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