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Error message when you try to access a server locally by using its FQDN after windows 2003 SP1 installation

admin — Wed, 06 May 2009 14:10:08 +0000

Below is the error message i see in the event log after SP1 installation windows 2003. And you experience authentication issues when you try to access a server locally by using its fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or its CNAME alias in the following Universal Naming Convention (UNC) path: \\servername\sharename Event Type: Warning Event Source: MSFTPSVC Event [...]

IDRAC Dell

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:32:45 +0000

DRAC full form remains DELL Remote Access Card, can be identified as marked behind the DELL server in red color as see below. The controller has its own processor, memory, battery, network connection, and access to the system bus. Key features include power management, virtual media access and remote console capabilities, all available through a supported [...]

SQLSlammer Worm Precautionary and Remediation Actions.

admin — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 10:59:21 +0000

Symptoms: The following system changes may indicate the presence of this malware: Heavy outbound traffic across UDP port 1434 Infected computers could experience local and remote denial of service conditions. Computers that are patched with the latest service packs available are [...]

Standby Continuous Replication: Site Resilience with Standby Clustering Published by:

admin — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:41:28 +0000

This topic details how an organization, MessagingExperts, Ltd., is using standby continuous replication (SCR) in a site resilience scenario. In this scenario, the primary datacenter fails and MessagingExperts, Ltd. makes the decision to activate the secondary datacenter. After the secondary datacenter is activated, the primary datacenter is reconfigured, and eventually restored as the primary datacenter in a controlled switch. [...]

Standby Continuous Replication: Database Portability

admin — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 04:33:28 +0000

This topic details a scenario in which an organization, MessagingExperts, is using standby continuous replication (SCR) and database portability to recover from a failure of a single database. In this scenario, an SCR source database is found to contain physical corruption, and the administrator makes the decision to activate the SCR target database. During activation, SCR is disabled, the [...]

Script to enables ORACLE to work with Unicode character set

admin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:19:34 +0000

‘Modifies the value of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\KEY_OraClient10g_home1\NLS_LANG in the registry. ‘This change enables ORACLE to work with Unicode character set Dim WshShell Set WshShell=WScript.CreateObject(”WScript.Shell”) WshShell.RegWrite “HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORACLE\KEY_OraClient10g_home1\NLS_LANG”, “AMERICAN_AMERICA.AL32UTF8″, “REG_SZ” Set WshShell=Nothing

Comparing SCR with LCR and CCR

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:42:05 +0000

SCR is similar to LCR and CCR, but it has unique characteristics of its own: • SCR supports multiple replication targets per storage group. LCR and CCR support only one replication target per storage group (the passive copy). • SCR includes a built-in delay for replay activity, and it enables an administrator to specify an additional delay. This is [...]

Introduction to Standby Continuous Replication

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:18:10 +0000

Introduction to Standby Continuous Replication Standby Continuous Replication Standby continuous replication (SCR) is a new feature introduced in Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Service Pack 1 (SP1). SCR is designed for scenarios that use or enable the use of standby recovery servers. This enables new data availability scenarios for Mailbox servers running SP1. SCR uses the same log shipping and replay [...]

Cmdlets for Continuous Replication (LCR/CCR/SCR)

admin — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:08:40 +0000

This documentation should give information on cmdlets for Managing Continuous Replication. • Suspend-StorageGroupCopy Suspend-StorageGroupCopy -Identity <StorageGroupIdParameter> [-StandbyMachine <String>] [-SuspendComment <String>] Use the Suspend-StorageGroupCopy cmdlet to block replication and replay activities (log copying and replay) for a storage group that is enabled for local continuous replication (LCR), cluster continuous replication (CCR) or standby continuous replication (SCR). • Resume-StorageGroupCopy Resume-StorageGroupCopy -Identity <StorageGroupIdParameter> [-StandbyMachine <String>] Use the Resume-StorageGroupCopy cmdlet [...]

Microsoft: Support for Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1

admin — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:32:59 +0000

While Windows Server 2003 itself is expected to remain in extended support until 2013 the product as a whole is only supported with specific service pack versions. As of April 14, 2009 Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 will no longer be supported. This means only Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 [...]