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73 System Administrator Questions And Answers

42⟩ Explain DHCP lease?

A DHCP lease is the amount of time that the DHCP server grants to the DHCP client permission to use a particular IP address. A typical server allows its administrator to set the lease time.

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46⟩ How to backup and restore DHCP in Windows server 2008?

In Windows Server 2008, backup of DHCP database and settings has gotten simpler. You may want to backup your DHCP server from time to time to prepare for disaster recovery scenarios or when migrating DHCP server role to a new hardware.

★ Backup DHCP Server:

A) Open Server Manager > DHCP role

B) Right click server name, choose Backup..

C) Choose a location for backup, click OK

★ Restore DHCP Server:

A) Open Server Manager > DHCP role

B) Right Click server name, choose Restore

C) Choose the location of the backup, click OK

D) Restart the DHCP Service

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48⟩ Define LDAP?

LDAP is the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol. Its an active directory protocal ,Basically, it's a protocol used to access data from a database.

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53⟩ Explain group policy backup?

To backup a single GPO, right-click the GPO, and then click Back Up.

To backup all GPOs in the domain, right-click Group Policy Objects and click Back Up All.

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54⟩ Define global catalog?

The Global Catalog is a database that contains all of the information pertaining to objects within all domains in the Active Directory environment.

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56⟩ Explain group nesting?

Adding one group as a member of another group is called 'group nesting'. This will help for easy administration and reduced replication traffic.

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57⟩ Explain NSlookup?

Nslookup.exe is a command-line administrative tool for testing and troubleshooting DNS servers. This tool is installed along with the TCP/IP protocol through Control Panel.

MS-DOS utility that enables a user to look up an IP address of a domain or host on a network.

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58⟩ What are the benefits of using GPMC?

Easy administration of all GPOs across the entire Active Directory Forest View of all GPOs in one single list.

Backup and restore of GPOs Migration of GPOs across different domains and forest.

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60⟩ How to setting file permissions on a folder using group policy?

The setting is located under Computer Configuration, Windows Settings, Security Settings, File System. Here's the procedure:

Go to the location in the Group Policy listed above.

Right-click File System.

Click Add File.

In the "Add a file or folder" window, select the folder (or file) for which you want the permissions to be set, and click OK.

In the security box that pops up, you can add a user or a group that needs permission to the folder.

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