NIIT Lab@Home 4 ICTWC

1. You need to configure the hard drive configuration manually on some new desktop computers. Due to application requirements, you need to create several simple partitions, a spanned partition, and a striped partition. The client computers are shared, and require that you place a quota on the spanned drive. For certain instances, you plan on using virtual drives. Objectives Create simple, spanned, and striped volumes on the client computers. Create a quota on the client machine's spanned volume.

Task 1. Create simple, spanned, and striped volumes on the client computers.

In this exercise, students create and manage volumes on three newly installed hard disks.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:
1. Create a simple volume by using Disk Management.
2. Create a simple volume by using Diskpart.exe.
3. Resize a simple volume by using Disk Management.
4. Resize a simple volume by using Diskpart.exe.
5. Create a spanned volume by using Disk Management.
6. Create a striped volume by using Disk Management.

Create a simple volume by using Disk Management
1. Log on to LON-CL2 as Adatum\Administrator.
2. Start Disk Management.
3. Create a new simple volume on Disk 2.
4. Complete the New Simple Volume Wizard by using the following settings:
   o Volume Size: 5103 MB
   o Name the volume Simple1
5. Close Disk Management and any open windows.

Create a simple volume by using Diskpart.exe
1. Open the Start Screen, and then open a command prompt.
2. Start Diskpart.
3. In the Diskpart command prompt, run the following commands:
   o select disk 3
   o create partition primary size=5103
   o list partition
   o select partition 1
   o format fs=ntfs label=Simple2 quick
   o Assign
4. Close the command prompt and any open windows.

Resize a simple volume by using Disk Management
1. Open the Start Screen, and start Disk Management.
2. Start the Extend Volume Wizard, and extend Simple1 with 50MB from Disk 2.
3. Close Disk Management.

Resize a simple volume by using Diskpart.exe
1. Start Diskpart.
2. In the Diskpart command prompt, run the following commands:
   o list volume
   o select volume 5 (The volume labeled Simple2)
   o shrink desired=50
3. Compare the size of the Simple2 volume with the size previously reported.

Create a spanned volume by using Disk Management
1. Open the Start Screen and start Disk Management.
2. Right-click unallocated space on Disk 2, and start the New Spanned Volume Wizard.
3. Complete the New Spanned Volume wizard using defaults, except for the following information:
   o Use 2000 MB from Disk 2
   o Use 1500 MB from Disk 3
   o Use 4000 MB from Disk 4
4. Name the volume SpannedVol.
5. Read the Disk Management warning, and then click Yes.

Create a striped volume by using Disk Management
1. Right-click unallocated space on Disk 2, and then start the New Striped Volume Wizard.
2. Complete the New Striped Volume Wizard using defaults, except for the following information:
   o Use 2000 MB from each disk.
   o Name the volume StripedVol.
3. Close Disk Management and any open windows.


Task 2. Create a quota on the client machine’s spanned volume.

In this exercise, students configure a disk quota on one of the new volumes. Students enforce a quota
limit, and then log on as standard users to test the quota limit.
The main tasks for this exercise are as follows:

1. Create disk quotas on a volume.
2. Create test files.
3. Test the disk quota.
4. Review quota alerts and logging.

Create disk quotas on a volume
1. On LON-CL2, open Windows Explorer, and navigate to Computer.
2. Open the StripedVol (I:) Properties.
3. Click the Quota tab, and then enable Quota’s with the following settings:
   o Deny disk space to users exceeding quota limit
   o Limit disk space to 6 MB
   o Set warning level to 4 MB
   o Log event when a user exceeds their warning level
4. Close all open windows.

Create test files
1. Open a command prompt, and run the following commands on the I: drive:
   o fsutil file createnew 2mb-file 2097152
   o fsutil file createnew 1kb-file 1024
2. Log off from LON-CL2.

Test the disk quota
1. Log on to LON-CL2 as Adatum\Alan.
2. Open the Windows Explorer to the StripedVol (I:) drive.
3. Create a new folder called Alan’s files.
4. Copy the 1kb-file and 2mb-file files to Alan’s files.
5. Make a copy of 2mb-file.
6. Make another copy of 2mb file.
7. Review the message that appears when you make the second copy, and then click Cancel.
8. Log off from LON-CL2.

Review quota alerts and logging
1. Log on to LON-CL2 as Adatum\Administrator.
2. Open Windows Explorer, and navigate to Computer.
3. Open the StripedVol (I:) Properties.
4. Click the Quota tab, and then open the Quota Entries.
5. Review the entries for Alan Steiner in the Quota Entries for StripedVol (I:) dialog box, and then
   close all open windows.
6. Open the event viewer, and look for events with an Event ID of 36.
7. Review the event(s) found, and then close all open windows.

2. UIO Inc. is a merchandize goods company in Singapore. The company supplies designer garments to reputed brands. The company aims at providing the best quality products to its consumers. For this, the IT infrastructure of the company should be valuable to the business at an optimum cost. The IT infrastructure should be able to handle the latest challenges and optimize new technologies, such as cloud platform and virtualization. In line with this policy, the company has recently upgraded its IT infrastructure to the latest version of Windows server and client operating system. However, users are reporting issues related to the disk space and incompatible drivers. Some printers and scanners are not running properly in the latest version of Windows. Ben, the Desktop Administrator, has been asked to ensure that the new setup runs smooth. What should Ben do resolve these issues? Experiment To resolve the preceding issues, Ben needs to perform the following tasks: Identify driver management ways. Describe options for updating drivers. Identify a signature verification tool.

Task 1: Identifying Driver Management Ways

You can use the following ways. to manage drivers in the latest version of Windows:
1. Using Windows Device Apps option: These option can be used by device manufactuers to deliver an App
   paired with their device. When the device is connected for the fist time to a computer, the drivers
   of the device are automatically downloaded. As a resuit, this app gives hardware developers a unique
   opportunity to highllght the device functionality.
2. Using the Device Manager Tool: This tool is used to install and update the drivers for haedware
   device. you can change the haedware setting for those devices and troubleshoot problems associated
   with the device. The device Manager can also be used to manage devices through Device Manager.
3. Using the Device and Printers Window: This window is used to manage device and printers on a maching.
   It provides simple wizards that gulde you through the setup process and reduces complex configuration
   tasks.
4. Using the Change PC setting option: This is a new option with the latest version of windows. tool
   can be used to view installed device setting of the new Windows interface. such as the start screen.

Task 2: Descriding Options for Updating Drivers

Dynamic Update is a feature used for updating drivers. The feature downloads critical fixes and device
drivers that are required the setup process. It downloads new drivers for device  that are connected to
the computer and are required for setting up the device. As a result, the feature ensures that the Windows
starup is successful. Dynamic update downloads those files that have the following  features:
1. Critical Updates: This feature replaces files and DLLs that require critical fixes or updates. It
   replaces files and DLLs that were part of the operation system DVD. This feature will not download a
   new file in the system. It only replaces the existing files.
2. Device drivers: This feature downloads drivers that are not included in the operating system DVD.

Task 3: Identifying a Signature Verification Tool

You can use the Sigverif.exe tool to verify digital. signatures of the device drivers provided by vendors
and manufacturers of the devices. This tool can be used to identify unsigned drivers in the system volume
of an operating system. The results of this tool can used to identify and remove unsigned drivers.

   

3. By default, standard users cannot install device. When you know certain plug and play devices will be used in your environment, you can preload the device so that users can use the devices. The main task for this exercise is as follows: Install a device into the protected store. Task 1: Install a device into the protected store 1. Log on to LON-CL2 as Adatum\Administrator. 2. Open an elevated command prompt. 3. At the command prompt, type pnputil –a “E:\Labfiles\Mod03\Intellipoint\ipoint\setup64\files \driver\point64\point64.inf”, and then press Enter. 4. Check the list of installed OEM device by typing pnputil –e, and then press Enter. . Install a device 1. Start Computer Management and click the Device Manager node. 2. Expand Keyboards, and update the Standard PS/2 Keyboard driver to the PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 3. Reboot the computer when prompted. Task 2: Uninstall a device driver 1. Log on to LON-CL2 as Adatum\Administrator. 2. Start Computer Management, and click the Device Manager node. 3. Expand Keyboards, uninstall the PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102 Key) driver. 4. Restart the computer when prompted. 5. Log on to LON-CL2 as Adatum\Administrator. 6. Start Computer Management, and click the Device Manager node. 7. Verify you have successfully uninstalled the PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102 Key) driver. 8. Close Computer Management.

Task 1: Identifiying the Fregmentation of a Disk and Ways to Prevent it
The Fregmentation a disk occurs when the Windows I/O Manager saves a file in noncontiguous areas.
This causes the Fregmentation of an availble free space in the disk. This haens due to the following
reason:

1. The number of files increases over a period of time. Therefore. the contiguous file space decreases
   with time.This leads to the Fregmentation of files.
2. The deletion and extension of file result in the Fregmentation of a disk. This forces the I/O Manager
   to save the remainder of the file in a noncontiguous area.
3. Over a period of time. the contiguous free space decreases. This leads to the Fregmentation of a
   newly-stored content.

The Fregmentation of a disk degrades the performance of the Windows system. This is because the read/write
heads are not able to access the noncontiguous blocks quickly

Task 2: Identifying Disk Quotas and Methods for Managing Disk Quotas

A disk quota is a method to limit the amount of space for each user on a volume. This heips in distributing
the disk space for multiple users in a uniform manner. you can ailocate the user based on the role and usage
requirements of the user. The disk quota can also be used to track and restrict the disk consumption. You can
enable quotas on any NTFS-Formatted volume, including local volumes, network volumes, and a removable storage.

The followin methods are used for managing disk quotas:
1. FSUTIL: You canmanage quotas by using the fsutil quota command from the command prompt.
2. Group Policy: You can manage quotas by local or domain-based Group-Policy Object (GPOs). You can
   use the Administrative Templates, System, and Disk Quotas section in (GPOs). The following setting are
   available within GPO tomanage disk quotas:
   . Enable disk quotas.
   . Enforce the disk quota limit.
   . Specify a defauit quota limiy and a warning level.
   . Log an event whan the quota limit is exceeded.
   . Log an event whan the quota warning level is ecvvded.
   . Apply a policy to a removable media device.
3. Disk Properties User interface (UI): You can manage quotas by the Quota tab in properties of a
   selected disk. You can the UI to configure the same settings that are available to the disk Quota
   GPO. Additionally. you can manage.

Task 3: Identifying VHDs and Their Formats

You can present a portion of a hard drive as independentto the Windows operating system by using VHDs.
Windows operation systems can mount VHDs directiy. The Microsoft VHD file format is a virtual hard disk
that is encapsulated in a single file. the VHD can host built-in file systems and supportstandrd
disk operations. Windows supports the following vitual disk formats:
1. VHD: This format supports upto 2 terabytes of storage.
2. VHDX: This format supports virtual disks larger than 2 terabytes, with a maximum limit of 64 terabvtes.

Task 4: Identifying the Tools to Manage a VHD

Windows provides multiple disk management tools. such as the Disk Management console, the Windows PowerShell 3.0
Storege module, and the diskpart command-link tools allow you to create, attach, and detach VHDs.

Task 5: Identifying the Tasks that can be Performed by using the Tools to Manage a VHD

The following tasks can be performed by using the tools to manage a VHD:
1. Create: you can create a new VHD by using the VHD management tools. You can specify the type and size of the VHD.
   It can be initiallzed ans formatted like a normal hard disk. you can also create one or more partition n
   in the VHD. Thereafter. you can format each partition by using any file system, such as NTFS.
2. Attach: you can activate a VHD by attaching the VHD to the host computer. Once the VHD is attached, it
   will appear on the host computer as a local hard disk drive.
3. Detach: you can stop a VHD by detaching the VHD from the host computer. the VHD will not appear in
   the host computer. Once the VHD is detached. it can be copied to other locations. 

4. You are going to test the users' ability to install drivers, and then install a driver in the protected store so that users will be able to install it. Objectives Install and configure a new driver. Uninstall a driver.

By default, standard users cannot install device. When you know certain plug and play devices will
be used in your environment, you can preload the device  so that users can use the devices.

The main task for this exercise is as follows:

Install a device into the protected store.

Task 1: Install a device into the protected store
1. Log on to LON-CL2 as Adatum\Administrator.
2. Open an elevated command prompt.
3. At the command prompt, type pnputil –a “E:\Labfiles\Mod03\Intellipoint\ipoint\setup64\files
   \driver\point64\point64.inf”, and then press Enter.
4. Check the list of installed OEM device by typing pnputil –e, and then press Enter.

  . Install a device

1. Start Computer Management and click the Device Manager node.
2. Expand Keyboards, and update the Standard PS/2 Keyboard driver to the PC/AT Enhanced PS/2
3. Reboot the computer when prompted.


Task 2: Uninstall a device driver

1. Log on to LON-CL2 as Adatum\Administrator.
2. Start Computer Management, and click the Device Manager node.
3. Expand Keyboards, uninstall the PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102 Key) driver.
4. Restart the computer when prompted.
5. Log on to LON-CL2 as Adatum\Administrator.
6. Start Computer Management, and click the Device Manager node.
7. Verify you have successfully uninstalled the PC/AT Enhanced PS/2 Keyboard (101/102 Key) driver.
8. Close Computer Management.