08Mar 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments
Implementing iSCSI Cluster Using Starwind iSCSI Target and WMware Workstation

Implementing iSCSI Cluster Using Starwind iSCSI Target and WMware Workstation

VMware
In this article, I will show you how to implement iSCSI cluster on vmware workstation. In an iSCSI network, there are three components: Target, Initiator and Network. I will use Starwind as an iSCSI target and Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator as an iSCSI Initiator. You can download free trial version of Starwind at http://www.rocketdivision.com/ and Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator at http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/ Basic Steps 1. Install Starwind and make disks available that can be used for the Quorum and Data in MSCS on the host pc 2. Install Microsoft iSCSI Initiator in the guest operating system. 3. Configure MS iSCSI Software Initiator to use the disks made available by Starwind in the guest OS 4. Now you can see extra SCSII disks in Windows 2003 that you can format and assign a…
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07Mar 2019 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments
EMC cannot Close after Installing IE9 – You must close all dialog boxes before you can close Exchange Management Console

EMC cannot Close after Installing IE9 – You must close all dialog boxes before you can close Exchange Management Console

Exchange Server
After Internet Explorer 9 is installed on the server, you can not close the EMC. Instead you will have a dialog box saying "You must close all dialog boxes before you can close Exchange Management Console". However, you can't find any open dialog boxes for Exchange Management Console. Only way to close it is via task manager. Solution: 1. Turn off "Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration" for Administrators and Users 2. Add " https://localhost "  and " http://localhost " to the "trusted sites" in IE9 3. Reboot your server UPDATE Interm  fixes are not needed anymore. Fix is now included within the official Internet Explorer Update  
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29Sep 2018 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments
Iomega StorCenter NAS ix4-200d Server Front and Rear Panel Buttons and Status Indicators

Iomega StorCenter NAS ix4-200d Server Front and Rear Panel Buttons and Status Indicators

Storage
1. LCD: Your StorCenter ix4-200d NAS device has an integrated user-friendly LCD display. Scroll through the display screen to view the device name, free disk space, IP address, and date and time. You can initiate a QuikTransfer Copy Job from the LCD and view or dismiss any errors or warnings without having to turn on your computer. 2. CANCEL Button: Push the CANCEL button to dismiss the current message (works only on messages that have the X icon on the LCD next to the CANCEL button). 3. NEXT Button: Push the NEXT button to scroll to the next StorCenter info screen. 4. Status Indicators: System Status Indicator: Displays the current operational status of the StorCenter Server. Solid White: StorCenter is healthy. Flashing White: StorCenter is rebuilding the RAID array. Flashing…
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28Sep 2018 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments
How to Backup and Restore Exchange 2010 Mailbox Database with DPM 2010

How to Backup and Restore Exchange 2010 Mailbox Database with DPM 2010

Exchange Server, System Center, Video Tutorials
DPM 2010 supports the following five types of recovery for Exchange Server 2010 mailbox databases: Recover the database to its original location: Overwrite the existing copy of the database. Recover the database to an alternate database: Restore to another database on an Exchange Server. Recover to an Exchange Recovery database: Recover to an Exchange Recovery database instead of a standard mailbox database. Recover to network location: Copy the database to a network folder. Copy to tape: Create an on-tape copy of the database.
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21Sep 2018 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments
Do you want to go to http://SiteName? – Disable One-word Intranet Site Suggestion – Internet Explorer

Do you want to go to http://SiteName? – Disable One-word Intranet Site Suggestion – Internet Explorer

Microsoft
Internet Explorer 9 will not navigate directly to an intranet site for a one-word entry in the Address bar. When you attempt to browse to this site using Internet Explorer 9, it responds by taking you to your default search engine to look for that word. Cause: Internet Explorer 9 combines the address bar and the search box. The default behavior is to use a single word entry as search criteria. This can be changed by Users or Group Policy Settings as described in the Solution section. Solution 1  - Using Tools Menu in IE9 : 1-  Click Internet Options 2- click the Advanced tab, check the option Go to an intranet site for a single word entry in the Address bar. Solution 2 - Using Group Policy : 1- Expand User Configuration,…
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13Sep 2017 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments

KB373931- Srv2.sys SMB 2.0 Server Driver Fix – Windows Server 2008 R2 BSoD Problem – Windows6.1-KB373931-x64

Windows Server
Some Windows 2008 R2 servers may experience BlueScreen and Reboot problem. If these servers are using File Share or SMB v.2, srv2.sys may cause this problem. There is problem related to Srv2.sys driver. This is SMB 2.0 server driver. You can install this hotfix KB373931 for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 with your own risk.  
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16Aug 2015 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments
WinRM service failed to create the following SPNs: WSMAN – Event ID:10154

WinRM service failed to create the following SPNs: WSMAN – Event ID:10154

Linux, Windows Server
I was getting an error " The WinRM service failed to create the following SPNs: WSMAN/hostname; WSMAN/hostname. " at startup on Windows 2008 R2 Domain Controllers. Additional Data Log Name: System Source:  Microsoft-Windows-WinRM Event ID: 10154 Level:  Warning Solution: WinRM runs under " Network Service " account. You can eliminate this problem by giving Validated Write to Service Principal Name  permission to the NETWORK SERVICE using the ADSIEDIT.msc. This will allow WinRM to auto create the necessary SPNs on that domain controller. After granting this permission, re-sync all DCs and do a reboot to each domain controller where you did the change,  after that reboot you will see that the warning is gone and the required SPNs were created successfully. Steps: 1- Use ADSIEDIT.msc 2- Choose Default naming context and…
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29May 2011 by Ceyhun Kirmizitas No Comments
McAfee Agent cannot be removed while it is in managed mode

McAfee Agent cannot be removed while it is in managed mode

Security
This article shows how to uninstall McAfee Agent when it is in Managed Mode from computer. Problem: The following message displays when select Remove for the McAfee Agent through Add \ Remove Programs or Programs and Features on client computers: " McAfee Agent cannot be removed while it is in managed mode " As long as the agent is in Managed Mode or being managed by ePO server, this message appears. Solution: The computer must be removed from Managed Mode Steps to uninstall McAfee Agent: 1- Open Command Prompt 2- Go to the folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\McAfee\Common Framework on X64 systems C:\Program Files\McAfee\Common Framework on X86 systems 3- Run the " frminst.exe /remove=agent " command without quotes
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