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Case Study: 11
Nothwind Traders
Scenario
COMPANY OVERVIEW
Northwind Traders is an import/export company that has a main office and two branch
offices. The main office is located in Toronto. The branch offices are located in Vancouver
and Seattle. The main office has 2,000 users. Each branch office has 500 users.
EXISTING ENVIRONMENT
All client computers run Windows 7 Enterprise. All servers run Windows Server 2008 R2.
All new servers are deployed by using Windows Deployment Services (WDS).
Northwind Traders has multiple Hyper-V servers. The Hyper-V servers are managed by
using Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (VMM).
The perimeter network contains a standalone server. The server has the Active Directory
Lightweight Directory Service (AD LDS) service role installed. AD LDS is administered on
the server by using the Active Directory module for Windows PowerShell.
All virtual machines (VMs) access iSCSI-based storage by using a Microsoft iSCSI Initiator
installed on the VM.
Existing Active Directory/Directory Services
The network contains a single Active Directory forest named northwindtraders.com. The
forest contains five Remote Desktop servers. All Remote Desktop servers are in an
organizational unit (OU) named RD Servers.
TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS
Northwind Traders must meet the following technical requirements:
• Minimize server downtime.
• Ensure that you can recover all of the data hosted on the VMs.
• Ensure that you can perform bare metal restores of the Hyper-V servers.
• Minimize the number of times a server restarts when it is deployed.
• Monitor the CPU utilization, memory utilization, and disk utilization of all the servers
to analyze performance trends.

• Ensure that a specific set of Group Policy settings are App1ied to users who use
Remote Desktop to connect to the Remote Desktop servers. The settings must differ from
those App1ied when the users log on locally to their own computers.
• Copy a custom Microsoft Office Word dictionary to the computers in the legal
department. Update the custom dictionary on a regular basis. Copy the updated version of the
dictionary as soon as possible to the legal department computers.
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You need to recommend a backup strategy for HyperV. What should you recommend?

A.
Take a snapshot of each VM, and then run a full backup of the HyperV hosts by using Windows
Server Backup.

B.
Shut down the VMs, and then run a full backup of the HyperV hosts by using Windows Server
Backup. Restart the VMs when the backup is complete.

C.
From each VM, run a full backup by using Windows Server Backup, and then run a full backup of
the HyperV hosts by using Windows Server Backup.

D.
From each VM, run a full backup by using Windows Server Backup. Shut down the VMs, and then
run a full backup of the HyperV hosts by using Windows Server Backup. Restart the VMs when the
backup is complete.

Explanation:

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There are two basic methods you can use to perform a backup. You can:
Perform a backup from the server running Hyper-V. We recommend that you use this method to
perform a full server backup because it captures more data than the other method. If the backup
application is compatible with Hyper-V and the Hyper-V VSS writer, you can perform a full server
backup that helps protect all of the data required to fully restore the server, except the virtual
networks. The data included in such a backup includes the configuration of virtual machines,
snapshots associated with the virtual machines, and virtual hard disks used by the virtual machines.
As a result, using this method can make it easier to recover the server if you need to, because you do
not have to recreate virtual machines or reinstall Hyper-V. However, virtual networks are not
included in a full server backup. You will need to reconfigure the virtual networking by recreating the
virtual networks and then reattaching the virtual network adapters in each virtual machine to the
appropriate virtual network. As part of your backup planning, make sure you document the
configuration and all relevant settings of your virtual network if you want to be able to recreate it.
Perform a backup from within the guest operating system of a virtual machine. Use this method
when you need to back up data from storage that is not supported by the Hyper-V VSS writer. When
you use this method, you run a backup application from the guest operating system of the virtual
machine. If you need to use this method, you should use it in addition to a full server backup and not
as an alternative to a full server backup.
Perform a backup from within the guest operating system before you perform a full backup of the
server running Hyper-V. For more information about storage considerations, see the following
section.