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MCTS: Monitoring Computers

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1. 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:






2. Custom views are filters that can display events from ______.






3. 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 ______.






4. With ______ subscriptions - the forwarding computers contact the collecting computer.






5. Windows Logs contains five subnodes:






6. This Windows log contains events generated while installing and updating Windows.






7. 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:






8. To run a file named Respond.exe whenever event 177 is published in the System event log - run the following command:






9. With event forwarding - only these Windows versions can act as forwarding computers:






10. You can open Event Viewer from within ______ by selecting the DiagnosticsEvent Viewer node.






11. 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:






12. To configure Event Forwarding to use HTTPS - create a Windows Firewall exception for TCP port 5986 and run the following command:






13. At a command prompt with administrative privileges - run the following command to configure the Windows Remote Management service on the forwarding computer:






14. ______ graphically shows real-time performance data - including processor utilization - network bandwidth usage - and thousands of other statistics.






15. This Windows log contains events forwarded to this computer from other computers.






16. Microsoft provides ______ - a powerful protocol analyzer - as a free download.






17. To trigger a task when an event occurs - follow one of these three procedures:






18. The wecutil ______ parameter performs the initial configuration required to collect events. If a subscription already exists - the necessary configuration must have already been performed.






19. With ______ subscriptions - the collecting computer contacts the source computers to retrieve events.






20. Present only on DCs - the ______ Data Collector Set logs kernel trace data - AD trace data - performance counters - and AD registry configuration.






21. Windows Server 2008 R2 includes several built-in Data Collector Sets located at Data Collector SetsSystem:






22. 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.






23. ______ tracks a computer's stability.






24. With ______ - you can send events that match specific criteria to an administrative computer - allowing you to centralize event management.






25. Event forwarding uses ______ or ______ to send events from a forwarding computer to a collecting computer.






26. You can create two types of subscriptions:






27. When you create a custom view - Event Viewer saves it within the ______ node so that you can quickly view the same set of events.






28. This captures all traffic on all network interfaces and saves it to a file named Filename.cap. When you are finished capturing - press ______.






29. 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






30. 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:






31. The log files are contained in two subnodes:






32. 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:






33. 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.






34. To use a Data Collector Set - right-click it - and then choose ______.






35. 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:






36. 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.






37. 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.






38. 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:






39. This Windows log contains core system events. Other system events are contained with Applications And Services Logs.






40. To open Reliability Monitor - right-click the ______ node in Server Manager and then click View System Reliability.






41. The wecutil ______ parameter deletes a subscription.






42. ______ gather system information - including configuration settings and performance data - and store it in a data file.






43. Network Monitor can capture only traffic that the ______ receives.






44. 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.






45. What command should you run to configure a forwarding computer?






46. The Reliability Monitor displays data gathered by the Reliability Analysis Component (RAC) - which is implemented using ______ command.






47. The wecutil ______ parameter defines subscription configuration. To specify a custom interval for a subscription - run the following commands: ______.






48. To verify that the forwarding computer has the Windows Remote Management listener properly configured - from an elevated command prompt - run the following command:






49. With event forwarding - only these Windows versions can act as collecting computers:






50. 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