Server Technology

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QUESTION ONE [30 MARKS]

1.1 You are the system administrator for COS, Ltd., and you have been given the responsibility of

managing security patches and other updates to operating systems that already have a SUScompatible

version of Automatic Updates installed. Although you want the ability to approve

updates, you do not want to store them all locally. How can you accomplish this? (5)

1.2 You have configured a scope with an address range of 192.168.0.11 through 192.168.0.254.

However, your DNS server on the same subnet has already been assigned a static address of

192.168.0.200. With the least administrative effort, how can you allow for compatibility

between the DNS server’s address and DHCP service on the subnet? (5)

1.3 Over the past several weeks, users have intermittently complained that they were unable to

connect to the VPN server. You examine the network logs and determine that each of the

complaints occurred when network usage was peaking. You have ruled out addressing as the

cause. What is the most likely reason for the intermittent access problems? Provide a

solution. (5)

1.4 An administrator temporarily grants a user rights to log on locally to a domain controller by

applying a policy to the domain GPO. The administrator does not add the user to other

groups. When the user attempts to log on, Windows Server 2003 displays the following

error: “User does not have the right to log on interactively.” What is the most likely cause of

the problem? (5)

1.5 Identify basic physical hard disk components; compare physical and logical drives and

describe their functionality, and identify major file system. (10)

QUESTION TWO [15 MARKS]

The City and County Planning Department has recently received a new budget allocation to purchase

new desktop and server systems. Because the budget has been strapped for many years, they

haven’t been able to upgrade their systems. Most of the desktop computers are running Windows

2000 or Windows...