Has this ever happened to you? Your SBS 2003 server totally freaks out and resets itself to only having the default five CALs. As it turns out, you’re not alone. While there are a multitude of articles at various sites that purport to have the reason why this happens, I don’t think that anyone has [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Server'
Need to Increase Your Server OS Volume? Make Sure Your OS Allows It
September 12th, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft, Servers
We recently had a customer call us because they needed to expand the OS volume on their server. One of their applications was installed on the boot volume and the data files for the application were rapidly growing. However, the server was using Windows Server 2003 which, though it allows you to expand the data volume, will [...]
“SimpleServer:WWW” Web Server
May 13th, 2011 · No Comments · Servers
Have you ever wanted to test out some web pages that you have been working on without having to set up a full featured web server? SimpleServer:WWW, a simple web server by AnalogX, lets you do just that. It installs really easy in every Microsoft OS that I have tried, and to get it working [...]
How to Configure a MPLS Network
February 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Cloud, Cloud Computing, Managed Services, Routers, Servers
Part 1 – Planning and Configuration
Recently I was able to configure all of the edge routers for an entire MPLS network for one of our customers. They have offices in Hong Kong, China, and the United States. The MPLS provider that they are using is providing the MPLS cloud, and we are providing the edge [...]
Tags: Cloud Computing·Dallas Data Center·Managed Services·MPLS·Server
How to Upgrade Exchange 2003 to 2007—Part 1
February 9th, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Dedicated Servers, Managed Services, Microsoft, Servers, VMware, Virtualization
One of our customers has recently moved their infrastructure into a VMware environment. Along with this move, we have decided to update their Exchange environment from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007. Exchange 2007 requires a 64-bit processor, so an in-place upgrade is not possible. A new, 64-bit server must be turned up, and then mailboxes [...]
Tags: Dallas Data Center·Dedicated Servers·Exchange 2007·Microsoft·Server·Virtualization·VMware
This server is a virtualization power house!
January 3rd, 2011 · No Comments · Cloud Computing, Consolidation, Dallas Data Center, Managed Hosting, Servers, Switches, Virtualization
What does all that add up to? Support for massive virtualization. With minimal fanfare, Dell over the summer unveiled the PowerEdge R815, a 48-core 2U server touting four Opteron processors (with 12 cores each) and another four Gigabit Ethernet adapters to service them.
Tags: Cloud Computing·Dallas Data Center·Dell·Managed Hosting·Server·Virtualization
The Top 5 Boot-CD Tools
December 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Business Continuity, Dallas Data Center, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Microsoft, Security, Servers
Over the last year, one tool that I have consistently pulled from my belt is the Ultimate Boot CD (UBCD). Details on how to create one can be found here. Whether it is virus/malware removal or drive recovery, no other tool I have gets the job done like my UBCD. Here are my top 5 UBCD tools.
Tags: Business Continuity·catastrophic·Dallas Data Center·Disaster Recovery·Managed Hosting·Managed IT Services·Server
Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 Migration: Part 4: The Migration
August 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Microsoft, Security, Servers
One of our Systems Engineers has written a four part series that we will be posting over the next two weeks in order to inform you of all you need to know in regards to a Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 Migration.
Microsoft advises that this migration is meant to be a live, during business [...]
Tags: Exchange·Managed IT Services·Managed Services·Microsoft·Migration·SBS·Server·SharePoint·Small Business Server·Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 Migration·SQL
Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 Migration: Part 2: Source Server Cleanup
August 12th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Managed Services, Microsoft, Servers
One of our Systems Engineers has written a four part series that we will be posting over the next two weeks in order to inform you of all you need to know in regards to a Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 Migration.
After you’ve made it through your Discovery Phase you should have a very [...]
Tags: Discovery Phase·Exchange·Group Policies·Managed IT Services·Managed Services·Microsoft·SBS·Server·Small Business Server·Small Business Server 2003 to 2008·Source Server Cleanup
Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 Migration: Part 1: Discovery
August 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Microsoft, Servers
One of our Systems Engineers has written a four part series that we will be posting over the next two weeks in order to inform you of all you need to know in regards to a Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 Migration.
What do you think of when you hear the phrase “Small Business Server [...]
Tags: DC·Discovery·DNS/DHCP·Exchange·Managed IT Services·Microsoft·Migration·RRAS·SBS·Server·SharePoint·Small Business Server·Small Business Server 2003 to 2008·SQL·Terminal Server
DDC Puts Cloud in Motion
June 24th, 2010 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Dedicated Servers, Firewalls, Managed Hosting, Managed Services, Security, Servers, Switches
Dallas Data Center is proud to announce that Motion HR has put their trust in us by choosing to host their SaaS offering, CloudHCM, at DDC. We are running their SaaS offering using some of Dell’s new R710 servers, firewalls from Palo Alto Networks, and Cisco switches. Their environment is set up in a full [...]
Tags: BPO·Cisco·CloudHCM·Dallas Data Center·Dell·Firewalls·HCM·HRIT Consulting Services·Human Capital Management·Motion HR·Oracle·Oracle Human Resources·Palo Alto Networks·SaaS·SaaS Offering·Server·Switches