Branch offices are typically a very lean setup, 1 may be 2 servers. The number of users at the location can range anywhere from 5 to 70. If its a single server setup, it poses additional challenges when trying to…
Promoting Domain Controllers.
Dc promo using backup
Replmon and NWlink
NWlink prevents Replmon from working.
Watch your disk size
As hard disk capacity climbs to 1 TB, it is prudent to keep an eye on the disk volume that you create. Windows 2003 has a 2TB limit using Basic disk. If Guid Partition Tables (GPT) are used, the limit…
Share names and scripts.
I was asked to check a problem with a customer’s login script. Seems that some of the shares are not appearing on the user computers. At the user end, browsing to the shares does not reveal a problem with permissions,…
Target account name is incorrect.
A customer encountered this error message, when he tried to join computer to domain or change the DNS from Primary to AD integrated. Oh did I mention that the 2 out of 3 domain controllers in the domain are offline?
Active Directory Migration Tool
Moving users to a new domain is a real pain. If the computers join a new domain, the users get spiffy new profiles. Their old profiles may not be accessible. That does not make users happy. Another way is to…
Joining a Linux server to Active Directory domain
A file server running on Linux with Samba is an attractive option to reduce license cost. Samba configuration is easy enough. To get the user permissions right, you will need to join the Linux server to the Active Directory domain.…
Remote Access Authentication
Your users want to have VPN access to access stuff on the road. The VPN tunnel stops at the appliance. You loathe creating an access control list just for that box. Not to mention internal audit is going to give…
Installing Windows 2008 using HP SmartStart 8.1
Installing servers with vendor installation CD is to make your life easier as it comes with all the necessary drivers for their hardware.