NetApp SnapManager for Exchange (SME) Restore takes Physical Disk offline

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 resource offline. (Actually swaps it with the volume/LUN that has the backup). When this happens, the Exchange System Manager (and thereby the entire Exchange Virtual Server) goes down – because […]

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NetApp’s VSS Provider looks for “non-existent” file versions in KB833167

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 KB824354. You install the hotfixes. Then install the VSS Provider. And here’s what you get – Incorrect version of the following files was detected. Please install Hotfix Q833167. Esent.dll version […]

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MSDTC Resource and Confusing KB 301600

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, press and hold the CTRL key on the keyboard, select both the Physical Disk and Network Name that you created in step 2, and then click the Add button But […]

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Got Win2003 Adminpak on XP and don’t see the Dial-In tab..

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 – copy the following text in notepad and save as dialin.REG (don’t forget to change file type drop-down to All): Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RasDialin.UserAdminExt]@=”” [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RasDialin.UserAdminExt\CLSID]@=”{B52C1E50-1DD2-11D1-BC43-00C04FC31FD3}” [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RasDialin.UserAdminExt.1]@=”” [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\RasDialin.UserAdminExt.1\CLSID]@=”{B52C1E50-1DD2-11D1-BC43-00C04FC31FD3}” [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MMC\NodeTypes\{19195a5b-6da0-11d0-afd3-00c04fd930c9}\Extensions\NameSpace]“{B52C1E50-1DD2-11D1-BC43-00C04FC31FD3}”=”RAS Dialin […]

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Calling Control Panel applets from shell

A list of command line options for calling control panel apps. Particular pain points – adding/removing programs and Windows components takes too many mouse clicks, and so does getting into a network adapter’s TCP/IP properties. You can call the Add/Remove Programs window by typing appwiz.cpl, and to get into Add/Remove Programs | Windows Components, type: […]

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