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April 2009 - Posts

SharePoint Content DB Mirroring for DPM Administrators
In this blog post, we will cover the mirroring of an existing SharePoint content database using SQL Server 2005. We will also discuss some basics of Search Index Servers in a SharePoint farm. The objective is to provide a light-weight cursory knowledge Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 3:59 PM by jeffhugh | 0 Comments
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Recovery of a Mirrored SQL Database
Recovering a mirrored database, whether it is to a SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server 2008 installation, requires that the existing mirror be broken. For simplicity, you may want to consider deleting both the Principal and Mirror databases and using the latest Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:52 PM by jeffhugh | 0 Comments
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Recovering a Deleted Cluster Name Object (CNO) in a Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster
Greetings once again from the support trenches here on the CORE team.   I want to talk a bit about a Windows Server 2008 Failover Cluster issue that appears to be on the rise.   What we are seeing is the Computer Object for the Cluster Name Read More...
Posted: Monday, April 27, 2009 12:32 PM by jeffhugh | 2 Comments
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Protecting Mirrored Databases with DPM 2007 SP1
Considering the vast amount of mission critical data stored on SQL servers globally, the high availability of database mirroring with the frequent snapshots of DPM make protection and recovery scenarios much less fearful for administrators entrusted with Read More...
Posted: Friday, April 24, 2009 1:48 PM by jeffhugh | 1 Comments
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Issues after moving Virtual Machines from one Hyper-V parent (host) to another
  If you move one or more of your virtual machines (VM) from one Hyper-V parent to another and the VM begins experiencing issues, it could be because the version level of Hyper-V between the two parents is different, and thus the version of the Integration Read More...
Posted: Saturday, April 18, 2009 6:25 PM by tomac | 1 Comments
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Windows 2008 Failover Cluster Validation Fails on ‘Validate SCSI-3 Persistent Reservation’
We’ve been seeing a lot of calls lately from customers who are running the validation that’s required prior to installing and configuring failover clustering, and the validation fails in the ‘Storage’ portion of the tests. The specific error seen in the Read More...
Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 1:02 PM by jeffhugh | 2 Comments
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SQL Database Mirroring for DPM Administrators
This blog focuses on providing a very light-weight overview of how to implement SQL database mirroring and it is not intended to be a complete how-to reference. DPM administrators benefit by understanding, even at a basic level, how to install and configure Read More...
Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 2:44 PM by jeffhugh | 0 Comments
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Error Message: Windows cannot access the required file d:\sources\install.wim when replacing install.wim with custom install.wim
My name is Scott McArthur, a Senior Support Escalation Engineer who focuses on deployment issues. My topic for today’s blog entry involves an issue where a customer was deploying Windows Server 2008 by replacing the default install.wim on the Windows Read More...
Posted: Monday, April 13, 2009 3:08 PM by jeffhugh | 0 Comments
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