– Ran on NetBackup 7 on Server 2008 R2 First you need to make sure that there are no valid images on the tape that you want: NetBackupbinadmincmdbpimmedia -mediaid -L If there are no images that you need, expire the tape: NetBackupbinadmincmdbpexpdate -m -d 0 -host -force This expires the images in the media database…
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BGInfo not showing correct IP info on Server 2008R2 Physical boxes
There is an apparent issue with BGinfo, everyones favorite sys internals tool for physical Server 2008 R2 boxes. This issue is that no network information shows up for IP, DNS, Gateway, and Subnet. I haven’t tested this issue with non-teamed NICs.
Build a Server 2008 VMware ESX VM Template
NOTE – VMware Virtual Center 2.5 Update 4 or vCenter 4 is required to use Guest Customizations with Windows 2008. http://www.vmware.com/support/vi3/doc/vi3_vc25u4_rel_notes.html#whatsnew For Windows 2008 R2 if you are installing on vSphere 4 without Update 1 or on ESX 3.5 without update 5 set the Template VM OS to Windows 2008 instead of Windows 2008 R2….
Exchange 07 – Managing Public Folder permissions
Unfortunately with Exchange 07, there is no longer a GUI to add/remove user permissions to Public Folders. Luckily though, you can dip your hands into some more Powershell! (EMS version, of course) Adding permissions Add-PublicFolderClientPermission -Identity <Name_of_folder> -AccessRights <Permission_Assigning> -User <User_Name> To remove any permissions added just replace “Add” with “Remove” at the beginning of…
How to Export Mailbox Data
Finally, a simple way to export mailbox information other then the horrible Exmerge! Unfortunately though you do need a completely separate Server 2008 with Outlook and Exchange tools installed.
Delegating Distribution Group Management Via Outlook
Managing distribution lists is normally a duty of Exchange and/or Active Directory administrators. The process for adding or removing a member of a distribution list is likely to submit a request and wait until an administrator makes the necessary changes. Using a combination of Active Directory permissions and the built-in tools of Outlook you can…
Windows Enabler
This is an amazing tool which assisted me in unlocking the grayed out button that appears in copying a user profile in server 2008 and R2.