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61.
How do you create a new application partition ?
Use the DnsCmd command to create an application directory partition.
To do this, use the following syntax:
DnsCmd ServerName /CreateDirectoryPartition FQDN of partition
62.
What are the benefits of multiple forests ?
- Total control of departmental security
- Control of the Schema
- Enterpriseand SchemaAdministrators nowreport directlyto the department
- Total control ofinformation published in theGlobal Catalog
- Doesnot automaticallyhaveatrust relationship with all organizations at LCIS
63.
What are the DS* commands ?
The following DS commands: the DS family built in utility .
- DSmod - modify Active Directory attributes.
- DSrm - to delete Active Directory objects.
- DSmove - to relocate objects
- DSadd - create new accounts
- DSquery - to find objects that match your query attributes.
- DSget - list the properties of an object
64.
What are the drawbacks of multiple forests ?
- The cost of administration has increased
- The complexity of DNS has greatly increased
- Com + Registration Database
- Creates islands of technologies
- Makes collaborations very difficult
- Explicit NTLM trusts are not as secure as Kerberos Trusts
- If institutional applications are rolled out that requires a schema change, each forest must perform the modifications
- The explicit trusts can be difficult to manageand troubleshoot
- The deployment of multiple forests defeats the concepts and all the benefits of directories
65.
Describe PTR record ?
The PTR record is contained within the reverse lookup zone file. It provides mapping from the IP address to a name. PTR records can be automatically created when the A or AAAA is created with dynamic update. Additionally, when creating an A or AAAA record manually, you can check a box to also create the associated PTR record.