Microsoft
We had a problem with a group of Remote Desktop Servers sitting behind a Barracuda ADC Load Balancer. The client either couldn't connect, or they would connect to a different server even when they had a session open already on another server. There was a group policy change
Exchange
IT Support One of our clients was having an issue with backing up Exchange 2007 using Ahsay Online Backup Manager. The backups were failing nightly and Ahsay was returning the error CExBackup::backupService:HrESEBackupSetup: Error Number 0xc7fe1f45: Instance not found. A search of this error revealed that this error originated
Servers
We recently encountered an issue with VMware ESXi USB passthrough that is worth noting. On a Dell PowerEdge R and T series servers (T710, R710, R610, etc) you can opt to install ESXi on the embedded SD card. It works great and allows the OS disk to be completely separate
Microsoft
With the new 2008 Group Policy Preferences there are some great new tweak tools to manage without the need for login scripts. Windows XP machines are not compatible with these new GPOs without first installing an update for Group Policy Preference Client Side Extensions (CSE). This update is downloadable from
Servers
Ten Reasons You Should Already Be Using Virtualization For Your Server Environment According to Intel: single most important issue in IT Virtualization is a relatively new technology, but it is not as new as one might think. VMware, one of the pioneers of virtualization, has been creating and selling virtualization
Microsoft
The problem is that Windows Updates will not run properly (giving you various errors) and when Roles or Features are selected under the Server Manager you get the following error: Error: Cannot display data until your computer is restarted. To resolve this, try some or all of the following: Run
Exchange
Exchange Outlook Web Access is a wonderful feature, but directing users to access it on their own can be a patience testing proposal if you’re not using URL redirection. For example: you’ve installed Exchange 2010, configured all the appropriate roles, including the CAS (Client Access Server; responsible for
Servers
Several of our customers recently purchased HP DL180 G6 servers. They are perfect (and economical) servers for iSCSI storage as they support up to 14 drives in a 2u form factor. We however ran into a logistical problem in the purchase as the servers ordered were a HP Smart Buy,
Microsoft
One of our IT support customers was complaining that their "sysvol" share on their Windows Server 2003 R2 domain controllers was not replicating content (updated group policies, login scripts, etc.). Upon initial examination, I ran across this error in the event logs: Event Type: Error Event Source: NtFrs
Infrastructure
It never hurts to have a quick reference for Linux administration commands, so I wanted to put out some helpful items for user, file, directory, and group management. Linux Commands for managing users: * adduser - Command used to add user accounts. * chage - Used to change the time the user&
General
As Windows Server 2008 takes it's place in more data centers, serving as a domain controller, design changes are starting to impact end users. One of these notable changes effects a workflow most users have picked up: browsing the network to find file servers and shares. We have
Exchange
To Distro or not to distro... Our customer needed distribution groups from their various SharePoint sites for creating alerts on shared lists and libraries. Until now, the site administrator was constantly having to add and manage these alerts all on an individual basis, and since each project the customer works