I was trying to access the shadow copies of one of these folders after the user has been deleted, I was trying to take ownership of the shadow copies folder so we can restore some data that was in there but every time I try take ownership of the folder I get a “Media is […]
This is how to configure Multi Path I/O for iSCSI on Windows 2012 Server. I want to use this for our Hyper-V implementation to increase through put and redundancy. Setup iSCSI NICs In this server I have eight NICS, I have chosen to use two NICS for iSCSI and here you can see I have […]
A – PREWORK: Install R2 of Windows 2008 64 Bit on a new box and run Microsoft Update to patch it to whatever is current. If the server is not already a Domain Controller, you need to run DCPROMO to make it so, assuming you are going to fully decommision your old single server, if […]
Part – 1 Introduction For the purposes of this article, I am assuming that the SBS server will be decommissioned at the end of the process, leaving a windows 2003 server Native Domain with a separate dedicated Domain Controller (DC) and separate server box running Exchange 2003 Standard. You could in-fact keep the SBS server […]
A bit more research later and I found that Vista SP2 has a similar Service Pack Cleanup Tool in the same C:WindowsSystem32 directory called COMPCLN.exe. You can start the program by using the following instructions: Click Start > Run Type in CMD and press [enter] At the command prompt, type COMPCLN and press [enter] Press […]
This guide is intended to provide step by step instructions on how to migrate from Small Business Server 2003 to Windows 2008 R2 with Exchange 2010. For this migration to work you will need the following software: Windows Small Business Server 2003 (SBS 2003) Windows 2008 Server or Windows 2008 R2 Server Exchange Server 2010 […]
——– Warning: DcGetDcName(TIME_SERVER) call failed, error 1355 A Time Server could not be located. The server holding the PDC role is down. Warning: DcGetDcName(GOOD_TIME_SERVER_PREFERRED) call failed, error 1355 A Good Time Server could not be located. ——– Quick resolution worked for me changing time server: The procedure for doing this on a PDC Emulator running […]
To transfer the FSMO roles by using the Ntdsutil utility, follow these steps: These steps works for transferring roles from Windows Server 2008 to Windows Server 2012. Log on to a Windows 2000 Server-based or Windows Server 2003-based member computer or domain controller that is located in the forest where FSMO roles are being transferred. […]
When implementing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 in your Active Directory you had to perform an setup /ForestPrep and setup /DomainPrep. With Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 things get a little more complicating since you now have to perform four steps: setup /PrepareLegacyExchangePermissions setup /PrepareSchema setup /PrepareAD setup /PrepareDomain or setup /PrepareAllDomains The last two steps bear […]
Configure the WSUS Server and Create Computer Groups for Computers Next, you configure WSUS for synchronization and approving updates by using the Administrator Console interface and then modifying Group Policy settings in Active Directory. Modify Synchronization Settings In this section you synchronize your server with the Microsoft Windows Update servers. Procedure UM.5: To configure the […]