Archives for the ‘Windows 2K3 Server’ Category

SBS migration fails with error “This server has a trust relationship with Domain_name.local”

By Burnsie • Apr 17th, 2008 • Category: Windows 2K3 Server

Method one in the below article resolved this issue for me. Seems to happen on DELL’s a fair bit.



Reset HP iLO Administrator Password

By Jamsi • Jan 2nd, 2008 • Category: Windows 2K3 Server

So I forgot the iLO password .. and rather than opening up the machine and flipping the switch thingy, I gave the advice in this article a whirl .. and what do you know, it worked fine!

http://blog.netnerds.net/2006/04/ribcl-reset-administrator-password-on-ilo/
And for those running 2003 64bit, you can grab the Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility from here.



VB Script to check disk space and email results

By Burnsie • Nov 28th, 2007 • Category: Windows 2K3 Server

Here is a script I hacked together that checks disk space of your servers and emails it to an address. This can be scheduled using Windows Task Scheduler.
Requirements:
- CDONTS - http://kb.swsoft.com/en/560
- Needs to be run under administrative rights

‘ Sample code for monitoring windows disk space

‘ This script reports the drive usage of all fixed [...]



JRNL_WRAP_ERROR on Single Domain Controller environment

By Burnsie • Jan 17th, 2007 • Category: Windows 2K3 Server

When faced with the following issue on a single domain controller environment
The File Replication Service has detected that the replica set “DOMAIN SYSTEM VOLUME (SYSVOL SHARE)” is in JRNL_WRAP_ERROR.
Replica set name is : “DOMAIN SYSTEM VOLUME (SYSVOL SHARE)”
Replica root path is : “c:\windows\sysvol\domain”
Replica root volume is [...]



Promoting a Domain Controller over an IPSEC VPN

By Jonesy • May 15th, 2006 • Category: Windows 2K3 Server

Over the weekend I was involved in Joining a Windows 2003 server in the US to our domain here in Sydney over an IPSEC VPN. Due to MTU limitations imposed by the T1 connection, and the additional overhead of the ipsec encryption, it seemed that machines could join the domain, but when we tried to [...]



System Restore under Windows Server 2003

By Burnsie • Apr 13th, 2006 • Category: Windows 2K3 Server

Thanks to gosh at neowin.net who posted a guide on how to install system restore on a Windows 2003 server. We have quoted the post for further reference incase the original thread gets removed.
This thread describes how to install system restore on server 2003. It is not a thread for talking about WHY you might [...]



Outlook 0×9004010f error

By Jamsi • Mar 7th, 2006 • Category: Windows 2K3 Server

Upon trying to add an exchange account to your outlook 2003, the error code “0×9004010f” may appear.
Try the following. (Windows XP only)
Solution 1
1) Click the start menu, then control panel
2) Select “mail”
3) Select “show profiles”
4) Remove any profiles that are currently listed. (Ensure you have backed up your mail)
5) Select “add” and give your profile [...]



Printer Migration Tool

By Mattrus • Feb 20th, 2006 • Category: Windows 2K3 Server

FYI, extremely useful tool for migrating network printers. You run this tool on the source server and run a “backup�. It dumps all printer settings into a single .cab file. On the target machine you do a “restore� from the .cab and it recreates the printers EXACTLY the same on the target server. [...]



New “features” of RPC over HTTPS for Exchange 2003 introduced in SP2

By Mattrus • Feb 12th, 2006 • Category: Windows 2K3 Server

UPDATE
Only the client end when putting in the “exchange server� address you need to put in the local FQDN e.g. mydomain.local even if you are outside the network and it cannot be resolved. THEN you put in the external FQDN in the “connections� tab. Once the connection has been made to the RPC proxy on [...]



You do not have permission to send to this recipient

By Jamsi • Jan 18th, 2006 • Category: Windows 2K3 Server

When granting another user access to an exchange mail account you must also grant them permission to “send on behalf”. This is the error you may receive when trying to reply to mail on another users exchange mailbox.
“You do not have permission to send to this recipient.”
The solution is to grant the user you [...]



Modifing Regional Settings

By Jamsi • Jan 17th, 2006 • Category: Windows 2K3 Server

Did you install windows with the incorrect regional settings, only to find that if you modify them after the install, they don’t change?!?!?!
Under control panel, regional settings, advanced tab - make sure you tick the checkbox that says
“Apply all settings to the current user and to the default user profile�



Active Directory LDAP Query Fields

By Jamsi • Jan 17th, 2006 • Category: Windows 2K3 Server

LDAP Query Fields
CN: Common Name (made up of givenName and SN
displayName: Display Name
givenName: Given/First Name
SN: Surname
homeDrive: Home Drive
c: Country or Region
company: Company or organization name
department:
homephone: Home Phone number
l (Lower case L) L = Location. City ( Maybe Office
location:
manager: Boss, manager
mobile: Mobile Phone number
ObjectClass: Usually, User, or Computer
O: Organizational unit. See also DN
postalCode:Zip [...]