Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Core Technologies - Part 2

Course Code NGE71411

Contents

1. Contents
2. Description
3. Audience
4. Prerequisites
5. Objectives
6. Topics Include
7. Duration
8. Minimum Requirements
9. Media

Screenshot

Description

This is the second course in a four-part series intended for network support Professionals who will install, configure customize and support Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0. The courses in this series prepare the foundation for supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 in a single domain environment. The series imparts the skills necessary to install, configure, customize, optimize, network, integrate, and troubleshoot Windows NT 4.0 which will enable the learners to successfully take Microsoft's 70-67 certification exam: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0.

Audience

This series is intended for IT professionals who will be responsible for supporting Windows NT Server 4.0 in an enterprise environment. In addition, the course is intended for people interested in seeking Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer or Certified Product Specialist status. Participants should have taken Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 User Fundamentals (course 71006), Networking Essentials 2nd Edition (courses 71441 - 71444), Administering Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 (courses 71401 and 71402) and the first course in this series.

Prerequisites

(Currently no course prerequisite information)

Objective

• Describe the Windows NT file systems, manage partitions and configure the hard disk.
• Manage disk resources by creating and securing the resources.
• Protect Server data using various Windows NT fault tolerance levels, Data Protection and Data Recovery methods.

Topics Include

Unit 1: Managing File Systems

• Identify the features of the two primary file systems supported by Windows NT. - FAT - NTFS
• Identify the autogenerated short filename, given a Windows NT long filename.
• Given a folder, manage NTFS compression. - Compress a folder including subfolders. - Uncompress a folder including subfolders.
• Create partitions using the Disk Administrator. - Create a primary partition. - Create a logical drive on an extended partition.
• Format the partition with a file system, given the Disk Administrator window. - NTFS - FAT
• Convert a FAT partition to NTFS using the convert command.
• Identify the features of an active partition.
• Manage volume sets, given the Disk Administrator window. - Create a volume set. - Extend a volume set.
• Delete a volume set, given the Disk Administrator window.
• Manage a stripe set, given the Disk Administrator window. - Create a stripe set. - Delete a stripe set.

Unit 2: Managing Disk Resources

• Create a folder and make it shareable.
• Assign shared folder permissions.
• Assign the NTFS permissions for the shared folder to specific groups.
• Match the copy and move tasks with the changes in the permissions set on a file. - Within an NTFS volume. - Between NTFS volumes. - From NTFS to FAT volumes. - From FAT to NTFS.
• Given the Windows NT Explorer window, take ownership of files and folders.
• Audit the user account database.
• Establish file auditing for a specific operation, given the Windows NT Explorer window.

Unit 3: Fault Tolerance RAID Levels

• Match the Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive Disks (RAID) levels with their features.
• Given a situation, select the best suited fault tolerance method.
• Create a mirror set using the Disk Administrator.
• Create a stripe set with parity using the Disk Administrator.
• Implement the appropriate data recovery method on a Windows NT fault tolerant system.
• Sequence the steps to recover a broken mirror set.
• Regenerate a stripe set with parity to recover data.

Duration

8

Minimum Requirements

The CDROM version of this course requires:

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).
• At least a double speed CDROM drive.
• An MPC compliant sound card with attached speakers or headphones is recommended (Currently, only the CDROM version supports audio).

• At least a 486DX 33Mhz CPU.
• Microsoft Windows 3.1 or higher and a Microsoft compatible mouse.
• At least 8MB RAM and 22MB available hard disk space or file server space.
• At least VGA graphics capability with a minimum 512K video RAM (1MB video RAM recommended).

Media