You need to implement the planned changes for the VMMSSP
You need to implement the planned changes for the VMMSSP.
What should you do?
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study Title (Case Study):
Case Study 2 – Trey Research
Overview
Trey Research is a consulting company.Trey Research has three offices.
The offices are located in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Toronto.
Trey Research has two data centers.
The data centers are located in Los Angeles and Toronto.
Existing Environment
The network contains a single-domain Active Directory forest named treyresearch.com. The network contains switches that support either SNMPv1 or SNMPv2.
The forest contains 100 physical servers that run Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
The relevant servers are configured as shown in the following table.
All of the System Center 2012 servers use Server5 as a database server.
All of the VMM components in the production environment are installed on Server1.
Server1 is located in the Los Angeles data center.
Ten virtual machine hosts are located in the Toronto data center and 90 virtual machine hosts are located in the Los Angeles data center.
Server9 is used to manage three virtualization hosts in a lab environment.
Requirements
Planned Changes
Trey Research plans to implement the following changes:
– Upgrade Server9 to VMM 2012.
– Discover and monitor network switches by using Operations Manager.
– Grant the network technicians the required permissions to configure the network fabric.- Install a System Center 2012 Service Manager management server on Server7 and a Service Manager data warehouse
management server on Server8.
– Provide external access to the Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal (VMMSSP) by using the names
ssp.treyreseach.com and vmm.treyresearch.com.
Private Cloud Infrastructure Requirements
Trey Research identifies the following requirements for the private cloud infrastructure:
– Integrate VMM 2012 and Operations Manager 2012.
– Ensure that all VMM 2012 components are highly available.
– Ensure that virtual machines use a MAC address from a custom MAC address pool.
– Ensure that Hyper-V hosts can be deployed to bare-metal computers from Server6.
– Control the placement of virtual machines based on the performance data gathered by Operations Manager.
Private Cloud Compliance Requirements
Trey Research identifies the following requirements for compliance in the private cloud infrastructure:
– Ensure that updates on the Hyper-V hosts can be remediated.
– Generate the compliance status of all the servers in the fabric.
– Ensure that update baselines for all of the servers in the fabric are created.
Private Cloud Services Requirements
Trey Research identifies the following requirements for managing services in the private cloud:
– Users in the human resources department must be able to create virtual machines that have two CPUs and 4 GB RAM by
using the VMMSSP.
– Users in the marketing department must be able to create new virtual machines that will be hosted in the Toronto
office. The virtual machine templates for the marketing department users must be stored in the Toronto office.
###EndCaseStudy###
What should you recommend deploying in the Toronto data…
You need to recommend a solution to meet the private cloud services requirements for the marketing department users.
What should you recommend deploying in the Toronto data center?
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study Title (Case Study):
Case Study 2 – Trey Research
Overview
Trey Research is a consulting company.
Trey Research has three offices.
The offices are located in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Toronto.
Trey Research has two data centers.
The data centers are located in Los Angeles and Toronto.
Existing Environment
The network contains a single-domain Active Directory forest named treyresearch.com. The network contains switches that support either SNMPv1 or SNMPv2.
The forest contains 100 physical servers that run Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
The relevant servers are configured as shown in the following table.
All of the System Center 2012 servers use Server5 as a database server.
All of the VMM components in the production environment are installed on Server1.
Server1 is located in the Los Angeles data center.
Ten virtual machine hosts are located in the Toronto data center and 90 virtual machine hosts are located in the Los Angeles data center.
Server9 is used to manage three virtualization hosts in a lab environment.
Requirements
Planned Changes
Trey Research plans to implement the following changes:
– Upgrade Server9 to VMM 2012.
– Discover and monitor network switches by using Operations Manager.
– Grant the network technicians the required permissions to configure the network fabric.
– Install a System Center 2012 Service Manager management server on Server7 and a Service Manager data warehouse
management server on Server8.
– Provide external access to the Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal (VMMSSP) by using the names
ssp.treyreseach.com and vmm.treyresearch.com.
Private Cloud Infrastructure Requirements
Trey Research identifies the following requirements for the private cloud infrastructure:
– Integrate VMM 2012 and Operations Manager 2012.
– Ensure that all VMM 2012 components are highly available.- Ensure that virtual machines use a MAC address from a custom MAC address pool.
– Ensure that Hyper-V hosts can be deployed to bare-metal computers from Server6.
– Control the placement of virtual machines based on the performance data gathered by Operations Manager.
Private Cloud Compliance Requirements
Trey Research identifies the following requirements for compliance in the private cloud infrastructure:
– Ensure that updates on the Hyper-V hosts can be remediated.
– Generate the compliance status of all the servers in the fabric.
– Ensure that update baselines for all of the servers in the fabric are created.
Private Cloud Services Requirements
Trey Research identifies the following requirements for managing services in the private cloud:
– Users in the human resources department must be able to create virtual machines that have two CPUs and 4 GB RAM by
using the VMMSSP.
– Users in the marketing department must be able to create new virtual machines that will be hosted in the Toronto
office. The virtual machine templates for the marketing department users must be stored in the Toronto office.
###EndCaseStudy###
What should you include in the recommendation?
You need to recommend a solution to meet the high-availability requirements for VMM 2012.
What should you include in the recommendation?
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study Title (Case Study):
Case Study 2 – Trey Research
Overview
Trey Research is a consulting company.
Trey Research has three offices.
The offices are located in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Toronto.
Trey Research has two data centers.
The data centers are located in Los Angeles and Toronto.
Existing Environment
The network contains a single-domain Active Directory forest named treyresearch.com. The network contains switches that support either SNMPv1 or SNMPv2.
The forest contains 100 physical servers that run Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
The relevant servers are configured as shown in the following table.
All of the System Center 2012 servers use Server5 as a database server.
All of the VMM components in the production environment are installed on Server1.
Server1 is located in the Los Angeles data center.
Ten virtual machine hosts are located in the Toronto data center and 90 virtual machine hosts are located in the Los Angeles data center.
Server9 is used to manage three virtualization hosts in a lab environment.
Requirements
Planned Changes
Trey Research plans to implement the following changes:
– Upgrade Server9 to VMM 2012.
– Discover and monitor network switches by using Operations Manager.
– Grant the network technicians the required permissions to configure the network fabric.
– Install a System Center 2012 Service Manager management server on Server7 and a Service Manager data warehouse
management server on Server8.
– Provide external access to the Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal (VMMSSP) by using the names
ssp.treyreseach.com and vmm.treyresearch.com.
Private Cloud Infrastructure Requirements
Trey Research identifies the following requirements for the private cloud infrastructure:
– Integrate VMM 2012 and Operations Manager 2012.
– Ensure that all VMM 2012 components are highly available.
– Ensure that virtual machines use a MAC address from a custom MAC address pool.
– Ensure that Hyper-V hosts can be deployed to bare-metal computers from Server6.
– Control the placement of virtual machines based on the performance data gathered by Operations Manager.
Private Cloud Compliance Requirements
Trey Research identifies the following requirements for compliance in the private cloud infrastructure:
– Ensure that updates on the Hyper-V hosts can be remediated.
– Generate the compliance status of all the servers in the fabric.
– Ensure that update baselines for all of the servers in the fabric are created.
Private Cloud Services Requirements
Trey Research identifies the following requirements for managing services in the private cloud:
– Users in the human resources department must be able to create virtual machines that have two CPUs and 4 GB RAM by
using the VMMSSP.
– Users in the marketing department must be able to create new virtual machines that will be hosted in the Toronto
office. The virtual machine templates for the marketing department users must be stored in the Toronto office.
###EndCaseStudy###
You need to implement the planned changes for the netwo…
You need to implement the planned changes for the network technicians.
What should you do?
(Each correct answer presents part of the solution. Choose all that apply.)
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study Title (Case Study):Case Study 2 – Trey Research
Overview
Trey Research is a consulting company.
Trey Research has three offices.
The offices are located in Seattle, Los Angeles, and Toronto.
Trey Research has two data centers.
The data centers are located in Los Angeles and Toronto.
Existing Environment
The network contains a single-domain Active Directory forest named treyresearch.com. The network contains switches that support either SNMPv1 or SNMPv2.
The forest contains 100 physical servers that run Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 (SP1).
The relevant servers are configured as shown in the following table.
All of the System Center 2012 servers use Server5 as a database server.
All of the VMM components in the production environment are installed on Server1.
Server1 is located in the Los Angeles data center.
Ten virtual machine hosts are located in the Toronto data center and 90 virtual machine hosts are located in the Los Angeles data center.
Server9 is used to manage three virtualization hosts in a lab environment.
Requirements
Planned Changes
Trey Research plans to implement the following changes:- Upgrade Server9 to VMM 2012.
– Discover and monitor network switches by using Operations Manager.
– Grant the network technicians the required permissions to configure the network fabric.
– Install a System Center 2012 Service Manager management server on Server7 and a Service Manager data warehouse
management server on Server8.
– Provide external access to the Virtual Machine Manager Self-Service Portal (VMMSSP) by using the names
ssp.treyreseach.com and vmm.treyresearch.com.
Private Cloud Infrastructure Requirements
Trey Research identifies the following requirements for the private cloud infrastructure:
– Integrate VMM 2012 and Operations Manager 2012.
– Ensure that all VMM 2012 components are highly available.
– Ensure that virtual machines use a MAC address from a custom MAC address pool.
– Ensure that Hyper-V hosts can be deployed to bare-metal computers from Server6.
– Control the placement of virtual machines based on the performance data gathered by Operations Manager.
Private Cloud Compliance Requirements
Trey Research identifies the following requirements for compliance in the private cloud infrastructure:
– Ensure that updates on the Hyper-V hosts can be remediated.
– Generate the compliance status of all the servers in the fabric.
– Ensure that update baselines for all of the servers in the fabric are created.
Private Cloud Services Requirements
Trey Research identifies the following requirements for managing services in the private cloud:
– Users in the human resources department must be able to create virtual machines that have two CPUs and 4 GB RAM by
using the VMMSSP.
– Users in the marketing department must be able to create new virtual machines that will be hosted in the Toronto
office. The virtual machine templates for the marketing department users must be stored in the Toronto office.
###EndCaseStudy###
What should you recommend?
You need to recommend a deployment topology for the PKI. The deployment topology must meet the cloud requirements.
What should you recommend?
(More than one answer choice may achieve the goal. Select the BEST answer.)
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study Title (Case Study):
Case Study 1 – Contoso Ltd
Overview
Contoso, Ltd. is a manufacturing company.
Contoso has a main office and six branch offices.
The main office is located in Toronto.
The branch offices are located in New York, Seattle, Miami, Montreal, Los Angeles, and Vancouver.
Existing Environment
Active Directory Environment
The network contains an Active Directory forest named contoso.com.
The forest contains a child domain for each office.
Active Directory currently contains 7,500 user accounts and 15,000 computer accounts.
Network Infrastructure
All servers are located in a data center in Toronto. The data center contains multiple subnets that are separated by firewalls.
The Toronto data center contains a cluster that runs Microsoft SQL server 2008 Enterprise Service Pack 1 (SP1).
Four servers are unused and are being considered as potential Hyper-V hosts. The servers are configured as shown in the following table.
All of the servers being considered as potential Hyper-V hosts have both locally attached storage and access to a SAN.
Help Desk Environment
Contoso uses a help desk ticketing system that was developed in-house.
Fifty help desk agents have access to the ticketing system.
Ticketing system currently tracks:
– An average of two new incidents per month, per client computer.
– An average of 2,000 change requests per month.
Disaster Recovery Environment
Contoso uses a third party backup solution.
Backups are scheduled for the servers in the Seattle office as follows:
– The daily incremental backups total 10GB.
– The total size of data to backup is 100GB.
– Backed up data is retained for 10 business days.
Problem Statements
The original developers of the help desk ticketing system are no longer employed by Contoso and maintenance of the system is becoming an issue.
Requirements
Planned Changes
Contoso plans to move the IT infrastructure to a private cloud. Whenever possible, hardware and software costs must be minimized.
Contoso plans to open a small office in Beijing.
System Center 2012 App Controller will be used to manage applications. The display names of the applications will be in Simplified Chinese Pinyin IME. New
physical servers will be deployed by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager from a server named Server5.
Server5 will also be a PXE service point.
The current backup solution will be replaced with System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM).
A public key infrastructure (PKI) will be deployed to issue and manage certificates. The PKI deployment must be made as secure as possible. Hardware load
balancers will be deployed for use in the deployment of private cloud services.
Cloud RequirementsContoso plans to implement a cloud solution that meets the following requirements:
– Stores all virtual machines on the SAN only.
– Uses SAN copy to provision the virtual machines.
– Provides the ability to manage the resolution of incidents.
– Contains managed virtual machines across both private and public clouds.
– Provides the ability to customize the settings of management packs provided by Microsoft.
– Collects security events from all of the servers running in the private cloud and provides centralized reporting on
the events.
App1 Requirements
A new application named App1 will be deployed to the private cloud. App1 is a three-tier application that contains the following components:
– A front-end tier that runs a web server. The tier must be highly available and capable of being quickly scaled out if
required.
– A middle tier that runs an application server.
– A back-end tier that runs a database.
App2 Requirements
An application named App2 will be deployed to the public cloud. Users will be authenticated by using the on-premises Active Directory. The users must be able to
access App2 without being prompted for authentication again.
###EndCaseStudy###
What should you identify?
You need to identify what you require from the vendor of the hardware load balancer to support the planned changes.
What should you identify?
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study Title (Case Study):
Case Study 1 – Contoso Ltd
Overview
Contoso, Ltd. is a manufacturing company.
Contoso has a main office and six branch offices.
The main office is located in Toronto.
The branch offices are located in New York, Seattle, Miami, Montreal, Los Angeles, and Vancouver.
Existing Environment
Active Directory Environment
The network contains an Active Directory forest named contoso.com.
The forest contains a child domain for each office.
Active Directory currently contains 7,500 user accounts and 15,000 computer accounts.
Network Infrastructure
All servers are located in a data center in Toronto. The data center contains multiple subnets that are separated by firewalls.
The Toronto data center contains a cluster that runs Microsoft SQL server 2008 Enterprise Service Pack 1 (SP1).
Four servers are unused and are being considered as potential Hyper-V hosts. The servers are configured as shown in the following table.
All of the servers being considered as potential Hyper-V hosts have both locally attached storage and access to a SAN.
Help Desk Environment
Contoso uses a help desk ticketing system that was developed in-house.
Fifty help desk agents have access to the ticketing system.
Ticketing system currently tracks:
– An average of two new incidents per month, per client computer.
– An average of 2,000 change requests per month.
Disaster Recovery Environment
Contoso uses a third party backup solution.
Backups are scheduled for the servers in the Seattle office as follows:- The daily incremental backups total 10GB.
– The total size of data to backup is 100GB.
– Backed up data is retained for 10 business days.
Problem Statements
The original developers of the help desk ticketing system are no longer employed by Contoso and maintenance of the system is becoming an issue.
Requirements
Planned Changes
Contoso plans to move the IT infrastructure to a private cloud. Whenever possible, hardware and software costs must be minimized.
Contoso plans to open a small office in Beijing.
System Center 2012 App Controller will be used to manage applications. The display names of the applications will be in Simplified Chinese Pinyin IME. New
physical servers will be deployed by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager from a server named Server5.
Server5 will also be a PXE service point.
The current backup solution will be replaced with System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM).
A public key infrastructure (PKI) will be deployed to issue and manage certificates. The PKI deployment must be made as secure as possible. Hardware load
balancers will be deployed for use in the deployment of private cloud services.
Cloud Requirements
Contoso plans to implement a cloud solution that meets the following requirements:
– Stores all virtual machines on the SAN only.
– Uses SAN copy to provision the virtual machines.
– Provides the ability to manage the resolution of incidents.
– Contains managed virtual machines across both private and public clouds.
– Provides the ability to customize the settings of management packs provided by Microsoft.
– Collects security events from all of the servers running in the private cloud and provides centralized reporting on
the events.
App1 Requirements
A new application named App1 will be deployed to the private cloud. App1 is a three-tier application that contains the following components:
– A front-end tier that runs a web server. The tier must be highly available and capable of being quickly scaled out if
required.
– A middle tier that runs an application server.
– A back-end tier that runs a database.
App2 Requirements
An application named App2 will be deployed to the public cloud. Users will be authenticated by using the on-premises Active Directory. The users must be able to
access App2 without being prompted for authentication again.
###EndCaseStudy###
Which product or products should you identify?
You need to identify which Microsoft SharePoint product or products support the planned deployment of the System Center 2012 Service Manager Self-Service
Portal.
Which product or products should you identify?
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study Title (Case Study):
Case Study 1 – Contoso Ltd
Overview
Contoso, Ltd. is a manufacturing company.
Contoso has a main office and six branch offices.
The main office is located in Toronto.
The branch offices are located in New York, Seattle, Miami, Montreal, Los Angeles, and Vancouver.
Existing Environment
Active Directory Environment
The network contains an Active Directory forest named contoso.com.
The forest contains a child domain for each office.
Active Directory currently contains 7,500 user accounts and 15,000 computer accounts.
Network Infrastructure
All servers are located in a data center in Toronto. The data center contains multiple subnets that are separated by firewalls.
The Toronto data center contains a cluster that runs Microsoft SQL server 2008 Enterprise Service Pack 1 (SP1).
Four servers are unused and are being considered as potential Hyper-V hosts. The servers are configured as shown in the following table.
All of the servers being considered as potential Hyper-V hosts have both locally attached storage and access to a SAN.
Help Desk Environment
Contoso uses a help desk ticketing system that was developed in-house.
Fifty help desk agents have access to the ticketing system.
Ticketing system currently tracks:
– An average of two new incidents per month, per client computer.
– An average of 2,000 change requests per month.
Disaster Recovery Environment
Contoso uses a third party backup solution.
Backups are scheduled for the servers in the Seattle office as follows:
– The daily incremental backups total 10GB.
– The total size of data to backup is 100GB.
– Backed up data is retained for 10 business days.
Problem Statements
The original developers of the help desk ticketing system are no longer employed by Contoso and maintenance of the system is becoming an issue.
Requirements
Planned Changes
Contoso plans to move the IT infrastructure to a private cloud. Whenever possible, hardware and software costs must be minimized.
Contoso plans to open a small office in Beijing.
System Center 2012 App Controller will be used to manage applications. The display names of the applications will be in Simplified Chinese Pinyin IME. New
physical servers will be deployed by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager from a server named Server5.
Server5 will also be a PXE service point.
The current backup solution will be replaced with System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM).
A public key infrastructure (PKI) will be deployed to issue and manage certificates. The PKI deployment must be made as secure as possible. Hardware load
balancers will be deployed for use in the deployment of private cloud services.
Cloud RequirementsContoso plans to implement a cloud solution that meets the following requirements:
– Stores all virtual machines on the SAN only.
– Uses SAN copy to provision the virtual machines.
– Provides the ability to manage the resolution of incidents.
– Contains managed virtual machines across both private and public clouds.
– Provides the ability to customize the settings of management packs provided by Microsoft.
– Collects security events from all of the servers running in the private cloud and provides centralized reporting on
the events.
App1 Requirements
A new application named App1 will be deployed to the private cloud. App1 is a three-tier application that contains the following components:
– A front-end tier that runs a web server. The tier must be highly available and capable of being quickly scaled out if
required.
– A middle tier that runs an application server.
– A back-end tier that runs a database.
App2 Requirements
An application named App2 will be deployed to the public cloud. Users will be authenticated by using the on-premises Active Directory. The users must be able to
access App2 without being prompted for authentication again.
###EndCaseStudy###
Which server or servers should you identify?
You need to identify which server or servers can be deployed as a Hyper-V host by using System Center 2012 – Virtual Machine Manager (VMM).
Which server or servers should you identify?
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study Title (Case Study):
Case Study 1 – Contoso LtdOverview
Contoso, Ltd. is a manufacturing company.
Contoso has a main office and six branch offices.
The main office is located in Toronto.
The branch offices are located in New York, Seattle, Miami, Montreal, Los Angeles, and Vancouver.
Existing Environment
Active Directory Environment
The network contains an Active Directory forest named contoso.com.
The forest contains a child domain for each office.
Active Directory currently contains 7,500 user accounts and 15,000 computer accounts.
Network Infrastructure
All servers are located in a data center in Toronto. The data center contains multiple subnets that are separated by firewalls.
The Toronto data center contains a cluster that runs Microsoft SQL server 2008 Enterprise Service Pack 1 (SP1).
Four servers are unused and are being considered as potential Hyper-V hosts. The servers are configured as shown in the following table.
All of the servers being considered as potential Hyper-V hosts have both locally attached storage and access to a SAN.
Help Desk Environment
Contoso uses a help desk ticketing system that was developed in-house.
Fifty help desk agents have access to the ticketing system.
Ticketing system currently tracks:
– An average of two new incidents per month, per client computer.
– An average of 2,000 change requests per month.
Disaster Recovery Environment
Contoso uses a third party backup solution.
Backups are scheduled for the servers in the Seattle office as follows:
– The daily incremental backups total 10GB.
– The total size of data to backup is 100GB.
– Backed up data is retained for 10 business days.Problem Statements
The original developers of the help desk ticketing system are no longer employed by Contoso and maintenance of the system is becoming an issue.
Requirements
Planned Changes
Contoso plans to move the IT infrastructure to a private cloud. Whenever possible, hardware and software costs must be minimized.
Contoso plans to open a small office in Beijing.
System Center 2012 App Controller will be used to manage applications. The display names of the applications will be in Simplified Chinese Pinyin IME. New
physical servers will be deployed by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager from a server named Server5.
Server5 will also be a PXE service point.
The current backup solution will be replaced with System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM).
A public key infrastructure (PKI) will be deployed to issue and manage certificates. The PKI deployment must be made as secure as possible. Hardware load
balancers will be deployed for use in the deployment of private cloud services.
Cloud Requirements
Contoso plans to implement a cloud solution that meets the following requirements:
– Stores all virtual machines on the SAN only.
– Uses SAN copy to provision the virtual machines.
– Provides the ability to manage the resolution of incidents.
– Contains managed virtual machines across both private and public clouds.
– Provides the ability to customize the settings of management packs provided by Microsoft.
– Collects security events from all of the servers running in the private cloud and provides centralized reporting on
the events.
App1 Requirements
A new application named App1 will be deployed to the private cloud. App1 is a three-tier application that contains the following components:
– A front-end tier that runs a web server. The tier must be highly available and capable of being quickly scaled out if
required.
– A middle tier that runs an application server.
– A back-end tier that runs a database.
App2 Requirements
An application named App2 will be deployed to the public cloud. Users will be authenticated by using the on-premises Active Directory. The users must be able to
access App2 without being prompted for authentication again.
###EndCaseStudy###
What should you include in the recommendation?
You need to recommend the configuration settings for the SQL Server instance that will host the App Controller database.
The solution must support the planned changes.
What should you include in the recommendation?
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study Title (Case Study):
Case Study 1 – Contoso Ltd
Overview
Contoso, Ltd. is a manufacturing company.
Contoso has a main office and six branch offices.
The main office is located in Toronto.
The branch offices are located in New York, Seattle, Miami, Montreal, Los Angeles, and Vancouver.
Existing Environment
Active Directory Environment
The network contains an Active Directory forest named contoso.com.
The forest contains a child domain for each office.
Active Directory currently contains 7,500 user accounts and 15,000 computer accounts.
Network Infrastructure
All servers are located in a data center in Toronto. The data center contains multiple subnets that are separated by firewalls.
The Toronto data center contains a cluster that runs Microsoft SQL server 2008 Enterprise Service Pack 1 (SP1).
Four servers are unused and are being considered as potential Hyper-V hosts. The servers are configured as shown in the following table.
All of the servers being considered as potential Hyper-V hosts have both locally attached storage and access to a SAN.
Help Desk Environment
Contoso uses a help desk ticketing system that was developed in-house.
Fifty help desk agents have access to the ticketing system.
Ticketing system currently tracks:
– An average of two new incidents per month, per client computer.
– An average of 2,000 change requests per month.
Disaster Recovery Environment
Contoso uses a third party backup solution.
Backups are scheduled for the servers in the Seattle office as follows:
– The daily incremental backups total 10GB.
– The total size of data to backup is 100GB.
– Backed up data is retained for 10 business days.
Problem Statements
The original developers of the help desk ticketing system are no longer employed by Contoso and maintenance of the system is becoming an issue.
Requirements
Planned Changes
Contoso plans to move the IT infrastructure to a private cloud. Whenever possible, hardware and software costs must be minimized.
Contoso plans to open a small office in Beijing.
System Center 2012 App Controller will be used to manage applications. The display names of the applications will be in Simplified Chinese Pinyin IME. New
physical servers will be deployed by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager from a server named Server5.
Server5 will also be a PXE service point.
The current backup solution will be replaced with System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM).
A public key infrastructure (PKI) will be deployed to issue and manage certificates. The PKI deployment must be made as secure as possible. Hardware load
balancers will be deployed for use in the deployment of private cloud services.
Cloud RequirementsContoso plans to implement a cloud solution that meets the following requirements:
– Stores all virtual machines on the SAN only.
– Uses SAN copy to provision the virtual machines.
– Provides the ability to manage the resolution of incidents.
– Contains managed virtual machines across both private and public clouds.
– Provides the ability to customize the settings of management packs provided by Microsoft.
– Collects security events from all of the servers running in the private cloud and provides centralized reporting on
the events.
App1 Requirements
A new application named App1 will be deployed to the private cloud. App1 is a three-tier application that contains the following components:
– A front-end tier that runs a web server. The tier must be highly available and capable of being quickly scaled out if
required.
– A middle tier that runs an application server.
– A back-end tier that runs a database.
App2 Requirements
An application named App2 will be deployed to the public cloud. Users will be authenticated by using the on-premises Active Directory. The users must be able to
access App2 without being prompted for authentication again.
###EndCaseStudy###
What should you include in the recommendation?
You need to recommend a solution to meet the technical requirements for the web tier of App1.
What should you include in the recommendation?
###BeginCaseStudy###
Case Study Title (Case Study):
Case Study 1 – Contoso Ltd
Overview
Contoso, Ltd. is a manufacturing company.
Contoso has a main office and six branch offices.
The main office is located in Toronto.
The branch offices are located in New York, Seattle, Miami, Montreal, Los Angeles, and Vancouver.Existing Environment
Active Directory Environment
The network contains an Active Directory forest named contoso.com.
The forest contains a child domain for each office.
Active Directory currently contains 7,500 user accounts and 15,000 computer accounts.
Network Infrastructure
All servers are located in a data center in Toronto. The data center contains multiple subnets that are separated by firewalls.
The Toronto data center contains a cluster that runs Microsoft SQL server 2008 Enterprise Service Pack 1 (SP1).
Four servers are unused and are being considered as potential Hyper-V hosts. The servers are configured as shown in the following table.
All of the servers being considered as potential Hyper-V hosts have both locally attached storage and access to a SAN.
Help Desk Environment
Contoso uses a help desk ticketing system that was developed in-house.
Fifty help desk agents have access to the ticketing system.
Ticketing system currently tracks:
– An average of two new incidents per month, per client computer.
– An average of 2,000 change requests per month.
Disaster Recovery Environment
Contoso uses a third party backup solution.
Backups are scheduled for the servers in the Seattle office as follows:
– The daily incremental backups total 10GB.
– The total size of data to backup is 100GB.
– Backed up data is retained for 10 business days.
Problem Statements
The original developers of the help desk ticketing system are no longer employed by Contoso and maintenance of the system is becoming an issue.
RequirementsPlanned Changes
Contoso plans to move the IT infrastructure to a private cloud. Whenever possible, hardware and software costs must be minimized.
Contoso plans to open a small office in Beijing.
System Center 2012 App Controller will be used to manage applications. The display names of the applications will be in Simplified Chinese Pinyin IME. New
physical servers will be deployed by using System Center 2012 Configuration Manager from a server named Server5.
Server5 will also be a PXE service point.
The current backup solution will be replaced with System Center 2012 Data Protection Manager (DPM).
A public key infrastructure (PKI) will be deployed to issue and manage certificates. The PKI deployment must be made as secure as possible. Hardware load
balancers will be deployed for use in the deployment of private cloud services.
Cloud Requirements
Contoso plans to implement a cloud solution that meets the following requirements:
– Stores all virtual machines on the SAN only.
– Uses SAN copy to provision the virtual machines.
– Provides the ability to manage the resolution of incidents.
– Contains managed virtual machines across both private and public clouds.
– Provides the ability to customize the settings of management packs provided by Microsoft.
– Collects security events from all of the servers running in the private cloud and provides centralized reporting on
the events.
App1 Requirements
A new application named App1 will be deployed to the private cloud. App1 is a three-tier application that contains the following components:
– A front-end tier that runs a web server. The tier must be highly available and capable of being quickly scaled out if
required.
– A middle tier that runs an application server.
– A back-end tier that runs a database.
App2 Requirements
An application named App2 will be deployed to the public cloud. Users will be authenticated by using the on-premises Active Directory. The users must be able to
access App2 without being prompted for authentication again.
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