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