Microsoft Certification Questions

The system monitor clearly indicates that the processors are overloaded. We need to decide which processors we should use for SQL Server. Processor 0 is the default CPU for the I/O subsystem. Network Interface Cards (NIC) are assigned to the remaining CPUs, starting from the highest-numbered CPU. The NIC would get processor 3.
SQL Server would be using all four processors by default.

The Windows NT/2000/XP operating system use processor 0. In order to avoid the logon
problems we should not let SQL Server to use this processor. Instead SQL Server should be configured to use processor 1, 2, and 3.

Note 1: The Affinity mask is used to exclude a processor on a multiprocessor computer from processing SQL Server 2000 threads. Default is equal distribution of SQL Server 2000 processes across all processors.

Note 2: Monitoring the Processor and System object counters provides information about the CPU utilization and helps in determining whether or not a bottleneck exists. The %Total Processor Time is used on multiple CPU Severs to gauge the average activity of the processors and shows the percentage of elapsed time that a processor is busy executing a nonidle thread. Values around 100 percent on a Server computer that processes many client requests indicate that processes are queuing up, waiting for processor time, and causing a bottleneck. Such a sustained high level of processor usage is unacceptable for a server.

When a Windows 2000 DNS server is connected to the Internet, the Configure DNS Server Wizard does not permit you to configure this server as a root server.

Use the Advanced Settings option in the Advanced menu in the Network and Dial-up Connections folder to configure bindings and provider order

The Maximize data throughput for file sharing setting is the default setting , and is appropriate for Windows 2000 Server computers that are functioning primarily  as file servers. The Maximize data throughput for network applicatons setting is the preffered setting for domain controllers.

When windows 2000 is installed in the same folder as the other operating system, Windows 2000 will delete the previously installed operating system. When Windows 2000 is installed in a different folder than the other operating system, it will automatically configure the computer to dual boot between Windows 2000 and the previously installed operating system.

Transact-SQL scripts can be used to create defined operators or alerts. Scripting all the
predefined operators and alerts and copying them to the servers if the same group of operators is responsible for responding to the same alerts on other servers can save time.