January 2009 - Posts
Well, the day has come and you are thinking about installing SP1 for DPM 2007 to your DPM environment. There are a few things you that you need to be aware of before you install this Service Pack to any DPM servers. Let’s take a moment to discuss
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You may be wondering why, at this point in time, we are publishing a blog such as this. That is a good question, but the answer is rather straightforward - because even though Windows Server 2008 has been out for awhile now, we are starting to see an
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I have seen enough calls come in for DPM that are related to the SQL Reporting services that I figured we should put out some general troubleshooting guides for these. As with just about everything else in our industry, these are just guides and there
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The Windows Server 2008 Failover Clustering auditing feature has been requested by customers and provides the capability to monitor, or audit, cluster access. The cluster auditing feature can be enabled to audit accesses (Success and\or Failure) of an
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In prior versions of Windows Server Cluster (NT, 2000, 2003), adding a new disk to an existing cluster was often a cumbersome process. Sometimes the OS would not recognize the new disk. Sometimes the Cluster would not be able to add a new disk resource.
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Implementing highly available file servers in Windows Server 2008 is very different from how it was done in previous versions of Microsoft's clustering technology. One of the new pieces of functionality implemented in highly available file servers is
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Problem Upon startup, Windows Vista Boots to a Black Screen with only the Mouse Cursor Resolution This is most likely due to the Remote Procedure Call service (rpcss) running under the LocalSystem account rather than NT Authority\NetworkService account.
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