And the disk performance? well that's decent to!
(I have an SSD in my laptop so these speeds are expected).
These are the required settings in Vmware workstation 9 to boot Xenserver and run 64bit guests.
Enjoy!
29 Aug 2012
X64bit windows, Xen, Vmware = Success!
Who says you cannot run a 64bit Windows Machine on a Xen server which is running on VMware...
Here is proof it works.. but not that it works it works well!
And the disk performance? well that's decent to!
(I have an SSD in my laptop so these speeds are expected).
These are the required settings in Vmware workstation 9 to boot Xenserver and run 64bit guests.
Enjoy!
And the disk performance? well that's decent to!
(I have an SSD in my laptop so these speeds are expected).
These are the required settings in Vmware workstation 9 to boot Xenserver and run 64bit guests.
Enjoy!
9 Jun 2011
Troublesome windows explorer running under Microsoft Server 2008 R2 X64 SP1 (Terminal Server)
I recently had an intermittent problem which was driving me nuts. A customer would scan to a central location (Another Server running Microsoft Server 2008 R2 X64 SP1) the file was delivered via a scanner which had SMB compatibility. This worked great however we had an intermittent problem where scanned files would take from 30seconds to 30 minutes to appear in the shared folder. I tried SMB tuning via all the documents I had, playing with network drivers etc. I finally gave up and posted on TechNet and found there where others with the same problem but no one seemed to know the answer!
Finally we agreed to log a call with Microsoft and of course as is with an intermittent problem it never happened when Microsoft was logged on. Typical.
We worked through several things with Microsoft, tuning of SMB, network card settings even went to different end user machines XP etc.
Finally after trying to install around 30 different hot fixes and tweaking left right and center we finally had an answer.
The patch that fixed the problem did not have our symptoms listed and seemed to be for a completely different issue altogether however it did update the shell32.dll
The Microsoft KB that fixes this issue is KB2525332 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2525332
The TechNet forum thread is here where at the time of writing at least one other user has had success running by installing this KB
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/4b69fe06-2b72-4795-a691-aa68aa348cb1/
Hopefully this helps someone else as this is a total bitch of a problem!
I recently had an intermittent problem which was driving me nuts. A customer would scan to a central location (Another Server running Microsoft Server 2008 R2 X64 SP1) the file was delivered via a scanner which had SMB compatibility. This worked great however we had an intermittent problem where scanned files would take from 30seconds to 30 minutes to appear in the shared folder. I tried SMB tuning via all the documents I had, playing with network drivers etc. I finally gave up and posted on TechNet and found there where others with the same problem but no one seemed to know the answer!
Finally we agreed to log a call with Microsoft and of course as is with an intermittent problem it never happened when Microsoft was logged on. Typical.
We worked through several things with Microsoft, tuning of SMB, network card settings even went to different end user machines XP etc.
Finally after trying to install around 30 different hot fixes and tweaking left right and center we finally had an answer.
The patch that fixed the problem did not have our symptoms listed and seemed to be for a completely different issue altogether however it did update the shell32.dll
The Microsoft KB that fixes this issue is KB2525332 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2525332
The TechNet forum thread is here where at the time of writing at least one other user has had success running by installing this KB
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/4b69fe06-2b72-4795-a691-aa68aa348cb1/
Hopefully this helps someone else as this is a total bitch of a problem!
26 May 2011
Exchange 2010 - Global Address List update?
Well Exchange 2010 is the most powerful Microsoft Email server yet..(according to the Microsoft release notes :x)
If you want to update the Global Address List there are two ways. One from the GUI and one from PS.
We will start with the powershell command first.
The command is "update-globaladdresslist $identity". Obviously you need to find out the identity. To do this we need to play with the command just a little. If you enter the following command "get-globaladdresslist" this will return the name. If you want less information simply type "Get-globaladdresslist | FL Name". This will return like likes of
"Name : Default Global Address List"
This tells us the command is now "Update-GlobalAddressList "Default Global Address List" if you have a single GAL or "Update-GlobalAddressList -identity "Default Global Address List" if you need to specify the GAL to update. Its as simple as that, both commands will work but are to be used in different scenarios.
The second option is through the GUI.
Open your Exchange Management Console. Expand Microsoft Exchange On-Premises, Expand Organization Configuration and select Mailbox. Across the top you will see "Offline Address Book." Select the address book you wish to update(In my case its the Default OAB) and on the left hand side select "Update".
Now I hear you say that's the OAB not the GAL.. well technically its both.. If we right click on the Default OAB and go to Properties, Select the Address Lists you can see that "Include the Default Global Address List" is selected.
Hope this helps someone!
Well Exchange 2010 is the most powerful Microsoft Email server yet..(according to the Microsoft release notes :x)
If you want to update the Global Address List there are two ways. One from the GUI and one from PS.
We will start with the powershell command first.
The command is "update-globaladdresslist $identity". Obviously you need to find out the identity. To do this we need to play with the command just a little. If you enter the following command "get-globaladdresslist" this will return the name. If you want less information simply type "Get-globaladdresslist | FL Name". This will return like likes of
"Name : Default Global Address List"
This tells us the command is now "Update-GlobalAddressList "Default Global Address List" if you have a single GAL or "Update-GlobalAddressList -identity "Default Global Address List" if you need to specify the GAL to update. Its as simple as that, both commands will work but are to be used in different scenarios.
The second option is through the GUI.
Open your Exchange Management Console. Expand Microsoft Exchange On-Premises, Expand Organization Configuration and select Mailbox. Across the top you will see "Offline Address Book." Select the address book you wish to update(In my case its the Default OAB) and on the left hand side select "Update".
Now I hear you say that's the OAB not the GAL.. well technically its both.. If we right click on the Default OAB and go to Properties, Select the Address Lists you can see that "Include the Default Global Address List" is selected.
Hope this helps someone!
A quick note on Server 2008 R2 Print server logging..
I have been dealing with a problem where printer settings kept changing on a Citrix server. On 2003 the printing logged used to be straight forward however 2008 R2 is a little different, even if you install the "Print and Document Services" role you still seem to have no print logging (or limited!). There is a simple way to log Printing events in Server 2008 R2.
Open your server Manager
Expand Diagnostics
Expand Event View
Expand Applications and Services Logs
Expand Microsoft
Expand Windows
Expand PrintService
when you get to here you will notice there is an "Admin" log. If you right click on this it is indeed enabled, however the "Operational" log below is disabled by default. Simply right click on the Operational log and select enable.
Sit back and wait for your events to be logged then go investigate your printing problems!
I have been dealing with a problem where printer settings kept changing on a Citrix server. On 2003 the printing logged used to be straight forward however 2008 R2 is a little different, even if you install the "Print and Document Services" role you still seem to have no print logging (or limited!). There is a simple way to log Printing events in Server 2008 R2.
Open your server Manager
Expand Diagnostics
Expand Event View
Expand Applications and Services Logs
Expand Microsoft
Expand Windows
Expand PrintService
when you get to here you will notice there is an "Admin" log. If you right click on this it is indeed enabled, however the "Operational" log below is disabled by default. Simply right click on the Operational log and select enable.
Sit back and wait for your events to be logged then go investigate your printing problems!
23 Oct 2009
VMware server 2 automatic startup of guest OS
its quite simple.. but its quite hidden.
select the host server and then select "edit virtual machine startup/shutdown settings"
you have to select the VM you want to start up automatically and click "move up". once in the group above it still startup automatically. simples.
its quite simple.. but its quite hidden.
select the host server and then select "edit virtual machine startup/shutdown settings"
you have to select the VM you want to start up automatically and click "move up". once in the group above it still startup automatically. simples.
19 Oct 2009
Today I was working on a machine.. the user had access to a website that needed IE6 installed. Then more and more users piped up saying they needed IE6 installed.. the customer has a lovely 256k connection. The installer for IE6 SP1 is around a total of 12meg. Now on a 256k line 12meg is hard enough but times that by 6 or 7 and it starts to get a little annoying. There is a simple way you can download the actual installer to local storage!
get the IE6 Setup HERE
save the exe to a location you will remember (desktop or create a folder under C:)
once downloaded go to run. type in "C:\yourlocation\ie6setup.exe" /c:"ie6wzd.exe /d /s:""#E"
you can then run through the steps on screen to select which distributions you wish to download.
**ensure to take note of where you download your install files to**
once this process is complete you have a full copy of IE6 SP1 downloaded to your local harddrive.
****UPdate****
lets try this again. user lied!!!! gits! they needed 5.51 instead of 6 (they already had six install LET THIS BE A LESSON TO EVERYONE CHECK AND DONT TAKE THE WORD OF AN LUSER!!!!
I've found another program... http://tredosoft.com/files/multi-ie/multiple-ie-setup.exe
its quite small and includes all the files it needs! simples!!!!
get the IE6 Setup HERE
save the exe to a location you will remember (desktop or create a folder under C:)
once downloaded go to run. type in "C:\yourlocation\ie6setup.exe" /c:"ie6wzd.exe /d /s:""#E"
you can then run through the steps on screen to select which distributions you wish to download.
**ensure to take note of where you download your install files to**
once this process is complete you have a full copy of IE6 SP1 downloaded to your local harddrive.
****UPdate****
lets try this again. user lied!!!! gits! they needed 5.51 instead of 6 (they already had six install LET THIS BE A LESSON TO EVERYONE CHECK AND DONT TAKE THE WORD OF AN LUSER!!!!
I've found another program... http://tredosoft.com/files/multi-ie/multiple-ie-setup.exe
its quite small and includes all the files it needs! simples!!!!
21 Sept 2009
Today I had the joy of someone with a local profile logging on and windows gave them a new one thinking the old one was corrupt.
the only thing the user complained about was the fact when they typed "ad" in to the name box in outlook none of their past user names that they had emailed came up.
After having a quick look around I found this
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287623
its extremely simple to do and will save you a lot of headache with the users!!
simply copy the *.nk2 file from %userprofile%\application data\Microsoft\outlook\
You need to close outlook first to move this to the newest profile.
Once copied in you don’t need to do anything else apart from accept the thanks... yeah right like the users would thank you!!
***EDIT***
I've also just found a program called NK2View which works very well you can view edit and delete names from the auto complete file. See info HERE and download HERE
the only thing the user complained about was the fact when they typed "ad" in to the name box in outlook none of their past user names that they had emailed came up.
After having a quick look around I found this
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/287623
its extremely simple to do and will save you a lot of headache with the users!!
simply copy the *.nk2 file from %userprofile%\application data\Microsoft\outlook\
You need to close outlook first to move this to the newest profile.
Once copied in you don’t need to do anything else apart from accept the thanks... yeah right like the users would thank you!!
***EDIT***
I've also just found a program called NK2View which works very well you can view edit and delete names from the auto complete file. See info HERE and download HERE
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