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Great way to document your installations

There are several tools when documenting your installations. Ofcourse you can use tools like Snagit and there are many others. But sometimes you are installing something on a server and you don’t have access to one of those tools. Then you can use the Problem Steps Recoder default build in Windows (Server). Just hit run […]

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VMware : System logs are stored on non-persistent storage

I recently reinstalled my VMware servers using USB sticks. After the first reboot I noticed an yellow warning. When highlighting the different servers I noticed the “System logs are stored on non-persistent storage” warning. This is how you can fix that : Select a persistent (SAN?) storage that you can use and go to Browse […]

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Updating mailcleaner.org (updated post)

I use the mailcleaner community version for anti spam/virus. Mailcleaner is an Linux appliance that’s easy to set up and configure. The community version is free of charge and can be used to block spam and viruses before they enter your mailserver (for example my Exchange servers). When you have any questions or want to […]

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Update PHP5 on Linux LAMP/WAMP

Some days ago a friend of mine asked me how it’s possible to update the PHP version to the latest stable build. Updating using the regular (web) interface didn’t seem to work… This is how you do that :

  [stextbox id=”warning”]After this you don’t have to reboot your server.[/stextbox] […]

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Unable to manually install Windows Updates (WSUS)

Sometimes you don’t want to wait/rely to your WSUS environment for specific updates. But when you try to install updates manually you might notice the following message : It’s easy to go around this, you copy/paste the following code into a reg file : Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] “NoDriveTypeAutoRun”=dword:00000095 “NoWindowsUpdate”=dword:00000000 “NoAutoUpdate”=dword:00000001 When you […]

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Solved : All Exchange 2010 services disabled after update

Today I ran into a problem after updating Exchange 2010. After a reboot (which took ages!) I noticed that all the services were disabled. After some troubleshooting I found out that the problem had something to do with an installed update. My resolution (and was planned) was to install the latest servicepack (SP3). There is […]

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Link : all Exchange Servicepack’s and RU’s

I ran into this great wiki article from Microsoft from where you can find and download (!) all the Exchange 2003/2007/2010/2013 servicepack’s and fixes. You can also check all the build versions. You can find the link here. Update : a co-worker attended me of the continued list of the link above here […]

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Exchange 2010/2013 : Unable to find schema master

Some time ago I ran into an error while installing Exchange. It seems this problem also occurs when upgrading/installing an Exchange Server service pack. This is how to fix this problem : First go to the (root) domain controller and register the schema extension :

Now load the plugin by starting mmc and adding […]

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Schannel error 36885

A customer complained about the following error : The problem is that the list of the Trusted Root Certificates (TRC) is too long. The solution is simple : use microsoft fixit : http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2801679 or delete the following key : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\AuthRoot\Certificates You don’t have to restart anything afterwards. […]

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Exchange 2003/2010 cross forest routing problem solved

For a customer I ran into a strange problem. While doing a cross forest mailbox migration I noticed that mails were queuing up and were not delivered. It took some troubleshooting untill I found the solution. First I noticed that newly created users received email for several domains without any problems. Migrated users didn’t receive […]

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Exchange 2010 move database error WMI exception occurred..

Today I tried to move a database to a different drive and I ran into the following problem : After some investigation I noticed a large amount of log files. After enabling circular logging and dismount and mounting the database everything went fine! Disable circular logging afterwards and make sure your backup solution is running […]

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Howto : mount NFS datastore from Synology NAS (ESXi)

The following describes how to connect your Synology NAS to your ESXi host using NFS : First make sure NFS is enabled :   NFS has to be enabled ofcourse   Then create an shared folder (or use an existing one)   Add NFS rights, specify the host (ESXi server) and read/write access :   […]

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Howto : Split SMTP domain Exchange 2003 and … (2010, Zimbra etc)

This is how to create a split SMTP domain using Exchange 2003 and another SMTP program like Exchange, Zimbra or something like that. Step 1. Make sure you’re MX-record is already point to your Exchange 2003 mailserver and that part is working. Step 2. Add the new domain name to the Recipient Policies:   Make […]

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Updating Altaro Hyper-V back-up to latest version

I’m running Altaro Hyper-V back-up for some time now. Approx 1 year ago I installed it on my Hyper-V server and it has been running all the time with no problems. It never missed a back-up and so I didn’t saw the need to update to other versions. Most of the time upgrading back-up software […]

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Review : Mailcleaner(.org)

We all now there are lots of ANTI SPAM/Virus appliances, software solutions etc. out there. But somehow in my production & test environment it was too expensive or too much hazzle. All the products I thought were interesting were too expensive or didn’t work like they suppose to. Because I didn’t want to spent thousands […]

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ZIP Configuration file “contains corrupted data” when import-csconfiguration on Lync Edge server

Some time ago I ran into a problem while exporting/importing the Lync Configuration Store. When importing the configuration file the Lync edge server complains that the file contains corrupted data. After some troubleshooting I found that the solution was very easy, you must enter the .ZIP extension when exporting the data to the file. Otherwise […]

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How to use EMC to migrate mailboxes from Exchange on premises to Office365 and vice versa

In my previous post you can read how easily it is to use the EMC to administer your Office365 account. Now you can imagine how easily it could be to migrate Exchange mailboxes from your on premises Exchange Server to Office365 or the other way around! This is how you can do that : First […]

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