A technician receives an error message when trying to boot the server stating the operating system was not
found. Change management logs indicate a new hard drive backplane was installed in the server last night.
Which of the following should the technician do FIRST when troubleshooting the issue?

A technician is asked to troubleshoot a server that constantly reboots. There are no error messages displayed
on the server. Which of the following should the technician check?

A system administrator needs to rebuild a server by booting to the OS DVD. The server powers up but attempts
to boot from the network. Which of the following is the MOST likely source of the problem?

Which of the following involves finding and correcting the MOST important reason for performance issues?

A company has hired a consultant to review the production storage infrastructure and provide suggestions on
improving performance. The consultant has identified a bottleneck in the production switching fabric and
successfully tested the solution in a lab environment. Which of the following should the consultant perform
NEXT, according to best practices?

An administrator needs to perform a backup of all servers for an upcoming disaster recovery exercise at a
company cold site. Which of the following types of backup should be performed?

A technician needs to install an operating system patch on a virtual server. Which of the following backup types
should the technician perform prior to the patch installation that will allow the server to be restored the
FASTEST?

In an effort to reduce recovery time during hardware failures, a server administrator needs to implement a
backup method that will allow for complete OS and service/application recovery as long as compatiblehardware is available. Which of the following backup types meets this requirement?

A technician wants to implement a grandfather-father-son tape rotation policy. Which of the following
implements this backup strategy?

A hardware failure affects a server in a datacenter. The server is critical to company operation, and the
hardware vendor is out of stock on the parts needed to repair the server. A network technician suggests
replacing it with a server from the warm site. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST?