You’re troubleshooting an issue for a client, and the log files are all text based log files. The normal default goto tool used to read these is of course Notepad. The challenge however is how do you handle it if there are changes being made to the log files. Notepad just does not cut it at that point. A few years back, I was working on a project where we had to move 400 … [Read more...]
Active Directory Replication Status Tool
Microsoft have recently released a very cool tool that allows you to visually check our your Active Directory Replication status. Normally you would use repadmin to check the status of AD and the results of that would be viewed in the command window, and require interpretation. This tool is a GUI tool that allows less experienced admins to check the status of Active … [Read more...]
How to install SBS 2011 from a Bootable USB Drive
One of the challenges with SBS 2011 is that it’s quite large – the DVD is 6.6GB in size. Now I’ve done most of my testing in a virtual environment and therefore have not needed to cut the ISO that I have to a DVD until more recently. The procedure I’ve documented below will allow you to not only create a bootable SBS 2011 USB stick, but you can use the process with … [Read more...]
Tools I use – Royal TS
Tonight whilst presenting at the SMB IT Professionals meeting in Sydney, I showed off a cool tool that I used called Royal TS. This tool allows me to connect via RDP to multiple servers at once. A new feature however integrates it with Hyper-V servers and allows it to see the sessions on that server as well. They have a free version for up to 10 connections, … [Read more...]
How can I reset the password for the WFBS console?
You may have forgotten or lost your password for your Worry-Free Business Security (WFBS) console. Previous to WFBS 6.0 SP3, you had to execute a modification of one of the INI files as per this FAQ I’d written a long time back. However in WFBS 6.0 SP3, Trend released a password reset tool that would allow you to do this. I suggested to Trend that they look at … [Read more...]