70-292 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for a W2K MCSA Practice Test

Demo Question 3.

You work as the network administrator at EliteCertify.com. The EliteCertify.com network consists of a single Active Directory domain named EliteCertify.com. All servers on the EliteCertify.com network run Windows Server 2003 and all client computers run Windows XP Professional. IIS 6.0 is installed on a member server named EliteCertify -SR04. Several EliteCertify.com Web sites are hosted on EliteCertify -SR04. EliteCertify.com conducts all its business transactions over the Internet. You are responsible for administering EliteCertify -SR04. You need to make a few changes to a number of IIS site settings. You want to perform all your configuration changes without having to disconnect any Internet users from the EliteCertify.com Web sites. What should you do? Choose two correct answers. Each correct answer presents only part of the complete solution. Choose two

A. Enable the Direct Metabase Edit feature on EliteCertify -SR04.
B. Stop EliteCertify -SR04. Use Notepad to make changes to the MetaBase.xml file.
C. Restart EliteCertify -SR04.
D. Use Notepad to change the MetaBase.xml file.


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Answer: A, D

Explanation: You should enable the new Direct Metabase Edit feature, and then edit the MetaBase.xml file. When Direct Metabase Edit is enabled, changes can be made to the MetaBase.xml file without disconnecting users from the IIS server. You can use a text editor such as Notepad to make changes to the MetaBase.xml file without having to stop IIS. The configuration changes are applied immediately. You can also use Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) tools or Active Directory Services Interface (ADSI) scripts to change the MetaBase.xml file. Whether changing the MetaBase.xml file manually or programmatically, you no longer need to stop and restart IIS to perform any changes to the MetaBase.xml file. Incorrect answers: B, C. You do not need to stop and restart your IIS server to edit the MetaBase.xml file if your Web server is running IIS 6.0.