Jul 08, 2009 12:07 pm Lookup reverse records of multiple IPs with Powershell
Here is a handy chunk of powershell code that uses the native windows command Nslookup to parse a list of IPs and output the IP and the reverse lookup value to a text file. This is especially usefull when you have a large number of IPs to check. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [...]
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Jan 14, 2009 9:22 am Manually removing an Altiris Recovery Solution server from a cluster
Ive run into this issue multiple times now. Here is the situation: Using Altiris Recovery Solution Have a cluster with a single Recovery Solution server in it The Recovery Solution server goes down and is not recoverable The Recovery Solution server is rebuilt on the same hardware and put back into Altiris At this point, [...]
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Dec 22, 2008 11:58 am DPM 2007 SP1 released
Microsoft has just released DPM 2007 SP1 (Version 2.0.8793.0…released on 12/19/2008). You can find the update here along with other information pertaining to the update. Notable fixes/changes in SP1 include: Protection for Hyper-V Enhanced support for Windows Sharepoint Services (WSS) and Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server (MOSS) Support for Exchange Server Standby Continuous Replication Support for [...]
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Dec 16, 2008 10:46 am DPM 2007 Health Model
Microsoft recently released this Technet article outlining the DPM 2007 alerts and typical resolution procedures. Very handy if you run across an error that you haven’t seen before…this will at least get you pointed in the right direction. You can find the health model here. Here are a few of the resolutions that may be [...]
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Dec 16, 2008 9:53 am DPM default space allocation formulas
When protecting a Data Source in DPM, you have the option to define your own Replica Volume and Recovery Point Volume sizes or to use the default sizes determined by DPM. Typically, the default sizes provide significant room for growth without gross overallocation of resources (though I tend to find they allocate more space than [...]
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