...1. Define the two types of backups supported by Active Directory. Describe the difference between each of these backup strategies; how they are implemented and what tools can be deployed to accomplish these tasks. Active directory has two different types of backups. They are NTBACKUP and Windows Server Backup. The Windows Server Backup is the only “all in one” type of backup. It allows you to work with Volume Shadow Copy Service snapshots in Active Directory. The Window’s Server Backup lets you backup to direct-attached disk volumes, network shares, external hard drives and even DVD’s. You are also able to utilize Group Policy settings to help keep the files safe from people who should not have access to them. The next backup option is NTBACKUP which is a file based backup tool but it has been replaced with the Windows Server Backup. 2. Explain fragmentation. Compare and contrast online defragmentation and offline defragmentation. Fragmentation is when parts of a file are saved in several different areas on the hard disk instead of all together. Online defragmentation is an automated defragmentation process that runs on a schedule. With online defragmentation the physical size of the database is not reduced. Offline defragmentation is just the opposite of online. Offline defragmentation is used to shrink the database size by removing the unused spaces. 3. What factors must be considered and planned to implement a successful Disaster Recovery Plan for a network...
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... 2. The _____ partition or volume contains the operating system files, such as the files in the \Windows folder. Answer: boot 3. You have just upgraded from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008. Now you are trying to recover a set of databases that you backed up on DVDs in Windows Server 2003 before you started the upgrade, but the Windows Server Backup tool gives you an error message. What is the problem? Answer: c. The Windows Server Backup tool is not compatible with backups made from the Windows Server 2003 Backup tool. 4. Your company is considering installing an iSCSI SAN, but one of the department heads mentions that he has heard Windows Server 2008 does not have a management tool for an iSCSI SAN. What is your response? Answer: d. This is not true because you can install Storage Manager for SANs. 5. You are consulting for a company that has been performing full backups every night for its Windows Server 2008 servers. A problem they have been experiencing is that the backups are taking longer and longer. What is your recommendation for this company? Answer: b. Use a custom backup that enables you to use a combination of full and incremental backups. 6. Dynamic disks support RAID levels _____, _____, and _____. Answer: 0, 1, and 5. 7. You are consulting for an organization that has chosen to use disk striping as a way to extend the life of their four hard disks. Now one of the disks...
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...Project Security Plan This plan was developed by David Hanuschak, Managing Director of On-point Technologies, in cooperation with other key members of the On-point Technologies staff. About On-point Technologies We are a three man great solution for your networking needs. On-point technologies are top rated with the Better Business Bureau for customer satisfaction. Objectives This security plan is our first. We will take a broad view of the security risks facing the firm and take prompt action to reduce our exposure. Everyone remembers the virus attack we had earlier this year, and we hope to avoid another disaster like that! However, I hope that by taking a wider view, we may be able to plan for threats we don’t know about yet. I realize that we are limited in time, people, and (of course) cash. Our main priority is to continue to grow a successful business. We cannot hope for Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)-like security, and it wouldn’t be good for our culture to turn On-point into Fort Knox. The project team has weighed these constraints carefully in deciding what to do and has tried to strike a balance between practicality, cost, comfort, and security measures. We are all convinced, however, that doing nothing is not an option. I am taking responsibility for leading this review and ensuring that all the action items are carried out. I am concerned about the risks we face, although having reviewed the plan, I am sure we can address them properly. This...
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...| Control Matrix – Narratives - Summary | | Risk & Control Assessment | | Control Matrix – Narratives - Summary | Bob, Inc November 14, 2012 Authored by: Sara Colle, Aaron Hughes, Mohammed Kahn, Paul Koller Bob, Inc November 14, 2012 Authored by: Sara Colle, Aaron Hughes, Mohammed Kahn, Paul Koller interoffice memorandum to: Jim Reinhard, ceo from: group 1 subject: risk assessment report date: 11/14/2012 cc: Mr. Reinhard, We have completed our risk assessment as requested by management. The following report will take you through our completed risk matrix, narratives about the risks and controls, and provide a summary of our findings. The areas covered include: * BCP/Disaster Recovery * Backup and Recovery * Physical Security * Logical Security * Documentation and Policies & Procedures * Change and Patch Management * Computer Operations We hope that this assessment meets your requirements. Should you have any additional questions please feel free to contact anyone of the individuals below that assisted in the preparation of the report. Best Regards, Sara Colle, Aaron Hughes, Mohammed Kahn, Paul Koller Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery 1. RISKS – Loss of customers, loss of profits, loss or reputation, loss of government approval to do business Hurricane Sandy recently paralyzed New York City, the financial capital of the world. This event highlighted the importance of Business...
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...| | |DATA RETENTION POLICY | |Revision 2.0 | | | | | | | | | Table of Contents 1.0 Overview: Page 3 2.0 Purpose: Page 3 3.0 Scope: ...
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...severity to the organization that would result for that particular impact category if the mission/business process could not be performed. These impact categories and values are samples and should be revised to reflect what is appropriate for the organization. The following impact categories represent important areas for consideration in the event of a disruption or impact. Impact category: HIPAA Impact values for assessing category impact: • Severe = $1 Million • Moderate = $550,000 • Minimal = >$550,000 The table below summarizes the impact on each mission/business process if X Axis Network were unavailable, based on the following criteria: Mission/Business Process Impact Category Severe Moderate Minimal Obsolete $ Amount Database Crash X $1 Million Business System (HIS) X $1 Million Payment Plan X $550,000+ Website X >$550,000 Estimated Downtime Working directly with mission/business process owners, departmental staff, managers, and...
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...HOMEWORK CAP613T: DATABASE ADMINISTRATION Q1. Profiles and accounts are managed in SQL Server 2008 using various stored procedures. Create profile and its accounts and manage them using those stored procedures and give the screen shots with results. Ans. sysmail_add_profile_sp [pic] sysmail_add_account_sp [pic] sysmail_add_profileaccount_sp [pic] sysmail_update_profile_sp [pic] sysmail_update_account_sp [pic] sysmail_update_profileaccount_sp [pic] Q2. Create Event Notification for updation and deletion of table. Ans. Creating Event Notification for updation: CREATE EVENT NOTIFICATION NotifyUpdateEvents ON DATABASE FOR UPDATE_TABLE TO SERVICE '//AdventureWorks/EventNotificationService' , 'current database' GO Creating Event Notification for deletion: CREATE EVENT NOTIFICATION NotifyDeleteEvents ON DATABASE FOR DELETE_TABLE TO SERVICE '//AdventureWorks/EventNotificationService' , 'current database' GO Q3 “A common configuration is to use the same account for both SQL Server Service and SQL Server Agent Service” comment. Are there some extra conditions or rights in windows operating system for the accounts used by SQL Server Agent, if yes. Discuss them? Ans. • Adjust memory quotas for a process: This privilege determines who can change the maximum memory that can be consumed by a process. This privilege is useful for system tuning, but it can be misused, for example, in a denial-of-service...
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...For the small business that I started I would use the Windows Server Backup tool. Windows Server Backup is a disk-to-disk backup solution that allows you to create backup images on direct-attached disk volumes, on network shares, and even on external USB hard drives and multi-volume recordable DVDs. Windows Server Backup is volume- and block-based and also deals with its backup source as a set of volumes, with each volume as a collection of disk blocks. This is considerably more efficient than backing up files through the file system. Dealing with backups on a block basis also allows Windows Server Backup to make use of Volume Shadow Copy Service snapshots to perform block-level incremental backups, as well as to create snapshots on the target volume to simplify the use of (and reduce the space used by) multiple backups. I would also use the MMC in Server Backup to simplify scheduling of daily full-system backups to a local disk volume. As far as recovery is concerned, I would restore the Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) database to an earlier state, rather than restore the entire system. Even though I can stop AD DS like a service in Windows Server 2008, I would still need to boot the server into Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) to perform a system state restore on a domain controller. As far as monitoring goes the MOM (Microsoft Operations Manager) system would be fully employed. The role the MOM gathers computer attribute information and applies specific...
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...Veterinary Office Software There is a multitude of planning and purchasing that goes with opening any business, including a veterinary practice of any size. One of the necessary purchases that can have a major impact on the efficiency of a veterinary clinic is what software program will be used by the clinic. There are many different software programs available on the market today, and it can be a daunting task to select the one that would work the best for a particular hospital. There seems to be an unlimited mixture of choices and features, giving customers the chance to decide what is most important to them and their particular practice. Three programs stood out to me as I did some research, and those three are Infinity, Intravet, and DVMAX. Infinity by Impromed, which also produces several other software brands, claims to be” The oldest developer of business and medical management software for the veterinary industry”The company began producing veterinary office software in 1979. In 2011 Impromed joined forces with Henry Schein Animal Health. Intravet is the creation of Patterson Companies Incorporated, which is based in Effingham, Illinois. Patterson Companies is a specialty distributor serving veterinary, dental and rehabilitation supply markets. DVMAX is a division of IDEXX Laboratories. IDEXX is an international company with eight locations in the United States with company headquarters in Westbrook Maine. IDEXX Laboratories works to “bring the world diagnostics and...
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...accuracy and reliability of accounting data, to promote operational efficiency, and to encourage adherence to prescribed managerial policies. First, there we will identify the risks and internal control points by incorporating these risks into the flowcharts provided in the information systems. The risks for the payroll system are bad inputs that would lead to deficient or distorted payroll amounts (requiring input controls), improper access of the files by the wrong people (personnel controls & access controls), and loss of these critical records (backup systems for this data). The risks inherent in the AR system are in making sure the inputs to the system are reliable. There are risks in the inputs to the system, to make sure the system processes the transactions correctly and completely, and the calculations are sound and the outputs of the system are correct. Furthermore, there are risks in the controls within the database to make sure the data is stored correctly and that the proper inventory is accessed in a manner that will preserve true transaction nature of the business in the data (concurrency controls). Furthermore, there should be controls on who accesses the data at the appropriate time (personnel controls), there should be a solid log file to track all transactions that needs to be audited (audit trail), the data needs to be stored and protected (physical protection procedures). The actual physical...
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...1. Deleting files accidentally The top risk of losing data is deleting files or parts of texts without having any backups available. Updating files or deleting them are very common activities and we do them almost every day. No wonder if we accidentally delete wrong files or overwrite the parts we did not intend. Many people have told me that losing information during everyday work is so natural that they do not even perceive it as real risk any more. We often lose data simply because we do not have proper workflow procedures and backup strategies. More efficient procedures for saving our work and making backups regularly will definitely save a lot of time for us. 2. Viruses and damaging malware There are numerous new viruses which attack computers every day. Being connected to worldwide network has many advantages; however, it opens computers to...
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...be found within the Cost analysis and Training Plan. Security Central Arkansas Family Doctors Clinic will be responsible for securing the Central office, and management of security. Standard Operation/Business practices Backup of files and database storage will take place at the central office every 24 hours. The system will automatically reboot and backup files at 3am every morning. Configuration management, problem report management, customer support, lifecycle testing, risk identification, data sharing and risk mitigation will be will be handled by CAFD IT personnel, and network management. Roles and Responsibilities IT management at the Little Rock Central Office will be responsible for network maintenance, Security updates, help desk support, documentation training and security operations. CAFD clinic will rely on experienced network engineers, current and future IT staff as well as contract employee’s and interns. Office managers will be responsible for reporting power outages, theft, willful obstruction, and any damage related with networking equipment. Business Owner Management Every employee, customer, and stakeholder will be informed about maintenance and security via email. The network administrators plan for backups, and maintenance keep the network safer, without inconveniencing customer and...
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...implementing critical business functions using alternate mechanisms until normal operations can be resumed at the primary site. They are related because the BC plan occurs concurrently with the DR plan when the damage is major or long term. Question 3: What is the primary site? Answer: Primary site is the location or group of locations at which organization executes its functions. Question 4: What is the difference between a backup and an archive? Answer: * Backup is the snapshot of data from a specific point in time. The data is considered volatile and is subject to change While Archive is long term storage of a document or data file, usually for legal and regulatory purposes. * For recovery from an incident, backup are the most common solution. For recovery from disasters archives are used. Question 5: What is a retention schedule? Answer: Retention schedule guides the frequency of replacement and duration of storage of the backups and archives. Question 6: How have cloud computing architectures affected the backup options available for organizations? Answer: From a security perspective, the leasing of services from a third part is always a challenge because if you don’t own the hardware, software and infrastructure, you can’t guarantee effective security, so you must...
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...Contingency Plan Coordinator 12 5.1.3 System Contingency Coordinators 13 5.1.4 Incident Notification 13 5.1.5 Internal Personnel Notification 13 5.1.6 External Contact Notification 13 5.1.7 Media Releases 14 5.1.8 Alternate Site (s) 14 5.2 Teams 14 5.2.1 Damage Assessment Team 14 5.2.2 Operations Team 15 5.2.3 Communications Team 15 5.2.4 Data Entry and Control Team 15 5.2.5 Off-Site Storage Team 15 5.2.6 Administrative Management Team 15 5.2.7 Procurement Team 15 5.2.8 Configuration Management Team 16 5.2.9 Facilities Team 16 5.2.10 System Software Team 16 5.2.11 Internal Audit Team 16 5.2.12 User Assistance Team 16 5.3 Data Communications 16 5.4 Backups 16 5.4.1 Vital Records/Documentation 17 5.5 Office Equipment, Furniture and Supplies 19 5.6 Recommended Testing Procedures 19 6 Recommended Strategies 20 6.1 Critical Issues 20 6.1.1 Power 20 6.1.2...
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...Practices Deploying VERITAS™ Backup™ Exec 10 and Auto-Snapshot Manager Abstract This Technical Report describes how to back up and restore NTFS volumes, Microsoft Exchange e-mail, and SQL databases using VERITAS Backup Exec 10, the EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager for Windows VSS provider, and PS Series storage arrays. Copyright © 2005 EqualLogic, Inc. August 2005 EqualLogic is a registered trademark of EqualLogic, Inc. All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. Possession, use, or copying of the documentation or the software described in this publication is authorized only under the license agreement specified herein. EqualLogic, Inc. will not be held liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. The information in this document is subject to change. PS Series Firmware Version 2.1 or later. ii Deploying VERITAS Backup Exec 10 and Auto-Snapshot Manager Table of Contents Technical Report and Software Revision Information......................................................... iv Introduction ............................................................................................................................1 Common Backup and Recovery Configurations ...................................................................2 Backup and Recovery Media .................................................................................................3 Backup to Disk and Restore from Disk...
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