afokkema Active Directory, Microsoft, Windows

Microsoft: Health Checks on Domain Controllers


Brian W. McCann heeft een korte post gemaakt over Health Checks on Domain Controllers.

Hieronder zie je de tools die hij beschrijft:

Dcdiag.exe /v >> c:\temp\pre_dcdiag.txt
This is a must and will always tell you if there is trouble with your DCs and/or services associated with it.

Netdiag.exe /v >> c:\temp\pre_Netdiag.txt
This will let me know if there are issues with the networking components on the DC. This along with the post test also is a quick easy way to ensure the patch I just installed is really installed (just check the top of the log)

Netsh dhcp show server >> c:\temp\pre_dhcp.txt
Some may not do this but I’ve felt the pain of a DHCP server somehow not being authorized after a patch. This allows me verify the server count and names.

Repadmin /showreps >> c:\temp\pre_rep_partners.txt
This shows all my replication and if it was successful or not. Just be aware that Global Catalogs will have more info here than a normal domain controller.

repadmin /replsum /errorsonly >> c:\temp\pre_repadmin_err.txt
This is the one that always takes forever but will let you know who you are having issues replicating with.

Bron: http://www.adminprep.com/articles/default.asp?action=show&articleid=101

afokkema Microsoft, Windows

Microsoft: Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides


 

These step-by-step guides help IT Professionals learn about and evaluate Windows Server 2008.
These documents are downloadable versions of guides found in the Windows Server 2008 Technical Library. (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=86808)

 

Klik op het onderstaande plaatje om naar de downloads te gaan.

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afokkema Microsoft, Windows

Considerations when hosting AD DC in virtual environments


KB888794:  Considerations when hosting Active Directory domain controller in virtual hosting environments

 

In het bovenstaande KB artikel tref je ook nog de volgende artikelen aan:

KB875495: How to detect and recover from a USN rollback in Windows Server 2003.

KB885875: How to detect and recover from a USN rollback in Windows 2000 Server.

KB897615: Support policy for Microsoft software running in non-Microsoft hardware virtualization software

afokkema Microsoft, Windows

Microsoft: Windows XP Service pack 3


Ik kwam een post tegen op http://www.msminded.nl waarop de release dates staan van Windows XP SP3.

Hier een quote van de post:

14 april 2008: Support is beschikbaar voor de RTM versie van Service Pack 3 voor Windows XP

21 april 2008: Original Equipment Manufacturers, Volume License, Connect, MSDN en TechNet subscribers

29 april 2008: Microsoft Update, Windows Update, Download Center

10 juni 2008: Automatic Updates

 

Update: Service Pack 3 kun je nu officieel downloaden vanaf hier: http://download.windowsupdate.com/

Ik ging vandaag even kijken en ik kon inderdaad Service Pack 3 downloaden. Ik heb deze gelijk geïnstalleerd. Dit ging als volgt:

Windows_XP_SP3_1

Even opnieuw opstarten.

Windows_XP_SP3_2

En voila Service Pack 3 staat geïnstalleerd.

Windows_XP_SP3_3

Voor de releasenotes kun je hier terecht: http://download.microsoft.com/download/c/d/8/cd8cc719-7d5a-40d3-a802-e4057aa8c631/relnotes.htm

afokkema Citrix, Microsoft, Windows

Citrix: Username.Domain folders on the TSProfile Share


Het kan voorkomen dat je de onderstaande tsprofiles tegen komt op je TSProfile share. Meer informatie over hoe dit komt lees je in KB821929

UsernameDomain2

Ik vond een post van Robert Illing op het Citrix forum met de oplossing:

Apparently in SP1 they incorporated this hotfix – http://support.microsoft.com/?id=821929. If you look at the bottom if the hotfix it shows how windows looks at the terminal server roaming profiles.

We use \\server\username for our home drives and the \\server\username.domain caused us problems. The thing is windows will actually attempt \\server\username, but the user has to have full control on their profile. They also need to be the owner of the folder. If they are not the owner, windows will create a NEW profile for them using username.domain which created tons of profiles on our san.

There is a work around on the ownership problem. As we scripted our whole solution, and went about to go in and change ownership on thousands of profiles. If you create a GPO and go to Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates, System, User Profiles, then select “Do not check for user ownership of roaming profiles folder”. This will ignore the ownership of the profile.

So to clarify once you apply that GPO. You should be able to use \\server\username as long as the user has full control on their profile.

Op de policy met GPMC.msc en ga naar Computer Configuration – Administrative Templates – System –  User Profiles daarna enabale je de volgende optie Do not check for user ownership of roaming profiles folder

UsernameDomain

afokkema Citrix, Microsoft, Windows

Citrix: Licensing error EventID 1028


Ik starte vandaag een oude VM op en wilde verbinding maken naar de Citrix omgeving. Dit lukte niet. Ik kreeg de onderstaande error.

License_Error

De volgende EventID werd in de eventlog weggeschreven op de terminal/citrix server.

eventid1028

De oplossing voor dit probleem was het verwijderen van de MSLicensing key. Dit doe je via Regedit op de client en blader dan naar de key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft en verwijder de key MSLicensing.

 License_Error_regedit

De oplossing kwam van Super Pippo op het Citrix forum: http://support.citrix.com/forums

Meer informatie over TSServer Licensing vind je in het volgende KB document: KB823313

afokkema Citrix, Microsoft, Windows

Citrix: EventID 110


De volgende melding kun je terug vinden op je Citrix server. Deze melding treed op zodra je hotfix rollup pack 1 hebt geïnstalleerd.

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Oplossing / Workarround

Open het bestand C:\Program Files\Citrix\XTE\conf\httpd.conf in Wordpad.

Voeg daarna de volgende text toe:

#Log Level

loglevel emerg

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Als laatste herstart je de XTE service. Dit kun je via Start – Run – Services.msc doen of via het commandprompt:

net stop “Citrix XTE Server” en net start “Citrix XTE Server”

Meer informatie over deze issue vind je hier: CTX114680

afokkema Microsoft, Windows

Tool: Server Core Configurator


Ik kwam de tool Server Core Configurator erg handig als je te lui bent om de commando’s uit te voeren.

Hieronder zie je het hoofdscherm

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Features:

  • Product Activation
  • Configuration of display resolution
  • Clock and time zone configuration
  • Remote Desktop configuration
  • Management of local user accounts (creation, deletion, group membership, passwords)
  • Firewall configuration
  • WinRM configuration
  • IP configuration
  • Computer name and domain/workgroup membership
  • Installation of Server Core features/roles

 

Download de tool hier: http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/guyt/

afokkema Microsoft, Windows

Windows: Network Shell (Netsh) Technical Reference


The Windows Server® 2008 Network Shell (Netsh) Technical Reference provides a comprehensive command reference for networking technologies such as Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP), Network Policy Server (NPS), Network Access Protection (NAP), and Routing and Remote Access Services (RRAS), among many other technologies for which there are netsh commands. Netsh commands offer an alternative to configuring network technologies using the Windows interface. You can run netsh commands in batch files and scripts, and you can run them from the netsh prompt by manually typing commands. You can use netsh commands to configure both local and remote computers.

Je kunt het hier downloaden: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/

 

Bron: http://blogs.technet.com/seanearp/archive/2008/03/14/network-shell-netsh-technical-reference-released.aspx