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MCTS: Monitoring Computers
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ______ graphically shows real-time performance data - including processor utilization - network bandwidth usage - and thousands of other statistics.
winrm get winrm/config
Performance Monitor
winrm enumerate winrm/config/Listener
Windows Logs and Applications And Services Logs.
2. To verify that the forwarding computer has the Windows Remote Management listener properly configured - from an elevated command prompt - run the following command:
winrm enumerate winrm/config/Listener
Network Monitor
RACAgent.exe
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3. Present only on DCs - the ______ Data Collector Set logs kernel trace data - AD trace data - performance counters - and AD registry configuration.
Subscriptions
Active Directory Diagnostics
Forwarded Events
Latest Report
4. This Windows log contains events generated by applications.
Application
Windows Remote Management - Windows Event Collector
http://computername:5985 (or https://computername:5986 if you are using HTTPS)
Latest Report
5. Custom views are filters that can display events from ______.
winrm quickconfig -transport:https
Forwarded Events
multiple logs
Data Collector Sets
6. 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 ______.
Latest Report
5985 and 5986
winrm enumerate winrm/config/Listener
Server Manager
7. This Windows log contains events generated while installing and updating Windows.
Setup
Server Manager
NMCap /network * /capture "DNS" /file filename.cap
wecutil qc
8. With ______ subscriptions - the collecting computer contacts the source computers to retrieve events.
Collector initiated
logman start "<Data Collector Set>"
winrm quickconfig
Security
9. 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.
Vista - Win 7 - Win Server 2003 R2 - Win Server 2008 - and Win Server 2008 R2
Performance Monitor
10. To configure Event Forwarding to use HTTPS - create a Windows Firewall exception for TCP port 5986 and run the following command:
winrm quickconfig -transport:https
Win XP SP2 - Win Srvr 2003 SP1 or 2 - Win Srvr 2003 R2 - Vista - Win 7 - Win Srvr 2008 - and Win Srvr 2008 R2
Start
Right-click Data Collector SetsUser Defined - choose New - and then choose Data Collector Set. The Create New Data Collector Set Wizard appears.
11. ______ tracks a computer's stability.
Reliability Monitor
multiple logs
Ctrl+C
Data Collector Sets
12. This Windows log contains core system events. Other system events are contained with Applications And Services Logs.
Ctrl+C
Collector initiated - Source computer initiated
winrm quickconfig -transport:https
System
13. To create a custom Data Collector Set - follow these steps:
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)
Collector initiated - Source computer initiated
Right-click Data Collector SetsUser Defined - choose New - and then choose Data Collector Set. The Create New Data Collector Set Wizard appears.
Server Manager
14. 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:
NMCap /InputCapture "Capture1.cap" /capture "HTTP" /file "HttpOnlyCapture.cap"
Reliability Monitor
gr
Setup
15. The wecutil ______ parameter defines subscription configuration. To specify a custom interval for a subscription - run the following commands: ______.
NMCap /network * /capture "DNS" /file filename.cap
SCHTASKS /Create /TN EventLog /TR respond.exe /SC ONEVENT /EC System /MO *[System/EventID=177]
Network Monitor
ss - wecutil ss <subscription_name> /cm:custom wecutil ss <subscription_name> /hi:<milliseconds_delay>
16. With event forwarding - only these Windows versions can act as forwarding computers:
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System
Win XP SP2 - Win Srvr 2003 SP1 or 2 - Win Srvr 2003 R2 - Vista - Win 7 - Win Srvr 2008 - and Win Srvr 2008 R2
Performance Monitor
17. 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:
Start A Program - Send An E-mail - Display A Message
SCHTASKS /Create /TN EventLog /TR respond.exe /SC ONEVENT /EC System /MO *[System/EventID=177]
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
18. With ______ subscriptions - the forwarding computers contact the collecting computer.
DiagnosticsPerformanceMonitoring Tools
Source computer initiated
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.
NMCap /InputCapture "Capture1.cap" /capture "HTTP" /file "HttpOnlyCapture.cap"
19. 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
wecutil qc
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.
Wireless Diagnostics
20. The wecutil ______ parameter performs the initial configuration required to collect events. If a subscription already exists - the necessary configuration must have already been performed.
Forwarded Events
System Diagnostics
qc
SCHTASKS /Create /TN EventLog /TR respond.exe /SC ONEVENT /EC System /MO *[System/EventID=177]
21. 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.
System Performance
winrm quickconfig
ss - wecutil ss <subscription_name> /cm:custom wecutil ss <subscription_name> /hi:<milliseconds_delay>
gr
22. With ______ - you can send events that match specific criteria to an administrative computer - allowing you to centralize event management.
event forwarding
Latest Report
Security
System
23. You can open Event Viewer from within ______ by selecting the DiagnosticsEvent Viewer node.
Server Manager
network adapter
qc
Start A Program - Send An E-mail - Display A Message
24. 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
NMCap /network * /capture "DNS" /file filename.cap
Reliability Monitor
Latest Report
25. This captures all traffic on all network interfaces and saves it to a file named Filename.cap. When you are finished capturing - press ______.
Windows Remote Management - Windows Event Collector
Ctrl+C
network adapter
logman start "<Data Collector Set>"
26. To run a file named Respond.exe whenever event 177 is published in the System event log - run the following command:
5985 and 5986
SCHTASKS /Create /TN EventLog /TR respond.exe /SC ONEVENT /EC System /MO *[System/EventID=177]
Collector initiated
winrm quickconfig
27. With event forwarding - only these Windows versions can act as collecting computers:
When A Specific Event Is Logged
Custom Views
10
Vista - Win 7 - Win Server 2003 R2 - Win Server 2008 - and Win Server 2008 R2
28. The wecutil ______ parameter deletes a subscription.
Network Monitor
gr
RACAgent.exe
ds
29. 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:
NMCap /network * /capture /file filename.cap
winrm quickconfig
Application - Security - Setup - System - Forwarded Events
Attach Task To This Event
30. To trigger a task when an event occurs - follow one of these three procedures:
winrm enumerate winrm/config/Listener
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.
RACAgent.exe
Latest Report
31. This Windows log contains auditing events that Windows adds when a user accesses or attempts to access a resource that has been configured for auditing.
Security
Ctrl+C
wecutil qc
Windows Logs and Applications And Services Logs.
32. Microsoft provides ______ - a powerful protocol analyzer - as a free download.
Network Monitor
NMCap /network * /capture "DNS" /file filename.cap
winrm quickconfig -transport:https
wecutil qc
33. 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.
Attach Task To This Event
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)
5985 and 5986
Source computer initiated
34. 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
RACAgent.exe
Windows Remote Management - Windows Event Collector
Latest Report
System Diagnostics
35. This Windows log contains events forwarded to this computer from other computers.
Forwarded Events
Data Collector Sets
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ss - wecutil ss <subscription_name> /cm:custom wecutil ss <subscription_name> /hi:<milliseconds_delay>
36. Network Monitor can capture only traffic that the ______ receives.
winrm enumerate winrm/config/Listener
network adapter
Wireless 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.
37. 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:
Attach Task To This Event
NMCap /network * /capture /file filename.cap
wecutil qc
winrm get winrm/config
38. Windows Server 2008 R2 includes several built-in Data Collector Sets located at Data Collector SetsSystem:
Attach Task To This Event
System Diagnostics
Security
Active Directory Diagnostics - System Performance - System Diagnostics - Wireless Diagnostics
39. 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
103
5985 and 5986
DiagnosticsPerformanceMonitoring Tools
When A Specific Event Is Logged
40. To use a Data Collector Set - right-click it - and then choose ______.
Latest Report
Start
Network Monitor
Windows Remote Management - Windows Event Collector
41. The log files are contained in two subnodes:
Latest Report
Reliability Monitor
Windows Logs and Applications And Services Logs.
Server Manager
42. 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.
Wireless Diagnostics
winrm quickconfig
Windows Logs and Applications And Services Logs.
Collector initiated - Source computer initiated
43. Find an example of the event in Event Viewer. Then - right-click the event and click ______. A wizard will guide you through the process.
gr
Right-click Data Collector SetsUser Defined - choose New - and then choose Data Collector Set. The Create New Data Collector Set Wizard appears.
Attach Task To This Event
Forwarded Events
44. To open Reliability Monitor - right-click the ______ node in Server Manager and then click View System Reliability.
wecutil qc
DiagnosticsPerformanceMonitoring Tools
Win XP SP2 - Win Srvr 2003 SP1 or 2 - Win Srvr 2003 R2 - Vista - Win 7 - Win Srvr 2008 - and Win Srvr 2008 R2
Windows Remote Management - Windows Event Collector
45. What command should you run to configure a collecting computer?
Attach Task To This Event
wecutil qc
System Performance
Ctrl+C
46. Event forwarding uses ______ or ______ to send events from a forwarding computer to a collecting computer.
Application - Security - Setup - System - Forwarded Events
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) or HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure)
Active Directory Diagnostics - System Performance - System Diagnostics - Wireless Diagnostics
Collector initiated - Source computer initiated
47. To use a filter capture - type the filter capture in quotation marks after the /capture parameter. For example - the following command captures only DNS traffic:
Reliability Monitor
Application
DiagnosticsPerformanceMonitoring Tools
NMCap /network * /capture "DNS" /file filename.cap
48. The wecutil ______ parameter displays the status of subscriptions.
Source computer initiated
Attach Task To This Event
gr
5985 and 5986
49. 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:
Application - Security - Setup - System - Forwarded Events
winrm get winrm/config
NMCap /InputCapture "Capture1.cap" /capture "HTTP" /file "HttpOnlyCapture.cap"
Start
50. The Reliability Monitor displays data gathered by the Reliability Analysis Component (RAC) - which is implemented using ______ command.
RACAgent.exe
winrm quickconfig
Attach Task To This Event
ds