It’s often necessary to check the health of your Windows Domain and Domain Controllers. You need to know if your domain is healthy before and after routine maintenance – Patching and the like – and when you are trying to diagnose problems. I’ve had to do this more times than i care to remember, and … Read more
Windows Domain Health Checks
January 3rd, 2012 | Posted by in administration | Operating Systems | Server Core | Windows - (Comments Off)Configuring email alerts for Windows Server Backups
December 13th, 2011 | Posted by in administration | Backup | Microsoft | Monitoring | Server Core | Windows - (Comments Off)Windows Server backup is a credible backup solution for small environments when backup space is plentiful and an integrated centrally managed solution is not required or not affordable. However one thing that is missing from WSB is any sort of alerting to let you know when your backups have completed or failed. Without this it’s … Read more
Adding Windows Backup Component – Windows Server Core
June 9th, 2011 | Posted by in Server Core - (Comments Off)In order to backup your Windows Server Core you will need to install Windows Backup via a command line. To Install Windows Backup use the following command: CODE ocsetup WindowsServerBackup This command IS case sensitive. Once run, you will be able to connect remotely via Windows Server Backup to setup your backup schedule.
Forcing a demotion of a domain controller – server core
April 20th, 2011 | Posted by in Server Core - (Comments Off)Hi I recently installed a 2nd DC on my network and then, due to naming issues, I had to demote it, in order to rename it. It wouldn’t demote, using the instructions posted on an earlier blog So it had to be forced The syntax for running dcpromo, on a server core machine, to force … Read more
Setting the IP Address via command line – Windows Server Core
April 20th, 2011 | Posted by in Server Core - (1 Comments)Hi So, you’ve created a windows server core machine and it’s booted up. How do you add an IP address to the network card. Use NETSH Firstly grab the network interface name either by CODE IPCONFIG or netsh interface ip show config Jot down the name of your interface – on brand new builds this … Read more
Removing a domain controller via command line – not the last one
April 19th, 2011 | Posted by in Server Core - (Comments Off)Hi I recently wrote a post about how to install DC’s from a command line. Particularly useful if you are running Windows Server 2008 Server Core. There are instructions for adding the 1st here and subsequent DC’s here Now how do you go about removing DC’s from the domain, using the command line? This … Read more
How to restart a Windows Server via command line
April 19th, 2011 | Posted by in Server Core - (Comments Off)To do this we’re going to use the SHUTDOWN command I normally like to restart my computer as opposed to shutdown and I want it to happen straight away. The command therefore reads Code: shutdown /r /t 1 The /r is to restart, change to a /s if you want it to just shutdown The … Read more
Creating an additional domain controller using command line
April 19th, 2011 | Posted by in Server Core - (Comments Off)Whether you like command line, or you have to build a server core version of 2008 server, you may be in a position where you need to build a DC, but have to use the command line. Here’s a guide to do this for an additional domain controller in your domain. Drop into a command … Read more
Guide to installing Windows Server 2008 Server Core
April 19th, 2011 | Posted by in Server Core | Windows - (Comments Off)Windows Server Core is new to Windows Server 2008 and is a command line, GUI less, cut down version, of the OS. Once installed you are left with a command prompt and thats it. How do you go about getting the server named, networked, updated etc. with only a command line to help you? Here … Read more
Creating a new 2008 domain controller via command line
March 19th, 2011 | Posted by in Server Core - (Comments Off)Whether you like command line, or you have to build a server core version of 2008 server, you may be in a position where you need to build a DC, but have to use the command line. Here’s a guide to do this. Drop into a command prompt, if not already there – start, run, … Read more