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Building a Windows Server 2008 Infrastructure eBook
Are you busy with your work, traveling and personal live like I am and you want to get started with Windows Server 2008 than check out this eBook? I personally like the writing style from Realtime Nexus authors and their concept of writing eBooks. This "The Definitive Guide to Building a Windows Server 2008 Infrastructure" eBook has 10 chapters and first chapter is available for download. PDF document with 32... -
Windows Server 2008 AD DS
When you install the Directory Services for Microsoft Windows network it will feel like you install the heart of something that will become alive after you reboot the server. Since Windows 2000 the Directory Services has been the core component of the Windows network. Couple minutes ago I finished my first domain controller installation for AD DS (Active Directory Domain Services) for Windows Server 2008 RTM. The dcpromo wizard has... -
Windows Server 2008 RTM installation in ESX
Today I installed my first Windows Server 2008 RTM release in ESX3i. My MSDN subscription helped me to active the server ;-). The performance of the guest is pretty good. For more details check out my screencast. -
ISA 2006 and Published ActiveSync CAS role Exchange 2007
Since ActiveSync role was published in ISA 2006 to my Exchange Server 2007 my Samsung i600 Windows Mobile 6 client start complaining with the warning message below. "Your account in Microsoft Exchange Server does not have permission to synchronize with your current settings. Contact your Exchange Server administrator. Support code: 0x85010004" Before it was published with NAT and I have never seen this warning. I was not able to sync... -
VMWare ESX3i Cisco CDP protocol L2 overview
Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) allows ESX Server 3 administrators to determine which Cisco switch port is connected to a given vSwitch. When CDP is enabled for a particular vSwitch, you can view properties of the Cisco switch (such as device ID, software version, and timeout) from the VI Client. You can use the service console command-line interface to enable CDP. Using this information and without going to the server... -
Dell PowerEdge CPU check for Intel VT
Last year I installed three Dell PowerEdge 1950 servers, these servers were running as VMWare Server virtualization hosts. Couple times when creating and migrating some VM’s a warning was displayed that my processors where not VT capable or this options was not enabled. To enable this option a reboot was needed, enter the BIOS (F2) and change the Intel VT Virtualization Technology CPU setting. Every month I planned s a... -
VMWare ESX3i Monitoring Server Health Status
ESX 3i host server has sensors builtin that allows you to monitor the health of the following host components: CPU processors Memory Fans Temperature Voltage On systems without IPMI, only CPU sensors are available. Storage sensors are available only on systems with an LSI MegaRAID controller installed. If a particular component cannot be monitored on a given host, that component does not appear. Screenshot of my Dell PowerEdge 2900 series... -
Windows Server 2008 has been Released to Manufacturing (RTM)
This morning I received the following thanks email from Microsoft Connect team. I am downloading the RTM version and Iwill refresh my lab machines with the latest release of Windows Server 2008. One thing I am really excited to test is the clustered Hyver-V. Robert Larson did post howto and I will try to get this thing up and running soon. Thanks to you, our dedicated beta participants, this is the... -
Enable ICMP pings from the internal network ISA 2006
The default firewall configuration in ISA 2006 is to deny all traffic from and to any host. I successfully configured the OWA publishing rule for Exchange 2007 but after my initial tests from the Exchange 2007 server I found out that ICMP was disabled. All hosts behind the internal network were prohibited to use the ping command.I created new access rule to enable ICMP. See my screencast for more details.... -
Use Cacti to monitor your network latency
If you are managing and monitoring a network you will probably be interested to keep an eye on the latency of your network links. Especially for those links which are connected with a dedicated internet connection and a IPSec VPN tunnel to the datacenter. Latency is predictable but for non private IP VPN links without reserved bandwidth and QoS/CoS it sometimes may help solve some problems or rethink and discuss...
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