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Windows Server 2019 Administration Fundamentals - Second Edition

By : Bekim Dauti
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Windows Server 2019 Administration Fundamentals - Second Edition

By: Bekim Dauti

Overview of this book

Windows Server 2019 is the server operating system introduced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems, developed concurrently with Windows 10. This book will not only get you started with Windows Server 2019, but will also help you prepare for the MTA 98-365 exam. With step-by-step instructions and easy-to-understand graphics, you will become well-versed with the roles, features, and functions of Windows Server 2019. Starting with the installation process, upgrades, and basic configuration, you will move on to explore roles and features such as Active Directory, Hyper-V, remote access, storage, and printers. The book then takes you through maintenance and troubleshooting tasks to guide you in efficiently managing Windows Server 2019. In addition, it covers Windows Server 2019 best practices using real-world examples. Complete with questionnaires, and detailed answers at the end of the book, you can test your understanding of the concepts covered in each chapter. By the end of this book, you will be equipped with the knowledge you need to troubleshoot, update, and maintain servers so as to ensure business continuity.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
Title Page
Dedication
Foreword

Chapter 11: Updating and Troubleshooting Windows Server 2019

  1. False.
  2. Event Viewer.
  3. Systematic approach and specific approach.
  4. False.
  5. UPS.
  6. Application, and Security.
  7. True.
  8. POST.
  9. NTLDR and BOOTMGR.
  10. True.
  11. Clustering.
  12. Incremental and Differential.
  13. The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) is a program that controls the functionality of the server hardware components. Bootsector is the sector on the server's disk that contains the information to boot your server. The bootloader is a program that loads the OS kernel into RAM. The bootloader is located in MBR. In Windows OSes, there are two types of bootloaders: NTLDR and BOOTMGR. MBR is created when disk partitions are created too, however, MBR resides outside disk partitions. Multiboot: every time you turn on your computer, you will notice a boot menu that lists multiple OSes. Boot Configuration Data (BCD) represents a store consisting of a specific file that enables control of what should happen when an OS boots. POST is a diagnostic test that verifies that the server hardware is working correctly. Safe mode is a Windows diagnostic mode that uses a minimal set of drivers and services.
  14. Among the dozens of available methodologies, a six-step troubleshooting model known as the detect method is used by Microsoft Product Support Services engineers. The steps are: discover the problem, evaluate system configuration, list or track possible solutions, execute a plan, check results, and take a proactive approach.
  15. The Event Viewer generates an enormous number of logs; hence, in finding the right information that would help to overcome the issues, event filtering is used. Setting the wrong filtering criteria will result in getting filtered results that will not help to find the right information to overcome the issues. The problem with event logs is that they consume storage space. Hence, changing the default logs' locations helps to overcome the lack of storage space for storing logs. That enables writing event messages to any of the log files due to a lack of storage space.