SBS 2008 and SBS 2011 Standard both have some very cool features in them. One of them is the reporting functions that provide the ability for the server to send you daily reports on it’s status. Part of those reports includes a listing of all critical errors in the servers event logs. Now on face value this is pretty good because you get to see what’s up with … [Read more...]
DCDIAG and Redirected Printers
I'm doing a migration this weekend in a large, non SBS site. As part of that I've replaced the domain controller in a remote site with a new box. After making it a domain controller, I ran DCDIAG to check that all was fine. I got a number of errors in the output log that didn't make sense. The error below is from the DCDIAG output. Starting test: systemlog An Error … [Read more...]
The description for Event ID… in source…. cannot be found
Don't you hate it when you go to a server to review the event logs and it's filled with "The description for Event ID (NNNN ) in Source ( SOMETHINGGOODHERE ) cannot be found." Now in itself these don't constitute a big problem. They may however be symptomatic of a larger issue. This is a pain as it means it's very hard to read and decipher what is going on with a server … [Read more...]
DHCP Server Error
Category Common Errors The error below occurs during startup only on a number of SBS 2003 servers. It does not occur on ALL of them for some reason. Event Type: Warning Event Source: DhcpServer Event Category: None Event ID: 1056 Date: 16/09/2007 Time: 8:25:54 PM User: N/A Computer: SERVERNAME Description: The DHCP … [Read more...]