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Server Chronicle: October 2012
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A more reliable way of remembering useful IT things that I encounter with an added sprinkle of poor grammar. SCCM 2012 Application Catalog - Login Prompt (Multiple Domains). In a AD Multi Domain environment, I've found that even after following the guidance from Microsoft regarding delegating permissions to the relevant web application folders (found here. Based on some research and also backed up by Chris Bradford's blog post. The resolution can be found in the following MS KB - http:/ support.micro...
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Server Chronicle: Security Accounts Manager Failed
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A more reliable way of remembering useful IT things that I encounter with an added sprinkle of poor grammar. Security Accounts Manager Failed. This morning we received errors from a remote site 2003 based Domain Controller which was sharing the hardware with a File Server, with the following message being logged in the Directory Services Log. When restarting the server, the following message was appearing and when clicking 'OK', the DC would then reboot. Showed that the Database was corrupt. Unable to ad...
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Server Chronicle: January 2013
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A more reliable way of remembering useful IT things that I encounter with an added sprinkle of poor grammar. Adventures when upgrading SCCM 2012 to SP1. I recently upgraded our newly installed SCCM 2012 RTM infrastructure to SP1 after it's release in late December and after doing so I encountered a number of issues, below are the issues that I experienced and the associated fixes. Broken MDT Database Connectivity. Misassignment of drive letters during OSD of Windows 7. Another side effect of the SP1 upgr...
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Server Chronicle: November 2012
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A more reliable way of remembering useful IT things that I encounter with an added sprinkle of poor grammar. Offline USMT excluding Local Accounts in SCCM 2012 and MDT 2012. See the Wikipedia explanation. First of all create the necessary TS variable in a new step before the Scanstate operation named OSDMigrateAdditionalCaptureOptions. Give it a value of /ue:* /ui:. Multiple instances of /ui. Can be used to specify additional domains if required. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). ADPrep /RODCPrep – Failed.
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Server Chronicle: My take on Stub Zones vs Conditional Forwarders
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A more reliable way of remembering useful IT things that I encounter with an added sprinkle of poor grammar. My take on Stub Zones vs Conditional Forwarders. I'm lucky/unfortunate enough (delete depending on the day) to architect and manage a geographically distributed Active Directory environment consisting of multiple domains and forests. The forests are connected using a variety of AD trusts and they all hinge on our DNS infrastructure. Great for server to server connections for name resolution such a...
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Server Chronicle: May 2012
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A more reliable way of remembering useful IT things that I encounter with an added sprinkle of poor grammar. Exchange 2010 Management Console connecting to a decommisioned server. You may find that the Exchange Management Console still attempts to connect to a previous Exchange 2010 server when opening, this can be resolved by navigating to the "HKCU SOFTWARE Microsoft ExchangeServer v14 AdminTools" registry key and deleting the NodeStructureSettings value. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Server Chronicle: Scheduling PowerShell Scripts
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A more reliable way of remembering useful IT things that I encounter with an added sprinkle of poor grammar. I have a requirement to run a PowerShell .ps1 file each evening to perform a backup in an AWS environment. Having written the .ps1 script and placed it on the server. I've now created the Task with the following parameters using the Task Scheduler GUI. Program/script C: Windows SysWOW64 WindowsPowerShell v1.0 powershell.exe. Add arguments -File ". EC2 Backup.ps1". Start in D: Scripts.
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Server Chronicle: March 2015
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A more reliable way of remembering useful IT things that I encounter with an added sprinkle of poor grammar. Troubleshooting AD Replication and Lingering Objects. Some handy links for better understanding the troubleshooting of AD replication, Lingering objects and their removal, with a guide coming soon. Information about Lingering Objects in an AD Forest. Https:/ support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/910205. Fixing Lingering Object Problems. AD Replication Status Tool. I have a requirement to run a PowerShell...
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Server Chronicle: July 2013
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A more reliable way of remembering useful IT things that I encounter with an added sprinkle of poor grammar. Direct Access 2012 Installation Fun. We've recently upgraded our environment from Windows XP to Windows 7 Enterprise and therefore I thought it worthwhile to see what all the fuss was about regarding DA. Instead of using UAG and Server 2008 R2, I took a shortcut and went straight for DA with Server 2012. Below are a few of the issues that I experienced and their associated fix. There is no valid c...
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Server Chronicle: March 2012
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A more reliable way of remembering useful IT things that I encounter with an added sprinkle of poor grammar. Updating IBM System x Server Firmware. Being used to primarily dealing HP hardware, I was at a loss to how to go about updating the firmware on IBM System x (x86) servers. It's straight forward with a bit of googling. UpdateXpress can be found http:/ www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay? BoMC - http:/ www-947.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/docdisplay? View all Databases on a SQL Server.
