The main SQL server is on a SQL 2005 cluster. It is time for an upgrade to SQL 2008. This will be an interim measure until the hardware refresh the later half of 2012. The main aim of the process is…
Sharing storage using iSCSI target
If you have lots of storage to spare, one way is to share it out via a file share. This is useful on a file server level. What about sharing spare disk space at the storage level? There are solutions available,…
Windows 2008 R2 server cannot login.
My SCCM server in the midst of deploying new clients when it started behaving strangely. Deployments started failing and progressively the server operations degraded and Windows Explorer stopped working. After a reboot, a domain user cannot login, all that is…
Ramblings is now 3.2 are you?
The Ramblings is now WordPress 3.2. The new Admin panel checks the version of your browser and gives you a warning. if it is too old. My FireFox 3.6 gives a yellow warning. Internet Explorer 6 users are suppose get…
The new Windows.
Microsoft Windows has always been linked with Intel i386 processors. There was a perpetual cycle of onemanship. Every time a newer faster CPU that rolls off the foundries of Intel, Microsoft will release a new version that will invariably cripple…
Window 7 SP1 patching by automated means
This is a reason why you should be slow to install Service Packs. I lost two PCs due to Service Pack installation. If the Service Pack install halfway and the user did not restart as requested. When another update is…
Network Load Balancing
Microsoft Load Balancing Service. It is very similar in to Cluster Service in setup, but administration is quite different.
Internet Explorer 6.0
This is for the viewers that made a cumulated total of 6000 views. Please stop using Internet Explorer 6.0.
New OS, new way of installing hotfixes
There is a new file format called msu or Microsoft Update Standalone package. These are hotfixes meant for Vista and new OS. It is also used for the installation of Vista OS, but I have not tried digging to that…
Windows 7 printing to a remote printer
If you are using a Windows 7 computer and trying to connect to a remote printer, there is a good chance that you have encountered a mysterious: “Windows cannot connect to printer”. A good example is a user using Windows…