VICTORIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BACHELOR OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS MID-SEMESTER TEST:21APRIL 2017 Student ID: UNIT CODE:ISA1001 EXAM DATE: 21/04/2017 UNIT NAME:SERVER ADMINISTRATION FUNDAMENTALS This test is set of 10 % of the total mark. Total Number of Pages in this Question Paper (including this page): 2 Pages READING TIME: 10 Minutes WRITING TIME: 50 minutes ALLOWABLE MATERIALS: 1. Student’s notes 2. 3. (Dictionary / Calculator / x Pages of hand written A4 sheets / Text Books & Notes) INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: 1. Write your Student ID in the box provided above. 2. Use the reading time to study the question paper but do not begin writing until instructed. 3. Candidates may seek clarifications with invigilators/examiners during the reading time only. 4. Candidates are not allowed to leave the examination room within the first 30 minutes of the exam, or within the last 30 minutes of the exam. 5. Students should attempt ALL questions unless otherwise stated. 6. Write all your answers in the Answer Booklet provided only. If you need additional booklet your invigilator would provide when asked for. This question paper (and appendices, if any) must NOT be removed from the examination venue. SECTION A: GENERIC SERVER ADMINISTRATION This section contains two (2) questions; each question is worth2 marks. Only short answer is expected. 1. Describe the main server administration tasks and explain the purpose of the post-installation configuration task. 2. Compare RAID-0, RAID-1 and RAID-5? Explain why RAID-5can be used to achieve both cost and performance objectives? SECTION B: WINDOWS SERVER 2012 ADMINISTRATION This section contains one(1) question, which is worth5 marks 1. Perform the following administration tasks and take screenshots to demonstrate your solution. Note that, each screenshots should clearly show that the work is original. a. Create 4 virtual hard disks on your VirtualBox machine, each has the size of 5Gb. Name the disks as VD1, VD2, VD3 and VD4. (Place a screenshot here) b. In your Windows server 2012, create a storage pool consisted of the four disks. Name the storage pool using the following format: sp_your_student_id. (Place a screenshot here) c. Create a virtual disk of the size 10Gb from the storage pool (Place a screenshot here) d. Format the disk to create a disk volume and create a folder on the volum name:s_your_student_id (Place a screenshot here)