VMware: VMware ESX Tools

Visioncore
http://www.vizioncore.com

PlateSpin
http://www.platespin.com

Veeam
http://www.veeam.com

MS: Exchange 2007 Guides

Exchange Server 2007 Design and Architecture at Microsoft

How the Microsoft Information Technology organization designed the corporate Exchange Server 2007 environment Technical White Paper.

Managing the Calendaring and Collaboration Process By Using Exchange Server 2007 Web Services

Microsoft is using Exchange Server 2007 Web Services to support communication and collaboration for two of its own internal applications. This case study provides a technical-level overview of how Microsoft developers are using Exchange Server 2007 Web Services.

Daily Operations with Exchange 2007

Operating a Global Messaging Environment by Using Exchange Server 2007 Technical White Paper

Exchange Server 2007 Deployment Checklist

This technical white paper discusses the deployment checklists that the Exchange Messaging team created based on the Exchange Server 2007 architecture and design specifications for the corporate production environment.

MS: Optimizing Outlook 2007 Cache Mode Performance for a Very Large Mailbox

How to optimize Outlook 2007 Cache Mode Performance for a Very Large Mailbox in a Exchange Server
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/12/17/447750.aspx

Post Number 300!

This is my post number 300 of Enterprise Architectures and my first post in this blog posted in the United States.

I moved to the Bethesda, Maryland, United States, and left Madrid, Spain.

As soon my container arrive home and cable modem is ready, I will continue with this blog.

CTX: Citrix Wanscaler Demo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toaKv9ykHHI

CTX: Enable USB Memory Stick on Citrix Presentation Server

Symptoms:
When connecting a USB memory stick to a system prior to starting an ICA session, the drive is not mapped in the ICA session.

Cause:
The USB memory stick is detected as a Device with Removable Storage rather than a local hard disk device.

Refer to the following note: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX112315

SCRIPT: Reset Permissions on a Folder

First you will need to download xcacls.exe from Microsoft.

Then you will to run this command:

xcacls "D:\DATA" /t /g "CREATOR OWNER":F "SYSTEM":F "Domain Admins":F "Domain Users":C

This example will reset all permissions on the D:\DATA folder and assign Full Permissions(F) to CREATOR OWNER, SYSTEM and Domain Admins and Change Permissions(C) to Domain Users.

40+ Ways To Access Your Computer Remotely

http://mashable.com/2007/09/07/remote-access

MS: SMS 2003 Technical Notes

SMS 2003 Home Page
http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/default.mspx

Systems Management Server 2003 Concepts, Planning, and Deployment Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=47&p=1&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=009e0c30-bded-4b95-a8f9-06037de85c57&u=details.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d784838B3-34E0-4122-B3E2-17C5B4EEF8F4%26displaylang%3den

Systems Management Server 2003 Operations Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=47&p=2&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=009e0c30-bded-4b95-a8f9-06037de85c57&u=details.aspx%3ffamilyid%3dBD2B3619-4704-4C19-A00B-628E65F6F826%26displaylang%3den

Systems Management Server 2003 Troubleshooting Flowcharts
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/info.aspx?na=47&p=4&SrcDisplayLang=en&SrcCategoryId=&SrcFamilyId=009e0c30-bded-4b95-a8f9-06037de85c57&u=details.aspx%3ffamilyid%3d4FEFC083-D789-40DB-9B06-3E0D5916EF51%26displaylang%3den

SMS 2003 Capacity Planner
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=009e0c30-bded-4b95-a8f9-06037de85c57&displaylang=en

Scenarios and Procedures for Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: Planning and Deployment
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sms/2003/library/spgsms03/spsms01.mspx

Scenarios and Procedures for Systems Management Server 2003: Planning and Deployment
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E0644BB4-2336-4254-8A18-9BC180713F7E&displaylang=en

Systems Management Server 2003 Product Documentation
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sms/bb676794.aspx

How to troubleshoot Advanced Client Push Installation issues in Systems Management Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925282

Status message 4909, 4912, 4913, or 4915, or error code 8202 after you install Systems Management Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830022/

How to Verify Site Information is Published to Active Directory Domain Services
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/smsv4/smsv4_help/3e263597-08cf-4a60-9738-3299b5fc63c8.mspx?mfr=true

Active Directory Schema Modification and Publishing for Systems Management Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=d1de764c-8e26-455f-bee5-34fb1ca9f2c4&DisplayLang=en

Deploying Custom Software Updates with SMS 2003 R2
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/04/CustomUpdates/?related=/technet/technetmag/issues/2007/04/CustomUpdates

SMS 2003 Clients Frequently Asked Questions
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sms/2003/library/techfaq/tfaq03.mspx

How to remove a Systems Management Server 2003 client
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/826842

An advertisement may not run on remote roaming Advanced Clients after you configure the advertisement to run from a remote distribution point in SMS 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909387

An SMS 2003 Advanced Client cannot locate a distribution point
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/922364

A list of log files that are created in Systems Management Server 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/867490/

How to troubleshoot problems that occur when you use SMS 2.0 or SMS 2003 to advertise programs to SMS clients
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826854/

The Quick and Cheap Steps to Perform a Lab Installation of SMS 2003 Using Evaluation Code
http://blogs.technet.com/kevinsul_blog/pages/the-quick-and-cheap-steps-to-perform-a-lab-installation-of-sms-2003-using-evaluation-code.aspx

MS: Ports That SMS 2003 Uses To Communicate Through A Firewall

This article lists the ports that Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 uses to communicate through a firewall or through a proxy server.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/826852

MS: SQL Server Login Failed for SMS 2003 Secondary Site server account

Error Message:

Event Type: Failure
AuditEvent Source: MSSQLSERVER
Event Category: (4)
Event ID: 18456
Date: 22/08/2007
Time: 13:18:24
User: SMSDEMO\GMPIL-SMS2$
Computer: GMPIL-SMS1
Description:Login failed for user 'SMSDEMO\GMPIL-SMS2$'. [CLIENT: 192.168.179.102]

MSSQLSERVER 18456 Login failed for user SMS 2003

Solution:

Add the computer account of the Secondary Site server to the SMS_SiteSystemToSQLConnection_ local group on the Primary Site server.
This allows the Secondary Site server to access the Primary Site server's SQL database.

MS: Loading Unsigned Drivers in Windows Vista

Atsiv is a command line tool that allows the user to load and unload signed or unsigned drivers on 32 and 64 bit versions of Windows XP, Windows 2003 and Windows Vista. Atsiv is designed to provide compatibility for legacy drivers and to allow the hobbyist community to run unsigned drivers without rebooting with special boot options or denial of service under Vista.

http://www.linchpinlabs.com/resources/atsiv/usage-design.htm

MS: Request a Microsoft Hotfix online

Now you now can obtain a hotfix without having to call Microsoft Support

https://support.microsoft.com/contactus2/emailcontact.aspx?scid=sw;en;1410&WS=hotfix

MS: How To Obtain The Latest Update Rollup for Exchange 2007

This article describes how to obtain the latest update rollup for Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. Update rollups are a common way to distribute Exchange 2007 fixes (Hotfix) and Exchange 2007 modifications. You can install the latest update rollup to help keep the product up to date.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937052

MS: How to Perform an Unattended Install of Windows XP

This document explain how to Perform an Unattended Install of Windows XP

Contents:

• How to perform an unattended install of Windows XP
• Create a Basic Unattended CD Step by Step
• Create an Advanced Unattended CD Step by Step
• OEM Distribution Folders
• Add drivers to unattended setup
• The WINNT.SIF file for advanced unattended CD
• Install applications using the unattended setup
• Remove folders to save CD space
• WINNT.SIF Extra Switches

Download the document in PDF format here

VMware: How to install Microsoft Windows 2008 Core on VMware Server

How to install Microsoft Windows 2008 Core (Beta 3) on VMware Server

This document explain how to install Windows 2008 Core (Beta 3) on VMware Server.

Contents:

• Create a Virtual Machine for Windows 2008 Core
• Install VMware Tools
• Set or change the administrative password
• Change the screen resolution
• Configure the network card (IP Address, DNS, WINS, Firewall)
• Rename the server
• Join the machine a domain / Workgroup
• Remove the server from the domain
• Restart the computer
• Remote Desktop
• Windows Update
• System Properties
• Configure Pagefile
• Hotfix Management
• Applications Management
• Drivers Management
• Activate the server
• Services and Process Management

Download the document in PDF format here

VMware: Change the Screen Resolution on Windows 2008 Core (on VMware Server)

To change the screen resolution on a Windows 2008 Core you have two choices:

1) Run regedit.exe on another computer to remotely access the registry on the Server Core.

2) Change manually.

The registry key with the resolution information is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video

Under this key will be a list of GUIDs and you will need to determine which one corresponds to your video card/driver. Under the GUID, you can set:

\0000\DefaultSettings.XResolution
\0000\DefaultSettings.YResolution

For example: To change the resolution on a VMware Server, search for "Device Description"="VMware SVGA II"

To manually change resolution on a Windows 2008 Core server on the Command Prompt type:

reg export HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Video /s video.reg

Then you will need to edit the video.reg, change the resolution (The values are on Hex), remove the rest of info and save the file.

This an example from VMware Server machine at 800x600:

---- Start Video800.reg ----
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Cofntrol\Video\{621060A6-5E79-471A-A468-DD745B2DD17C}\0000]"

DefaultSettings.XResolution"=dword:00000320
"DefaultSettings.YResolution"=dword:00000258

---- End Video800.reg ----

Finally at the command prompt type:

REG IMPORT Video800.reg

MS: Insufficient System Resources Exist to Complete the API Error

The computer occasionally does not hibernate and you receive an "Insufficient System Resources Exist to Complete the API" error message in Windows XP with Service Pack 2, in Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, or in Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005

When you experience this problem, the hibernate feature is not available on the computer until you restart the computer.

This problem typically occurs when the computer uses 1 gigabyte (GB) or more of RAM.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/909095

MS: Windows 2003 SP2 SLP and Exchange Problems

Windows 2003 SP2 Scalable Networking pack and its possible effects on Exchange
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2007/07/18/446400.aspx

MS: SMS 2003 Product Documentation

Systems Management Server 2003 Product Documentation
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=9502

Systems Management Server 2003 Concepts, Planning, and Deployment Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/cpdg

Systems Management Server 2003 Operations Guide
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sms/sms2003/opsguide