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stsadm command reference

2010-07-13T05:26:00.001-07:00

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-au/library/cc263384%28office.12%29.aspx

PSEXEC to run Ipconfig on multiple servers remotely

2010-05-06T09:02:00.000-07:00

First you'll need to get pstools which is free and then run:

psexec @serverlist.txt -n 30 ipconfig /all > output.txt

I put the -n 30 in there so it does timeout after a finite period but the amount of time can be changed based on your environment.

MOSS Sharepoint 2007 Quota Error

2010-03-31T13:29:00.000-07:00

Problem: When you have quota setup (for example 300MB) and a user attempts to upload a file that puts them over their site quota, you will get errors when logging in a site admin account.

Workaround: Log in to central Administration as the Production Farm Account and you will be able to increase the site quota.

IPv4 Address Space Finally running Out!

2010-02-10T07:49:00.001-08:00

http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/56346

Classic Southpark Video

2010-02-08T16:25:00.000-08:00

Got this stuck in my head today.. Always makes me laugh!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMrFm1e0C68

Save mapped drive password in WinXP

2009-08-25T05:37:00.000-07:00

How to save a mapped drive password in XP
The manage network passwords utility in XP doesnt have an add password function so you have to go to the command prompt and use the following :

NET USE U: \\NETHOME\USERID /PERSISTENT:YES /SAVECRED

Windows Server 2008 as a primary desktop environment

2009-06-26T09:12:00.000-07:00

Okay, so the Linux experiment is over... Next time I will stick to a VM when making such a drastic change!

I am beginning to study for my MCITP Server 2K8 and so I thought it would be a great idea to install it as my primary OS on my laptop.
I researched a couple of websites before taking the plunge:
http://blogs.msdn.com/vijaysk/archive/2008/02/11/using-windows-server-2008-as-a-super-desktop-os.aspx
http://msmvps.com/blogs/paulomorgado/archive/2008/05/14/using-windows-server-2008-as-a-desktop-operating-system.aspx

The install was a piece of cake and adding the features was simple enough. The main gotchas are drivers. drivers drivers drivers..
My laptop is fairly new, a Dell Latitude E6400 w/ P8400 2.26GHz Core 2Duo and 4GB of RAM so I knew I had enough horsepower but finding the correct chipset and graphics drivers turned into a bit of a struggle.
Dell didn't help so you have to go to the manufacturer.
This site helped A TON! http://www.ma-config.com/accueil_en.html
It allows you to see the actual Manufacturer part number, then you can search on their site for pre-release and beta drivers.
I finally found that I needed a graphics driver and a graphics accelerator driver for everything to be happy.
Ok so initial take,
Pros: quick boot, I was able to pick the 'features' i wanted and none I didn't, really fast install, and instant access to all enterprise level administration tools.
Cons: mainly just the driver support.

I was able to install all my applications Office2k7, dameware, firefox, chrome, wireshark, etc with no problems.

So far this laptop is solid.. Next task will be setting up VMWare and testing performance..

Switching Laptop to Linux as primary OS

2009-06-23T11:07:00.000-07:00

I started the process to move my base OS to linux last weekend. After screwing around with Fedora 10 & 11 for most of the time I am now happily running Ubuntu Hardy with VMWare Server 2.0 running a copy of Windows Server 2008 which I'm using for testing and Administration.
Pros: the goodness of a linux based OS, access to 100's if not 1000's of open source packages, The coolest Graphical Environment (compiz fusion).
Cons: it took 6 hours to get dual monitors working and it's still not perfect. Can't connect to Exchange 2007 with Evolution except through IMAP which doesn't allow me to use calendar functionality.

Overall, I'd say I was a very entrenched Windows user who is having the normal growing pains from being in a new environment.

I look forward to working a bit more on the graphics support and learning my shell commands as well as I did before.

Active Directory Search for accounts expire time

2009-06-19T06:47:00.000-07:00

dsquery user | dsget user -samid -acctexpires

Cisco MWI (message waiting indicator)

2009-06-19T05:57:00.000-07:00

MWI light in cisco admin go to feature-> MWI-> look for the number s and see if they work

typically 540, 541

Windows stop services remotely through script

2009-06-19T05:54:00.002-07:00

Network administrators can run this commend just fine on their local machines: SC \\Servername Stop Spooler

Exchange 2007 OAB Replication Check

2009-06-19T05:54:00.001-07:00

check your OAB replication by:

get-offlineaddressbook |fl

Write down the Guid of the address book that needs to replicate then navigate to

c:\program files\microsoft\exchange server\client access\OAB

Check to make sure the only folder is the one with your guid you wrote down earlier.

Exchange 2007 Set Autodiscover URL

2009-06-19T05:53:00.000-07:00

set-clientaccessserver -identity servername -autodiscoverserviceinternaluri "http://server.domain.com/autodiscover/autodiscover.xml"

WinSock Reset

2009-06-19T05:51:00.000-07:00

Worked on researching the RRAS problem.
solution is to make sure that the Network Connections, Windows
Management Instrumentation, and Remote Procedure Call (RPC) services are
running, and if they are, reset Winsock by running the following command
from a command prompt: "netsh winsock reset" (without quotation mark).

Exchange 2007 Add Permission scripts (powershell)

2009-06-19T05:49:00.000-07:00

Get-Mailbox -identity "SERVERNAME\First Storage Group\Mailbox Database" | Add-ADPermission -user administrator -AccessRights GenericAll

DHCP enable conflict detection

2009-06-18T08:36:00.001-07:00

To enable conflict detection on your DHCP server, perform these steps:
1. Start the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) DHCP snap-in (Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, DHCP).
2. Right-click the DHCP server and select Properties.
3. Select the Advanced tab.
4. By default, "Conflict detection attempts" is set to 0. Increase the value to 1 or 2, as the figure shows. Setting it higher than 2 isn't recommended because each attempt takes as long as 1 second.
5. Click OK.

Exchange 2007 Transport Hub Issues

2009-06-18T08:20:00.001-07:00

Disable all antivirus
Restart All exchange services
Get-transport agent
Get-transportagent | disabletransportagent/enabletransportagent
Restarted transport service/Mail Submission service

Cisco VLAN Info

2009-06-18T08:19:00.000-07:00

Sh spanning-tree sum
Sh spanning –tree vlan ?
Native vlan is the vlan number that packets get tagged with when no other place is found for them to go. Default is 1.

Cisco Switch Password Reset

2009-06-18T08:18:00.000-07:00

http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/switches/ps628/products_password_recovery09186a0080094184.shtml

Cisco trunking config.

2009-06-18T08:17:00.001-07:00

s3(config)#int gi0/23
s3(config-if)#switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q
s3(config-if)#switchport trunk allowed vlan all
s3(config-if)#switchport mode trunk
s3(config-if)#switchport trunk native vlan

Partial AdminPak Install

2009-06-18T08:16:00.000-07:00

partial install of the adminpack.msi
msiexec /i adminpak.msi ADDLOCAL=FeADMgmtConsole /qb

for taskpad installs

Test SMTP functionality

2009-06-18T08:12:00.000-07:00

# Start a command prompt.
# Type telnet ServerName 25
Type EHLO, and then press ENTER
MAIL FROM:UserName@DomainName.tld
RCPT TO:RecipientName@DomainName.tld
type data
then type test or something and end with a '.' period.

Exchange 2007 Mailbox Total Size (powershell)

2009-06-18T08:11:00.001-07:00

Get-Mailbox -Database | Get-MailboxStatistics | select DisplayName,TotalItemSize |
sort TotalItemSize

Cisco Unity 5.0 Upgrade

2009-06-18T08:09:00.002-07:00

DBWalker
DiRT
Extend schema
Run unity prepare off service pack 1
Run DBWalker
Run DiRT
Install 5.0

DNS Records Cleanup

2009-06-18T08:09:00.001-07:00

dnscmd [DnsServerName] /info
dcdiag /s:[servername] /test:DNS
dnscmd [dns server name/ip] /startscavenging

DNS MX lookup

2009-06-18T08:06:00.000-07:00

Nslookup set q=mx urdomain.com

Exchange 2007 Managed Folder Assistant

2009-06-18T07:59:00.000-07:00

Start-ManagedFolderAssistant