70-293 Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure Online Training Course

Demo Question 28.

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 Enterprise Edition and all client computers run Windows XP Professional. A file server named EliteCertify -SR24 contains two volumes that are configured as drive H and drive J. Drive H is an 80 GB hard drive and Drive J is a 28 GB hard drive. EliteCertify -SR24 contains the shared folders shown in the following table. The MyData folder is subject to frequent modification in that each file in this folder is changed or deleted every seven days on average. New files are constantly added to the MyData folder as well. Very often it happens that you receive requests from the EliteCertify.com users to restore prior versions of files from backup tapes. You need to take the appropriate action that will enable users to restore prior versions of modified or deleted files in the MyData folder. What should you do? (Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose TWO.)

A. Enable Shadow Copies of Shared Folders on drive J and configure an 8-GB storage area on drive J.
B. Enable Shadow Copies of Shared Folders on drive J and configure a 20-GB storage area on drive H.
C. Manual caching of documents for MyData should be enabled.
D. Eutomatic caching of documents for MyData should be enabled.
E. Twcli32.msi must be installed on each client computer.
F. Adminpak.msi must be installed on each client computer.


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Answer: B, E

Explanation: To store the shadow copies of another volume on the same file server, a volume can be dedicated on separate disks. For example, if user files are stored on H. \, another volume such as S:\ can be used to store the shadow copies. Using a separate volume on separate disks provides better performance and is recommended for heavily used file servers. Note: If shadow copies are stored on the same volume as the user files, note that a burst of disk input/output (I/O) can cause all shadow copies to be deleted. If the sudden deletion of shadow copies is unacceptable to administrators or end users, it is best to use a separate volume on separate disks to store shadow copies. Windows Server 2003 includes the client software for volume shadow copy in its %Systemroot%\System32\Clients\Twclient folder. The client software to access previous versions of files is Twcli32.msi. This needs to be installed on every client computer. This is a difficult question because answer A or B will work. We need to decide which disk to store the shadow copies on. Drive H has enough spare space. With more space, we can store more shadow copies. Also, placing the shadow copies on a separate disk or volume provides better performance. Incorrect answers: C, D. This is not a caching concern that will address the issue. You should rather enable shadow copies so that you can enable users to restore prior versions of modified and deleted files. F. The Adminpak.msi can be used to repair console issues related to file corruption and software deployment, but in this case you would need the Twcli32.msi. Reference: Craig Zacker, MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam ): Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure, Microsoft Press, Redmond, Washington, 2004, p. 6: 41 Jill Spealman, Kurt Hudson & Melissa Craft, MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-294); Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure, Microsoft Press, Redmond, Washington, 2004, p. 3: 10