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CactiEZ 0.3 download and install tutorial VMWare Workstation

Posted by Ivan
/ January 27, 2008 / 6 Comments

In this tutorial I am going to show you how easy it is to install CactiEZ appliance and run this as a virtual guest appliance in VMWare Workstation. After the installation the virtual guest is portable and can be moved to a VMWare Server installation. Note from http://cactiusers.org what CactiEZ...

Posted in Cacti, VMWare
How to backup or export a WSUS 3.0 database?

Posted by Ivan
/ January 25, 2008 / 2 Comments

Go here and download sqlncli.msi + SQLServer2005_SQLCMD.msi package (Microsoft SQL Server Native Client & Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Command Line Query Utility). Install these two msi files on the WSUS server. Start a CMD command shell and run the sqlcmd with the following options. Now you are connected to the “Windows Internal...

Posted in WSUS
IIS Config Errors and EventID 4275 Exchange 2003 Cluster

Posted by Ivan
/ January 25, 2008 / 26 Comments

For weeks my Exchange 2003 cluster was down. The mail cluster was configured in a active passive configuration and a single server has been up for months. Second virtual machine node was shutdown to save resources. At some point I was not able to reach my Exchange 2003 mailbox and...

Posted in Exchange
How to shrink the SMS_SITENAME database SMS 2003?

Posted by Ivan
/ January 24, 2008 / Leave a comment

The SMS 2003 infrastructure I am managing has one singe SMS database which became 4 GB. 1GB data and 3GB log. Today I planned the database maintenance and managed to shrink the files with 3GB. Open the Enterprise Manager or Microsoft SQL Server Management tools and make sure the database...

Posted in SMS
Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Server Setup wizard (SCVMM)

Posted by Ivan
/ January 23, 2008 / 2 Comments

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2007 is out for a while and I have been testing this product for two months now. If you manually install SCVMM 2007 than Virtual Machine Manager 2007 Server Setup wizard may stop just before the installation is finished. I have also seen errors within...

Posted in Microsoft
VMWare tools tracking mouse issue

Posted by Ivan
/ January 23, 2008 / Leave a comment

New tutorial has been published explaining the strange behavior of the VMWare tools mouse driver. Example screenshot https://www.networknet.nl/apps/wp/published/vmware-tools-mouse-tracking-after-upgrade

Posted in VMWare
Hyper-V error when installing integration components id 61658

Posted by Ivan
/ January 23, 2008 / Leave a comment

If you installed wrong version of Hyper-V RC1 you may get the error below. I have experienced this with the binaries which I have download from MSDN subscriber website. After you insert the integration components additions of Hyper-V the installations stops with this error. An error has occurred: One of...

Posted in Hyper-V
Microsoft MCSA 2003 certified

Posted by Ivan
/ January 23, 2008 / Leave a comment

Yesterday I successfully passed the 70-292 Microsoft exam. Somewhere in 2004 I finished all requirements for MCSA 2000 and in 2005 I passed my last exam for MCSE. It was three years ago I did my last one for Microsoft and before 31 of March 2008 I will need to pass...

Posted in Certifications
Lenovo ThinkVantage Fingerprint Software

Posted by Ivan
/ January 19, 2008 / Leave a comment

In this screencast I am going though the installation process of the Lenovo Finger print software. The fingerprint reader was included on our new global Lenovo T61p model at work and I am the first one who is performing the hands on this technology. It’s amazing how this has been...

Posted in Lenovo
Install Windows Server 2003 DHCP Server Service with Script

Posted by Ivan
/ January 19, 2008 / Leave a comment

Running the VMNet8 NAT network in VMWare Workstation does not provide me the granular control how the DHCP server should deal with different DHCP clients and options I want to see in my lab environment. As sysadmin I like to script things and re-use the code next time I will...

Posted in Scripts

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