Sams Teach Yourself MCSE Windows NT Server 4 in 14 Days
(Publisher: Macmillan Computer Publishing)
Author(s): David Schaer, et al
ISBN: 0672311283
Publication Date: 12/15/97

Introduction

About The Authors

Chapter 1—How to Become an MCSE

1.1. Overview of the MCSE Process

1.1.1. Charting Your Course

1.1.2. Registering for the Exams

1.2. How to Pass MCSE Exams

1.2.1. Identifying Exam Topics

Not Just Bells and Whistles

Remember Who Wrote the Questions

Your Topics Are Their Topics

1.2.2. Dissecting Exam Questions

Questions Can Have Many Levels

Write Your Own Exam Questions

The Question Within the Question

Formulating a Hypothesis

1.2.3. The Day of the Exam

At the Testing Center

What to Bring to the Testing Center

Last-Minute Reviews

Shoot for the Moon

1.3. How to Pass This Test

1.3.1. Exam 70-067, Implementing and Supporting NT Server 4.0

1.3.2. Exam 70-068, Implementing and Supporting NT Server 4.0 in the Enterprise

Chapter 2—Windows NT Architecture and Domain Design

2.1. Overview

2.1.1. Objectives

2.1.2. Fast Facts

2.2. Major NT Design Components

2.2.1. The Function of the HAL

2.2.2. Multiple Processor Support

2.2.3. Spreading the System Code

2.2.4. Multithreaded Applications

2.2.5. See How They Run

2.2.6. Protecting NT from Itself

2.3. Windows 95 Versus Windows NT

2.4. NT Server 4.0 Versus NT Workstation 4.0

2.5. NT Directory Services

2.5.1. Single Logon

Pass-Through Authentication

The NetLogon Service

2.5.2. Centralized Administration

2.6. Domain Design and Implementation

2.6.1. Who’s on the Team?

2.6.2. The Role of the PDC

2.6.3. The Role of the BDCs

2.6.4. Stand-Alone and Member Servers

2.6.5. Placement of Domain Controllers

2.6.6. Synchronization

2.7. Trust Relationships

2.7.1. Implementing a Trust Relationship

Setting Trusts

Group Strategies

Managing Trusts

2.7.2. Trusts and Security

2.8. Domain Models

2.8.1. Single Domain

2.8.2. Master Domain

2.8.3. Multiple Master Domain

2.8.4. Complete Trust Domain

2.9. Lab

2.9.1. Review Questions

2.9.2. Exercises

Chapter 3—Installing NT Server 4.0

3.1. Overview

3.1.1. Objectives

3.1.2. Fast Facts

3.2. Choosing the Right Equipment

3.2.1. The Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)

3.2.2. Hardware Requirements

Intel x86 Installation Requirements

RISC-Specific Issues

3.3. Planning for Multiple Operating Systems

3.3.1. Coexistence with DOS

3.3.2. Coexistence with Windows 95

3.3.3. Coexistence with OS/2

OS/2 1.x

OS/2 2.x

3.4. Upgrading Existing Operating Systems

3.4.1. Upgrading from OS/2 to NT 4.0

3.4.2. Upgrading from Windows 95 to NT 4.0

3.4.3. Upgrading from NT 3.x to 4.0

3.4.4. Updates and Service Packs

3.5. Initiating NT Server 4.0 Setup

3.5.1. Initiating NT Server 4.0 Setup from a Local Source

3.5.2. Initiating NT Server 4.0 Setup from a Network Share Point

WINNT.EXE and WINNT32.EXE

Phase Two of NT Server 4.0 Setup

Phase Three of the NT Server 4.0 Setup

3.6. Hands-Free Installations

3.7. Uninstalling Windows NT

3.8. Selecting Network Protocols

3.8.1. TCP/IP

3.8.2. NWLink (IPX/SPX)

3.8.3. NetBEUI

3.8.4. Data Link Control (DLC)

3.9. Lab

3.9.1. Review Questions

3.9.2 Exercise

Chapter 4—Configuring the Environment

4.1. Overview

4.1.1. Objectives

4.1.2. Fast Facts

4.2. Services Versus Applications

4.3. Purposes of the Registry

4.3.1. Maneuvering Through the Registry

4.3.2. Backing Up the Registry

4.4. Basic NT Services

4.4.1. The Workstation Service

4.4.2. The Server Service

4.4.3. The Schedule Service

4.4.4. The Alerter Service

4.5. Understanding Registry Entries

4.5.1. The Messenger Service

4.6. Configuring Services

4.6.1. Start Options

4.6.2. Configuring Service Accounts

4.6.3. Starting, Stopping, and Pausing Services

4.6.4. Services in the Registry

4.6.5. Identifying Service Dependencies

4.7. Configuring Hardware Drivers

4.7.1. SCSI Drivers

4.7.2. Tape Drivers

4.7.3. Configuring Mouse Drivers

4.7.4. Configuring the UPS Service

4.7.5. Diagnosing Service Start Failures

4.8. Lab

4.8.1. Review Questions

4.8.2. Exercises

Chapter 5—Managing Local File Systems

5.1. Overview

5.1.1. Objectives

5.1.2. Fast Facts

5.2. File System Basics

5.2.1. Sometimes FAT Is Good

5.2.2. Long and Short FAT Filenames

5.2.3. FAT Deficiencies

5.3. NTFS Overview

5.3.1. Long and Short NTFS Filenames

5.4. Managing NTFS Security

5.4.1. NTFS File Permissions

5.4.2. NTFS Directory Permissions

5.5. Managing Files

5.5.1. Moving Files

5.5.2. Copying NTFS Files

5.5.3. Compressing Files and Directories

5.5.4. Converting File Systems

5.6. Understanding Partitions

5.6.1. Primary Partitions

5.6.2. Extended Partitions

5.7. The Disk Administrator

5.7.1. Adding Partitions

5.7.2. Deleting Partitions

5.7.3. Volume Sets

5.7.4. Stripe Sets

5.7.5. Stripe Sets With Parity

5.7.6. CD-ROM Drives

5.7.7. Saving the Disk Configuration

5.8. Lab

5.8.1. Review Questions

5.8.2. Exercise

Chapter 6—Data Protection: Fault Tolerance and NT Backup

6.1. Overview

6.1.1. Objectives

6.1.2. Fast Facts

6.2. Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID)

6.2.1. RAID Basics

6.2.2. When RAID Has No Redundancy (RAID0)

6.3. Configuring RAID1

6.3.1. Disk Mirroring

6.3.2. Establishing a Mirror Set

6.3.3. Disk Duplexing

6.4. Configuring RAID5

6.4.1. Creating a Stripe Set with Parity

6.4.2. Performance Considerations of RAID Technology

6.5. Recovering from Hard Disk Failure

6.5.1. When a Mirror Set Fails

6.5.2. When a Stripe Set with Parity Fails

Restoring a Single Lost RAID5 Member

Restoring a Stripe Set with Parity Following the Loss of Multiple Members

6.6. NT Backup Procedures

6.6.1. Types of Backups

Normal

Copy

Differential

Incremental

Daily

6.6.2. Performing the Backup

Backup Registry

Restrict Access to Owner or Administrator

Restoring a Tape Backup

Restore to Drive

Restore Local Registry

Restore Permissions

Verify After Restore

6.7. Lab

6.7.1. Review Questions

6.7.2. Exercises

Exercise 6.1

Exercise 6.2

Chapter 7—Managing Users and Groups

7.1. Overview

7.1.1. Objectives

7.1.2. Fast Facts

7.2. User Manager for Domains

7.2.1. Features and Functions

7.2.2. Selecting a Different Domain to Administer

7.3. Understanding User Accounts

7.3.1. Automatically Created User Accounts

Built-In User Accounts

7.3.2. Creating User Accounts

7.4. Managing Groups

7.4.1. Local Versus Global Groups

Local Groups

Global Groups

Creating Local and Global Groups

7.4.2. Special Groups

7.4.3. Group Strategies

7.5. Implementing Policies

7.5.1. Implementing User Rights

7.5.2. Implementing Account Policies

Password Restrictions

7.5.3. Implementing an Audit Policy

7.6. Implementing System Policies

7.6.1. The System Policy Editor

Creating a Domain Policy

Selectively Overriding the Domain Policy

Overriding Default Computer Settings

Overriding Default User Settings on an Individual Basis

Overriding Default User Settings on the Basis of Group Membership

7.7. Implementing Profiles

7.7.1. Implementing Local Profiles

7.7.2. Implementing Roaming Profiles

7.8. Lab

7.8.1. Review Questions

7.8.2. Exercises

Chapter 8—Managing Network Resources

8.1. Overview

8.1.1. Objectives

8.1.2. Fast Facts

8.2. Sharing Directories

8.2.1. Who Can Share Data?

8.2.2. What Can Be Shared?

8.2.3. Implementing Security on Shares

8.2.4. The Four Levels of Share Control

8.3. Granting Access to Users and Groups

8.3.1. AGLP

8.3.2. Combining User and Group Permissions

8.4. How to Implement Shared Directories

8.4.1. Setting Up Shares and Assigning Permissions

8.5. Calculating Effective Rights

8.5.1. Combining NTFS and Share Permissions

8.5.2. Examples of Combined Permissions

8.6. Administering Shares

8.6.1. Monitoring Shares with Server Manager

8.7. Printing Terminology

8.8. Creating a Printer

8.8.1. Running the Add Printer Wizard

8.8.2. Selecting the Printer Ports

8.8.3. Enabling Printer Pooling

8.8.4. Installing a Print Driver

8.9. Connecting to a Shared Printer

8.9.1. Printer Security

8.9.2. Managing Shared Printer Properties

Scheduling Printer Availability

Setting Printer Priority

Spooling Print Jobs

8.10. Printing in a Multi-Vendor Environment

8.10.1. Printing to a NetWare Server

8.10.2. Printing with TCP/IP

8.10.3. Hewlett-Packard Printing Support

8.11. Lab

8.11.1. Review Questions

8.11.2. Exercises

Chapter 9—NT Server 4.0 Network Clients

9.1. Overview

9.1.1. Objectives

9.1.2. Fast Facts

9.2. Windows NT Server 4.0 Clients

9.2.1. Network Client Administrator

9.2.2. Making a Disk Installation Set

9.2.3. Windows NT Workstation Client-Based Network Administrator Tools

9.2.4. Windows 95 Client-Based Server Tools

9.2.5. Services for Macintosh

9.3. Lab

9.3.1. Review Questions

9.3.2. Exercises

Chapter 10—Optimizing Your Server

10.1. Overview

10.1.1. Objectives

10.1.2. Fast Facts

10.2. The Performance Monitor

10.2.1. The Chart View

10.2.2. The Log View

10.2.3. The Alert View

10.2.4. The Report View

10.3. Selecting the Key Elements to Monitor

10.3.1. The Processor Object

10.3.2. The System Object

10.3.3. The Memory Object

10.3.4. The Physical Disk

10.3.5. Logical Disk

10.3.6. The Network Segment

10.3.7. The Network Interface

10.3.8. The Paging File

10.3.9. The Process Object

10.3.10. Monitoring Remote Computers

10.4. Network Monitor

10.4.1. Installation of Network Monitor

10.5. Additional System Monitoring Utilities

10.5.1. Task Manager

10.5.2. The Process Viewer

10.6. Lab

10.6.1. Review Questions

10.6.2. Exercises

Chapter 11—Configuring and Optimizing NT 4.0 Services

11.1. Overview

11.1.1. Objectives

11.1.2. Fast Facts

11.2. Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

11.2.1. DHCP Address Acquisition

11.2.2. Configuring the DHCP Client

11.2.3. DHCP Address Renewal

11.2.4. Configuring the DHCP Server

Installing the DHCP Server Service

Creating a DHCP Scope

Managing IP Address Leases

Reserving IP Addresses Within a Scope

Configuring Other DHCP Options

11.2.5. Configuring a BOOTP/DHCP Relay Agent

11.2.6. DHCP Optimization

11.3. Computer Browsing

11.4. Windows Internet Name Server (WINS)

11.4.1. NetBIOS Over TCP/IP

11.4.2. Configuring WINS Server

Installing the WINS Server Service

11.4.3. Managing WINS Server

Push and Pull WINS Replication

Name Registration

WINS Name Renewal

Name Resolution

Name Release

Managing Static Mappings in WINS

Viewing and Backing Up the WINS Database

11.4.4. WINS Optimization

11.4.5. LMHOSTS Files

11.4.6. HOSTS Files

11.5. Domain Name System (DNS)

11.5.1. Configuring the Microsoft DNS Server

Zone of Authority

Name Server Roles in DNS

Setting Up Zones, Domains, and Resource Records

11.5.2. Name Resolution with DNS

11.5.3. Using WINS with DNS

11.5.4. Optimizing Domain Name Server

11.6. Directory Replication

11.6.1. SAM Synchronization

Logon Optimization

11.6.2. Directory Replication

Server Manager

Registry Parameters

11.7. Internet Information Server (IIS)

11.7.1. Setting General Properties for the WWW Service

Virtual Directories in IIS

Virtual Servers in IIS

11.7.2. Optimizing Internet Information Server (IIS)

11.8. Lab

11.8.1. Review Questions

11.8.2. Exercises

Chapter 12—Managing a Heterogeneous Environment

12.1. Overview

12.1.1. Objectives

12.1.2. Fast Facts

12.2. Gateway Service for NetWare (GSNW)

12.2.1. NetWare Core Protocol

12.2.2. Installing the Gateway Service for NetWare

12.3. NWLink, the IPX/SPX Compatible

12.3.1. Integrating Application Servers

12.3.2. Installing NWLink

12.3.3. Frame Type

12.3.4. Server Advertising Protocol

12.4. Using the Windows NT NetWare Migration Tool (NWCONV.EXE)

12.5. Starting the NetWare Migration Tool

12.6. Selecting User and Group Migration Options

12.6.1. User and Group Migration Options: Passwords

12.6.2. User and Group Migration Options: Usernames

12.6.3. User and Group Migration Options: Group Names

12.6.4. User and Group Migration Options: Defaults

12.6.5. Selecting User and Group Options: Mapping File

12.7. Selecting File Options

12.7.1. File Migration Options: Modifying Destination Directory Paths and Share Names

12.7.2. File Migration Options: Selecting Files and Directories for Migration

12.8. Translation Tables for NetWare and NT Permissions and Attributes

12.9. Selecting Logging Options

12.10. Saving Migration Options

12.11. Starting the Trial Migration

12.12. Starting the Live Migration

12.13. Lab

12.13.1. Review Questions

12.13.2. Exercises

Chapter 13—RAS Dial-In Solutions

13.1. Overview

13.1.1. Objectives

13.1.2. Fast Facts

13.2. Installing the RAS Service

13.2.1. Modem Setup

13.2.2. RAS Service Setup

13.3. Selecting Protocols for Use with RAS

13.3.1. Choosing Remote Access Protocols

PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)

SLIP (Serial-Line Interface Protocol)

RAS Protocol

NetBIOS Gateway

13.3.2. Choosing LAN Protocols

NetBEUI

TCP/IP

IPX

PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol)

13.4. Configuring RAS Security

13.4.1. NT Authentication

13.4.2. Call-Back Security

13.4.3. Allowing Access to Your Network

13.4.4. Forcibly Disconnecting a Remote User

13.4.5. Third-Party Solutions

13.5. Granting Dial-In Access

13.6. RAS Performance Monitoring

13.6.1. Dial-Up Networking Monitor

13.6.2. Performance Monitor

13.7. Routing via RAS

13.7.1. Dial-Up Networking

13.7.2. Allowing Access to Your Network

13.7.3. Internet Connectivity

13.7.4. Connecting Two (or More) LANs

13.8. Troubleshooting RAS

13.8.1. Cannot Connect to RAS Server

13.8.2. Cannot Access Needed Resources

13.9. Lab

13.9.1. Review Questions

13.9.2. Exercises

Chapter 14—NT Server Troubleshooting Guidelines

14.1. Overview

14.1.1. Objectives

14.1.2. Fast Facts

14.2. Troubleshooting Methodology

14.2.1. Gathering the Facts

14.2.2. Formulating a Hypothesis

14.2.3. Testing and Documenting

14.3. Analyzing Boot Errors

14.3.1. Bypassing the Boot Sector

14.3.2. The BOOT.INI

14.3.3. The Last Known Good

14.4. Restoring a Corrupt Registry

14.5. The Event Viewer

14.5.1. Interpreting Event Logs

14.5.2. Maintaining Log Files

14.6. Memory Dumps

14.6.1. Capturing Memory Dumps

14.6.2. Dump Utilities

14.7. NT 4.0 Resource Kit Utilities

14.7.1. Configuration

14.7.2. Desktop Tools

14.7.3. Diagnostics

14.7.4. Disk Tools

14.7.5. File Tools

14.7.6. Internet Utilities

14.7.7. Online Documents

14.8. Lab

14.8.1. Review Questions

14.8.2. Exercises