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A systems administrator wishes to improve security in a datacenter. The administrator wants to be alerted whenever a hard drive is removed from the server room. Which of the following security measures would BEST accomplish this?
2.
An administrator is attempting an OS upgrade on a VM disk that is stored on a SAN. In the event of a failure, the administrator wants to ensure the system can return to a working state in the shortest amount of time possible. Which of the following backup methods would BEST accomplish this?
3.
A server technician has just replaced an Ethernet card in a server. Per company policy, all servers network settings must be manually configured. The technician verified that the server can ping other servers on its subnet, but it cannot ping any servers that are on subnets other than its own. Which of the following is MOST likely the cause of this issue?
4.
A user reports that email does not work. Which of the following ordered steps should the administrator take to address the issue according to the troubleshooting theory?
5.
An administrator needs to securely dispose of 150 computers with SATA HDDs. Which of the following methods would ensure all data is erased in the MOST secure manner?
6.
A server with a large amount of storage but not necessarily a very fast CPU would be BEST suited for which of the following applications?
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A datacenter is running out of rack space. A server technician is asked to recommend a capacity planning and consolidation option that is feasible with the leastamount of downtime. Which of the following options should the technician recommend?
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Which of the following permissions would enable users to modify files or directories on a server?
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A security administrator is investigating strange network behavior on a single VLAN that is used only by vendors. Which of the following tools would BEST allow the administrator to look at network traffic and investigate specific packets?
10.
A remote datacenter that runs in parallel with a main datacenter, with devices powered on and communication taking place between the two datacenters, is known as which of the following?