Subject: SMS 1.2 Braindump

 

I have just taken Microsoft Systems Management Server 1.2 exam 70-018 and passed first time with 857 out of 1000 (pass mark was 757). After reading all the braindumps I went in feeling that here was an exam I could fail in style, but I found it no more tricky than any other Microsoft exam. Thanks to all the other Braindumpers (is this a real word - it is now..!) who were brave enough to take the SMS route, It really helped.

Anyway, here's what I can remember - Enjoy. Simon H.

Firstly, I didn't get any questions on these topics: NetWare integration, Moving sites in the SMS hierarchy, SNA senders, RAS Senders, Outboxes, OS/2 clients, re-assigning clients to resource domains using SMSLS.INI, MS Test.

Q. What should you do to allow Excel to access the SMS database?

A. Use SMS SQL View Generator to create views.

 

Q. How should you configure Replication account (Choose 3 out of 6)?

A. Member of replicator group. Member of backup operators group. Log on as service right.

 

Q. If a secondary site installation completes the pre-installation phase, but fails at the site installation phase, what's the most likely problem?

A. Not enough disk space (all other answers would fail at the pre-install phase, such as wrong service account, wrong destination address etc).

 

Q. You add a new disk to a distribution server, and want to move the distributed apps to this drive. What should you do?

A. Run jobs to remove packages from server, create new directory and share, run jobs to distribute apps from the new share.

 

Q. Given a list of services, which one that runs on every login server?

A. Maintenance Manager (I think).

 

Q. What happens if the executive service is not running on the site server, but inventory collection is running on clients?

A. Inventory files are left sitting on the logon servers.

 

Q. If you had two domains on a single LAN, how would you allow inventory collection in one domain to be more frequent than the other?

A. Create 2 SMS sites, and alter the site properties of each.

 

Q. (I got this one completely wrong) Where would you check to see if Macintosh client inventory files are being generated?

A. login.srv\isvmif.box (NOT login.srv\inventry.box - this is for Windows clients).

 

Q. How do you force a Windows 95 client to take an inventory if it not yet due?

A. Go to a DOS prompt, connect to the logon server and run INVDOS /F (other answers were to use /V instead or to set environment variable

SMSLS=1 then Logoff/on).

 

Q. What type of jobs can be initiated by an SMS administrator (choose 3 out of 6)?

A. Run command on workstation, share package on server, remove package from server.

 

Q. You add a new distribution server to a site, and want to put you shared and workstation packages on it. In the job details page, what sections should you change from the defaults to prevent other servers from re-receiving the packages?

A. Distribution phase only (default for send phase is "Send package only if not previously sent" which is what we want. However the distribution phase will "Refresh existing distribution servers" by default which is not what we want).

 

Q. Network monitor is used to look at traffic to and from a particular server. However, after 1 minute the capture file becomes full. What should you do?

A. Filter the capture (just to get packets for the appropriate server). Other wrong answers include filtering the capture file to view only the desired packets.

 

Q. (Gift of a question) How does an SMS administrator give access to a shared application group and icons?

A. Make the NT user account a member of a domain group that has been granted access to the shared group.

 

Q. How do you remove a secondary site?

A. Select the site when logged in to the parent site database and delete it.

 

Q. What's the quickest way to transfer files to an SMS client workstation?

A. Use file transfer in helpdesk utilities.

 

Q. If "Automatically configure workstation logon scripts" is working for only half your workstations in a single NT domain/Single SMS site model, what could be the problem?

A. (I couldn't decide between these two answers - maybe I missed something in the question) Not all domain controllers are configured as login servers OR some login scripts have no file extension, and SMS has not modified them

 

Q. What would most likely affect the performance of the SMS site?

A. Changing the response rate.

 

Q. (sneaky question worded very similar to the previous one) What would most likely affect the performance of workstations in the SMS site (choose 2)?

A. Reduce the package command polling interval, Increase the audit frequency.

 

Q. If SMS is used primarily for software distribution, and the site server has long periods when the processor usage is too great, what service should be offloaded?

A. (couldn't decide between two answers, but I think it has something to do with compressing and decompressing packages) Despooler OR scheduler.

 

Q.(another gift) What must you do before creating an alert?

A. create a query.

 

Q. (can't remember this one too well, but I don't ever remember reading about this) How do you delete a custom MIF entry that has been added to a workstation record in the SMS database?

A. don't know.

 

Q. What package properties do you need when running a job on NT servers with no users logged in?

A. (can't remember which of these answers were given, but here's all of them) Package is set with "System background task" and "Automated command line"; must not display anything on screen; job must specify a mandatory time.

 

Q. How do you find out if a package is currently of a distribution server?

A. Run a query choosing "Package Location" architecture.

 

Q. What services can be offloaded to helper servers?

A. (remember there are 5 NOT 4) despooler, scheduler, inventory processor, inventory data loader, RAS & SNA SENDERS.

 

Q. How can you reduce h/w requirements for two primary sites connected by a FAST WAN link (for FAST WAN, read LAN)?

A. Share single SQL server (NOT share single SQL server device).

 

Q. How are SNMP traps added to the SMS database?

A. SNMP trap receiver (on the site server).

 

Q. you want to configure 50 NT servers to send NT events to an SNMP management console. What order should you do things?

A. First install SNMP service, then install SNMP event-to-trap translator.

 

Q. (Trick wording) An application is sent, and distributed successfully, but has not been delivered to the target workstations. What is the problem?

A. (correct answer) Package is configured to support a different platform. (trick wrong answer) Package start time has not yet occurred(packages do not have start time, only jobs have them - this one comes up later, but is re-worded with job start time instead).

 

Q. An application is sent, and distributed successfully, but doesn't show that it has been delivered to the target workstations, but users report that it has worked. What is the reason?

A. Site configuration has not yet been synchronized with the database.

 

Q. How do you restricted rights in SMS administrator to non-NT administrators?

A. Use SMS security manager to help setup different levels of access to different types of administrators.

 

Q. What utility is used to check the format of a MIF file?

A. MIFCHECK.EXE.

 

Q. How should you upgrade SMS at secondary sites, when you are upgrading the parent site?

A. Not sure - should have read this section with more care.

 

Q. What addresses does a parent site need to have to communicate with sites below it in the hierarchy?

A. The addresses of all sites (child sites and grandchild sites etc), not just the sites immediately below it.

 

Q. What addresses does a child site need to have to communicate with sites above it in the hierarchy?

A. Only requires the address of its immediate parent.