Archive for 2008
Put Powershell and QAD cmdlets together to become a lazier (yet smarter) System Admin
One of the exciting features of Windows Server 2008 is Powershell (command-line interactive shell and scripting language). Powershell allows Admins to achieve control over their Active Directory/Servers environment and accomplishes the remote management tasks which used to be done with VB, WMI and ADSI scripts. Where WMI and ADSI calls are still part of Powershell [...]
Repadmin indicates Read-Only Domain Controller in Windows Server 2008
We are all aware how helpful the repadmin tool has become (available thru Windows Support Tools in Windows Server 2003 and earlier) for troubleshooting the replication issues. In Windows Server 2008, this tool along with others come pre-packaged within the OS. You no longer have to install the Support Tools to rein in the benefits [...]
The Infamous /3gb Startup Switch
What is it ? Windows Server 2003 includes support for a startup switch that lets you tune the allocation of use of memory and memory address space. Regardless of the amount of physical memory in your system, Windows uses a virtual address space of 4 GB, with 2 GB allocated to user-mode processes (for example, [...]
Can a RODC also be a DHCP ?
Sounds like a no-brainer, but there is catch. I installed DHCP role on my Server Core that I had previously set up as Read-only Domain Controller, using this command. start /w ocsetup DHCPServerCore And then I went ahead and set the service configuration to “auto” with this command, sc config dhcpserver start= auto (note the [...]
Is there a GUI to manage Server Core ?
Yes there is. Inevitable as it was, we the System Admins like to accomplish easy tasks from the tip of our fingers, and do things in a graphical click-ing environment. You might have heard of this utility, which came out few months back called ‘Server Core Configurator’ by Guy Teverovsky. I had been reading about [...]