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Exam 70-223

Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Clustering Services by Using Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Exam 70-223 has been available since November 15, 2000.

This document includes information on:

• Microsoft Certification
• Target Audience
• Skills Being Measured

Microsoft Certification

When you pass this exam, you achieve Microsoft Certified Professional status. You also earn credit toward the following certifications:

• Elective credit toward Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer on Microsoft Windows 2000 certification
• Elective credit toward Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer on Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 certification

Target Audience

Candidates for this exam operate in medium to very large computing environments that use the Windows 2000 Server operating system. They have a minimum of one year's experience implementing and administering Windows NT clusters in environments that have the following characteristics:

• Supported users range from 200-26,000+
• Physical locations range from 5-150+
• Typical network services and applications include file and print, database, messaging, proxy server or firewall, network and storage hardware, desktop management, Active Directory Services, TCP/IP connectivity, RAID, SCSI and Fibre Channel storage, and Web hosting.
• Connectivity needs include connecting individual offices and users at remote locations to the corporate network and connecting corporate networks to the Internet.

Skills Being Measured

This certification exam measures your ability to install, configure, and administer clustering services using Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills listed below.

Configuring Windows 2000 Advanced Server for the Cluster Service Installation

Configure and troubleshoot the software components of a network before an installation. Components include binding protocols, IP, single point of failure, and network infrastructure services.

Configure and troubleshoot the physical components of a network before an installation. Components include hardware, crossover cables, network adapters, hubs, routers, and switches.

Configure and troubleshoot volumes before an installation.

Configure and troubleshoot external storage subsystem before an installation. Hardware includes SCSI, host adapters, and the Fibre Channel device.

Installing, Configuring, and Troubleshooting the Cluster Service

Install and configure the Cluster service software.

• Configure public and private networks for use by a cluster.
• Configure the Cluster service parameters.
• Install and configure the quorum resource.
• Install and configure cluster storage.

Upgrade an operating system on a cluster server.

Configure an automated deployment of a cluster.

Verify the Cluster service installation, and troubleshoot cluster storage issues, SCSI configuration, name resolution, file system configuration, and partition and physical disk configuration.

Installing, Configuring, and Troubleshooting Services and Applications on a Cluster

Install, configure, and troubleshoot file shares and distributed file system (Dfs) on a cluster.

Configure and troubleshoot print services for a cluster.

Install, configure, and troubleshoot applications and services on a cluster.

• Install cluster-aware applications, including Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), DHCP, and WINS.
• Create and configure resources and resource groups for cluster-aware applications.
• Install cluster-unaware applications.
• Create and configure resources and resource groups for cluster-unaware applications.

Manage resources and applications on a cluster.

• Administer combination file share resources.
• Configure combination file share resources.
• Manage file share permissions.
• Manage print queues.
• Perform a rolling upgrade on an application.

Configure and troubleshoot resource dependencies and virtual servers.

Troubleshoot applications and services, including failed applications, file and print services access, registry, cluster logs, and Resource Monitor.

Managing Cluster Resources

Configure and add clustering resources by using Cluster service command-line utilities, scripting, and the graphical user interface (GUI).

Remove, replace, evict, and add cluster nodes.

Configure advanced resource properties, including general properties and resource-specific properties.

Manage and monitor cluster storage.

• Add disk resources to a cluster.
• Replace failed disk resources.

Configure administrative access to a cluster.

Implement load balancing and failback for resource groups.

Troubleshooting, Monitoring, and Optimizing Clustered Services

Optimize resource groups for failover.

Troubleshoot failure on a cluster and the Cluster service.

• Repair a failed cluster.
• Repair the quorum disk.

Manage and optimize cluster performance.

Implement disaster recovery methods.

• Back up and restore quorum data.
• Back up and restore cluster application data.

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