Today’s issues:
Backup issues
Shared folder quotas
Printer configurations
Data execution protection
I created a Server 2008 x64 guest for managing 64-bit drivers on our shared printers. It works much better than trying to use Printer Management MMC in RSAT on Windows 7.
One hiccup I ran into while install the Ricoh PCL6 Driver for Universal Print was that it was [...]
We’ve been working with our backup vendor to address some shortcomings of their product as it relates to Windows 2008 system recover. This was precipitated by a failure of a portion of our virtual infrastructure, which lead to corruption of several hosts’ virtual disk files.
We managed to rebuild one failed host from bare (virtual) metal, [...]
ESET has fixed the problem that caused widespread system hangs. If you followed my instructions to disable NOD32, you can re-enable it by repeating those steps and changing one word: replace disabled with auto.
To recapitulate:
1. Boot into safe mode
2. In either the Run dialog or the Vista Start Menu search box, type the following:
cmd /k [...]
I’ve spent most of the day trying identify a systematic way to work around the campus antivirus solution, which is causing widespread system hangs. Our vendor has tentatively identified a problematic recent update, and is recommending that affected users temporarily disable the Eset Service service until a patch is available.
Disabling ESET NOD32 / ekrn Service.
If [...]
Working on the Server 2008 hard limit of 5000 attribute values max per query, which breaks our Identity Management process. I’m looking at having to write a clone of LDIFDE that can issue queries using Range Retrieval and then synthesizes a single LDIF entry for groups with more than 5000 members.
Safari Tech Books online provides [...]
Yesterday, a client called me complaining that, after installing Vista SP2, she couldn’t access a folder on a file share. She could access that same folder from her XP workstation, logged in with the same account.
I paid a service call (across the parking lot; any excuse to get up and walk outside ), [...]
I’ve been working with client to try to identify why we sometime log onto the UVM wifi network successfully before workstation logon, but frequently this fails and drive mappings are not performed successfully.
In consulting with a colleague, he suggested that it could be a race condition between the network authorizing the connection and the Windows [...]
It’s June! Cold and rainy?! Gah!!
On the list for today:
AD Domain Services on Server 2008 and Operations Manager 2007
Operations Manager – verifying current version
First, checked the Help | About dialog in the OpsMgr console.
Reviewing TechNet article on the SP1 upgrade procedure to look for more details.
Post regarding installing hotfixes on the Management Server using [...]
Having successfully deployed some agents to some recalcitrant hosts, I’m now trying to address a false positive issue on a DC. I’m getting an error regarding “AD Op Master Respone [sic] Monitor”. The host has a recurring error:
AD Op Master Response : The script ‘AD Op Master Response’ failed to create object ‘McActiveDir.ActiveDirectory’. This is [...]
Spent much of today wrangling with System Center Operations Manager and my new backup WINS server. There’s a list of hotfixes that are pre-requisites for running OpsManager, including the agent, on Server 2008. One of the prereq’s requires .NET framework, so I’m ignoring that one (KB954049). My primary WINS server, also Server Core, has the [...]
