Problem GENERAL ERROR: When attempting to expire a media in Veritas NetBackup ™ 6.5 with the bpexpdate command, the message “requested media id was not found in the EMM database” is received. Error Requested media id was not found in the EMM database Solution Overview: When attempting to expire a media in NetBackup 6.5 with…
‘aspnet_regiis -i’ and IIS
It is very common for posters on newgroups to recommend that solution seekers run the “aspnet_regiis -i“ command to fix various problems and ASP.NET maladies. Unfortunately, the -i flag of the aspnet_regiis command does much more than is usually required to fix most problems. It is a sledge hammer when the pennyweight would be a…
Running 32-bit & 64-bit ASP.Net versions at the same time
In IIS6, this was a pain area. On a 64-bit Windows 2003 Server, you cannot run worker processes in both 32-bit mode and as well as 64 bit mode. Either only one of them was possible. This was possible by the below Metabase Key which would be applied to the W3SVC/AppPools node. W3SVC/AppPools/enable32BitAppOnWin64 : true | false…
Windows 2008/R2 “Windows could not prepare the partition…”
Server 2008 and/or R2 On the Windows 2008 disk partition install, I get the error “Windows could not prepare the partition selected for installation”. Boot to Command Prompt and type in the following diskpart list disk select disk <disk number> detail disk
Upgrading Distribution groups from Exch 03/07 to 10
EMS 2010 commands: Get-DistributionGroup –ID “DistributionGroupName” | Set-DistributionGroup –ForceUpdate To “upgrade” all Distribution Groups within an Organization, the following command will do the trick: Get-DistributionGroup –ResultSize Unlimited | Set-DistributionGroup –ForceUpdate I have heard heard reports of substituting -ForceUpdate for -ForceUpgrade working as well.
Find rogue snapshots within VMware
Requirements: – VMware vSphere PowerCLI – VMware Virtual Center 4.0 + Command: Connect-VIServer <virtual center name or IP>
Adding multiple users to AD from CSV
Download script here Requirements: – Powershell 2.0 – CSV file Attributes Used: FirstName LastName City Department Job Title Logon Name Password Description E-Mail Script (Logon Script) H drive (Logon file share letter) domain name
Sending an E-mail blast from a CSV with an attachment
Download script here Required: – Powershell 2.0 – CSV file with the first 3 cell names dictated by what you put in $emailaddress, $fileLocation, & $name. (In that order) PS1 Script: #CSV SETTINGS #This is the location of the CSV file
Exch Session Import to PS
Using a machine without Exchange Management Tools Requirements: – Powershell 2.0 – Access to your Exchange Server Launch Powershell and run:
Setting up a KMS server
Server 2008 R2 “Windows Server 2008 R2 Std/Ent KMS B” key Installation process Load up a VM or physical machines using the “Windows Server 2008 R2 Std/Ent KMS B”. Click on OK on the warning of using a Key Management Service key Thats it for installing the service!