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INTRODUCTION................................................................................................... xv

CHAPTER 1
Introducing Windows Server 2016...................................................................... 1

CHAPTER 2
Installing Windows Server 2016........................................................................ 31

CHAPTER 3
Configuring and Managing Windows Server 2016.......................................... 67

CHAPTER 4
Configuring Storage and File Systems............................................................107

CHAPTER 5
Configuring Advanced Storage Solutions......................................................163

CHAPTER 6
Implementing Virtualization with Hyper-V: Part 1.......................................205

CHAPTER 7
Implementing Virtualization with Hyper-V: Part 2.......................................245

CHAPTER 8
Implementing High Availability: Server Clusters..........................................281

CHAPTER 9
Implementing High Availability: Advanced Failover and
Virtual Machines...............................................................................................323

CHAPTER 10
Maintaining Server Installations.....................................................................381

CHAPTER 11
Server Monitoring and Backup.......................................................................421

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CHAPTER 12
Nano Server and Windows Containers..........................................................473

APPENDIX A
MCSA Exam 70-740 Objectives .......................................................................517

GLOSSARY..........................................................................................................525

INDEX .................................................................................................................537

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INTRODUCTION.................................................................................................................... xv

CHAPTER 1
Introducing Windows Server 2016....................................................................1
The Role of a Server Operating System...........................................................................................2
Server: Hardware or Software?............................................................................................................ 3
Server Operating Systems Versus Desktop Operating Systems................................................. 3
Windows Server 2016 Roles and Features......................................................................................4
Windows Server 2016 Core Technologies.......................................................................................4
Server Manager........................................................................................................................................5
NT File System (NTFS)............................................................................................................................6
Microsoft Management Console......................................................................................................... 7
Disk Management....................................................................................................................................8
File and Printer Sharing.........................................................................................................................8
Windows Networking Concepts..........................................................................................................8
Windows Networking Components...................................................................................................9
Active Directory Domain Services....................................................................................................10
PowerShell................................................................................................................................................ 11
Hyper-V and Cloud Computing......................................................................................................... 12
Storage Spaces........................................................................................................................................ 14
New Features in Windows Server 2016........................................................................................ 24
Nano Server.............................................................................................................................................24
Windows Containers.............................................................................................................................25
Storage Spaces Direct............................................................................................................................26
Storage Replica.......................................................................................................................................26
PowerShell Direct...................................................................................................................................26
Nested Virtualization............................................................................................................................26
Chapter Summary................................................................................................................................. 27
Key Terms................................................................................................................................................. 27
Review Questions.................................................................................................................................. 28

CHAPTER 2
Installing Windows Server 2016...................................................................... 31
Windows Server 2016 Editions and Requirements.................................................................. 32
Datacenter Edition................................................................................................................................. 32
Standard Edition.................................................................................................................................... 33
Essentials Edition.................................................................................................................................. 33
MultiPoint Premium Server................................................................................................................ 33
Storage Server......................................................................................................................................... 33

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Hyper-V Server.......................................................................................................................................34
General Licensing Considerations....................................................................................................34
Windows Server 2016 Standard and Datacenter Edition Requirements................................ 35
Planning a Windows Server 2016 Installation............................................................................ 36
Installing the First Server in a New Network................................................................................36
Performing a Clean Installation.........................................................................................................39
Postinstallation Tasks...........................................................................................................................42
Expanding Your Network................................................................................................................... 50
Upgrading to Windows Server 2016...................................................................................................51
Server Core: Windows That Doesn’t Do Windows..................................................................... 53
Server Core Installation........................................................................................................................54
Server Core Postinstallation Tasks....................................................................................................55
When Not to Use Server Core............................................................................................................. 57
Using Features on Demand............................................................................................................... 61
Chapter Summary................................................................................................................................. 63
Key Terms................................................................................................................................................. 63
Review Questions.................................................................................................................................. 64

CHAPTER 3
Configuring and Managing Windows Server 2016.................................. 67
Working with Server Roles and Features..................................................................................... 68
Managing Server Roles in the GUI....................................................................................................68
Managing Server Roles with PowerShell........................................................................................ 73
Working with Offline Images.............................................................................................................74
Implementing Desired State Configuration................................................................................... 77
Managing Servers Remotely............................................................................................................. 79
Adding Servers to Server Manager...................................................................................................79
Using Server Manager Groups........................................................................................................... 81
Enabling and Disabling Remote Management............................................................................. 81
Configure Windows Firewall for Remote Management.............................................................83
Working with Windows Install Images for Deployment......................................................... 88
Windows Deployment Services.........................................................................................................88
Working with WDS Images.................................................................................................................93
Updating Images....................................................................................................................................95
Managing Images with PowerShell................................................................................................. 96
Configuring Services............................................................................................................................ 98
Configuring Services with PowerShell........................................................................................... 101
Chapter Summary...............................................................................................................................102
Key Terms...............................................................................................................................................103
Review Questions................................................................................................................................103

CHAPTER 4
Configuring Storage and File Systems.......................................................107
An Overview of Server Storage......................................................................................................108
What Is Storage?...................................................................................................................................108
Reasons for Storage.............................................................................................................................109
Storage Access Methods.................................................................................................................... 110

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Configuring Local Disks....................................................................................................................111

Disk Capacity and Speed....................................................................................................................112
Disk Interface Technologies...............................................................................................................113
Volumes and Disk Types....................................................................................................................113
Disk Formats.......................................................................................................................................... 117
The FAT File System.............................................................................................................................118
The NTFS and ReFS File Systems.....................................................................................................119
Preparing a New Disk for Use..........................................................................................................120
Managing Disks with PowerShell................................................................................................... 125

Working with Virtual Disks..............................................................................................................126

VHD Versus VHDX Format.................................................................................................................127
Dynamically Expanding and Fixed Size Disks............................................................................ 128

An Overview of File Sharing............................................................................................................131

Creating Windows File Shares........................................................................................................132

Creating Shares with File and Storage Services.......................................................................... 134
Managing Shares with the Shared Folders Snap-In...................................................................137
Creating and Managing Shares at the Command Line............................................................. 138
Default and Administrative Shares................................................................................................ 139
Accessing File Shares from Client Computers.............................................................................140
Network File System...........................................................................................................................144
Securing Access to Files with Permissions................................................................................146
Security Principals............................................................................................................................... 147
Share Permissions............................................................................................................................... 148
File and Folder Permissions.............................................................................................................149
Chapter Summary...............................................................................................................................158
Key Terms...............................................................................................................................................159
Review Questions................................................................................................................................159

CHAPTER 5
Configuring Advanced Storage Solutions.................................................163
Using Storage Spaces.........................................................................................................................163
Creating Storage Spaces.....................................................................................................................166
Expanding a Storage Pool..................................................................................................................169
Replacing a Failed Physical Disk in a Storage Pool..................................................................... 171
Configuring Enclosure Awareness...................................................................................................173
Configuring Tiered Storage................................................................................................................174
Configuring iSCSI.................................................................................................................................180
Implementing a SAN with iSCSI.....................................................................................................180
Implementing Data Deduplication...............................................................................................192
When to Use Data Deduplication.................................................................................................... 192
Implementing Data Deduplication................................................................................................. 193
Monitoring Data Deduplication.......................................................................................................196
Backing Up and Restoring with Data Deduplication................................................................. 197
Storage Replica....................................................................................................................................198
Storage Replica Use Scenarios......................................................................................................... 198
Installing and Configuring Storage Replica..................................................................................199
Synchronous and Asynchronous Replication............................................................................200

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Chapter Summary...............................................................................................................................201
Key Terms...............................................................................................................................................202
Review Questions................................................................................................................................202

CHAPTER 6
Implementing Virtualization with Hyper-V: Part 1..............................205
Installing Hyper-V................................................................................................................................205
Installing the Hyper-V Role and Management Tools............................................................... 209
Managing Hyper-V Remotely.......................................................................................................... 209
Hyper-V Licensing...............................................................................................................................210
Upgrading to Hyper-V on Windows Server 2016........................................................................210
Creating Virtual Machines in Hyper-V.........................................................................................211
Basic Virtual Machine Management with Hyper-V Manager................................................. 212
Advanced VM Creation Methods..................................................................................................... 214
Copying a Virtual Disk.........................................................................................................................215
Generation 1 and Generation 2 VMs................................................................................................217
Managing Virtual Machines............................................................................................................221
Virtual Machine Hardware Settings................................................................................................221
Integration Services............................................................................................................................225
Checkpoints........................................................................................................................................... 227
Automatic Start and Stop Actions................................................................................................. 230
Resource Metering................................................................................................................................231
Enhanced Session Mode.................................................................................................................... 232
Non-Uniform Memory Access Support........................................................................................234
Delegation of VM Management.......................................................................................................236
Discrete Device Assignment.............................................................................................................238
Managing VMs with PowerShell Direct.........................................................................................238
Chapter Summary...............................................................................................................................239
Key Terms...............................................................................................................................................240
Review Questions................................................................................................................................241

CHAPTER 7
Implementing Virtualization with Hyper-V: Part 2..............................245
Working with Virtual Hard Disks...................................................................................................246
Creating and Modifying Virtual Disks...........................................................................................247
Pass-Through Disks............................................................................................................................ 250
Storage Quality of Service..................................................................................................................251
Hyper-V Virtual Networks................................................................................................................255
External Virtual Switches..................................................................................................................255
Internal Virtual Switches................................................................................................................... 257
Private Virtual Switches.....................................................................................................................258
Communicating between Hyper-V Switches...............................................................................259
Creating a Virtual Switch.................................................................................................................. 260
Configuring MAC Addresses............................................................................................................. 261
Adding and Removing Virtual Network Interface Cards..........................................................262
Advanced Virtual Network Configuration.................................................................................264
Virtual NIC Hardware Acceleration................................................................................................264
Configuring vNICs with Advanced Features................................................................................265

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Configuring NIC Teaming..................................................................................................................267

Synthetic Versus Legacy Network Adapters..................................................................................271
Configuring Fibre Channel Adapters...............................................................................................271
Nested Virtualization.........................................................................................................................275
Implementing Linux and FreeBSD Virtual Machines.............................................................275
Chapter Summary...............................................................................................................................276
Key Terms...............................................................................................................................................277
Review Questions................................................................................................................................277

CHAPTER 8
Implementing High Availability: Server Clusters.................................281
Configuring Network Load Balancing.........................................................................................281
Installing Network Load Balancing................................................................................................283
Creating a Network Load Balancing Cluster.................................................................................284
Configuring an NLB Cluster..............................................................................................................288
Managing an NLB Cluster..................................................................................................................293
Failover Clusters..................................................................................................................................300
How a Failover Cluster Works..........................................................................................................301
Requirements for a Failover Cluster.............................................................................................. 302
Failover Cluster Installation............................................................................................................ 303
Configuring Failover Clustering...................................................................................................... 304
Configuring a Cluster Role................................................................................................................307
Cluster-Aware Updating.................................................................................................................... 309
Chapter Summary...............................................................................................................................319
Key Terms...............................................................................................................................................320
Review Questions................................................................................................................................321

CHAPTER 9
Implementing High Availability: Advanced Failover
and Virtual Machines........................................................................................323
Advanced Failover Clusters.............................................................................................................323
Managing a Failover Cluster.............................................................................................................324
Configuring Advanced Quorum Settings..................................................................................... 330
Configuring Roles for High Availability......................................................................................... 337
Upgrading a Failover Cluster............................................................................................................339
Creating Active Directory–Detached Clusters.............................................................................. 341
Creating Workgroup and Multi-Domain Clusters...................................................................... 341
Deploying Clustered Storage Spaces..............................................................................................343
Implementing Storage Replica with Failover Clusters..............................................................343
Backing Up and Restoring Cluster Configuration.......................................................................344
Implementing Stretch Clusters......................................................................................................347
Site-Aware Failover Clusters............................................................................................................349
Implementing High Availability in Hyper-V...............................................................................351
Configuring Highly Available Virtual Machines..........................................................................351
Implement Node Fairness.................................................................................................................355
Implementing VM Resiliency...........................................................................................................356
Configuring Virtual Machine Monitoring..................................................................................... 357
Configuring Guest Clustering...........................................................................................................359

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Configuring Virtual Machine Movement....................................................................................361

Configuring Hyper-V Replica............................................................................................................362
Live Migration.......................................................................................................................................366
Quick Migration...................................................................................................................................368
Storage Migration................................................................................................................................369
VM Export and Import.......................................................................................................................369
Configuring Virtual Machine Network Health Protection........................................................370
Implementing Storage Spaces Direct..........................................................................................372
Enabling Storage Spaces Direct........................................................................................................ 373
Implementing Hyper-Converged Storage Spaces Direct.......................................................... 374
Implementing Disaggregated Storage Spaces Direct................................................................. 375
Chapter Summary...............................................................................................................................376
Key Terms...............................................................................................................................................377
Review Questions................................................................................................................................377

CHAPTER 10
Maintaining Server Installations.................................................................381
An Overview of Windows Server Update Services..................................................................382
Windows Update..................................................................................................................................382
Installing the WSUS Role..................................................................................................................385
WSUS Storage Requirements............................................................................................................385
WSUS Deployment Options..............................................................................................................386
Installing WSUS.................................................................................................................................... 387
Dealing with Multiple Windows Versions....................................................................................389
Configuring WSUS...............................................................................................................................394
Creating Computer Groups...............................................................................................................394
Assigning Computers to Groups......................................................................................................395
Configuring Windows Update on Client Computers.................................................................396
WSUS Synchronization and Approval Rules................................................................................401
Using Automatic Approvals............................................................................................................. 402
Configuring Manual Approval........................................................................................................ 403
Configuring Update Sources and Proxy Servers........................................................................ 405
Updating Files and Languages........................................................................................................406
Configuring SSL................................................................................................................................... 407
Creating WSUS Reports..................................................................................................................... 407
Configuring WSUS with PowerShell..............................................................................................408
Implementing Windows Defender...............................................................................................413
Configuring Windows Defender with Group Policy.................................................................. 413
Configuring Windows Defender with PowerShell...................................................................... 414
Configuring WSUS for Windows Defender................................................................................... 415
Chapter Summary...............................................................................................................................416
Key Terms...............................................................................................................................................417
Review Questions................................................................................................................................417

CHAPTER 11
Server Monitoring and Backup.....................................................................421
Monitoring a Windows Server........................................................................................................422
Monitoring Events...............................................................................................................................423
Using Task Manager............................................................................................................................427

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Using Resource Monitor....................................................................................................................432

Using Performance Monitor.............................................................................................................436
Performance Counters....................................................................................................................... 442

Backing Up Windows Servers.........................................................................................................452

Server Backup.......................................................................................................................................452
Configuring Windows Server Backup............................................................................................452
Backing Up Server Roles....................................................................................................................457

Windows Server Recovery...............................................................................................................460

Recovering Files, Folders, and Volumes.......................................................................................460
Performing a System State Recovery............................................................................................460
Performing a Bare Metal Recovery.................................................................................................461

Backup and Recovery of Specific Roles.......................................................................................463

Backing Up and Restoring Hyper-V................................................................................................463
Backing Up and Restoring Active Directory................................................................................ 464
Active Directory Backup.................................................................................................................... 464
Backing Up and Restoring IIS...........................................................................................................467
Chapter Summary...............................................................................................................................467
Key Terms...............................................................................................................................................469
Review Questions................................................................................................................................469

CHAPTER 12
Nano Server and Windows Containers.....................................................473
Introducing Nano Server..................................................................................................................474
Advantages of Nano Server..............................................................................................................474

Installing Nano Server.......................................................................................................................476

Nano Server Installation Requirements........................................................................................476
Installing Nano Server in a Virtual Machine...............................................................................476
Installing Nano Server on a Physical Computer.........................................................................478
Creating Advanced Nano Server Images....................................................................................482
Deploying Nano Server Packages....................................................................................................482
Configuring Nano Server Images....................................................................................................485
Joining Nano Server to a Domain...................................................................................................487
Advanced Nano Server Configuration Options.......................................................................... 488
Editing Nano Server Images............................................................................................................ 488
Updating Nano Server Images........................................................................................................ 489

Introducing Windows Containers.................................................................................................490

Deploying Windows Containers.....................................................................................................491
Implementing Containers on Windows Server 2016................................................................. 491
Implementing Containers on Nano Server..................................................................................495
Managing Daemon Start-up Options........................................................................................... 496
Managing Windows Containers.....................................................................................................499
Managing Containers with the Docker Daemon....................................................................... 499
Working with Container Images.....................................................................................................501
Implementing Container Networks............................................................................................... 502
Working with Container Data Volumes....................................................................................... 505
Managing Container Resources...................................................................................................... 505
Managing Windows Containers with PowerShell..................................................................... 506
Managing Container Images with Dockerfile, DockerHub, and Microsoft Azure............ 507

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Chapter Summary...............................................................................................................................512
Key Terms...............................................................................................................................................514
Review Questions................................................................................................................................514

APPENDIX A
MCSA Exam 70-740 Objectives.......................................................................517

GLOSSARY.............................................................................................................................525
INDEX......................................................................................................................................537

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 Introduction
MCSA Guide to Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server® 2016, Exam
70-740, gives you an in-depth coverage of the 70-740 certification exam objectives and
focuses on the skills you need to install and configure Windows Server 2016. With more
than 80 hands-on activities and dozens of skill-reinforcing case projects, you’ll be well
prepared for the certification exam and learn valuable skills to perform on the job.
After you finish this book, you’ll have an in-depth knowledge of Windows Server
2016, including installation, local and remote management, file and storage services,
Hyper-V virtualization, and high availability. You’ll also get hands-on experience
working with Microsoft’s newest server features including Storage Spaces Direct,
PowerShell Direct, Nano Server, and Windows containers. This book is written from a
teaching and learning point of view, not simply as an exam study guide. The chapters
guide readers through the technologies they need to master to perform on the job, not
just to pass an exam.

Intended Audience
MCSA Guide to Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server® 2016, Exam
70-740 is intended for people who want to learn how to configure and manage a
Windows Server 2016 computing environment and earn the Microsoft Certified
Solutions Associate (MCSA) certification. This book covers in full the objectives of
exam 70-740, one of three required for the MCSA: Windows Server 2016 certification.
Exam 70-740 is also one of the four exams needed for the MCSE: Cloud Platform and
Infrastructure certification. This book serves as an excellent tool for classroom teaching,
but self-paced learners will also find that the clear explanations, challenging activities,
and case projects serve them equally well. Although this book doesn’t assume previous
experience with Windows servers, it does assume a familiarity with current Windows
operating systems, such as Windows 10. Networking knowledge equivalent to an
introductory networking course or Network+ is highly recommended.

What This Book Includes

• A lab setup guide is included in the “Before You Begin” section of this
introduction to help you configure a physical or virtual (recommended) lab
environment for doing the hands-on activities.
• Step-by-step hands-on activities walk you through tasks ranging from a basic
Windows Server 2016 installation to complex multi-server cluster configurations.
All activities have been tested by a technical editor.
• Extensive review and end-of-chapter materials reinforce your learning.
• Critical thinking case projects require you to apply the concepts and technologies
learned throughout the book.

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• Abundant screen captures and diagrams visually reinforce the text and hands-on activities.
• A list of 70-740 exam objectives is cross-referenced with chapters and sections that cover each
objective (inside cover and Appendix A).

Note
This text does not include Windows Server 2016 software. However, 180-day evaluation versions of Windows
Server 2016 are available at no cost from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2016.
More specific instruction can be found in “Using an Evaluation Version of Windows Server 2016” in the Before You
Begin section of this Introduction.

About Microsoft Certification: MCSA

This book prepares you to take one of the three exams in the Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate
(MCSA) Windows Server 2016 certification. The MCSA Windows Server 2016 certification is made up of
three exams, which can be taken in any order:
• Exam 70-740: Installation, Storage and Compute with Windows Server 2016
• Exam 70-741: Networking with Windows Server 2016
• Exam 70-742: Identity with Windows Server 2016

Note
This text focuses on Exam 70-740. Companion texts focus on Exam 741 and Exam 742, respectively: MCSA Guide
to Networking with Windows Server 2016 (Cengage, 2018) and MCSA Guide to Identity with Windows Server 2016
(Cengage, 2018).

Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE): The Next Step

After achieving the MCSA Windows Server 2016 certification, you can move on to the MCSE certification.
For the MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure certification, the MCSA Windows Server 2016
certification is a prerequisite. You then have the option of taking one of the ten exams to complete the
MCSE. To see the list of exams you can take to complete the MCSE, see https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/
learning/mcse-cloud-platform-infrastructure.aspx.

Chapter Descriptions
This book is organized to familiarize you with Windows Server 2016 features and technologies and
then provide an in-depth coverage of Windows Server 2016 installation, management, storage, and
virtualization. It wraps up by discussing Nano Server and Windows containers, two new features
included in Windows Server 2016. The 70-740 exam objectives are covered throughout the book, and you
can find a mapping of objectives and the chapters in which they’re covered on the inside front cover, with
a more detailed mapping in Appendix A. The following list describes this book’s chapters:
• Chapter 1, “Introducing Windows Server 2016,” describes the role of a server operating system and
provides an overview of Windows Server 2016 core technologies, such as the NTFS file system,
Active Directory, disk management, Hyper-V, and PowerShell. You’ll also be introduced to server
roles and new features in Windows Server 2016.

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Note
Chapter 1 of this book is available as a PDF for free download by students and instructors from the Cengage
website. If you are starting with one of the other Windows Server 2016 MCSA books (70-741 or 70-742), you can
use Chapter 1 of this book as an introductory chapter to Windows Server 2016 before beginning those books.

• Chapter 2, “Installing Windows Server 2016,” discusses the details of planning a Windows Server
2016 installation, including installing the first server on a new network, expanding an existing
network, and upgrading to Windows Server 2016, including server role migration. The Server
Core installation option is discussed next, followed by optimizing an installation by using
Features on Demand.
• Chapter 3, “Configuring and Managing Windows Server 2016,” explains how to work with server
roles and features and how to manage servers remotely. You’ll also learn how to work with
Windows install images and configure Windows services.
• Chapter 4, “Configuring Storage and File Systems,” describes the methods available for storage
provisioning, including working with local and virtual disks and using disk partition and format
options. You learn about the types of volumes you can create on a Windows server and how
to work with virtual disks. This chapter also discusses how Windows implements file sharing.
This chapter also explains default and administrative shares and how to manage shared folders.
Finally, you learn how to secure access to files by using permissions and see how permission
inheritance works.
• Chapter 5, “Configuring Advanced Storage Solutions,” discusses how to implement Storage
Spaces, a method for providing flexible and fault-tolerant storage without using expensive RAID
controllers. Next, you learn to configure an iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN) with Windows as
the iSCSI client and iSCSI server. You’ll also explore data deduplication and Storage Replica. Data
deduplication helps reduce storage requirements by eliminating duplicated data, while Storage
Replica provides server-to-server and cluster-to-cluster volume replication for high-availability
applications.
• Chapter 6, “Implementing Virtualization with Hyper-V: Part 1,” focuses on how to use the
Hyper-V server role for a virtualization platform. You learn the requirements for installing
Hyper-V and how to install and configure the Hyper-V role. You’ll learn how to manage Hyper-V
both locally and remotely, create virtual machines, and manage and optimize virtual machines.
In the next chapter, you’ll learn how to work with Hyper-V virtual disks and Hyper-V virtual
networks.
• Chapter 7, “Implementing Virtualization with Hyper-V: Part 2,” covers virtual hard disks including
dynamically expanding, fixed, differencing, and pass-through disks. You also look at shared VHDX
files. Next, you examine the three types of virtual switch and deployment scenarios for each. Along
with configuring virtual switches, you’ll learn about configuring virtual network adapters including
hardware acceleration and advanced features such as MAC address spoofing, protected network,
and port mirroring. You’ll also learn how to create and configure NIC teaming both on the host
server and in a virtual machine. In addition, you’ll learn how to properly configure your Hyper-V
host to enable nested virtualization, and finally, you’ll briefly look at deploying Linux and FreeBSD
VMs in Hyper-V.
• Chapter 8, “Implementing High Availability: Server Clusters,” discusses two high-availability
options in Windows Server 2016: network load balancing and failover clustering. You’ll learn about
the requirements for implementing a NLB cluster and install the Network Load Balancing feature.
Next, you’ll examine the requirements for network and storage to implement workgroup, single
domain, and multi-domain clusters.

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• Chapter 9, “Implementing High Availability: Advanced Failover and Virtual Machines,” covers
advanced failover cluster configurations including quorum settings, adding and removing cluster
nodes, moving core cluster resources, and configuring Active Directory-detached clusters. Next,
you’ll learn to configure highly available virtual machines and implement several virtual machine
movement technologies.
• Chapter 10, “Maintaining Server Installations,” discusses the Windows Update program for
downloading and installing available updates with Windows Server Update Services (WSUS).
This chapter discusses how to install the WSUS role and then configure the role and the client
computers using WSUS. Microsoft’s solution to malware is Windows Defender. This chapter
discusses how to configure Windows Defender using Group Policy and PowerShell and how to
integrate WSUS with Windows Defender to ensure your antimalware software and definitions are
up to date on all computers throughout the enterprise.
• Chapter 11, “Server Monitoring and Backup,” covers backup and restore features in Windows Server
2016 that can help IT administrators sleep better knowing they can recover a system from failure
or data loss. You learn about Windows Server Backup, and strategies for backing up server roles,
including file servers, domain controllers, virtualization servers, and web servers.
• Chapter 12, “Nano Server and Windows Containers,” discusses Nano Server, a new headless
deployment option for Windows Server 2016 that has a very small footprint, consumes few
resources, and starts very quickly. It has limited usage scenarios because it supports only a few
server roles and features, but it’s likely to find a niche in virtual and cloud applications. Next, you’ll
learn about containers, and the open source container management environment called Docker.
Like Nano Server, containers are likely to be deployed in highly virtualized and cloud computing
environments, but they may might also find a spot in a moderately sized datacenter.
• Appendix A, “MCSA 70-740 Exam Objectives,” maps each 70-740 exam objective to the chapter and
section where you can find information on that objective.

Features
This book includes the following learning features to help you master the topics in this book and the
70-740 exam objectives:
• Chapter objectives—Each chapter begins with a detailed list of the concepts to be mastered. This list
is a quick reference to the chapter’s contents and a useful study aid.
• Hands-on activities—More than 80 hands-on activities are incorporated into this book, giving
you practice in setting up, configuring, and managing a Windows Server 2016 server. The activities
give you a strong foundation for carrying out server installation and configuration tasks in
production environments. Much of the learning about Windows Server 2016 comes from doing
the hands-on activities, and a lot of effort has been devoted to making the activities relevant
and challenging.
• Requirements for hands-on activities—A table at the beginning of each chapter lists the hands-on
activities and what you need for each activity.
• Screen captures, illustrations, and tables—Numerous screen captures and illustrations of concepts
help you visualize theories and concepts and see how to use tools and desktop features. In
addition, tables are used often to give you details and comparisons of practical and theoretical
information and can be used for a quick review.
• Chapter summary—Each chapter ends with a summary of the concepts introduced in the chapter.
These summaries are a helpful way to recap and revisit the material covered in the chapter.
• Key terms—All terms in the chapter introduced with bold text are gathered together in the Key
Terms list at the end of the chapter. This list gives you a way to check your understanding of all
important terms. All key term definitions are listed in the Glossary at the end of the book.
• Review questions—The end-of-chapter assessment begins with review questions that reinforce the
concepts and techniques covered in each chapter. Answering these questions helps ensure that you
have mastered important topics.

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• Critical Thinking—Each chapter closes with one or more case projects to provide critical thinking
exercises. Many of the case projects build on one another, as you take a small startup company to a
flourishing enterprise.
• Exam objectives—Major sections in each chapter show the exam objective or objectives
covered in that section, making it easier to find the material you need when studying for the
MCSA exam.

Text and Graphics Conventions

Additional information and exercises have been added to this book to help you better understand
what’s being discussed in the chapter. Icons throughout the book alert you to these additional
materials:

Tip
Tips offer extra information on resources, how to solve problems, and time-saving shortcuts.

Note
Notes present additional helpful material related to the subject being discussed.

Caution
The Caution icon identifies important information about potential mistakes or hazards.

Activity
Each hands-on activity in this book is preceded by the Activity icon.

Critical Thinking
The end-of-chapter case projects are scenario-based assignments that ask you to apply critical thinking skills to
what you have learned in the chapter.

Certification

• Certification icons under chapter headings list exam objectives covered in that section.

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Instructor Companion Site

Everything you need for your course in one place! This collection of book-specific lecture and class tools
is available online via www.cengage.com/login. Access and download PowerPoint presentations, images,
the Instructor’s Manual, and more.
• Electronic Instructor’s Manual—The Instructor’s Manual that accompanies this book includes
additional instructional material to assist in class preparation, including suggestions for classroom
activities, discussion topics, and additional quiz questions.
• Solutions Manual—The instructor’s resources include solutions to all end-of-chapter material,
including review questions and case projects.
• Cengage Testing Powered by Cognero—This flexible, online system allows you to do the following:
• Author, edit, and manage test bank content from multiple Cengage solutions.
• Create multiple test versions in an instant.
• Deliver tests from your LMS, your classroom, or wherever you want.
• PowerPoint presentations—This book comes with Microsoft PowerPoint slides for each chapter.
They’re included as a teaching aid for classroom presentation, to make available to students on the
network for chapter review, or to be printed for classroom distribution. Instructors, please feel free
to add your own slides for additional topics you introduce to the class.
• Figure files—All the figures and tables in the book are reproduced in bitmap format. Similar to the
PowerPoint presentations, they’re included as a teaching aid for classroom presentation, to make
available to students for review, or to be printed for classroom distribution.

MindTap
MindTap for Tomsho/MCSA Guide to Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016, Exam
70-740 is a personalized, fully online digital learning platform of content, assignments, and services that
engages students and encourages them to think critically, while allowing instructors to easily set the
course through simple customization options.
MindTap is designed to help students master the skills they need in today’s workforce. Research shows
employers need critical thinkers, troubleshooters, and creative problem solvers to stay relevant in our fast-
paced, technology-driven world. MindTap helps you achieve this with assignments and activities that provide
hands-on practice, real-life relevance, and certification test prep. Students are guided through assignments
that help them master basic knowledge and understanding before moving on to more challenging problems.
The live virtual machine labs provide real-life application and practice. Based on the textbook’s
Hands-On Projects, the live virtual machine labs provide more advanced learning. Students work in a live
environment via the Cloud with real servers and networks that they can explore. The IQ certification test
prep engine allows students to quiz themselves on specific exam domains, and the pre- and post-course
assessments are mock exams that measure exactly how much they have learned. Readings and labs support
the lecture, while “In the News” assignments encourage students to stay current.
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Acknowledgments
I would like to thank Cengage Product Team Manager Kristin McNary and Associate Product Manager Amy
Savino for their confidence in asking me to undertake this challenging project. In addition, thanks go out
to Michelle Ruelos Cannistraci, the Senior Content Developer, who assembled an outstanding team to
support this project. A special word of gratitude goes to Deb Kaufmann, the Development Editor, who took
an unrefined product and turned it into a polished manuscript. Danielle Shaw, the Technical Editor tested
chapter activities diligently to ensure that labs work as they were intended, and for that, I am grateful. I
also want to include a shout-out to a former student of mine, Shaun Stallard, who was instrumental in
the creation of the end of chapter material including Chapter Summary, Key Terms, and Review Questions.

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Finally, my family: my beautiful wife, Julie, lovely daughters Camille and Sophia, and son, Michael,
deserve special thanks and praise for going husbandless and fatherless 7 days a week, 14 hours a day, for
the better part of a year. Without their patience and understanding and happy greetings when I did make
an appearance, I could not have accomplished this.

About the Author

Greg Tomsho has more than 30 years of computer and networking experience and has earned the CCNA,
MCTS, MCSA, Network+, A+, Security+, and Linux+ certifications. Greg is the director of the Computer
Networking Technology Department and Cisco Academy at Yavapai College in Prescott, AZ. His other
books include MCSA Guide to Networking with Windows Server 2016, Exam 70-741; MCSA Guide to Identity
with Windows Server 2016, Exam 70-742; Guide to Operating Systems; MCSA Guide to Installing and
Configuring Windows Server 2012/R2, Exam 70-410; MCSA Guide to Administering Windows Server 2012/R2,
Exam 70-411; MCSA Guide to Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012/R2 Services, Exam 70-412; MCTS
Guide to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration; MCTS Guide to Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration; Guide to Networking Essentials; Guide to Network
Support and Troubleshooting; and A+ CoursePrep ExamGuide.

Contact the Author

I would like to hear from you. Please email me at [email protected] with any problems, questions,
suggestions, or corrections. I even accept compliments! Your comments and suggestions are invaluable
for shaping the content of future books. You can also submit errata, lab suggestions, and comments via
email. I have set up a website to support my books at http://books.tomsho.com, where you’ll find lab
notes, errata, web links, and helpful hints for using my books. If you’re an instructor, you can register on
the site to contribute articles and comment on articles.

Before You Begin

Windows Server has become more complex as Microsoft strives to satisfy the needs of enterprise
networks. In years past, you could learn what you needed to manage a Windows Server-based network
and pass the Microsoft certification exams with a single server, some good lab instructions, and a
network connection. Today, as you work with advanced technologies—such as Hyper-V, Storage Spaces,
and failover clusters, just to name a few—your lab environment must be more complex, requiring several
servers. Setting up this lab environment can be challenging, and this section was written to help you
meet this challenge. Using virtual machines in Hyper-V on Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 is highly
recommended; other virtual environments work, too, but you’ll want to choose one that allows nested
virtualization, which means running a virtual machine within a virtual machine so you can do some
of the Hyper-V activities that require it. Using virtual machines is also highly recommended because
it allows you to easily change the storage and network configuration of your servers and allows you to
revert your lab to its original state for each chapter.

Note
The MindTap digital online learning platform for this text includes access to live virtual machine labs based on the
textbook’s Hands-On Projects, without the need to set up your own lab environment.

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Lab Setup Guide

Note
If you can’t set up a lab environment exactly as described in this section, you might be able to configure a partial
lab with just one Windows Server 2016 server and still do many of the hands-on activities. Having two servers is
even better, and having three enables you to do the majority of the book’s activities. If you can’t do an activity, it’s
important to read the activity steps to learn important information about Windows Server 2016.

Because of the flexibility and availability of using a virtual environment, the lab setup guide is designed
with the assumption that virtualization is used, whether Hyper-V, VMware, VirtualBox, or some other
product. The lab environment is designed so that the initial configuration of the virtual machines will
take you through any chapter except for Chapter 9, which requires the successful completion of Chapter 8
activities. Each chapter (except for Chapter 9) starts with an activity that instructs the reader to revert the
virtual machines used in the chapter to the initial configuration using a saved snapshot/checkpoint.
A total of five virtual machines (VMs) with Windows Server 2016 installed are used throughout the
book. However, they are not all used at the same time; some activities use as many as four VMs while
some require only one or two. No client OS is used. This decision was made primarily on the basis that
many readers will be using evaluation versions of Windows on their VMs and the evaluation period for
Windows client OSs such as Windows 10 is very short compared to Windows Server 2016’s evaluation
period. In addition, Windows 10 is continually being upgraded and the upgrades may affect the outcome
of some of the activities. Therefore, any activities that require a client will use a VM that has Windows
Server 2016 installed. Readers should see little to no difference between using Windows Server 2016 as a
client OS and using Windows 10.
There are two configurations for the lab activities. Configuration 1 uses four VMs running Windows
Server 2016 in which one server is a domain controller (DC) and two servers are domain members. The
fourth server is configured as a stand-alone server that is operating in workgroup mode. Configuration
1 will be used in the activities in most of the chapters. Some activities require your VMs to access the
Internet. An easy way to accommodate this is to install the Remote Access role on your Hyper-V host
(if you’re using Hyper-V and Windows Server 2016 for your host computer) and configure NAT so your
Hyper-V host can route packets to the physical network and the Internet. After installing the Remote
Access role with the Routing role service, configure NAT and select the interface connected to the physical
network as the public interface and the interface connected to the Hyper-V internal switch as the private
interface. The interface connected to the Hyper-V internal switch should be configured with address
192.168.0.250/24. Figure 1 shows a diagram of this network.
Configuration 2 uses one VM running Windows Server 2016 with the Hyper-V role installed and some
VMs pre-installed (see Figure 2). Configuration 2 is used in the Hyper-V chapters (Chapters 6 and 7) and
for activities in which the reader installs Windows Server 2016.
A few words about this diagram:
• The router address is an example; you can use a different address. You can do most activities
without a router to the Internet, except those requiring Internet access.
• ServerDC1 is a domain controller for domain MCSA2016.local and has both the Active Directory
Domain Services (AD DS) and DNS server roles installed.
• The host Hyper-V server is the only physical server, and it is running routing and remote access
with routing and NAT to allow the VMs access to the physical network and the Internet.
• Specific installation requirements for each server are explained in the following sections.

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Virtual machines

ServerDC1

ServerDC1
192.168.0.1/24
Physical network ServerDM1 Gateway: 192.168.0.250
DNS: 127.0.0.1

ServerDM1
192.168.0.2/24
Internet Internal Private Gateway: 192.168.0.250
virtual switch virtual switch DNS: 192.168.0.1
ServerDM2
192.168.0.0/24 192.168.1.0/24 ServerDM2
192.168.0.3/24
Hyper-V Host Gateway: 192.168.0.250
Running RRAS with NAT DNS: 192.168.0.1
One interface connected to the physical
network; the Hyper-V internal interface ServerSA1
configured with address 192.168.0.250 192.168.0.4/24
ServerSA1
Gateway: 192.168.0.250
DNS: 192.168.0.1

Figure 1 A diagram of lab Configuration 1

Virtual machines

Nested virtual machines

ServerHyperV
ServerHyperV 192.168.0.1/24
Physical network
Gateway: 192.168.0.250
DNS: Not configured

Internal ServerVM1
Internet virtual switch 192.168.0.11/24
192.168.0.0/24 Gateway: Not configured
DNS: Not configured
InstallCore ServerVM1 ServerVM2
ServerVM2
Hyper-V Host 192.168.0.12/24
Running RRAS with NAT Gateway: Not configured
One interface connected to the physical DNS: Not configured
network; the Hyper-V internal interface
configured with address 192.168.0.250 InstallCore
No OS installed

Figure 2 A diagram of lab Configuration 2

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Host Computer Configuration

The following are recommendations for the host computer when you’re using virtualization:
• Dual-core or quad-core CPU with Intel-VT-x/EPT support. You can see a list of supported Intel
processors at http://ark.intel.com/Search/Advanced?ExtendedPageTables=True.

Note:
Most activities can be done without a CPU that supports EPT, but you can’t install Hyper-V on a VM if the host
doesn’t support EPT for Intel CPUs.

• 8 GB RAM; more is better.

• 200 GB free disk space.
• Windows Server 2016 or Windows 10 if you’re using Hyper-V.
• Windows 10 or Windows 8.1 if you’re using VMware Workstation or VirtualBox.

Configuration 1
ServerDC1
This virtual machine should be configured as follows:
• Windows Server 2016 Datacenter—Desktop Experience
• Server name: ServerDC1
• Administrator password: Password01
• Memory: 2 GB or more
• Hard disk 1: 60 GB or more
• Ethernet connection—connected to Internal Virtual Switch
• IP address: 192.168.0.1/24
• Default gateway: 192.168.0.250 (or an address supplied by the instructor)
• DNS: 127.0.0.1
• Ethernet 2 connection—connected to Private Virtual Switch
• IP address: 192.168.1.1/24
• Default gateway: Not configured
• DNS: Not configured
• Active Directory Domain Services and DNS installed:
• Domain Name: MCSA2016.local
• Windows Update: Configured with most recent updates
• Power Setting: Never turn off display
• Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration: Turned off for Administrator
• User Account Control: Lowest setting
• After fully configured, create a checkpoint/snapshot named InitialConfig that will be applied at the
beginning of each chapter’s activities where this VM is used. Turn off the VM before you create a
checkpoint/snapshot.

ServerDM1
This virtual machine should be configured as follows:
• Windows Server 2016 Datacenter—Desktop Experience
• Server name: ServerDM1
• Administrator password: Password01
• Memory: 2 GB or more

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• Hard disk 1: 60 GB or more

• Hard disk 2: 20 GB
• Hard disk 3: 15 GB
• Hard disk 4: 10 GB
• Ethernet connection—connected to Internal Virtual Switch
• IP address: 192.168.0.2/24
• Default gateway: 192.168.0.250 (or an address supplied by the instructor)
• DNS: 192.168.0.1 (the address of ServerDC1)
• Ethernet 2 connection—connected to Private Virtual Switch
• IP address: 192.168.1.2/24
• Default gateway: Not configured
• DNS: Not configured
• Member of domain: MCSA2016.local
• Windows Update: Configured with most recent updates
• Power Setting: Never turn off display
• Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration: Turned off for Administrator
• User Account Control: Lowest setting
• After fully configured, create a Checkpoint/Snapshot named InitialConfig that will be applied at the
beginning of each chapter’s activities where this VM is used.

ServerDM2
This virtual machine should be configured as follows:
• Windows Server 2016 Datacenter—Server Core
• Server name: ServerDM2
• Administrator password: Password01
• Memory: 2 GB or more
• Hard disk 1: 60 GB or more
• Hard disk 2: 20 GB
• Hard disk 3: 15 GB
• Hard disk 4: 10 GB
• Ethernet connection—connected to Internal Virtual Switch
• IP address: 192.168.0.3/24
• Default gateway: 192.168.0.250 (or an address supplied by the instructor)
• DNS: 192.168.0.1 (the address of ServerDC1)
• Ethernet 2 connection—connected to Private Virtual Switch
• IP address: 192.168.1.3/24
• Default gateway: Not configured
• DNS: Not configured
• Member of domain: MCSA2016.local
• Windows Update: Configured with most recent updates
• Power Setting: Never turn off display
• Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration: Turned off for Administrator
• User Account Control: Lowest setting
• After fully configured, create a Checkpoint/Snapshot named InitialConfig that will be applied at the
beginning of each chapter’s activities where this VM is used.

ServerSA1
This virtual machine should be configured as follows:
• Windows Server 2016 Datacenter—Desktop Experience
• Server name: ServerSA1
• Administrator password: Password01

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• Memory: 2 GB or more
• Hard disk 1: 60 GB or more
• Hard disk 2: 20 GB
• Hard disk 3: 15 GB
• Hard disk 4: 10 GB
• Ethernet connection—connected to Internal Virtual Switch
• IP address: 192.168.0.4/24
• Default gateway: 192.168.0.250 (or an address supplied by the instructor)
• DNS: 192.168.0.1 (the address of ServerDC1)
• Ethernet 2 connection—connected to Private Virtual Switch
• IP address: 192.168.1.4/24
• Default gateway: Not configured
• DNS: Not configured
• Workgroup: MCSA2016 (The workgroup name doesn’t matter)
• Windows Update: Configured with most recent updates
• Power Setting: Never turn off display
• Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration: Turned off for Administrator
• User Account Control: Lowest setting
• After fully configured, create a Checkpoint/Snapshot named InitialConfig that will be applied at the
beginning of each chapter’s activities where this VM is used.

Configuration 2
ServerHyperV
This virtual machine should be configured as follows:
• Windows Server 2016 Datacenter—Desktop Experience
• Server name: ServerHyperV
• Administrator password: Password01
• Memory: 4 GB or more (Dynamic memory disabled)
• Hard disk 1: 100 GB or more
• DVD: Assigned to D: drive and mapped to the Windows Server 2016 installation media ISO file
• Nested virtualization must be configured before installing Hyper-V. If you are using Hyper-V on the
host server, use the following steps:
From a PowerShell window:
Set-VMProcessor -VMName ServerHyperV -ExposeVirtualizationExtensions
$true
Get-VMNetworkAdapter -VMName ServerHyperV | Set-VMNetworkAdapter
-MacAddressSpoofing On
• Configure the firewall to allow ping messages:
Set-NetFirewallRule FPS-ICMP4-ERQ-In -Enabled True
• Ethernet connection—connected to Internal Virtual Switch
• IP address: 192.168.0.1/24 (You can also use 192.168.0.5 if you might have ServerDC1 running at the
same time)
• Default gateway: 192.168.0.250 (or an address supplied by the instructor)
• DNS: Not configured
• Hyper-V role installed
• Workgroup: MCSA2016 (The workgroup name doesn’t matter)
• Windows Update: Configured with most recent updates
• Power Setting: Never turn off display
• Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration: Turned off for Administrator
• User Account Control: Lowest setting

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Hyper-V should be configured as follows:

1. Create a private virtual switch named PrivateNet
2. Create a virtual machine named InstallCore with a 40 GB HDD and 1 GB RAM; the VM should be
located in a folder named C:\VMs. This VM will be used to install Windows Server Core in Chapter 2.
3. Create two Generation 2 VMs named ServerVM1 and ServerVM2 for use in Chapters 6 and 7
activities:
ServerVM1:
• Windows Server 2016 Datacenter—Desktop Experience
• Server name: ServerVM1
• Memory: 1 GB
• Hard disk: 40 GB
• Ethernet connection—connected to PrivateNet
• IP address: 192.168.0.11/24
• Default gateway: Not configured
• DNS: Not configured
• Configure the firewall to allow ping messages:

Set-NetFirewallRule FPS-ICMP4-ERQ-In -Enabled True

ServerVM2:
• Windows Server 2016 Datacenter—Desktop Experience
• Server name: ServerVM2
• Memory: 1 GB
• Hard disk: 40 GB
• Ethernet connection—connected to PrivateNet
• IP address: 192.168.0.11/24
• Default gateway: Not configured
• DNS: Not configured
• Configure the firewall to allow ping messages:

Set-NetFirewallRule FPS-ICMP4-ERQ-In -Enabled True

4. After fully configured, create a Checkpoint/Snapshot named InitialConfig that will be applied at the
beginning of each chapter’s activities where these VMs are used.

Using an Evaluation Version of Windows Server 2016

You can get a 180-day evaluation copy of Windows Server 2016 from the Microsoft Evaluation Center
at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2016/. You will need to sign in
with your Microsoft account or create a new account. You can download an ISO file that can then be
attached to your virtual machine’s DVD drive to install Windows Server 2016.
If your evaluation version of Windows Server 2016 gets close to expiring, you can extend the evaluation
period (180 days) up to five times. To do so, follow these steps:
1. Open a command prompt window as Administrator.
2. Type slmgr -xpr and press Enter to see the current status of your license. It shows how many days
are left in the evaluation. If it says you’re in notification mode, you need to rearm the evaluation
immediately.
3. To extend the evaluation for another 180 days, type slmgr -rearm and press Enter. You see a message
telling you to restart the system for the changes to take effect. Click OK and restart the system.
4. After you have extended the evaluation period, you should take a new checkpoint/snapshot and
replace the InitialConfig checkpoint/snapshot.

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stolen away under cover of the night and disappeared, rather than
face an investigation.
The daily papers had blazoned abroad the shooting of Randall
Batterly, and the subsequent trial of Wanza Lyttle, and my name had
appeared in the account, the writer who was my father’s lawyer
explained. A letter to the postmaster at Roselake had resulted in
further establishing my identity.
The writer had the honor to inform me that my father had left a snug
little fortune—the result of some recent fortunate mining ventures—
that would accrue to me, and he begged me to come back to my
southern home and take my rightful place among the people. I shook
my head at this. Who was there in the old home who would welcome
me? My mother was long since dead—my father gone. There was
no one belonging to me left in the old place. It would be more
strange and forlorn than an entirely new community. I should like to
visit it again. But that was all.
I dropped the letter to the floor, and sat thinking of Haidee. And as I
thought I smiled tenderly. After a time I decided that Haidee should
see these important letters—that I should go to her. And on a sudden
impulse I rose up.
As I opened the door the snow was falling, and there was a ring
around the moon. I left the door open and stepped back into the
house, going to the cedar room to get my sweater. When I returned,
a woman with snow-powdered hair was stepping hesitatingly across
the threshold. Haidee!
“It is you! Out so late—alone!” I began. “And in this storm.”
But the big eyes only smiled at me, and she stood there like a
beautiful wraith in her long gray cloak.
“Let me take your cloak,” I said.
I went to her, and she put both hands on my shoulders impulsively.
“I haven’t thought of the weather. Ever since I saw you last I’ve
thought of you,—and thought, and thought. It’s Christmas Eve, you
know. I have come to wish you a Merry Christmas, and I have
brought you a Christmas gift—one to keep till spring, at least.”
“Come to the fire,” I urged.
She sat down and I sat down opposite her. The firelight caressed
her, played in her eyes, ruddied her cheeks that were glowing from
her walk through the wintry air.
“In all the time I have known you this is the first time I have ever
shared your fire,” she whispered.
There was a silence. I could hear my heart-beats. How fine of her to
come to me in this womanly fashion! I sat and watched her. A lock of
hair had fallen over her ivory brow. She had dropped her head
forward on to her hand, and her dewy lips were parted. I stooped
closer, closer still. A tear slipped down on her smooth cheek and
glistened in the firelight as I gazed. She turned her face away.
“What gift have you brought me?” I whispered.
There was a movement in the shadows beyond the circle of light
cast by the green-shaded lamp—a rustle and a stir—then a swift
hurtling of a small lithe figure across the open space—a pause—a
swooping, frantic clutch of young strong arms about my neck, and
Joey, all wet and steaming in his snowy coat, had me fast, shouting
in my ear, over and over again:
“I’m your Christmas gift, Mr. David! I’m your Christmas gift.”
He was in my arms, and Haidee had drawn back and was smiling at
me, her eyes like great luminous pools of fire.
“What a wonderful, wonderful present,” I responded shakily. “Now,
who could have sent me this very best present in the world?”
“Bell Brandon,” shrieked my little lad. “She did not send me—she
brought me.”
“Then—she must have another gift for me,” I said boldly, and held
out my hand to Haidee.
She shook her head, her eyes grave, but her lips still smiling.
“I have brought Joey to you—but—I cannot stay. I am going away.
Will you keep my boy until I return?”
“You are going away?”
She bent her head.
“I am going to take Wanza back East. I want to go away for a time—
it is best for me to go. But—you must not be separated from Joey all
this long winter, David Dale. My boy shall stay with you—and in the
spring I shall come for him—or come back to stay at Hidden Lake.”
“You are going away—soon—after Christmas?”
“To-morrow. We are going to-morrow—Wanza and I—we decided it
only to-day. I have some matters to attend to in New York. I must go
at once.”
“Christmas Day?”
“Yes.”
“Wait—do not go—stay with me as my wife, my wife! I have sold my
book—I am free too, of an old, old shadow. Oh, I have much to tell
you—much to talk over with you. Wait—let me read to you some
letters.”
My voice was rough with emotion. She held up her hand.
“When I come back, David Dale, my friend—not now. We need to
gain perspective—you and I. I have been through an ordeal—I am
shaken—I am not myself. I don’t see clearly. And as for you—David
Dale, there is much for you to learn.”
“What do you mean?” I cried brusquely.
She smiled at me sweetly and a little sadly.
“Oh, you are a stupid blundering David.” She shook her head. “But—
wait till spring.”
“There is so much I want to say—explain,” I stammered.
“Wait till spring.”
“But I cannot keep Joey. I cannot let you go without your boy.”
“He will be better off with you.”
“I cannot accept such a sacrifice.”
On this point I remained firm. We argued. Haidee entreated, and
Joey begged to be allowed to stay. I would not listen to either voice. I
arose at last.
“Joey,” I said, speaking slowly, in order to steady my voice, “I have
one more bolt to put in the sled I am making for you. Will you come
to the workshop with me?”
And in the shop away from every eye, I said good-bye to my lad. And
as I kissed him the old doubt stirred. Was I so sure he was Haidee’s
child?
Old Lundquist came for Haidee; and we said a conventional good-
bye beneath his prying eyes.
Until twelve I waited and watched for Wanza, expecting every instant
to hear Captain Grif’s voice at the door, and to see Wanza step over
the threshold. Surely she would not go without some last word to me.
But she came not.
 CHAPTER XXIV
“THE FLOWER WILL BLOOM ANOTHER YEAR”

I SAT by my fire throughout the long night. When dawn came I rose,
went to the door and threw it wide and stepped outside into the
unstained air of the morning. There was a carpet of snow on the
ground, the bushes were like gleaming teepes, and the limbs of the
pine trees were weighted with icicles. I repeated to myself Thoreau’s
words: “God exhibits himself in a frosted bush to-day, as much as he
did in a burning one to Moses.”
The light was purple and cold and solemn, the moon still hung in the
gray of the western sky, but in the East there was a glorious band of
crimson and the mountain tops looked as if aflame with little bonfires.
As I stood there a ruby-crowned kinglet fluttered from twig to twig of
the elderberry bush hard by, emitting its bright “zei, zei,” and a
chickadee answered with a merry “chickadee-a-dee, dee, dee,” from
the yew grove. I waited. I was praying the kinglet would sing. And
presently the tiny thing began. It poured forth its strong sweet notes
in a succession of trills.
“Bird,” I said, “you are a wonder. I know that the muscles in your
throat are almost microscopic. I have always told Joey—” But here I
ceased to admonish the bird, I went back up the porch steps.
As I was closing the door I heard the rattle of the stage as it passed
along the river road on its way to the village. The driver shouted a
merry Christmas to some one on the road. I threw a fresh log on the
fire and sat down heavily in my chair. It was Christmas morning—
and they had gone!
I drowsed after a time, lying back in my great chair with the collie
asleep at my feet. When I awakened the sun was high, and the world
outside my window was so sparkling and bright that it dazzled my
sight. I went to the kitchen, kindled a fire, and opened the kitchen
door to let the collie out. I was washing my hands at the wash-bench
in the corner, when I heard the latch of the door click. Footsteps
crossed the floor, some one was coming up behind me saying:
“I have brought a chicken pie for your dinner, Mr. Dale—Dad’ll be
along soon—and I wish you a Merry Christmas.”
It was Wanza.
She stood there as she had so often stood before, a white-covered
basket on one arm, the other filled with bundles. But her face was
pale to-day, and her glorious hair was swept straight back from her
brow and tucked away beneath a net, and her apparel was sober
gray. I stared at her and stared and stared, until the pink ran up in
her cheek and she dropped the bundles and set down the basket,
that she might put her hands over her abashed face. I stood there
and felt shaken and dumbfounded, not attempting to speak, afraid
indeed of the sound of my own voice.
The fire crackled. Cheerily through the door Wanza had left open
behind her, came the chickadee’s note. The sunlight was dazzling as
it struck into my eyes from the white oilcloth on the kitchen table. The
room seemed suddenly illumined, the air electric and revitalized. At
length I stammered out:
“Thank you, thank you!”
“It’s only chicken pie,” she whispered.
“Thank you for not going.”
At that she threw up her head, her hands dropped. She said proudly:
“Did you think I’d go on Christmas Day? Did you think I’d have the
heart to go, Mr. Dale?”
“Yes,” I said wearily, “I thought you had gone, Wanza. Why not?”
“And I’ll tell you why not! It’s because you decided Joey was to go
that I could not go. I could not go and leave you when I found Joey
was to go—oh, no!”
“But you must go some day, Wanza,” I said, scarce knowing what I
said.
“And why must I go some day? Why must I? I tell you what I’m going
to do, Mr. David Dale, I’m going to stay on here in Roselake, and I
am going to live up to the very best there is in me. I am going to
improve and grow big and fine and womanly. I’m going to do it right
here. And then maybe some day,” she sighed, “when Dad does not
need me any more, and you do not need me any more, I will have
enough money saved up, and I will go away and get educated.”
In her excitement she had pressed closer to me and laid one hand
against my chest. I placed my own hand over it as I said very gently:
“Let me teach you, Wanza—be my pupil. I will become your tutor in
earnest, if you will have me. Yes! I will go to your father’s house
every day to instruct you,—and it will give me great happiness. Ah,
Wanza, now that Joey has gone I feel so futile—so useless! Let me
undertake your education, child.”
The burning eyes came up to mine, and questioned them. The pale
face flushed. There was a pathetic tremulousness about the lips.
“Say yes,” I urged.
Her head drooped, lowered itself humbly until her hair brushed my
arm, and suddenly she kissed my hand, passionately, gratefully. “Oh,
Mr. David Dale,” she breathed, “you’re grand! That’s what you are.
Yes and yes, and yes!”
And so I ate my dinner with Wanza and Captain Grif sitting opposite
me at the table, and Wanza flouted me when I would have served
her too liberally with the most succulent bits of the pie, and Captain
Grif rallied me when I confessed that I had small appetite, and
produced a bottle of root beer and a bag of cheese cakes from the
basket.
Night came down at last to my weary soul and soon after it grew
dark Wanza and her father departed. I locked the door behind them
and I threw myself, dressed as I was, on my bunk and buried my
head in the pillows. The evening wore on. The fire sputtered and
burned low, the wind came up and hissed around the cabin. A coyote
howled from some distant hill. The room grew dark. A pall was on my
heart.
As the winter wore on I became vastly interested in Wanza’s
education. I gave two hours each day to her lessons. And not many
evenings passed without lessons in the snug little room beneath the
eaves of the cottage she called home. There with our books open
before us, beneath the light from the swinging lamp, we pored over
tedious pages shoulder to shoulder, smiled on by old Grif and
encouraged by Father O’Shan, who ofttimes shared our evenings.
It was wonderful the improvement I marked in Wanza as the weeks
slipped past. Her English improved markedly. She was painstaking
and indefatigable. She applied herself so assiduously that I began to
fear lest she should overwork, as the warm spring days came on.
“Don’t study too hard,” I cautioned her one day.
“I can’t study too hard,” she flashed back at me. And then she
smiled. But I knew she was terribly in earnest.
It was that same day that Father O’Shan quoted to me, as we were
walking along the river road together:
“Shed no tear—Oh, shed no tear!
The flower will bloom another year.
Weep no more—Oh, weep no more!
Young buds sleep in the root’s white core.”
“Do you mean that for me, Father?” I asked.
“For you—yes. And many like you.”
My heart swelled. I looked about me. Buttercups were gilding the sod
—the pussy willows were in bloom along the river. It was the spring.
I went home and raked the dead leaves and pine needles away from
under the trees in the Dingle. A few yellow violets were springing up.
From beyond the syringa thicket a faint “witchery, witchery, witchery,”
greeted my ears.
I went forward cautiously. Peering through the interlaced branches I
saw the songster. He was swinging on a thorn bush, a wonderfully
brilliant little chorister in his black cap and yellow stole. I whistled. He
cocked his head on one side, fixed me with his bright eye, then flew
to a willow tree and favored me with another burst of song. This time
he seemed to oft repeat, “Which way, oh?” He sang it so persistently
that presently I replied, “Straight on, sir.”
I went to the cabin and consulted the calendar. It was the last day of
March.
My spirit, that had seemed earthward crushed for months, grew
lighter in the sweet spring days that followed. I took the return of
April as a long-fore-gone right. I ploughed and planted, I made bird
houses and arranged bird-baths in the groves hard by the cabin. I
paddled in my canoe on the river, and fished in the adjacent creeks.
And I went with Wanza through the woods on many a trillium hunt.
Sometimes almost to breathlessness I felt Wanza’s charm, the
galvanism she could always transmit to those with her intensified by
some new strange quality I could not name. It was like a fillip given
my dispassion. When she laughed and chirped to the squirrels, when
she carried a wounded bird in her breast, when she stood on tip-toe,
her face like a taper-flame, to greet the whole outdoors with wide-
flung arms, I caught my lip between my teeth and watched her with
observant eyes. Her beauty grew. Even Father O’Shan remarked it.
The gowns of pink she wore once served to deepen the rose tint in
her fair cheeks; but her cheeks needed no such service now; they
were like a red-rose heart. She had taken to smoothing and banding
her hair and twisting it back behind her small ears with big shell pins.
Her head seen thus was as lovely a shape as any Greuze ever
painted. She frequently wore thin blouses of white, and I seldom saw
her feet in sandals—she had a sleeveless black gown that she wore
to a country dance one evening when I was her escort. Looking at
her that night I could scarcely believe it was Wanza, my old friend
and playmate whom I was in attendance upon, and I paid her some
rather silly compliments and was promptly rebuked for my gallantry.
It was a tidy enough fortune my dear old father had left me. I had
been able to do many things to make Wanza and Captain Grif
comfortable and happy during the long winter. Among other things I
had purchased a piano for Wanza to replace the old melodeon, and
delighted Captain Grif with the gift of a phonograph. And last, but not
least, I had made the last payment on the little cottage in which they
lived and presented the deed to Captain Grif on his sixty-fifth
birthday.
Dear Captain Grif! His manner of accepting this last gift was
characteristic.
“Tain’t for myself I’d take it. I’d just about as lief worry along and save
and scrimp toward makin’ the final payment— I ’low I’d sooner; I like
the glory, and when you have a soft thing handed to you there ben’t
nothin’ achieved. I’m meanin’ it, s-ship-mate. Things we earn is the
things we ’preciate. But I take it kindly of you. And for Wanza’s sake I
thank you and accept. ’Tis hard on the gal—pinchin’ and scrimpin’—
and peddlin’ in winter is about played out—the roads is in bad shape
for gettin’ about, you’ll ’low. Now with the house paid for, the gal’ll
have what she earns for ribbons and furbelows and trinkets. And
ownin’ sech a face as hern, Mr. Dale—though it don’t need no
adornin’—sure makes a gal long for fixin’s. I’m grateful and pleased
for her sake—I sure be.” Tears dimmed his kind old eyes. His hand
came out to me. “Shake hands, David Dale, man; you’re a friend—a
friend. We need friends—the gal and I—seems like we need ’em
more’n we used since all we been through,—and I want to say right
here that Wanza never would’a perked up if it hadn’t a been for your
helpin’ her this winter. She was pretty well down, Wanza was. Well,
in my youth, young folks was different. I used to think—I used to
think one time—well, there, by golly, s-ship-mate, it makes no
difference what I used to think! I was mistook, I ’low. It sure is great
for a man and gal to be such friends as you and Wanza—no
foolishness—no tomfoolery!—it’s unusual—I ain’t sayin’ that it tain’t
—but it’s fine, s-ship-mate, it’s fine.”
 “I’M GRATEFUL AND PLEASED”
Through the winter I had had frequent letters from Haidee—frank,
friendly letters, filled with stories of Joey—and a few printed epistles
from the lad; one in particular that impressed me; “Joey is all rite,” it
said.
I discussed this with Wanza, who said tearfully:
“His saying that makes me think he isn’t. He is such a plucky little
chap. He would not have you worrying. Not that I think he’s sick—
sure enough sick, you know; but I just feel sure he’s pining.”
“Please—please, Wanza, don’t put that thought into my mind,” I said
hastily. “If I thought Joey were happy I could more easily bear his
absence.”
She looked at me and shook her head. Then she smiled.
“He’ll do well enough till spring. But he will be counting the days, all
right.”
 CHAPTER XXV
MY SURPRISE

WHEN May came I began to look forward in earnest to the return of

Haidee and Joey. Every day since the beginning of spring I had gone
to Hidden Lake to tend the vines and shrubs that I had set out with
so much care the previous fall. I had also made a flower bed and
planted the seeds of many old-fashioned flowers—larkspur, Sweet
William, marigolds, phlox, lobelia, clove pinks and mignonette, sweet
peas and rosemary. In another few weeks the little cabin would be
surrounded by bloom.
A Vigor’s wren was building a nest in the pergola, and a calliope
humming-bird’s nest hung on a pine limb near the kitchen door, not
more than eight feet above the ground. I could scarcely wait for Joey
to see the latter. The hours I spent at Hidden Lake were filled with
strange anticipations, and unanswered questions and grim
wonderment.
But Fate had a surprise in store for me.
One day as I stood looking at the humming-bird’s nest a man
approached the cabin from the wood path beyond the garden. He
was a hard-faced man, a grizzled, uncouth figure of a man. I took an
instant dislike to him without even waiting to see his features. When
he saw me he halted irresolutely. I nodded to him carelessly, and
stooped to pull a stray weed from the bed of thyme beside the
kitchen door. When I looked up he stood beside me.
“Good day, sir,” he said.
“Good day,” I returned.
“Is Mrs. Batterly to home?”
“No,” I replied, “Mrs. Batterly is in the East.”
“Is her cabin shut up?”
“It is,” I said curtly.
“Well, I swan! Say, did she take the kid with her?”
“She took the little boy with her, certainly.”
He grinned, showing blackened teeth and unsightly gums. “Um,” he
said, half shutting his red-lidded eyes, “um, um—you’re Mr. Dale, I
take it; I have seen you in the village.”
“Yes, I am David Dale,” I answered straightening up. “Is there
anything I can do for you?”
He guffawed. “No,” he chuckled, “you can’t do a darn thing for me,
but you bet your gosh darned boots I can do something for you.”
I turned away in disgust.
“Say, partner,” he pulled me round to him by the sleeve, “I reckon
that Mrs. Batterly took the kid with her thinking the kid was hern.
Well, he ain’t!”
I gaped at him. He grinned at me in a would-be friendly manner.
“My name’s Bill Jobson. I’m a miner,” he volunteered.
“That means nothing to me,” I told him sharply.
“Well, now, I don’t suppose it does! See here! I’m the man as helped
Randall Batterly kidnap your boy, Joey— Wait a minute, wait a
minute! Don’t get excited. It was a frame up—the whole darn thing!
Batterly never had no idea the kid was his. He framed the whole
thing up to get a rise out of his wife. He was set on getting her back,
and he took that way of doing it. He knew mighty well the kid warn’t
his. His own boy died from an over-dose of medicine Batterly gave it
one night when he was drunk, on board the ship him and me was on
going from Alaska to Seattle. The boy died in my arms, and was
buried at sea. Batterly wouldn’t go back to Alaska and face his wife
and tell her the truth about the child. He made me swear not to
squeak. And he went back, and he let on to his wife that the child
was never seen after the collision between our ship and another, in
the fog, off Cape Flattery. He told his wife as how a nurse on board
ship had the babe in her stateroom, caring for it, the night of the
wreck. There was a nurse on board who was drowned that night, so
the story passed muster.”
I watched the man with fascinated eyes as he sat down on the
doorstep, filled his pipe leisurely, and struck a match on his boot
heel. The full import of his statement did not sink into my brain at
once. When it did I said, speaking with dry lips:
“But what about the mark on the lad’s chest?”
“That’s what you call a coincidence, partner—that and their age
seeming to be the same. When Batterly saw the mark on the kid’s
chest the whole blame plan came to him quick as lightning, he said.
And when the girl, Wanza Lyttle, told him as how he was picked up
by a fisherman over on the Sound, that settled it. He took a chance
on his wife’s not remembering the mark on her kid’s chest was just
over his heart. This kid’s is higher up.”
Completely unmanned, I sat down on the step beside my visitor, and
rested my head in my hands. “It does not seem possible your story is
true,” I groaned.
Bill Jobson brought his hand down hard on my knee. “Look ahere,
Mr. Dale, do you think I tramped way over here from Roselake to see
Mrs. Batterly just because I wanted a country stroll? Well, I didn’t!
Get that through your head—quick! I’m a busy man— I oughtn’t to
have took the time to come and say my say as I have—”
“Will you write a statement and have it witnessed, and send it to Mrs.
Batterly?” I interrupted.
“I will that. And I’ll tell you why I’m doing it. I’m doing it because I
used to see the little chap with you in the village last summer and I
saw him after that in the fall with Mrs. Batterly, and he never run and
skipped as he did with you. It just got me for fair—it did! I’ve been
intending all this winter to see Batterly’s widder and tell her the gosh
darned truth, but I been working in the Alice mine, a good fifty mile
from Roselake, and I ain’t been down but once before since fall, and
that time I—well, I got pickled, partner, I sure did! I wa’n’t exactly up
to holding lucid conversation with folks, you might say.”
I was silenced.
That night the statement was written in the presence of Captain Grif,
Wanza, and Father O’Shan, and it went forward with a letter from me
to Haidee.
Wanza and I waited impatiently for a return letter from Haidee. But
the days went past like shadows, and no letter came. I had been
climbing upward toward the summit of comparative peace, I had
almost reached it when Bill Jobson came with his disclosure. But
now, hearing nothing from my wonder woman, the valley closed
around me. I walked in a stagnant marsh, the atmosphere was that
of the lowland.
One night some three weeks after the letter from Haidee should
have reached me, I found myself unable to sleep. I arose and
dressed, and went outside and walked along the river road toward
the village. After going some distance I lay down beneath a tree in a
pine grove. It was about two o’clock. A purple darkness lay all
around me. The stars were like pale gems, clear and cool and
polished. The Milky Way was like a fold of silver gauze. The pines
stood up very black and silent in my grove. I began to wonder why I
ever slept indoors, when out in the woods I felt as though I were in
God’s house, a partaker of his hospitality.
I relished my bed of pine needles extremely. I began to ponder many
things, the silence and the stars served to give my thoughts a
strange turn, and I recalled what a well-loved writer has said: “To live
out of doors with the woman a man loves is of all lives the most
complete and free.”
Yes, I said to myself:
“Wandering with the wandering wind,
Vagabond and unconfined.”
Slowly I said over to myself the last verse of the song—the verse I
had not given to Wanza:
“Marna of the far quest
After the divine!
Striving ever for some goal
 Past the blunder-god’s control!
Dreaming of potential years
When no day shall dawn in fears!
That’s the Marna of my soul,
Wander-bride of mine!”
Wander-bride of mine! Was it a woman like Haidee who had
suggested those lines to the poet?— Haidee with her narrow, oval
face, and brow of ivory, and slow, bell-like voice. Or had it been
some elf-girl, some girl of flame with a temperament wilder than most
—a gipsy thing of changing moods, and passionate phases of self-
will, alternating with abnegation and tenderness,—with a face like a
wind-blown flower, and a nature very human, very lovable and rare!
—a girl like Wanza—say?
After a time I slept. When I awakened the horizon showed a silvery
light. The purple darkness still mantled the woods and the stars still
shone, but day was coming on apace. As I lay there, half dozing, and
gradually becoming tranquil and restored, I heard faint footfalls and a
modulated whistling on the road beyond. There was a mellowness
about the whistle that was infinitely piquant, some quality that stirred
me as a bird’s song stirs. Doubtless some ranch hand thus early
astir, I said to myself.
I had not long to speculate, for the whistler approached, left the road,
and entered the grove wherein I lay. I could hear a light crackling as
the invader of my solitude brushed through the growth of young
scrub pines. The whistle changed to a low song, and the song was
sung in a woman’s voice.
It was Wanza who was coming through the pines toward me!
When she was comparatively near I spoke from my couch beneath
the tree.
“Hist! Hist! Wanza!”
The song ceased. I knew she was standing stock still.
“Who—who—where are you?” her voice sounded frightened.
“I’m David Dale. And I’m not ten feet from you—follow my voice.
Don’t trip on the tree roots.”
She came towards me slowly. I stood up and went to meet her. As I
advanced a strange glee took possession of me. I was elated at this
unexpected encounter, this beautiful rendezvous between darkness
and dawn in the pine forest. And at the thought of a companion to
watch with me the coming in of day.
I took her hand silently. We went forward to the pine tree and sat
down together beneath it. Wanza did not speak. I was enchanted
because she did not. I could just dimly see her face. Her head was
thrown back, and I knew her eyes were lifted.
The light began to spread over the east. Soon the mountain tops
were touched with orange fire. A cool breeze sprang up, and the
young hemlocks on the hillsides swayed and tossed their fringes. But
the pines in our grove stood immovable and black, and the wood
vistas were unlit. I heard the river, and the babble of a rillet in a draw
hard by. The dulcet sounds were the only sounds we heard. The
whole world seemed waiting. We sat thus for perhaps ten minutes,
while the light spread over the east and the purple darkness of our
grove gradually gave way to a cool gray aspect. And then the sun
came up, a spurt of liquid amber in the urn of the sky, and its light
trickled far out over the hills, and the stars grew pale and
disappeared. The day had come.
I was exhilarated. I was filled with full measure of good will and
gratification. And I glanced at my companion, to read in her face her
appreciation of the miracle. She was smiling ineffably, and as I
turned fully towards her, she closed her eyes. I became conscious
then that I was holding out my hand to her. I looked down at it
curiously, and I looked at her face, bent forward and peered at it
again. Who was this companion who had shared my solitude, and by
her understanding made it perfect?—who had given me quiet
fellowship, sat near me in the starlight, watched the day come in with
me, and now rested within reach of my hand? Who should it be, I
answered myself wonderingly, but my old friend and companion,
Wanza?
She opened her lids and I saw the wonder of the sunrise in her eyes,
and something mysterious and deep blended with the languor of
sleep. And when she smiled at me and whispered my name, I
quivered suddenly and the blood surged unbidden into my face.
“Wanza,” I said, “Wanza!”
“Yes?” she breathed.
“Hasn’t it been wonderful, Wanza? Hasn’t it been miraculous? ‘Every
hour of the light and dark’ is a miracle, but the sunrise is the greatest
one of all. It is arresting. I can never drop off to sleep again if I waken
and see the sky rosy.” I spoke with a fluttered haste, my words
tumbling over each other in a way not at all characteristic, and when
Wanza whispered: “Why, neither can I,” I laughed outright joyously.
“I found a wonderful wake-robin in the woods yesterday,” I began
after a pause; “the petals were pink and strongly veined, and it was
monstrous—monstrous! petals two inches—well, almost two inches.
It must be a large-flowered wake-robin. The trilliums have been
profuse this spring. This fellow was belated—its companions are all
gone.”
“The robins woke up two months ago,” Wanza said, shyly eager.
“And they have finished their courting.”
“Yes, they are very wide-awake, and business-like. But they have not
finished their courting,—I am sure I witnessed a love scene
yesterday.”
“Not really, Mr. Dale?”
“It looked uncommonly like one.”
In the growing light I saw that her face had kindled. It was lifted to
mine, and she was drinking in every word. The emotion the sight of
that kindled face aroused in me started a train of thought, and
checked the words on my lips. Oh, in very truth there was something
puzzlingly complex about my feeling for Wanza! I recoiled as from
some revelation that I did not care to face as she continued to smile
at me. But her eyes drew me, and I leaned forward and peered into
them; and as once before I read their message, but I continued to
gaze this time until the lashes swept down and the light was hid.
I walked back to the village with Wanza, and there was the tinkle of
bells on cattle awake in the meadows, and the stir of sheep milling
on rocky hillsides, and the crowing of cocks and the chirp of birds to
proclaim that morning had come. We were almost at the village
when she put a question to me.
“Mr. Dale, do you know what day to-morrow is?”
I had been expecting the question and dreading it.
“Yes,” I answered, “I know well that it is the day we have been
accustomed to celebrate as Joey’s birthday.”
I spoke impatiently. But when I saw the tears in her eyes, I stopped
there in the road and took her by the shoulders and turned her
around to me ruthlessly, crying:
“Listen to me! You must be hurt, if you will, at my surliness, Wanza
Lyttle! I cannot keep my tongue smooth when my nerves are ragged.
We go on and on, and bear much—stoically—for weeks, months,
years, indeed, and then—suddenly, we can bear no more! We reach
the pinnacle of pain. We cry out—with the poignancy of it. But after
that, I have a fancy, we can never suffer so much again. I am at the
pinnacle. There is no last straw for me. It has been placed. After to-
morrow the worst will be over. God! let me get through the day and
play the man.”
She said not a word. We parted silently. But after I had gone a little
way she came running after me.
“I only wanted to say, David Dale,” she breathed, “I only wanted to
say—”
“Yes, Wanza?”
“I only wanted to say, ‘God bless you.’”
 CHAPTER XXVI
THE OLD SWIMMING HOLE

AND so I came to the day that was sacred to Joey!

I began it by ploughing in the field back of the cabin. I went not near
the shop. I did not venture into the cabin for lunch at noon. I had
made up my mind to work doggedly till sundown and then go to the
village inn for supper, and later join Father O’Shan at Captain Grif’s.
Someway it comforted me to think of the evening; of the snug little
nook beneath the eaves; and of the welcome that awaited me there.
I saw Wanza’s face, in fancy—solicitous, pleased; I saw her figure
there in the centre of the room, clasped by the yellow light of the
swinging lamp, her hair gilded by its rays, on her cheek an eager
flush. Kind heart! Dear, helpful girl! Cheerful, buoyant, valiant little
wander-friend!
The sun for a June sun was unduly fervid, so that by four o’clock I
was weary and dripping with perspiration, and longing for a dip in the
river. I rested, and leaning on my plough, looked away through the
cedars and cottonwoods to the green of the river flashing in the
sunlight. I heard the rattle of the stage on the road, and when I was
certain it had passed I went to the cabin and put on my bathing suit. I
went in at the back door of the cabin, and out at the front, passed
through the yew grove, crossed the bridge to the shop, and so
gained the river bank and my favorite swimming hole beneath the
cedar trees.
The spreading trees threw a deep shade over the pool. It was almost
twilight beneath their network of branches. And I was on the bank
prepared for a dive before I saw a small figure below me seated on a
boulder at the edge of the water, half hidden from view by the steep
slope of the bank. I saw the flash of bare feet in the water. Poised