Subject: NT Server 070-067
I passed this test with a 963 on 8/19/98 and here's what you need to know:
This information is not EVERYTHING you would possibly need to know, but if you use this as a guidline as to what to study, you'll surely be studying the right stuff. Take practice tests, most of them ask questions similar to, if not exactly like, those found on the real exam.
And they get you used to taking tests, which is always a plus. Another thing that helps is real world experience or at least lab experience.
These are the 5 major areas I found on the test.
1.) Performance Monitor -- Know how to monitor processors, memory, disks, how to interpret results, and when to use Performance Monitor instead of Windows NT Network Monitor % Processor Time (Use % Total... for multi-processor)
Above 80% is too much
LogicalDisk when monitoring partitions
PhysicalDisk when monitoring the entire physical disk
Excessive paging (usually just increasing amount of RAM will solve the problem)
2.) Disk Management -- Volume Sets, Stripe Sets, and Fault Tolerance (RAID)
RAID Level 1 (Disk Mirroring) -- 2 physical disks (add a second disk controller and it's Disk Duplexing), faster reads, slower writes Recovery process -- Replace failed disk, break mirror, re-establish mirror using new disk.
RAID Level 5 (Striping with parity) -- 3 physical disks minimum. Faster reads than mirroring, slower writes. All partitions must be of equal size. The amount of USABLE disk space is equal to Total Available Space minus the Size of One Partition because of the parity information. For example, three disks each 200 MB would have 400 MB of usable disk space (600 minus 200 = 400).
Recovery process -- If one disk fails, replace failed disk and choose
Regenerate from the Fault Tolerance menu. If more than one disk fails, you must restore from tape backup.
Stripe Set WITHOUT Parity -- 2 physical disks minimum. Use this for OPTIMUM disk performance. Fast reads AND faster writes than stripe set with parity and disk mirroring because of no redundancy overhead.
Recovery process -- Restore from tape backup.
Volume Set -- Number of physical disks is not important. Can combine 2 or more logical partitions into one large, logical partition.
Recovery process -- Restore from tape backup.
3.) Remote Access Service (RAS) -- Know MS-CHAP!
Callback security -- Used to verify the location a RAS client is dialing from
Multilink -- Enables combination of 2 identical dial-up devices to double connection speed. Multilink will not work if callback is enabled because callback will only dial one phone number.
There is much more you should learn about RAS, but I don't have the time to list it all here. You can easily find the necessary information in books, on the Internet (braindumps, etc...), and Microsoft courses.
It's not that difficult to learn how RAS works.
4.) NetWare -- Connectivity, Migration
Client Services for NetWare (CSNW) -- Allows NT to connect to NetWare as a client... includes NWLink IPX/SPX
Gateway Services for NetWare (GSNW) -- Allows an NT Server to act as a gateway to NetWare. Includes NWLink IPX/SPX. Requires a group on NetWare server called NTGATEWAY and a user account. Any microsoft network client that connects to an NT Server running GSNW will be able to access NetWare without configuring anything additional on the client. Must be installed to perform a NetWare migration.
File and Print Services for NetWare (FPNW) -- Allows an NT Server to provide file and print services to NetWare clients without any additional software being installed on the client.
Directory Service Manager for NetWare (DSMN) -- Merges multiple NetWare account names into one logical account to allow a single network login for NetWare clients.
Migration Tool for NetWare -- Used to transfer users, groups, login scripts, files, and permissions from one or more NetWare servers to a single NT Server.
5.) Windows NT -- Boot process, boot errors, boot.ini, Last Known Good, Creating a Boot Floppy, Emergency Repair process.
Know the ARC pathnames well (BOOT.INI) -- Here are 2 examples: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1) means that the NT system files are on the first disk controller, the first disk on the controller, and the first partition on the disk. scsi(0)disk(1)rdisk(0)partition(3) means that the NT system files are on a scsi disk controller with the bios disabled, the second disk on the controller, and the third partition on the disk.
Missing or incorrect boot.ini file will cause an error stating that the file NTOSKRNL.exe is missing or corrupt.
Last known good... is used to start windows nt with the registry and configuration settings that are known by the computer to work correctly.
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I can't stress this enough, you will need to research these topics more in-depth if you want to succeed in legitimately knowing Windows NT.