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LAB 2A
CONFIGURING DISKS
AND VOLUMES

THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:

Exercise 1 Installing Windows Server Core

Exercise 2 Configuring Disks and Volumes

Exercise 3 Managing NTFS and Share Permissions

Lab Challenge Creating, Configuring, and Mounting VHDs

Clean Up Resetting Servers

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

The lab environment consists of student workstations connected to a local area

network, along with a server that functions as the domain controller for a domain
called adatum.com. The computers required for this lab are listed in Table 1.
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Table 1
Computers required for Lab 2A
Computer Operating System Computer Name
Server (VM 1) Windows Server 2016 LON-DC1
Server (VM 2) Windows Server 2016 LON-SVR4

SCENARIO

After completing this lab, you will be able to:

 Install Windows Server Core

 Configure Disks and Volumes

 Manage NTFS and Share Permissions

 Create, Configure, and Mount VHDs

Estimated lab time: 105 minutes

Exercise 1 Installing Windows Server Core

Overview In this exercise, you will create a virtual machine and install the
Windows Server 2016 Core server. You will then use the
Sconfig command to configure the Core server.
Mindset The Server Core installation provides a command-line management
interface. Because the installation does not include the GUI
interface, the Server Core installation has a reduced hardware
footprint and a reduced security footprint/attack surface.
Unfortunately, it does not support all Windows Server roles.
Completion time 40 minutes

You will not be able to perform this exercise on the MOAC Labs Online
NOTE

systems. Instead, you need to use a computer running Windows Server

2016 with Hyper-V installed.

1. Log on to a local computer with Hyper-V as an administrator.

2. Click the Start button, click the Windows Administrative Tools tile, and then
double-click Hyper-V Manager.
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3. In Hyper-V Manager, as shown in Figure 1, right-click the computer under

Hyper-V Manager and choose New > Virtual Machine.

Figure 1
Windows Server 2016 Hyper-V Manager

4. In the Virtual Machine Wizard, on the Before You Begin page, click Next.

5. On the Specify Name and Location page, in the Name text box, type
Win2016Core and then click Next.

6. On the Specify Generation page, click Next.

7. On the Assign Memory page, for the Startup memory, type 2048. Click to select
the Use Dynamic Memory for this virtual machine option and then click Next.

8. On the Configure Networking page, for the Connection, select Private Network.
Click Next.

9. On the Connect Virtual Hard Disk page, answer the following . Then for the
Size, type 60 GB and click Next.

Question
Which format is used by the virtual hard disk?
1

Answer VDHX
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10. On the Installation Options page, click to select the Install an operating system
from a bootable CD/DVD-ROM option.

11. Click to select the Image file (.iso) option. In the Image file text box, type the
name of the ISO file, such as C:\
SW_DVD_Win_Svr_STD_Core_and_DataCtr_Core_2016_64Bit_English.is
o file. Click Next.

12. Click Finish.

13. When the virtual machine is created, take a screen shot showing Win2016 and
Win2016Core by pressing Alt+PrtScr and then paste it into your worksheet file
in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.

14. In Hyper-V Manager, right-click the Win2016Core virtual machine and choose
Start.

15. Right-click the Win2016 virtual machine and choose Connect. The Win2016
window opens. The computer switches to the Windows graphical interface and
the Windows Setup page appears.

16. Using the drop-down lists provided, select the appropriate language to install, the
time and currency format, and the keyboard or input method. Then click Next.

17. On the Windows Server 2016 Install Now page, click Install now.

18. On the Select the Operating System to Install page, select Windows Server 2016
Datacenter Core. Click Next.
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19. On the License Terms page, select I accept the license terms and then click
Next.

20. Click Custom: Install Windows only (advanced).

21. The Where Do You Want to Install Windows? page appears. From the list
provided, select Drive 0 Unallocated Space and click Next.

22. After several minutes, during which the Setup program installs Windows Server
2016, the computer reboots. When the C:\Windows\system32\LogonUI.exe
window opens, press Enter.

23. When you are prompted to enter new credentials, type Pa$$w0rd and then press
the tab key. Type Pa$$w0rd again and press Enter.

24. On the Customize Settings page, in the Password text box and the Reenter
password text box, type Pa$$w0rd. Click Finish.

25. When the password has been changed, press Enter.

26. At the command-prompt windows, execute the sconfig command. The Server
Configuration screen appears, as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2
The Server Configuration program
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27. Press 2 and press Enter.

28. When you are prompted enter a computer name, type Win2016Core and press
Enter.

29. When you are prompted to confirm that you want to restart, click Yes.

30. Click the Action menu and then click Ctrl+Alt+Delete.

31. When you are prompted for the password, type Pa$$w0rd and press Enter.

32. At the command prompt window, type sconfig and press Enter.

33. To enable Remote Desktop, type 7 and press Enter.

34. To enable Remote Desktop, press the E key and press Enter.

35. When you are prompted to choose a security option, type 1 and press Enter.

36. In the Remote Desktop dialog box, click OK.

37. Take a screen shot of the sconfig program by pressing Alt+PrtScr and then paste
it into your worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
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38. Shut down the server by pressing 14 and then pressing Enter. When you are
prompted to confirm that you want to shut down the virtual machine, click Yes.

Leave Win2016 Core shut off for the next exercise.

Exercise 2 Configuring Disks and Volumes

Overview In this exercise, you will first create a simple volume. You will
then expand the simple volume.

Mindset A simple volume is a type of volume that uses free space available
on a single disk. Because it requires only a single disk, a simple
volume is the quickest and easiest to set up.
Completion time 20 minutes

1. Log on to LON-SVR4 as adatum\administrator with the password of Pa$

$w0rd.

2. Right-click the Start button and choose Disk Management.

3. In Disk Management, as shown in Figure 3, click Action > Rescan Disks.

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Figure 3
The Disk Management program

4. Right-click the first offline disk and choose Online.

5. Right-click the “Not Initialized” disk and choose Initialize Disk.

6. When you are prompted to select a partition system, answer the following
question and then click click OK.

Question
What are the two partition styles?
2

MBR(Master Boot Record)

Answer
GPT(GUID Partition Table)

7. Right-click an empty area (unallocated space) of this disk and choose New
Simple Volume.

8. In the New Simple Volume Wizard, on the Welcome page, click Next.
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9. On the Specify volume Size page, answer the following question and then click
Next.

Question
How large will the simple volume be?
3

Answer 32765 MB

10. On the Assign Drive Letter or Path page, answer the following question and then
click Next.

Question
Which drive letter will be assigned to the volume.
4

Answer E

11. On the Format Partition page, answer the following question. Then, for the
Volume label text box, type Data and click Next.

Question
What is the default file system?
5

Answer NTFS

12. On the Completing the New Simple Volume Wizard page, take a screen shot of
the New Simple Volume Wizard by pressing Alt+PrtScr and then paste it into
your worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
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13. Click Finish. If you are prompted to format the disk, click Cancel.

Remain logged on to LON-SVR4 for the next exercise.

Exercise 3 Managing NTFS and Share Permissions

Overview In this exercise, you will create a folder, share the folder, and
then configure the NTFS and share permissions for that folder.
Mindset As a Windows administrator, you need to know how to manage
files and folders, including how to configure NTFS and share
permissions so that users can access the files that they need in
order to perform their jobs while preventing other users from
accessing those same files.
Completion time 30 minutes

1. Log on to LON-DC1 as adatum\administrator with the password of Pa$

$w0rd.

2. On LON-DC1, using Server Manager, click Tools > Active Directory Users
and Computers. The Active Directory Users and Computers console opens, as
shown in Figure 4.
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Figure 4
The Active Directory Users and Computers console

3. Right-click the Users OU and choose New > User.

4. In the New Object – User dialog box, type the following and then click Next.

First Name: Todd

Last Name: Williams

User logon name: TWilliams

5. For the Password text box and the Confirm password text box, type Pa$$w0rd.
Click to deselect User must change password at next logon and then select
Password never expires. Click Next.

6. Click Finish.

7. Close Active Directory Users and Computers.

8. On the taskbar, open File Explorer by clicking the File Explorer icon.
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9. Under This PC, click Local Disk (C:). Then right-click Local Disk (C:) and
choose New > Folder. For the folder name, type Data and press Enter.

10. Right-click the Data folder and choose Properties.

11. Click the Sharing tab.

12. Click the Advanced Sharing button.

13. Click to select Share this folder.

14. To configure the share permissions, click the Permissions button.

15. With Everyone already selected, click to select Allow Full Control.

16. Click OK to close the Permission for Data dialog box.

17. Click OK to close the Advanced Sharing dialog box.

18. To manage the NTFS permissions, click the Security tab.

Question
Which permissions do Users have?
6

Full control, Modify, Read & execute, List folder contents,

Answer
Read, Write, Special

19. Click the Advanced button.

20. In the Advanced Security Settings for Data dialog box (see Figure 5), click the
Effective Access tab.
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Figure 5
The Advanced Security Settings for Data dialog box

21. Click Select a user.

22. In the Select User, Computer, Service Account, or Group dialog box, in the Enter
the object name to select text box, type TWilliams and then click OK.

23. Click the View effective access button.

Question Which permission does TWilliams not have for the Data
7 folder?

Answer Full controller

Write attributes

Write extended attributes

Delete subfolders and files

Delete

Change permissions
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Take ownership

24. Click OK to close the Advanced Security Settings for Data dialog box.

25. Click the Edit button.

26. In the Permissions for Data dialog box, click Add.

27. In the Select Users, Computers, Service Accounts, or Groups dialog box, in the
Enter the object names to select text box, type TWilliams and then click OK.

28. With TWilliams selected, click to select Allow Full control.

29. Click OK to close the Permissions for Data dialog box.

30. In the Data Properties dialog box, click the Advanced button.

31. Click the Effective Access tab.

32. Click Select a user.

33. In the Select User, Computer, Service Account, or Group dialog box, in the Enter
the object name to select text box, type TWilliams and then click OK.

34. Click the View effective access button.

Question Which permission does TWilliams not have for the Data
8 folder?

Answer None
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35. Take a screen shot of the Advanced Security Settings for Data dialog box by
pressing Alt+PrtScr and then paste it into your worksheet file in the page
provided by pressing Ctrl+V.

36. Click OK to close the Advanced Security Settings for Data dialog box.

37. Click OK to close the Data Properties dialog box.

Close all windows on LON-SVR4 but remain logged on to the server.

Lab
Challenge Creating, Configuring, and Mounting VHDs
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Overview In this exercise, you will create a virtual disk and mount the disk
using Computer Management.

Mindset Because virtual disks are associated with virtual machines, it would
make sense that you would use Hyper-V to manage and create virtual
disks. You can also create VHD/VHDX files with the Disk Management
snap-in or Windows PowerShell. The Disk Management console can be
accessed directly or from the Computer Management console. Of
course, the Computer Management console can be accessed from Server
Manager.
Completion time 10 minutes

1. On LON-SVR4, right-click the Start button and choose Disk Management. The
Disk Management console opens, as shown in Figure 6.

Figure 6
The Disk Management console

2. Click Action > Create VHD.

3. In the Create and Attach Virtual Hard Disk dialog box, in the Location text box,
type E:\VDisk.vhdx.
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4. In the Virtual hard disk size text box, type 5 and then change MB to GB.

5. To create a .vhdx file, select VHDX.

6. With the Dynamically expanded (Recommended) option already selected, click

OK.

7. To initialize the disk, right-click the new disk (you may need to scroll down to
see it) and choose Initialize Disk.

8. In the Initialize Disk dialog box, click OK.

9. Right-click the unallocated space and choose New Simple Volume.

10. In the New Simple Volume Wizard, on the Welcome page, click Next.

11. On the Specify Volume Size page, click Next.

12. On the Assign Drive Letter or Path page, answer the following question and then
click Next.

Question
Which drive letter will be assigned to the virtual disk?
9

Answer F

13. On the Format Partition page, for the Volume label, type VDisk and then click
Next.

14. When the wizard is complete, click Finish. If you are prompted to format any
disks, click Cancel.

15. Take a screen shot of the Disk Manager showing the virtual disk by pressing
Alt+PrtScr and then paste it into your worksheet file in the page provided by
pressing Ctrl+V.
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16. Unmount the drive by right-clicking the disk and choosing Detach VHD. In the
Detach Virtual Hard Disk dialog box, click OK.

Leave Disk Management open for clean up.

Clean Up Resetting Servers

Overview In this exercise, will remove the volume D that you just created
during this lab.

Mindset To ensure that the systems are clean for future labs, you should
reset the system back to default settings or remove unnecessary
components.
Completion time 5 minutes
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1. On LON-SVR4, right-click the E volume and choose Delete Volume.

2. When you are prompted to confirm that you want to continue, click Yes.

3. Right-click Disk 1 and choose Offline.

End of lab. Log off LON-SVR4.

PowerShell:

What PS command will create a volume with the following parameters:

Powershell
File system: ReFS
Question
Drive letter: x:\
Size: 2TB

PS C:\> New-Volume -FriendlyName "SaveData" -Size 2TB -

ANSWER
ResiliencySettingName "Mirror" -FileSystem ReFS -AccessPath "X:\"

Troubleshooting:

Use this space to identify any troubleshooting you had to do in this lab. You must include the 7
step troubleshooting process in order to document your steps in resolving the issue. Use the
following template for EACH error. Provide screenshots of errors and resolutions.

SCREENSHOT OF ERROR:

TROUBLESHOOTING STEPS:

1. Identify the problem.

2. Establish a theory of probable cause.
3. Test the theory to determine cause.
4. Establish a plan of action to resolve the problem and identify potential effects.
5. Implement the solution or escalate as necessary.
6. Verify full system functionality and if applicable implement preventative measures.
7. Document findings, actions, and outcomes.