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Virtualization
VMware Import Machine Error – FAILED MethodFault.summary
In a client production environment a few days ago we ran into an error importing a physical server into a virtual environment. The server being imported was a Windows Server 2008 R2 box. The error message that we received in…
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Exchange 2010 SP1 Export – Couldn’t connect to the source mailbox
Recently in working with a client we ran into an issue of not being able to export a client’s mailbox residing on an Exchange 2010 SP1 server. In reading a lot of other information and posts about this issue, most…
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Exporting a Godaddy wildcard certificate from IIS to Tomcat
Working with SSL certificates can be VERY frustrating especially between operating systems and webservers. A popular choice among businesses or clients who may have multiple webservers is the wildcard certificate. Many misunderstand the wildcard certificate in how they utilize the…
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APC UPS configuration and Generator Compatibility
A client recenlty was looking to install a generator for their small datacenter. The server room housed roughly 40 physical servers as well as a combination of network switches, routers, and a few other smaller electrical devices. The environment was…
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Windows Imaging Checklist
We all use and love (may be a bit presumptuous here) imaging workstations. After all it saves us as system administrators countless hours of time, or at least we hope so. However, as with any good technology, without proper planning,…
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Logging off remote desktop kills user processes
A mistake that is commonly made by Jr. admins is logging off a remote desktop session to a server after initiating a user driven process or program. In seeing this mistake made countless times by admins who just haven’t had…
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Uninstalling Exchange 2010 Management Tools – Some Controls are not valid
Recently, we had a workstation that we wanted to upgrade from Exchange 2010 RTM version of the management tools to the Exchange 2010 SP1 version of the tools. In running the uninstall on the workstation, we had the error, “Microsoft…
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Windows 2008 Server R2 Functional Level Features
As Microsoft introduces new servers OS’s, there is usually the option to raise your Forst Functional Level as well as the Domain Functional Level once all server side domain controllers have been upgraded to the latest and greatest server OS. …
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Set Default Printer Based on Location
If you are an administrator and you are looking for an easy way to set the default printer based on the location a user logs on, this is possible with a login script and a simple registry file to be…
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Styling of New Dell Servers and Racks
I wanted to post some pictures of the new rack a client received in yesterday noting the styling of the Dell enterprise badging and modified look of their enterprise hardware. Note the picture below of the new Dell rack. Notice…
