With the new Microsoft Windows Multipoint Server, better and improved features are designed to make business operations much more productive and cost effective. With support for thin clients and older workstations as well as better connectivity with other Microsoft Server products, the new Multipoint Server is sure to be a much more versatile tool to [...]
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The New Windows Multipoint Server
January 19th, 2012 · No Comments · Backup, Microsoft, Servers, Storage
VMware ESXi – Enabling SSH Access
January 17th, 2012 · No Comments · Servers, VMware, Virtualization
In today’s data centers, many companies are turning to virtual environments for their needs. A GUI interface can be a great tool to use when managing your virtual environments, and this is the case with VMware ESXi. The whole VMware environment can be managed by the GUI, but sometimes administrators want to have more access and options [...]
Tags: Servers·Virtualization·VMware
How to Fix NtFrs Event ID 13559
January 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Managed Services, Uncategorized
The File Replication Service is needed for SYSVOL information to be replicated between domain controllers. If this fails, then issues with group policy objects/changes are not replicated and other active directory objects will not be updated. The error below – Event 13559, NtFrs – is one such error regarding replication.
This can be corrected by following [...]
How to Disable Remote Logon on a Citrix XenApp Server or Terminal Server
January 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Servers
If you have ever had to manage a Citrix Presentation Server, Citrix XenApp, Citrix XenDesktop, or any other Terminal Server-based environment, you’ve probably run into issues on a specific server in the farm or needed to perform maintenance on a server. You might also want to disable logons for another reason, such as new app [...]
Tags: Citrix·Servers·Terminal Server·XenApp
Resolving an AutoEnrollment Event ID 13 Error
December 22nd, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft, Servers
The AutoEnrollment Event ID 13 can plague a Directory Service log within the Event Viewer. The problem with this error is the rate at which is it logged: every 6 hours. How do you catch an event that logs only once during business hours? You don’t: the issue is relatively simple to resolve. The problem [...]
Tags: AutoEnrollment·errors·Event ID 13·Microsoft·Servers·Windows Server
Remotely Rebooting a Server
December 21st, 2011 · No Comments · Servers
I was recently trying to do some maintenance on a server at a remote site. The server was hung up, and I could not remotely access services, remote into the machine, etc. It was replying to pings, but there was no Out of Band management addresses (DRAC or ILO) for the server either, so I [...]
Cool Tool Friday: Blue’s Port Scanner
December 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Servers
Welcome to this week’s installment of Cool Tool Friday! Each Friday we will feature a tool – hardware or software – that we’re using and think you might enjoy. Whether it increases productivity, helps with organization, provides a quick work-around for difficult networking situations, or is simply interesting and fun, we’ll share it if we [...]
Tags: Blue's Port Scanner·Cool Tool Friday·cool tools·ports·Servers
Cool Tool Friday: WhatsConnected
November 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Servers, Virtualization
Welcome to this week’s installment of Cool Tool Friday! Each Friday we will feature a tool – hardware or software – that we’re using and think you might enjoy. Whether it increases productivity, helps with organization, provides a quick work-around for difficult networking situations, or is simply interesting and fun, we’ll share it if we [...]
Tags: Cool Tool Friday·cool tools·Networks·Servers·Virtualization·WhatsConnected
Exchange Database Size Considerations
November 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft, Servers
Over the years I’ve seen a lot of variation in database sizes in Exchange environments. Working for the Microsoft Exchange team allowed me to get a feel for what the support engineers at Microsoft see and what they’d recommend (and it’s not necessarily what’s documented, by the way). Exchange 2010 has some pretty cool enhancements, [...]
Cool Tool Friday: MTURoute
November 4th, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Servers
Welcome to this week’s installment of Cool Tool Friday! Each Friday we will feature a tool – hardware or software – that we’re using and think you might enjoy. Whether it increases productivity, helps with organization, provides a quick work-around for difficult networking situations, or is simply interesting and fun, we’ll share it if we [...]
Setting up Exchange 2010 Database Availability Groups from the Shell
September 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft, Servers
For you Exchange admins out there, I’m sure you’ve already been around the block on the Exchange 2010 Database Availability Group (DAG) concept. It’s the first version of Exchange that allows you to have database-level failovers instead of server-level failovers. A fantastic four-part article breaking down everything you’ve ever wanted to know about DAGs can [...]
Fixing an Exchange Mail Flow Error
June 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Managed Services, Microsoft, Servers
We recently encountered an issue with a customer who could no longer receive external emails in their Exchange environment. After some digging, we determined that the SMTP service on the Exchange server was not communicating with Exchange due to corruption of the SMTP configuration.
To determine if this is the cause of a problem you’re encountering, [...]
How To Export Linux’s GUI Tools
June 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Servers
I recently wrote this guide to exporting the graphical user interface tools of Linux from a command prompt for our engineering group.
First, download and install Xming (http://www.straightrunning.com/XmingNotes/).
Add these extensions to the Windows target and then run the program (i.e., executable options)
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Xming\Xming.exe” :0 -clipboard -ac –multiwindow
Log into the Linux box. Set the DISPLAY environmental [...]
Getting Around the Windows Server Session Limit
May 25th, 2011 · No Comments · Microsoft, Servers
Windows Server provides two Terminal Services connections to the server for management. However, if someone disconnects from the server without logging out, these connections remain active and can prevent an administrator from logging in if no sessions are available.
In Windows Server 2003, the /console switch could be used to open a special connection, Session 0, bypassing [...]
Solving Issues with P2V Migration
May 16th, 2011 · No Comments · Managed Services, Servers, Virtualization
I was working with one of our customers who had an old Windows 2000 Server running and they wanted it to be joined in their Citrix Xen environment. We thought to ourselves, this should be no problem. However, when we started the P2V process we ran into a few issues. We have since figured out [...]
Tags: Citrix·Managed Services·Servers·Virtual Machines·Virtualization·Windows 2000
New Features in Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard
May 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Managed Hosting, Microsoft, Servers, Storage
Microsoft has made business operations much simpler and more accessible through the new Windows Small Business Server 2011. Packed with enhanced features and improvements, it is a must for every small business.
Microsoft has released an upgrade to its Small Business Server Platform – Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard. Based on the Windows SBS 2008, [...]
Tags: Backup·Exchange·Microsoft·Servers·SharePoint·SQL·Windows
Overcoming Problems with XenApp Virtualization
March 30th, 2011 · No Comments · Servers, Virtualization
I recently virtualized a XenApp server into a XenServer environment. Everything went pretty smoothly, with a few exceptions. I was seeing several different unrelated errors in the event log, and the new VM was unable to contact the original license server. Through a series of tests and research, I found that performing the below steps [...]
Tags: Servers·troubleshooting·Virtualization·XenApp·XenServer
Importing Linux Clients Into a Virtual Environment
February 10th, 2011 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Linux, Managed Services, Servers, VMware, Virtualization
One of our customers has a small Linux farm of servers that provide a variety of functions including MySQL and some internal web services. Recently we began pulling these servers into a unified VMWare environment for ease of use and fault tolerance. The Windows based servers have been relatively simple to import, but the CLI [...]
Storage At Its Finest
November 15th, 2010 · No Comments · Dallas Data Center, Data Centers, Dedicated Servers, Managed Services, Servers, Storage, Virtualization
For those who haven’t heard or aren’t familiar with the EqualLogic line of SANs from Dell, they recently announced some quite impressive changes for the PS6500 series of products. These new options include a PS6500E with 96 Terabytes of disk space in a 5U package, a PS6510E with the same capacity, the PS6500X and PS6510X [...]
Tags: Dell·EqualLogic·Fiber Channel·Managed Services·SAN·Servers·Storage·Virtualization
Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 Migration: Part 3: Planning and Testing
August 17th, 2010 · No Comments · 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 the Discovery Phase and Source Server Cleanup, you [...]
Tags: Developmnet Environment·Discovery Phase·Exchange·Managed IT Services·Managed Services·Microsoft·Migration·Planning and Testing·SBS·Servers·Small Business Server·Small Business Server 2003 to 2008 Migration·Source Server Cleanup