Configure and Manage Active Directory

Question 1

What are the requirements for creating a Group Managed Service Account (gMSA)?

Answer 1

• At least one Windows Server 2012 Domain Controller
• A Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8 machine with the ActiveDirectory PowerShell module, to create/manage the gMSA
• A Windows Server 2012 or Windows 8 domain member to run/use the gMSA

Question 2

What is a SPN (Service Principal Name)?

Answer 2

a unique identifier of a service instance. SPNs are used by Kerberos authentication to associate a service instance with a service logon account. This allows a client application to request that the service authenticate an account even if the client does not have the account name.

Question 3

What is a Connection Point object?

Answer 3

Simple definition: an associated computer object for the computer on which the service is running

Complex: represents one or more instances of a service that is available in a network.

Question 4

You have active directory recycle bin enabled.

You have 50 user accounts that were deleted last night. Theses users are scheduled to start today. How would you restore the accounts?

Both via PowerShell and GUI

Answer 4

• PS - Restore-ADObject
• Use Active Directory Administrative Center (ADAC)

Question 5

What are the different ways you can back up and restore Active Directory?

Answer 5

• Entire Server
• Selected Files
• System State Data

Question 6

What does System State Back up?

Answer 6

includes all the files that are required to recover AD DS. System state includes at least the following data, plus additional data, depending on the server roles that are installed

Question 7

What does Citrical Volumes backup?

Answer 7

includes all volumes that contain system state files

Question 8

System State Backup

Can be used to recover from registry or directory service configuration errors (recover AD DS)

Answer 8

Yes

Question 9

System State Backup

Can be used for full server (bare-metal) recovery with Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE)

Answer 9

No

Question 10

System State Backup

Can be used to recover from unbootable conditions

Answer 10

No

Question 11

System State Backup

Can be used to recover specific files and folders

Answer 11

No

Question 12

System State Backup

Can be created by using Windows Server Backup snap-in (GUI)

Answer 12

No

Question 13

System State Backup

Can be created by using Wbadmin.exe command line tool

Answer 13

Yes

Question 14

System State Backup

Has incremental backup support

Answer 14

No*

Question 15

System State Backup

Can be stored on a DVD or on a network share if the backup is performed manually (is not a scheduled backup)

Answer 15

No

Question 16

System State Backup

Can use any of the volumes that are included in the backup as the target volume

Answer 16

Yes***

Question 17

System State Backup

Can be scheduled by using the Windows Server Backup snap-in

Answer 17

No

Question 18

Critical Volumes Backup

Can be used to recover from registry or directory service configuration errors (recover AD DS)

Answer 18

Yes

Question 19

Critical Volumes Backup

Can be used for full server (bare-metal) recovery with Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE)

Answer 19

Yes

Question 20

Critical Volumes Backup

Can be used to recover from unbootable conditions

Answer 20

Yes

Question 21

Critical Volumes Backup

Can be used to recover specific files and folders

Answer 21

Yes

Question 22

Critical Volumes Backup

Can be created by using Windows Server Backup snap-in (GUI)

Answer 22

Yes

Question 23

Critical Volumes Backup

Can be created by using Wbadmin.exe command line tool

Answer 23

Yes

Question 24

Critical Volumes Backup

Has incremental backup support

Answer 24

Yes

Question 25

# Critical Volumes Backup Can be stored on a DVD or on a network share if the backup is performed manually (is not a scheduled backup)

Answer 25

Yes

Question 26

# Critical Volumes Backup Can use any of the volumes that are included in the backup as the target volume

Answer 26

No

Question 27

# Critical Volumes Backup Can be scheduled by using the Windows Server Backup snap-in

Answer 27

Yes

Question 28

# Full Server Backup Can be used to recover from registry or directory service configuration errors (recover AD DS)

Answer 28

Yes

Question 29

# Full Server Backup Can be used for full server (bare-metal) recovery with Windows Recovery Environment (Windows RE)

Answer 29

Yes

Question 30

# Full Server Backup Can be used to recover from unbootable conditions

Answer 30

Yes

Question 31

# Full Server Backup Can be used to recover specific files and folders

Answer 31

Yes

Question 32

# Full Server Backup Can be created by using Windows Server Backup snap-in (GUI)

Answer 32

Yes

Question 33

# Full Server Backup Can be created by using Wbadmin.exe command line tool

Answer 33

Yes

Question 34

# Full Server Backup Has incremental backup support

Answer 34

?

Question 35

# Full Server Backup Can be stored on a DVD or on a network share if the backup is performed manually (is not a scheduled backup)

Answer 35

Yes\*\*

Question 36

# Full Server Backup Can use any of the volumes that are included in the backup as the target volume

Answer 36

No

Question 37

# Full Server Backup Can be scheduled by using the Windows Server Backup snap-in

Answer 37

Yes

Question 38

How do you do a bare metal back up using PowerShell?

Answer 38

1. $policy = New-WBpolicy 2. Add-WBBareMetalRecovery $policy 3. $BackupLocation = New-WBBackupTarget –VolumePath E: 4. Add-WBBackupTarget –Policy $Policy –Target $BackupLocation 5. Start-WBBackup –Policy $policy

Question 39

What does the cmd Repadmin /rodcpwrepl do?

Answer 39

Repadmin = lets you view and manage active directory replication /rodcpwrepl = is used to view RODC Password Replication

Question 40

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Add-WBBackupTarget

Answer 40

Adds a backup target to a backup policy.

Question 41

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Add-WBBareMetalRecovery

Answer 41

Adds items to a backup policy so that backups that use the policy can perform bare metal recoveries.

Question 42

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Add-WBFileSpec

Answer 42

Adds a backup file specification to a backup policy.

Question 43

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Add-WBSystemState

Answer 43

Adds the system state components to the backup policy.

Question 44

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Add-WBVirtualMachine

Answer 44

Adds a list of virtual machines to the backup policy.

Question 45

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Add-WBVolume

Answer 45

Adds the list of source volumes to the backup policy.

Question 46

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBBackupSet

Answer 46

Gets backups for a server from a location that you specify.

Question 47

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBBackupTarget

Answer 47

Gets backup storage locations that you specified as part of a backup policy.

Question 48

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBBackupVolumeBrowsePath

Answer 48

Mounts a volume inside a backup so that you can browse the files on the volume.

Question 49

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBBareMetalRecovery

Answer 49

Indicates whether or not a backup policy can perform bare metal recoveries from backups.

Question 50

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBDisk

Answer 50

Gets a list of internal and external disks that are online for the local computer.

Question 51

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBFileSpec

Answer 51

Gets the list of backup file specifications associated with a backup policy.

Question 52

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBJob

Answer 52

Gets the current backup operation.

Question 53

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBPerformanceConfiguration

Answer 53

Retrieves the current volume backup performance settings.

Question 54

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBPolicy

Answer 54

Retrieves the current backup policy for the computer.

Question 55

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBSchedule

Answer 55

Retrieves the current schedule for backups.

Question 56

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBSummary

Answer 56

Retrieves the history of backup operations on the computer.

Question 57

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBSystemState

Answer 57

Gets a Boolean value that indicates whether system state recovery was added to the backup policy.

Question 58

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBVirtualMachine

Answer 58

Gets all virtual machines and components from the backup policy.

Question 59

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBVolume

Answer 59

Retrieves a list of volumes.

Question 60

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Get-WBVssBackupOption

Answer 60

Retrieves a Volume Shadow Copy Service setting from the backup policy.

Question 61

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? New-WBBackupTarget

Answer 61

Creates a backup target object.

Question 62

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? New-WBFileSpec

Answer 62

Creates a backup file specification.

Question 63

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? New-WBPolicy

Answer 63

Creates a backup policy object.

Question 64

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Remove-WBBackupSet

Answer 64

Deletes backups from a target catalog, a system catalog, or both.

Question 65

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Remove-WBBackupTarget

Answer 65

Removes backup storage locations from a backup policy.

Question 66

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Remove-WBBareMetalRecovery

Answer 66

Removes a request to include items that implement bare metal recovery from the current backup policy.

Question 67

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Remove-WBCatalog

Answer 67

Removes the backup catalog from the local computer.

Question 68

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Remove-WBFileSpec

Answer 68

Removes a backup file specification from a backup policy.

Question 69

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Remove-WBPolicy

Answer 69

Removes the backup policy.

Question 70

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Remove-WBSystemState

Answer 70

Removes the system state components from the backup policy.

Question 71

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Remove-WBVirtualMachine

Answer 71

Removes the list of virtual machines from the backup policy.

Question 72

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Remove-WBVolume

Answer 72

Removes the volume from the backup policy.

Question 73

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Restore-WBCatalog

Answer 73

Recovers a backup catalog for the local computer from a storage location.

Question 74

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Resume-WBBackup

Answer 74

Resumes a backup operation to a removable device after you add media to the device.

Question 75

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Resume-WBVolumeRecovery

Answer 75

Resumes a volume recovery operation from a removable device and specific media.

Question 76

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Set-WBPerformanceConfiguration

Answer 76

Sets the current volume backup performance settings.

Question 77

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Set-WBPolicy

Answer 77

Sets the backup policy for scheduled backups.

Question 78

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Set-WBSchedule

Answer 78

Sets the current schedule for backups.

Question 79

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Set-WBVssBackupOption

Answer 79

Sets a value that determines the VSS setting in the backup policy.

Question 80

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Start-WBApplicationRecovery

Answer 80

Starts an application recovery operation.

Question 81

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Start-WBBackup

Answer 81

Starts a one-time backup operation.

Question 82

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Start-WBFileRecovery

Answer 82

Starts a file recovery operation.

Question 83

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Start-WBHyperVRecovery

Answer 83

Starts recovery of a hv\_win8\_2 virtual machine.

Question 84

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Start-WBSystemStateRecovery

Answer 84

Starts a system state recovery operation.

Question 85

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Start-WBVolumeRecovery

Answer 85

Starts a volume recovery operation.

Question 86

# What does the following PowerShell CmdLet Do? Stop-WBJob

Answer 86

Stops the current backup or recovery job.

Question 87

What does the cmd Dsmove do?

Answer 87

Moves objects between locations in an AD domain or renames exisiting objects