How to add a new disk to the DPM storage pool.
Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2007 (DPM) can backup to both disk or tape. The advantage of backing up to disk is the high speed. What may take many hours to …
Read MoreBacking up with Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2007 (DPM).
Microsoft Data Protection Manager 2007 (DPM) is the second release of the backup software by Microsoft. DPM is Microsoft’s attempt at grabbing a piece of the bakup software market share …
Read MoreAdding static route to your Windows Server 2003, XP or Vista.
Here is the command to list the network routes on your Windows 2003 server, XP, or Vista computer. c:\route print To add a static route to your server or computer …
Read MoreRobocopy a great replacement for copy and xcopy.
Robocopy a saviour tool for the Server Administrators. This is a great replacement for the old DOS copy and xcopy command which have many limitations. That’s not to say that …
Read MoreHow to create a virtual disk with the Dell OpenManage Server Admnistrator.
Open the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Click on System – Storage – PERC 5/E Adapter (PCI Slot 1) – Connector 0 (RAID) – Enclosure – Physical Disks. This will display …
Read MoreConfiguring NAT on the Cisco PIX or ASA firewalls.
If you do not want to expose your server’s IP address to an external client you can use Network Address Tranalation (NAT) to hide it. For example if your servers …
Read MoreHow to check for open ports on your server using Netstat.
Netstat is a really handy tool that comes packaged with Microsoft Windows, Linux and Unix. There is a version for each type of operating system, the command syntax may differ …
Read MoreHow to install a new volume/disk with GTP partition in Windows 2003 Server.
By default a new disk or volume added to Windows 2003 server is created with MBR partition. MBR has a maximum size limitation of 2 terra bytes, but it is …
Read MoreTypical Windows DHCP Server Scope Options
Here is a list of typical DHCP server scope options that I usually configure on the Windows DHCP server. 003 Routers 006 DNS Servers 015 DNS Domain Name 249 Classless …
Read MoreTCP ports opened on firewall for Dell Remote Access Card – DRAC.
The Dell Remote Access Card (DRAC) communicates via the following ports: 22 Secure Shell, SSH 23 Telnet 80 http 443 https 161 SNMP 3668 Virtual Media Server 5900 Console Redirection …
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