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Windows domain & Server Infrastructure evaluation
Hi, We need to evaluate the current state of a mid sized Windows Infrastructure environment with respect to it’s support and management.Can anyone please assist in pointing to any link/details or document of how to approach the evaluation process? What are the different parameters to checked and recorded? Thanks for your help. Regards Abbis
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| February 28, 2012 12:29 PM
Windows Server Management
Hi, We need to evaluate the current state of a mid sized Windows Infrastructure environment with respect to it’s support and management.Can anyone please assist in pointing to any link/details or document of how to approach the evaluation process? What are the different parameters to checked and recorded? Thanks for your help. Regards Abbis
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| February 28, 2012 12:29 PM
Windows Server Management
Checking health of Windows Server 2008
Is there a Windows Server 2008 overall health check that can be run?
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| March 31, 2012 5:23 PM
Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Management, Windows Server Performance
Is there a Windows Server 2008 overall health check that can be run?
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| March 31, 2012 5:23 PM
Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Management, Windows Server Performance
How much memory is on my Windows Server 2008?
How can I tell how much memory is installed in my Windows server 2008?
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| June 15, 2011 2:26 PM
Memory management, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server Management
How can I tell how much memory is installed in my Windows server 2008?
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| June 15, 2011 2:26 PM
Memory management, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server Management
Method for Creating User ID’s In Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
We are getting ready to migrate our W2K AD to W2K3. Currently our user ID’s are first initial of the first name the full last name. We would like to get away from those types of user ID’s and go with something random, easy to manage, want allow duplicates and is not associated with the [...]
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| June 8, 2011 2:15 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Migration Tool, Open IT Forum, Windows Login, Windows Security, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Management
We are getting ready to migrate our W2K AD to W2K3. Currently our user ID’s are first initial of the first name the full last name. We would like to get away from those types of user ID’s and go with something random, easy to manage, want allow duplicates and is not associated with the [...]
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| June 8, 2011 2:15 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Migration Tool, Open IT Forum, Windows Login, Windows Security, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Management
Setting who is able to edit the Windows Server 2003 registry
Can we set who is able to edit the Windows Server 2003 registry?
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| June 6, 2011 2:47 PM
Registry editor, Registry settings, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows server administration, Windows Server Management
Can we set who is able to edit the Windows Server 2003 registry?
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| June 6, 2011 2:47 PM
Registry editor, Registry settings, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows server administration, Windows Server Management
Performance monitor alerts on Windows Server 2003
We have a 2003 server here that we are trying to catch a runaway process on. I know how to go into perfmon and set a page file monitor, but I can’t seem to understand the counter. I want to set it at a specific GB file size or % or total. Is the size [...]
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| May 3, 2011 2:55 PM
Performance monitoring, Server management, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Management, Windows Server Performance
We have a 2003 server here that we are trying to catch a runaway process on. I know how to go into perfmon and set a page file monitor, but I can’t seem to understand the counter. I want to set it at a specific GB file size or % or total. Is the size [...]
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| May 3, 2011 2:55 PM
Performance monitoring, Server management, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Management, Windows Server Performance
What’s the typical life span of a Windows Server?
How long would you suggest maintaining a single installation before you decide it’s time to format/reinstall/update? My Windows Server 2003 Enterprise is at 4 years.
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| March 3, 2011 5:23 PM
Server maintenance, Server management, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Windows server administration, Windows Server Management
How long would you suggest maintaining a single installation before you decide it’s time to format/reinstall/update? My Windows Server 2003 Enterprise is at 4 years.
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| March 3, 2011 5:23 PM
Server maintenance, Server management, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition, Windows server administration, Windows Server Management
Active Directory site with Child Domain
I have 3 AD servers, one forest, one tree, one site My main AD server holds all of the FSMO roles.Until now, there hasn’t been a need to have any sort of sync or network connection between our office and any of our other offices. we’ve been asked to support their network, possibly long-term. They [...]
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| February 6, 2011 4:03 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Deployment, Active Directory Users and Computers, Child Domain, Windows Server Management
I have 3 AD servers, one forest, one tree, one site My main AD server holds all of the FSMO roles.Until now, there hasn’t been a need to have any sort of sync or network connection between our office and any of our other offices. we’ve been asked to support their network, possibly long-term. They [...]
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| February 6, 2011 4:03 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory Deployment, Active Directory Users and Computers, Child Domain, Windows Server Management
Upping priority when it starts on Windows Server 2008
Is there a way to always have the priority of a process upped when it starts on a windows server 2008?
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| December 8, 2010 6:32 PM
Priority Queuing, Windows Server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server Management
Is there a way to always have the priority of a process upped when it starts on a windows server 2008?
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| December 8, 2010 6:32 PM
Priority Queuing, Windows Server, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server Management
Windows Server 2003 ping/monitoring capabilities
Does Windows Server 2003 have built in ping/monitoring capabilities to alert us if a server goes down? If so how can we set this up?
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| December 16, 2010 7:33 PM
Ping Requests, Server monitoring, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server Management, windows server monitoring tools
Does Windows Server 2003 have built in ping/monitoring capabilities to alert us if a server goes down? If so how can we set this up?
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| December 16, 2010 7:33 PM
Ping Requests, Server monitoring, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 administration, Windows Server Management, windows server monitoring tools
Memory tracing on Windows server 2003
How do we set up memory traces on a Win 2003 server? I want for it to monitor the system over a period of a month and give us a baseline on memory usage, maximums and more so when I upgrade the machine in a few weeks I have data that says there was a [...]
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| November 12, 2010 3:29 PM
Memory management, Windows Server 2003, Windows server 2003 upgrades and migration, Windows Server Management
How do we set up memory traces on a Win 2003 server? I want for it to monitor the system over a period of a month and give us a baseline on memory usage, maximums and more so when I upgrade the machine in a few weeks I have data that says there was a [...]
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| November 12, 2010 3:29 PM
Memory management, Windows Server 2003, Windows server 2003 upgrades and migration, Windows Server Management
Defragment when CPU drops below 5%?
Can I set a server to defragment when the cpu drops to <5% for more than 10 minutes? Windows Server 2003.
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| February 1, 2012 5:15 PM
CPU, CPU overload, Defragmentation, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Management
Can I set a server to defragment when the cpu drops to <5% for more than 10 minutes? Windows Server 2003.
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| February 1, 2012 5:15 PM
CPU, CPU overload, Defragmentation, Windows Server, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Management
Switching from FTP to SFTP
How can we switch our FTP server to SFTP? We want to secure our files going into and out of our Windows 2003 FTP server. What steps can we take without having to purchase additional software?
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| September 14, 2010 1:35 PM
FTP, FTP management, FTP Server, Security in 2010, SFTP, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Management
How can we switch our FTP server to SFTP? We want to secure our files going into and out of our Windows 2003 FTP server. What steps can we take without having to purchase additional software?
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| September 14, 2010 1:35 PM
FTP, FTP management, FTP Server, Security in 2010, SFTP, Windows, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server Management
Windows Server 2008 File Sharing
Is there a way to disconnect all users connected to a windows 2008 file share? I need to do emergency maintance and need to kick everyone
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| August 23, 2010 2:29 PM
File Share Permissions, File Shares, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server 2008 File Sharing, Windows Server Management
Is there a way to disconnect all users connected to a windows 2008 file share? I need to do emergency maintance and need to kick everyone
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| August 23, 2010 2:29 PM
File Share Permissions, File Shares, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 Administration, Windows Server 2008 File Sharing, Windows Server Management
Windows 2008 Server : Installed Memory of 21 GB not shown in Performance Window. Only 4 GB displayed.
We are having a IBM Quadcore Dual Processor Server with 21 GB RAM, running Windows 2008 Server Enterprise Edition. Our [strong]Visual Basic[/strong] Application is [strong]published in TS Web Access[/strong] in that Server. This is the front end Server The total installed memory of [strong]21GB[/strong] is displayed while booting and also in the Device Manager. However in the [...]
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| February 12, 2010 1:11 PM
Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Management
We are having a IBM Quadcore Dual Processor Server with 21 GB RAM, running Windows 2008 Server Enterprise Edition. Our [strong]Visual Basic[/strong] Application is [strong]published in TS Web Access[/strong] in that Server. This is the front end Server The total installed memory of [strong]21GB[/strong] is displayed while booting and also in the Device Manager. However in the [...]
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| February 12, 2010 1:11 PM
Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Management
Linux and Unix self training material
Hi, Please do you have some good self training materials on Linux and Unix? or do you know where I can buy a very good training materials? I want to learn other operating system. I also need a windows server 2003 server management training material such as Active Directory, DNS, Server security etc. Please if [...]
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| March 2, 2009 3:21 PM
Linux Training, Unix Training, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Training, Windows Server Management
Hi, Please do you have some good self training materials on Linux and Unix? or do you know where I can buy a very good training materials? I want to learn other operating system. I also need a windows server 2003 server management training material such as Active Directory, DNS, Server security etc. Please if [...]
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| March 2, 2009 3:21 PM
Linux Training, Unix Training, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Training, Windows Server Management
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