DRAG DROP (Drag and Drop is not supported)Your on-premises network contains an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain. The domain contains a scale-out file server (SOFS) cluster named Cluster1. Cluster1 contains four nodes that run Windows Server 2022.You need to upgrade the nodes to Windows Server 2025. The solution must minimize the downtime of Cluster1.Which three actions should you perform on each node in sequence? To answer, move the appropriate actions from the list of actions to the answer area and arrange them in the correct order.Select and Place:
Answer(s): A
At a high level, a rolling upgrade consists of these steps:1. Prepare the cluster for the OS feature update.2. Transfer workloads off of the first node. [Step 1]3. Perform the Windows Server feature update via an upgrade or clean install. [Step 2]4. Repeat steps 2 through 3 for every other node in the cluster.5. Update the cluster functional level and storage pools to the new version of Windows Server. [Step 3]6. Resume normal operation and update VM configuration versions to turn on new functionality.Step 1: Drain and evict the nodeTransfer workloads off a nodePerform the following steps on one node in the cluster (you repeat this process one at a time for every node in the cluster):1. To drain the node in Windows Admin Center, navigate to Cluster Manager > Servers, select the node, and then select Pause. To use Failover Cluster Manager, select the node and then select Pause > Drain, as shown in Figure. Or use the Suspend-ClusterNode cmdlet with the -Drain parameter, as shown here.2. Etc.Step 2: Install Windows Server 2025 and Failover clusteringInstall the new version of Windows ServerStep 3: Update the functional level of Cluster1.Update the Cluster Functional LevelOnce all nodes have been upgraded, update the cluster functional level and the storage pool version to enable new features of the newer Windows Server OS.Note:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/cluster-operating-system-rolling-upgrade
You have a failover cluster named Cluster1 that contains two Windows Server nodes named Server1 and Server2. Cluster1 hosts highly available Hyper-V virtual machines.You have a member server named Server3 that runs Windows Server.You need to implement Cluster-Aware Updating (CUA) on Cluster1 and configure Server3 to manage CUA.The solution must minimize administrative effort.What should you install on Server3?
Answer(s): D
To manage Hyper-V failover cluster updates, you can install the Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)server role on a server and configure Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) to use it as a management point. You will first need to install the Failover Clustering feature and its tools, then install the WSUS server role, and finally configure CAU in its self-updating mode to coordinate the process of patching the cluster nodes and Hyper-V virtual machines with minimal downtime.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/failover-clustering/cluster-aware-updating
Your network contains an Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) domain.You need to deploy a Storage Spaces Direct cluster that has nested resiliency.What is the minimum number of nodes you can deploy to the cluster?
A Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) cluster with nested resiliency requires exactly two server nodes and is supported on Windows Server 2019 or later, and Azure Stack HCI, version 22H2 or later. This configuration allows for the management of two data copies (or "nested") within the two nodes for data redundancy, but you cannot add a third node to such a cluster.Nested resiliency is a capability of Storage Spaces Direct in Azure Local and Windows Server. It enables a two- server cluster to withstand multiple hardware failures at the same time without loss of storage availability, so users, apps, and virtual machines continue to run without disruption.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-spaces/nested-resiliency
HOTSPOT (Drag and Drop is not supported)You have a Storage Spaces Direct cluster named Cluster1 that supports delimiting the allocation of volumes.You need to create a volume and delimit its allocation.How should you complete the PowerShell script? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.Note: Each correct selection is worth one point.Hot Area:
Box 1: Get-StorageFaultDomainDelimit the allocation of volumes in Storage Spaces DirectCreate a volume and delimit its allocationTo create a three-way mirror volume and delimit its allocation:1. First assign the servers in your cluster to the variable $Servers:$Servers = Get-StorageFaultDomain -Type StorageScaleUnit | Sort FriendlyNameBox 2: -StorageFaultDomainsToUse2. Specify which servers to use with the new -StorageFaultDomainsToUse parameter and by indexing into $Servers. For example, to delimit the allocation to the first, second, third, and fourth servers (indices 0, 1, 2, and 3):New-Volume -FriendlyName "MyVolume" -Size 100GB -StorageFaultDomainsToUse $Servers[0,1,2,3]
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/storage-spaces/delimit-volume-allocation
HOTSPOT (Drag and Drop is not supported)You have a Storage Spaces Direct cluster named Cluster1 that contains multiple nodes.You have a firmware update for the hard disks attached to each node.You create a configuration file named File1.xml for the update.You need to automate the rollout of the firmware update to the nodes of Cluster1. The solution must minimize downtime of the workloads hosted in Cluster1.How should you complete the PowerShell commands? To answer, select the appropriate options in the answer area.Note: Each correct selection is worth one point.Hot Area:
Box 1: Get-StorageSubSystemTo get the roll-out of the new firmware started in this Storage Spaces Direct cluster, simply upload the .xml to the cluster DB:$SpacesDirect = Get-StorageSubSystem Clus*$CurrentDoc = $SpacesDirect | Get-StorageHealthSetting -Name "System.Storage.SupportedComponents.Document"$CurrentDoc.Value | Out-File <Path>Box 2: Set-StorageHealthSetting[Continued..]Edit the file in your favorite editor, such as Visual Studio Code or Notepad, then save it.$NewDoc = Get-Content <Path> | Out-String$SpacesDirect | Set-StorageHealthSetting -Name "System.Storage.SupportedComponents.Document" -Value $NewDoc
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/update-firmware
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