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• DNS Record Keeping
  DNS keeps track of Information in Zones. Essentially, a zone is a flat-file database for a particular domain, such as www.Google.com. The zone can contain different rexord types, all of which can be queried by clients: > A : Which i a Host Address record – this resolves a single host name. suck as www, [...]
• What is the SYSVOL folder?
  All active directory data base security related information store in SYSVOL folder and it’s only created on NTFS partition. In Microsoft Windows, the System Volume (Sysvol) is a shared directory that stores the server copy of the domain’s public files that must be shared for common access and replication throughout a domain. The term SYSVOL refers to a […]
• ReplMon
  ReplMon can do the following: See when a replication partner fails. Display changes that have not yet replicated from a given replication partner. Trigger the Knowledge Consistency Checker (KCC) to recalculate the replication topology. View the history of successful and failed replication changes for troubleshooting purposes. Find all direct and transitive r […]
• Recreating Service Console networking from the command line in ESX
  Issue The Service Console loses connectivity Due to misconfiguration of service console, the network connection fails An additional NIC is added to ESX host Solution To delete and recreate a virtual switch and Service Console from the command line:   Run the following command to list the name of the vswif adapter: esxcfg-vswif -l Run [...]
• 2011 in review
  The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 10,000 times in 2011. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 4 sold-out performances for that many [...]
• VM Backup – Win Server 2008 R2 & Hyper-V
  VM Backup – Backing up Virtual Machines with Windows Server 2008 R2 & Hyper-V Overview Virtual machines are basically made of files. They contain configuration files, virtual hard disks, snapshot files and saved state files. While running computers are virtual machines can benefit from virtualization, a lot of thought needs to be taken in order [...]
• Shutdown Event Tracker
  You’ve probably noticed that Windows Server 2003 has a new feature that requests a shutdown reason each time you restart the server. This feature is called the Shutdown Event Tracker. If you are working in a test environment, you might choose to disable this feature to avoid the hassle of typing in a reason each [...]
• Add Snap-in to MMC
  To add a snap-in to an existing MMC, complete the following steps: 1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Administrative Tools, and then click the name of the custom MMC. 2. On the File menu, click Add/Remove Snap-In. 3. In the Standalone tab in the Add/Remove Snap-In dialog box, click Add. 4. In [...]
• How to Restore the System State on a Domain Controller
  1. To restore the system state on a domain controller, first start the computer in Directory Services Restore Mode. To do so, restart the computer and press the F8 key when you see the Boot menu. 2. Choose Directory Services Restore Mode. 3. Choose the Windows 2000 installation you are going to recover, and then [...]
• How many FSMO Roles?