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When attempting to configure email server specific settings in Trend Micro Worry Free Business Security – Advanced 7.0, you receive the error: “Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage”:
When you hover over an option such as “Disable” in the Anti-spam section, you notice a URL that points to your email server. By default it points to port 16372 on the email server. This is the first clue that gives you an idea that this is potentially a problem with the firewall on the email Read more [...]
I recently ran into an issue where one of my customers HP Digital Senders would no longer resolve email addresses automatically to Active Directory using the HP Digital Sending Software version 4.91.
It generated the error: “The operation failed. Please verify your configuration and try again. (LDAP error ServerDown occurred.)”:
It also generated the error: “The operation failed. Please verify your configuration and try again. (AUTH_LDAP_SERVER_NOT_AVAILABLE)":
While many different problems Read more [...]
I recently ran into an issue where I couldn't start any additional virtual machines on a Hyper-V server that was running Windows Server 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition - Core Installation (no GUI). After a little research, I determined that the operating system had created a pagefile of over 100 gigabytes in size which was using up the majority of the DAS in the server. The server has 96GB of RAM which is the reason why the operating system automatically configured such a large pagefile. The VM's are Read more [...]
There are multiple reasons why you might want to run the Dell System E-Support Tool (DSET) on your Dell PowerEdge server. It could be because Dell Support has requested it or you’re trying to diagnose a problem or you simply want to know what version of BIOS your server is running without having to reboot it. This tool is especially useful when it comes to Windows Server 2008 R2 core installation since many other utilities will not run on server core.
The DSET utility can be installed on server Read more [...]
On several occasions, I've been asked to provide a report of mailbox sizes and number of items in a mailbox to a few of my customers who are running either Exchange Server 2007 or 2010. Like most of my blogs, this blog is as much documentation for myself as anything else. That way when I need to provide another one of these reports again in a few months, I'm not trying to figure out how I previously accomplished the task.
The following PowerShell Script creates a text file that contains a list Read more [...]
I recommend following the instructions in my “Rename a Network Interface from the Command Line” so you can easily distinguish the difference in the network interfaces. Once the network interfaces are renamed, they should look similar to the ones in this image:
If you attempt to ping your SAN at this point with a 8972 byte ping (9000 bytes minus a 20 byte IP header and a 8 byte ICMP header), you’ll receive a message stating “Packet needs to be fragmented but DF set.”:
In this example, Read more [...]
I’ve written a few other blogs about iSCSI and Multipath I/O on Windows Servers, but this one focuses on installing the EqualLogic Host Integration Tool (HIT) Kit on Windows Server 2008 R2 Core (no GUI). If you are using an EqualLogic SAN, I recommend installing the HIT kit before doing any of the iSCSI or Multipath I/O configuration. It will make your life a lot easier. It’s also not a problem to install the HIT kit after you’ve done some or all of the configuration, just keep in mind there Read more [...]
While building a Hyper-V server this week, I decided to rename the network interfaces to something that would make identifying the iSCSI connections a little easier. Since the server was installed with only the core (no GUI) installation of Windows Server 2008 R2, the process had to be performed from the command line. The network interface is also commonly referred to by other names such as network adapter or network connection.
To show a list of the network interfaces, run the following command:
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1 | netsh interface ipv4 show interface |
Piping the output of a command line utility to the find command is a way to easily narrow down the results that are returned.
Here's an example of piping the output of the netstat command to find only the ports that your server is listening on:
You can pipe the output multiple times to narrow down your search results:
The find command can also be used to search text files:
Here's the syntax of the find command:
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1 | netstat -an -p TCP | find /I "listening" |
This blog article will guide you through the steps of setting up Remote Desktop Licensing or Terminal Services Licensing as it's known in previous versions of Windows Server.
You've decided to move from Windows 2003 R2 to 2008 R2 domain controllers and you want to run your terminal services licensing on the new domain controllers. You can run the licensing for all your terminal servers operating with Windows 2000 Server and newer Windows Server versions on Windows Server 2008 R2.
On the domain Read more [...]
This blog will walk you through the steps of a typical Exchange Server 2010 Installation. Be sure to follow the instructions in my “Installation of Exchange Server 2010 Prerequisites” blog.
By having completed the steps in that previous blog article, you can jump right into Step 3:
Select the appropriate option. In the example below, I chose “Install only languages from the DVD”:
Click on the link for Step 4:
Click “Next”:
Accept the license and select “Next”:
Select the Read more [...]
In an Active Directory environment the default time source is the domain controller in your forest root domain that is running the PDC emulator FSMO role. Keep in mind that the PDC emulator FSMO role is a domain level FSMO role so each domain will have one, but each domain’s PDC emulator will receive its time from the forest root’s PDC emulator. The following procedure will walk you through the steps of configuring the forest root’s PDC emulator to receive its time updates from an Internet Read more [...]
ORF Enterprise Edition is my spam filter of choice and has been through several generations of Exchange Server versions. The product is licensed per server so regardless of mailboxes or users you only need one license per Exchange Server. The initial year is $239 and each year after that is $99 per year. I haven't seen any other spam filtering product for an Exchange Server that offers a better price to performance ratio. A fully functional 30 day evaluation version is available for download with Read more [...]
It has been about six months since I transitioned one of my customers from Exchange Server 2007 to 2010 and I've found myself saying “How did I do that?” so I decided to write a blog about the process this time since I'm transitioning another customer.
In the following example, a server named email which is running the Windows Server 2008 R2 operating system has been added to the mikefrobbins.com Active Directory domain and all of the available windows updates have already been installed. Read more [...]
Managed Service Accounts seem to be the end all and fix all for those services such as Exchange or SQL that we have all at some point either set to run as local system, an administrator account, or at best a domain user account that has been setup with the principal of least privilege. Using an account such as local system grants more rights than necessary and the service ends up running as a local administrator equivalent. Using a normal domain user account, even if it has been setup with the principle Read more [...]