Two paths diverged in a wood. One was worn smooth by years of easy traffic. The other asked more of you. More effort, more intention, more thought. Most travelers took…
Recently one old cluster node failed – after being evicted from the cluster, luckily. A Dell PowerEdge. Went to Dell’s Premiere Support web site to…
(Some) Blackberry handheld devices have phones – which is a good thing, the GSM coverage is getting better. Things to keep in mind: the phone…
Exchange 2000/2003 Mailbox Manager and msExchMailboxManagerAgeLimit.: “Mailbox manager policies may not process items as some administrators might expect. For example if you set up a…
Moving mailboxes from an Exchange 2000 virtual server (EVS) to an Exchange Server 2003 EVS – can’t seem to move 1 particular mailbox. User has…
A power outage (are rolling blackouts back in California??) earlier in the morning, and the resulting mess. The new cluster (Windows 2003/Exchange 2003) with NetApp’s…
Recently I imported the employeeID (and a few other attributes) from an OpenLDAP directory into Active Directory. Problem was different distinguishedName attributes in both directories…
The Windows XP Professional docs tell you the LDIFDE utility is avaialble on that OS, but I haven’t been able to find it. Simply copy…
You’ve just built a shiny new Windows Server 2003 cluster, installed Exchange Server 2003, created an Exchange Virtual Server (EVS) and tested MAPI, HTTP, Cluster…
I’ve always had a love/hate relationship with NetApp’s SnapManager for Exchange (SME) backup utility. To restore a store, SME needs to take the Physical Disk…
When you try to install the NetApp VSS Provider (to connect iSCSI filers to Windows Server 2003), you need to install Hotfixes from KB833167 and…
Microsoft KB 301600 talks about how to install the Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) resource on a Windows Server 2003 cluster. STEP 8: In Dependencies,…
Adminpak installed on XP Pro does not reveal the Dial-In tab on user’s properties. Here’s how to make it show up : Registry Entries –…