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Which actions should you perform on each server? To answer, select the appropriate server on which to perform

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Your network contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com. The domain contains
servers named Server1 and Server2 that run Windows Server 2012 R2.
You create a windows PowerShell script named Scriptl.psl that contains the following configuration:

You need to apply the configuration to Server1. The solution must ensure that the configuration on
Server1 can be updated by modifying a MOF file on Server2.
Which actions should you perform on each server?
To answer, select the appropriate server on which to perform each action in the answer area.

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  4. Bob says:

    Ok, I am not sure if the answers are right, but here is what I have found regarding this.

    The Set-DscLocalConfigurationManager cmdlet applies Local Configuration Manager (LCM) settings, or meta-configuration, to nodes. Specify computers by specifying computer names or by using Common Information Model (CIM) sessions. If you do not specify a target computer, the cmdlet applies settings to the local computer.

    Installation of DSC on Server2 implies that Server2 is being configured as a pull server. This is backed up by the question when it states ‘The solution must ensure that the configuration on
    Server1 can be updated by modifying a MOF file on Server2.’ Which in short means that Server2 is to be a pull server where the mof files are stored.

    This is again supported by running the ‘Script1.ps1’ file on Server2 which contains the reference information for setting the desired state of Server 1. [Found in exhibit file above ‘Node “Server1″‘.

    Summary: By running the ‘Script1.ps1’ on Server2 it generates the mof file. (aka the dsc resource containing the configuration) Which stratifies question condition of MOF file being on server2. Next by installing ‘Powershell DSC service’ or the DSC role/feature on Server2, Server2 becomes a ‘pull’ server. [I guess we are ignoring the fact that other features/changes are required to be make happen for the sake of this question.] Lastly, by running the ‘Set-DSCLocalConfigurationManager’ Server1 will now be set to use Server2 as a pull server thus pulling the configuration stored, the MOF file, on Server2.

    https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dn521621.aspx
    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/dsc/overview

    So best guess is this is correct, as ‘Set-DscLocalConfigurationManager’ does not apply a DSC configuration it just applies the LCM settings. In which case the pull server or Server2 then supplies the MOF file stored on Server2, which will eventually be applied to Server1 thus changing the configuration of Server1 through DSC.

    Hope this helps




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