IIS Interview Questions..

What is Application Pool?
you can separate different Web applications and Web sites into groups known as application pools.
What is Virtual Directory?
A virtual Directory is a directory that is not contained in the home directory but appears to client browsers as though it were
what is the difference between IIS6 and IIS7

New Admin tools

Integrated form-based authentication

Integrated ASP.NET and IIS authentication

shared configuration
automatic application pool isolation
Improved FTP service
good performance and more security 
What is ISAPI?
Internet Server Application Programming Interface, is an API developed to provide the applications developers with a powerful way to extend the functionality of IIS.
What is metabase?

IIS metabase is a special databse which maintains the settings and configuration data for IIS.

IIS logfile format w3svc

%system root%/system32/logfiles

What debugging tools do you use for IIS?
Debugdiag.msi
How to host multiple websites on IIS server?
Web sites hosted on the same server can be distinguished using any one of the following unique identifiers.
Host header name
IP address
TCP port number
Using host header names to uniquely identify sites on a server is recommended for most situations.

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How to uninstall McAfee Framewrok

1 Go to the "Start" menu.
2 Click on "Run." This action will bring up the command line window.
3 Type "cd Program Files\McAfee\Common Framework" and press the "Enter" key on your keyboard.
4 Type "frminst /forceuninstall" and press the "Enter" key on your keyboard.
5 Reboot your computer.

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How To Create PST In Outlook 2010

http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-create-data-file-in-outlook-2010/

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NetBackup Interview Questions

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Citrix Interview Questions Citrix XenApp

What is Farm?

Farm is a collection of citrix servers which provide published applications to all users. It also prevent singel of failure of all citrix servers due to load balanced capabilities.

What is the default ICA Port number?

Connections without session reliability 1494

Connections with session reliability 2598

Citrix License uses - 27000 , License management console port - 8082
IMA communication 2512 , Xenapp Advanced console - 2513

What is an .ICA File, What is contained inside an ica File?
Independent Computing Architecture (ICA) file used by Citrix application servers; contains configuration information for connecting to different servers.
What is the purpose of the Data Collector?
The zone data collector is simply a Presentation Server which is performing the data collector role in a particular zone. The Presentation Server maintaining the data collector roll is responsible for directing all requests from ICA clients launching published applications
Difference's between ICA and RDP?
1. RDP works only under TCP/IP, while ICA works on many protocols.
2. RDP doesn't permit applications to run in a browser, while works for ICA
3. Session Reliability will be there in ICA,it is not in the RDP
4. Encryption is possible in ICA,it is not present in RDP
5. ICA also supports non windows like DOS, UNIX, MACOS, mobiles
6. RDP supprots only desktop or server console.
7. ICA supprots published applicaion, Desktop, Content, and it will work under 10kb- 20kb
ICA- Independent Computing Architecture (Citrix Protocol) 1494
RDP- Remort Desktop Protocol (Microsoft protocol) 3389
Publish an application with Citrix Presentation Server 4.5?
http://citrixxperience.com/2007/05/24/publish-an-application-with-citrix-presentation-server-45/
EdgeSight for XenApp 

Monitor and measure end‑user experience of virtualized applications
Identify and diagnose session connection issues
Recognise problems at a glance with alert and dashboard views 
Recognize poorly performing applications

What is site?
How to Recover when IMA failed?

What is Speed Screen
How to put a server into install mode, explain in GUI mode and Command line mode
How does Citrix load balancing work?
What is the name of the console where you publish applications in 4.5 Presentation Server
What's the name of he .CMD file that runs every time a user logs into Citrix.
What is an .ICA File, What is contained inside an ica File
How to put a server into install mode, "Gui way, command line way"
How to Determine what data store is used?
How does Citrix load balancing work?

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SCCM / SMS Interview Questions

Can you change a secondary site to a primary site?
No. A secondary site is always a secondary site. It cannot be upgraded, moved, or changed without deleting it and reinstalling it. If you delete and reinstall, you lose all secondary site data.

Can you distribute a package to a computer without making it a member of a collection?

No. To distribute software you must have a package, a program and an advertisement. Advertisements can only be sent to collections, not to computers. If you want to distribute a package to a single computer, you must create a collection for that computer.

What is Secondary Site?

Four Main characteristics:

• A Secondary Site does not have access to a Microsoft SQL Database
• Secondary Sites are ALWAYS a Child Site of a Primary Site and can only be administered via a Primary Site
• Secondary Sites cannot have Child Sites of their own
• Clients cannot be assigned directly to the Site

What is CENTRAL SITE?

A Central Site is a Configuration Manager Primary Site that resides at the top of the Configuration Manager hierarchy. All Database information rolls from the child to the parent and is collected by the Central Site’s Configuration Manager Database. The Central Site can administer any site below it in the hierarchy and can send data down to those sites as well.
What is PRIMARY SITE?

Four main characteristics:

• The Site has access to a Microsoft SQL Server Database
• Can administer or be administered via the Configuration Manager Console
• It can be a child of other Primary Sites and can have Child Sites of its own
• Clients can be assigned directly to the Site

How do you install and configure Secondary site server

http://exchangeserverinfo.com/2008/05/02/installation-and-configuration-of-secondary-site-server.aspx

How do you create a package for Adobe?

the command line  msiexec.exe /q ALLUSERS=2 /m MSIHPSJR /i "AcroRead.msi" TRANSFORMS=mytransform.mst

How do you distribute a package?

• create a package in SCCM, pointing it to the installation sources, and in the package create an install program (you may have already done this?)
• assign Distribution Points to your package so the contents get synched. 
• create a Collection containing the objects (users/computers) that are allowed to receive the package. 
• create an Advertisement for the distribution, linking the package you created to the collection, decide whether the Adverisement is mandatory (installation enforced) or not (users have to go to the "Run Advertised Programs" dialog in Windows and select to install the program) 

How SCCM download the patches?

You need to add the Software Update Point site role to the site, configure the software update point as active, configure the products, classifications, sync settings, etc. in the Software Update Point properties.  THEN, you can go to the Update Repository node and run the Run Synchronization action from the central primary site.  Once synchronization completes, you will see the metadata in the Configuration Manager console.

How do you confiure the SUP? 

In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System CenterConfiguration Manager / Site Database /Site Management / &lt;site code> - <site name> / Site Settings / Site Systems

Right-click the site system server name, and then click New Roles.

Select Software update point, and then click Next.

Specify whether the site server will use a proxy server when connecting to the software update point, and then clickNext.

Select Use this server as the active software update point, and then specify the port settings configured for the WSUS Web site on this site system.

Specify the synchronization source for the active software update point using one of the following settings: like Synchronize from Microsoft Update or Synchronize from an upstream update server

Keep the default setting Do not create WSUS reporting events, and then click Next

Specify whether to synchronize software updates on a schedule by selecting Enable synchronization on a schedule

Specify the update classifications for which the software updates will be synchronized, and then click Next.

Specify the products for which the software updates will be synchronized, and then click Next.

Open SUPSetup.log in <InstallationPath>\Logs to monitor the installation progress for the software update point. When the installation completes, Installation was successful is written to the log file.

Open WCM.log in <InstallationPath>\Logs to verify that the connection to the WSUS server was successful. 

How do you Backup SCCM Server?  

To create a scheduled backup task, expand the Site Settings node and expand the Site Maintenance node, click on Tasks.

For Manual backup - Start SMS_SITE_BACKUP service

What are the client deployments methods?  

Client Push Installion, Software update point based installation, Group Policy Installation, Logon Script Installation, Manual Installation, Upgrade Installation(software Distribution)

Can you discover clients those are in different AD forest? 

yes. 
Internet-based client management, which supports the following site systems installed in a separate forest to the site server:
Management point
Distribution point
Software update point
Fallback status point 

What are the prerequisite for Software Update Point?  

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0, WSUS 3.0 Administration Console, Windows Update Agent (WUA) 3.0,Site server communication to the active software update point,Network Load Balancing (NLB),Background Intelligent Transfer Server (BITS) 2.5,Windows Installer 

What is SMS Provider?

The SMS Provider is a WMI provider that allows both read and write access to the Configuration Manager 2007 site database. The SMS Provider is used by the Configuration Manager console
The SMS Provider can be installed on the site database server computer, site server computer or another server class third computer during Configuration Manager 2007 Setup. After setup has completed, the current installed location of the SMS Provider is displayed on the site properties general tab

What is ITMU?

SMS 2003 Inventory Tool for Microsoft Updates

What is the use of WSUS (Windows Server Update Service)?

It enables administrators to deploy the latest Microsoft product updates to computers that are running the Windows operating system. 

Difference between SMS 2003 and SCCM 2007

What is WMI (indows Management Instrumentation)?
You can write WMI scripts or applications to automate administrative tasks on remote computers

What is SUP ( Software Update Point)?

This is required component of software updates, and after it is installed, the SUP is displayed as a site system role in the Configuration Manager console. The software update point site system role must be created on a site system server that has Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 3.0 installed.
You want specific users\groups to run specific custom reports. What should you do?
Navigate to “System Center Configuration Manager – Site Database – Security Rights – Users” 
Right click on “Users” and select “Manage ConfigMgr Users” 
Navigate to the “SCCM Support” group you created earlier 

1. For “Collection” – “(All Instances)” add the following: 
   - “Delete resource” 
   - “Modify resource” 
   - “Read” 
   - “Read resource” 
   - “Use remote tools”
2. For “Report” – “(All Instances)” add the following: 
   - “Read”
3. For “Computer association” – “(All Instances)” add the following: 
   - “Create” 
   - “Delete” 
   - “Read” 
   - “Recover user state”
4. Click “Next”
5. Click “Next”
6. Click “Close”

You have been provided with permissions on the SCCM console to create, distribute, modify and delete packages? However, when distributing a package there is no Distribution points listed in the Distribution Point Wizard. What should you do? 
To designate a distribution point on a new server or server share

1. In the Configuration Manager console, navigate to System CenterConfiguration Manager / Site Database / Site Management / <site name> / Site Settings.
2. Right-click Site Systems, point to New, and then click Server or Server Share, depending on which you want to create.
3. If you are creating a new server, use the New Site System Server Wizard to create the site system server, and select the Distribution Point check box from the Available Roles on the System Role Selection page to designate this server as a distribution point. 

What are the required ports used by Configuration Manager?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb632618.aspx

You distributed a software application to some systems in your environment and few are failed, how do u troubleshoot the failure? what steps you will follow on client side and site server side? How SCCM clients come to know that they have to use SCCM WSUS?

How certificates created in SCCM and what they called?
How SCCM Communicate securely between sites? And where do you define that setting?  what you will keep in mind before configuring SCCM server to manage clients.  
What are the causes for a slow Configuration Manager Console connection and what would you do to make your Configuration Manager Console users' experience better?

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