Supporting Windows NT Server

This session provides the skills needed to identify and isolate Windows NT Server problems on mission-critical systems, and to solve these problems by analyzing and configuring the Registry and verifying the operating system file structure.

Abstract This white paper is meant to help you troubleshoot unwanted Access Denied messages when they occur in a Windows NT 4.0 domain environment.

Learn how the Microsoft Windows NT operating system was designed and built with fully integrated networking capabilities.

Learn about the Windows NT Browser service that maintains a list (called the browse list) of all available domains and servers. The browse list can be viewed using Windows NT Explorer and is provided by a browser in the local computer's domain.

The goal of Chapter 9 from Windows NT Cluster Server Guidebook is to give a cluster administrator consolidated information on how to troubleshoot various cluster problems that could arise.

Learn about issues to be considered when deploying Windows NT Server, including which licensing mode to use, whether the server is to be a domain controller, and server-specific services that you might want to install.

Learn to identify and isolate Windows NT Server problems on critical systems at an architectural level, and to solve these problems by analyzing and configuring the Registry and verifying the operating system file structure.

Abstract: This article walks you through the four areas in which problems are encountered in Microsoft Windows NT fault tolerant file systems: mirrors, stripe sets, volume sets, and FT sets. Each section contains the most commonly reported problems and a series of steps to take to correct the

This page includes and introduction to and how to connect a server or network to the Internet; typical requirements for the server; where to find more detailed information about procedures; and sample network scenarios.

White Paper Written by Martin Lucas, Microsoft Premier Enterprise Support May 6, 1999 This white paper details troubleshooting and maintenance techniques for Microsoft Cluster Server version 1.0.

Get the information that other Windows NT 4.0 users have accessed most often.

ABSTRACT: This article explains the Windows NT printing architecture and helps system administrators troubleshoot printing problems.

This appendix describes the Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstation default port assignments for TCP/IP and UDP.

This page includes a glossary of terms used in the rest of the chapter; an overview of the Windows NT printing process and the flow of control; in-depth descriptions of each component of the printing architecture; and print security and troubleshooting.

This page gives an overview of Internet support that uses Dial-Up Networking and the Remote Access Service. It then details how Windows NT Server 4.0 can be deployed as an Internet gateway server.

The Scopy.exe utility for Windows NT 4.0 was part of the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit.

Learn about using the DLC protocol device driver for Windows NT to connect to IBM mainframes or to use print devices that are directly attached to the network.

This appendix provides the managed-objects definitions contained in the following Windows NT-based MIBs: LAN Manager MIB-II; DHCP Server MIB; WINS Server MIB; Internet Information Server MIB; FTP Server MIB; Gopher Server MIB; and the HTTP Server MIB.

Learn about Windows NT-based NetBEUI and how it interfaces with the architecture of Windows NT Server and Windows NT Workstation to support connection-oriented and connectionless data transfer and to support a huge number of network sessions.

The following Microsoft Knowledge Base articles were compiled from the Microsoft Support Online Web site (http://support.microsoft.com/support).

This paper covers several tactics for uncovering and eliminating problems that are common to COM-based distributed applications.

Concise, clearly delineated coverage of the key concepts necessary to pass the MCSE Windows NT Server exam. Exclusive Test Engine provides readers with a testing situation similar to what they find on the actual exam.

To use the Security Log, you need to understand three of the most important categories of security events: logon and logoff, object access, and process tracking.

This introduction includes: an outline the contents of this book; an introduction to the Windows NT Server Resource Kit CD; and describes the support policy for the Windows NT Server Resource Kit.

This page contains terminology for Microsoft Windows NT Server.

This appendix provides an overview of the routing and switching technologies; describes the routing and switching equipment selected and installed at Terra Flora, a fictitious case study; and gives the technical and business reasons for those choices.

This page contains some minor revisions to the Microsoft Windows NT Server Resource Kit version 4.0 and the Microsoft Windows NT Workstation Resource Kit version 4.0.

This page explains design principles and the architecture behind Internet Information Server, including the HTTP, FTP, and Gopher protocols; explains how these protocols work with Internet Information Server; and how to configure their operation.

Learn how security over a Windows NT network incorporates domains and trust relationships to provide the most secure networking operating system available.

Learn about enterprise-level server services which are provided to the entire network. These services primarily support the network itself, support other servers, and keep corporation-wide information synchronized on all areas of the network.

This page contains scenarios that are presented as if an administrator were implementing a staged rollout of Internet Information Server to the company. These scenarios use or simulate multiple servers.

This page is about managing and understanding disks, disk hardware and how Windows NT accesses the disks. Information is included on the Windows NT startup process.

Learn about how to install and use Microsoft Network Client version 3.0 for MS-DOS.

This page covers planning what to do when failures occur including deciding what hardware and software to procure; developing your plan for doing backups; and developing training plans, disaster plans, and contingency plans.

Terra Flora is an example of a company with heterogeneous networks and of how to devise and implement a plan to bring these information systems together in a way that is consistent with the company's business operations and objectives.

This page describes what you can do to reduce the possibility of problems and recover from problems when they occur.

This article explains how to use the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit Supplement 4 and contains information that may not be in the supplement itself.

The following is an alphabetical list of tools included in the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit, Supplement 4.

The following tools are new for this supplement: Modify Domain_Create_Alias; Heap Compare; DNS Server Troubleshooting Tool; File Expansion Utility; Text Display and Search Tool; Memory Profiling Tool; PPTP Ping Utilities, RAS Scripts ῼ

Learn about using security to provide selective access to documents through Internet Information Server and prevent Internet users from maliciously tampering with your intranet.

This page provides information about how to use Telnet Server and Microsoft dbWeb.

This page contains scenarios presented as if an administrator were implementing a staged rollout of Internet Information Server to the company, and demonstrate single-computer implementations on a corporate desktop computer or small department server.

Learn how Microsoft networking services running on a Windows NT-based computer are identified by using NetBIOS names.

This page includes an introduction to Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and information on planning for Microsoft DHCP server implementation; using DHCP Manager; managing the DHCP server database; and troubleshooting DHCP services.

Learn about the Domain Name System (DNS) services including information on planning for Microsoft DNS server implementation; Using DNS Manager; and troubleshooting DNS server; and Microsoft DNS clients.

Windows NT supports several different name resolution services to locate, communicate with, and connect to resources on the network....

This appendix presents information on Remote Access Service (RAS), and Windows NT 4.0 RAS including modem compatibility standards and how they work within RAS; and a high-level perspective of how RAS works during a call to a Windows NT RAS server.

Learn about the architecture and operation of the Windows NT Server Remoteboot service.

Learn about basic SNMP concepts; network management terms; the SNMP network management standard and the Windows NT implementation of SNMP; and get information about using and troubleshooting the SNMP service running under Windows NT.

This page includes an overview of TCP/IP troubleshooting tools; various TCP/IP troubleshooting tasks; using Performance Monitor and Network Monitor to analyze network behavior; and information about common TCP/IP networking problems.

This chapter provides technical details about Microsoft 32-bit TCP/IP as implemented in Windows NT.

This appendix includes an overview of Windows Sockets; a description of Windows Sockets programs from third-party vendors that support cross-platform computing; and list of TCP/IP utilities compliant with Windows Sockets.

This appendix is a reference for using Microsoft TCP/IP utilities, which are diagnostic and connectivity utilities for network and connectivity administration.

Learn about Windows Internet Name Service (WINS), including Planning for Microsoft WINS server implementation, and troubleshooting WINS servers and databases.

This page covers tools to troubleshoot problems in Windows NT, including troubleshooting hardware problems; using Registry information to determine why services aren't working correctly; and an example of using Registry information for troubleshooting.

This page presents approaches to solving common problems encountered when installing or configuring a computer running Internet Information Server (IIS) or Peer Web Services.

This page explains various disk utilities, file system utilities, and backup utilities and how to use them. It shows where to obtain the utilities and other sources of related information.

Those tools comprising the Windows NT4 Resource Kit Tools Supplement 2 that were tested for year 2000 date related issues are identified below.