
103
When A Specific Event Is Logged
5985 and 5986
32. Windows Server 2008 R2 includes several built-in Data Collector Sets located at Data Collector SetsSystem:
Active Directory Diagnostics - System Performance - System Diagnostics - Wireless Diagnostics
Win XP SP2 - Win Srvr 2003 SP1 or 2 - Win Srvr 2003 R2 - Vista - Win 7 - Win Srvr 2008 - and Win Srvr 2008 R2
winrm get winrm/config
Data Collector Sets
33. Event forwarding uses ______ or ______ to send events from a forwarding computer to a collecting computer.
Source computer initiated
System
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)
NMCap /InputCapture "Capture1.cap" /capture "HTTP" /file "HttpOnlyCapture.cap"
34. Present only on computers with wireless capabilities - the ______ Data Collector Set logs the same info as the LAN Diagnostics Data Collector Set - plus info relevant to troubleshooting wireless network connections.
Security
Collector initiated
Wireless Diagnostics
When A Specific Event Is Logged
35. This Windows log contains events generated while installing and updating Windows.
Setup
103
Server Manager
Data Collector Sets
36. ______ gather system information - including configuration settings and performance data - and store it in a data file.
http://computername:5985 (or https://computername:5986 if you are using HTTPS)
winrm enumerate winrm/config/Listener
qc
Data Collector Sets
37. One of the most useful ways to use Task Scheduler is to launch a task in response to a specific event type that appears in Event Viewer. You can respond to events in three ways:
Vista - Win 7 - Win Server 2003 R2 - Win Server 2008 - and Win Server 2008 R2
winrm quickconfig
Setup
Start A Program - Send An E-mail - Display A Message
38. Computers that have no errors and no new software installations are considered stable and can achieve the maximum system stability index of ______.
Application
10
Wireless Diagnostics
DiagnosticsPerformanceMonitoring Tools
39. This Windows log contains events generated by applications.
System Performance
multiple logs
Custom Views
Application
40. The Minimize Bandwidth and Minimize Latency options of Event Subscriptions - both batch a default number of items at a time. You can determine the value of this default by typing the following command at a command prompt:
winrm get winrm/config
network adapter
gr
10
41. With ______ subscriptions - the collecting computer contacts the source computers to retrieve events.
http://computername:5985 (or https://computername:5986 if you are using HTTPS)
Collector initiated
RACAgent.exe
Start A Program - Send An E-mail - Display A Message
42. What command should you run to configure a collecting computer?
Find an example of the event in Event Viewer. - In Task Scheduler - click Create Basic Task in the actions pane. - Use the Schtasks command-line tool from a command prompt or a script.
103
Application
wecutil qc
43. When you create a custom view - Event Viewer saves it within the ______ node so that you can quickly view the same set of events.
Custom Views
Start
Performance Monitor
Setup
44. To verify that the forwarding computer has the Windows Remote Management listener properly configured - from an elevated command prompt - run the following command:
Vista - Win 7 - Win Server 2003 R2 - Win Server 2008 - and Win Server 2008 R2
Active Directory Diagnostics - System Performance - System Diagnostics - Wireless Diagnostics
Data Collector Sets
winrm enumerate winrm/config/Listener
45. In Win Srvr 2008 and Win Srvr 2008 R2 - you can also simply select the ______ node in the console tree of Event Viewer to confiture the collecting computer.
Subscriptions
103
Active Directory Diagnostics
Right-click Data Collector SetsUser Defined - choose New - and then choose Data Collector Set. The Create New Data Collector Set Wizard appears.
46. With ______ - you can send events that match specific criteria to an administrative computer - allowing you to centralize event management.
event forwarding
Security
5985 and 5986
NMCap /network * /capture /file filename.cap
47. To run a file named Respond.exe whenever event 177 is published in the System event log - run the following command:
Latest Report
SCHTASKS /Create /TN EventLog /TR respond.exe /SC ONEVENT /EC System /MO *[System/EventID=177]
Collector initiated
RACAgent.exe
48. The log files are contained in two subnodes:
Windows Logs and Applications And Services Logs.
System Diagnostics
Latest Report
Collector initiated - Source computer initiated
49. With event forwarding - only these Windows versions can act as collecting computers:
Subscriptions
Windows Logs and Applications And Services Logs.
wecutil qc
Vista - Win 7 - Win Server 2003 R2 - Win Server 2008 - and Win Server 2008 R2
50. Windows Logs contains five subnodes:
wecutil qc
winrm enumerate winrm/config/Listener
logman start "<Data Collector Set>"
Application - Security - Setup - System - Forwarded Events