Server management Definitions
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AccessChk
AccessChk is a free Sysinternals command-line utility that shows what access a user or group of users has to a particular service, file, folder or registry key.
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AccessEnum
AccessEnum is a free Sysinternals tool that offers administrators a view of the full file system and registry security settings to ensure that users have appropriate permissions to access files and directories.
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Active Directory
Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft product that consists of several services that run on Windows Server to manage permissions and access to networked resources.
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Active Server Page (ASP)
ASP is also an abbreviation for application service provider.
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built-in administrator account
The built-in administrator account is the first account created when an OS is installed on a new standalone server, member server or workstation.
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C
catastrophic failure
Catastrophic failure is a complete, sudden, often unexpected breakdown in a machine, electronic system, computer or network. This may occur as a result of a hardware event such as a disk drive crash, memory chip failure or surge on the power line... (Continued)
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client-server network
A client-server network is a communications model in which multiple client programs share the services of a common server program.
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cluster log (CL)
A cluster log (CL) is a record of cluster service activity in a server member cluster.
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cluster name object (CNO)
A cluster name object (CNO) is an Active Directory computer object linked with the network resource Cluster Name.
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DirectAccess
DirectAccess is a feature introduced in Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 that uses automated IPv6 and IPSec tunnels to allow remote users to access private network resources whenever they are connected to the Internet.
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Dolly (Digital Dolly)
Dolly, also called Digital Dolly, is a program that can quickly clone (copy) drives to drives, drives to files, files to drives, or files to files. Dolly can clone entire disk partitions in block-wise fashion. Dolly can be used to clone the operating system configuration of a computer to numerous others.
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domain controller
Primary domain controller (PDC) and backup domain controller (BDC) are roles that can be assigned to a server in a network of computers that use the Windows NT operating system.
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Dynamic Quorum
Dynamic Quorum is the ability of a cluster to recalculate a quorum as it maintains a working cluster.
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failover cluster
A failover cluster is a group of servers that work together to maintain high availability of applications and services.
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Global Update Manager (GUM)
Global Update Manager is a cluster component in the Windows Cluster Architecture.