Today i came across something wich was worth to be noted. How to check the automount setting on your server ? Solution Open a commandprompt with administrative rights Type diskpart Type automount Now you will get the current setting to disable automount type automount disable to enable automount type automount enable this command can [...]
During the installation of a fresh Windows Server 2008R2 machine with IE9 and TMG i ran into a nice script error. Microsoft advises to use Windows Updates during the install of TMG, so after a handfull of reboots i also installed Internet Explorer 9, since we wanted to machine to be completely up to date. [...]
The latest technology combined gives you Microsoft Windows Server 2008R2 and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007 with Service Pack 2. But now the challenge … allthough they are both Microsoft products this doesn’t mean it’s easy to install … so Hugo at handigeknakker.nl made a step by step guide with really everything to get [...]
Got this nice notification trying to install the vSphere Client 4.1 on Server 2008 R2. To fix this, you have to delete the following Registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\VMware, Inc. And press retry. The Sphere Client 4.1 setup will finish without errors. ICT-Freak.nl pointed me in the right direction ! Tweet
Creating a base image can save you a lot of time when deploying new servers in your network. With a base image you for example can update your installation with the latest Windows Updates, install drivers or basic software. Probably the best part is, that in Server 2008R2 sysprep is allready a part of the [...]
When your servers get virtual, not all your older hardware gets reused. This was also the case with a external HP Storageworks unit. The server it was connected to used to be a normal physical server with external backup, but in the start we couldn’t get the external unit to work in vSphere. But the [...]
Nowadays more servers have a interal USB port or a Flashcard slot on the motherboard, which is really handy when using VMware vSphere, that’s why i want to show you how to install your vSphere to a USB drive or Flashcard. In my installation i use a HP 4 GB SD Flash Media. (580387-B21) and [...]
MailMarshal uses de server.domain.com for it’s Helo name. You will probably name your server after it’s role, so this can be for expample mailmarshal01.domain.local. But is most cases you use an other external mx record name. therefor you can change this setting from within MailMarshal. This is a MailMarshal Node-specific setting, and it may be necessary to [...]
Just a quick note on how to get the VMware tools running on Debian Lenny on a Vsphere Virtual Machine. Tweet
Get all the info you need by installing the HP Management drivers for your vSphere server. If you’re installing from the .iso from VMware you probably don’t have the HP drivers integrated into it, but you would like to monitor your Array Controller and discs. Tweet
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