February 8th, 2010 by Dave de Rijder

This week i had this project to migrate a 2003 sb server.
The OS stays the same but the hardware change, my technical director offers me a way of swing the hole sb server and do nothing on the client/workstation side.
This is a good concept and easy to use.

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Swing Migration has revolutionized the way you can work. It is a process to accomplish a version upgrade, server replacement or domain infrastructure upgrade without giving up the domain, or the server name, or the integrity of your Exchange in the process. Remarkably, you can test the project to completion all while working offline with an open time line. You get a clean server installation retains all the critical Active Directory domain information and predictable results. 

What is shown below is a diagram of the process, and further below is a simple outline of the process.

http://www.sbsmigration.com/

February 2nd, 2010 by Dave de Rijder

Situation:1 DC, 1 PRO, 1 DDC and 3 winxp

Problem on the DC, in the evenviewer you see the two nex events:

Event ID: 1097
Description:
Windows cannot find the machine account, The clocks on the client and server machines are skewed. .

Event ID: 1030
Description:
Windows cannot query for the list of Group Policy objects. Check the event log for possible messages previously logged by the policy engine that describes the reason for this.

1. Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
2. Locate and then click the following registry subkey:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\W32Time\Config\Parameters

1. In the right pane, right-click NtpServer, and then click Modify.
2. In Value data:, type <your ntp time server> in the Value data box, and then click OK.
3. Quit Registry Editor.
4. At the command prompt, type the following command to restart the Windows Time service, and then press ENTER:

net stop w32time && net start w32time

 

on the client do the same ore set the NtpServer Value data to the IP adres of the DC.

January 27th, 2010 by Dave de Rijder

Create a Golden Image

A golden image is the image that is going to be streamed to the various VMs that the end users connect to.

1. Install the host operating system to the virtual machine (VM).

2. Add all the various applications that required by the end user.

3. The VM should be in Workgroup mode and not added to the domain at this point.

4. Do not install the VDA Agent.

5. Once the image is created with XenTools and installed minus the VDA agent, install the Provisioning Server Target Device Software. Once installed, shut down the VM and proceed to Creating the vDisk File.

Creating the vDisk File in the Console

To create a new vDisk file in the Console.

1. In the Console tree, right-click on the vDisk Pool in the site where you want to add those vDisks, then select the Create vDisk menu option. The Create vDisk dialog appears.

2. If you accessed this dialog from the site’s vDisk pool, in the drop-down menu, select the store where this vDisk should reside. If you accessed this dialog from the store, from the drop-down menu, select the site where this vDisk should be added.

3. In the Server used to create the vDisk drop-down menu, select the Provisioning Server to create the vDisk.

4. Type a filename for the vDisk. Optionally, type a description for this new vDisk in the description textbox.

5. In the Size text box, scroll to select the appropriate size to allocate for this vDisk file.

6. In the VHD Format text box, select the format as either Fixed or Dynamic (Maximum size: 2040 GB for VHD emulating SCSI; 127 GB for VHD emulating IDE).

7. Click Create vDisk, a progress dialog opens. Depending on the disk size and other factors, it might take several minutes to create the vDisk. After the vDisk is successfully created, it displays in the Console’s details pane and is ready for formatting.

8. Right-click on the vDisk in the Console, then select Mount vDisk. The vDisk icon appears with an orange arrow, if mounted properly.

Formatting a vDisk

For a target device to access the new vDisk, after you have created and allocated space for the vDisk file on the Provisioning Server, you must format the vDisk.

To format a mounted vDisk from the Console

In the Console, the vDisk should appear as a removable disk to the operating system.

1. Open a Windows Explorer window (click My Computer on the Desktop or on the Start Menu).

2. Right-click on the vDisk, then select Format.

3. Create a descriptive name for the volume label for the vDisk.

4. Click Start. Then click OK on the warning message that appears.

5. After formatting, close Windows Explorer and unmount the vDisk.

To unmount a vDisk

To unmount a vDisk and make it available to target devices, in the Console, right click on the vDisk, then select the Unmount vDisk <vDisk name> option.

To create a target device entry in the database

1. Right-click on the collection where this target device should reside.

2. Select Create Device. The Create Device dialog box appears.

3. Type the name and MAC address of the device, and optionally a description for that device, and click OK.

Note: The Name of the Target Device should be unique to the Domain Environment. The existing computer name of the end point that is going to be provisioned should NOT be used to avoid any conflicts within the Domain.

To assign a vDisk to a target device

1. In the Console tree, expand the Device Collections folder and click on the collection folder where this target device is a member. The target-device appears in the details pane.

2. Right-click on the desired target device and select Properties. The Target Device Properties dialog appears.

3. On the General tab, select Hard Disk from the Boot from option.

4. Click on the vDisks tab and click Add within the vDisk for this Device section. The Assign vDisks dialog appears.

5. To locate vDisks to assign to this target device, select a specific Store or Server under the Filter options, or accept the default settings, which includes All Stores and All Servers.

6. In the Select the desired vDisks list, highlight the vDisks to assign, click OK, and click OK again to close the Target Device Properties dialog.

Selecting Network Boot in XenCenter Console

1. In XenCenter go to the General tab of the VM that is being Imaged and click Properties.

2. Select the Startup Options tab and move Network Boot to the Top of the boot order list.

Running Image Builder

To image the Master Target Device’s hard drive to the vDisk, complete the following steps.

1. The target device vDisk status icon should appear in the target device tray. Double click on the icon to display the vDisk status. The status should be Active.

- Or -

Verify vDisk file availability to the target device by opening an Explorer window on the target device system (select My Computer from the desktop or Start menu). The vDisk uses the next available drive letter. For example, if your target device has an A: drive, C: drive and D: drive, the vDisk drive is assigned to E: at installation time. The size of this disk matches the size of your vDisk.

2. After verifying that the target device has access to the vDisk file on the Provisioning Server, from the target device, select Start>All Programs>Citrix>Provisioning Server>Provisioning Server Image Builder.

3. Click the Optimize button, review the changes that will be made and click OK.

4. Be sure that the Delete all files and folders in the destination path before selecting the Building Image checkbox.

5. Click Build to begin the image building process, and click Yes to confirm the build. This takes several minutes to complete. When the imaging process is complete, the following message appears:
“The target device image build is complete.”

6. Click OK, and then click Close.

7. Shut-down the target device.

The target device can now be set to boot from the vDisk. Use the General tab on the Console’s Target Device Properties dialog to set the target device to boot from the vDisk.

Boot Target to vDisk

1. In the Provisioning Server Console, right click the Target Device and go to Properties.

2. Change the Boot From pull down to vDisk.

3. Power on the VM.

Add the Target Device to the Domain

1. Once booted, right click My Computer and select Properties.

2. Go to the Computer Name tab and click Change.

3. Select the Domain type in the name of the domain and click OK.

4. Reboot.

Installing VDA Client

1. Install the desired applications.

2. Install the VDA Client then shutdown the VM and switch the Vdisk to Standard Image mode.

November 27th, 2009 by Dave de Rijder

Vanaf 4 januari 2010 ben ik werkzaam bij Computron te Malden.

Mijn functie word Systeembeheerder en kijk er erg naar uit.
Kernwoorden hierbij zijn: betrouwbaar, flexibel, schaalbaar en kosteneffectief. Doordat wij samenwerken met gerenommeerde partners,

• Microsoft Gold Certified Partners zijn partner
• Citrix partner (Silver)
• ROUTIT

kunnen we inspelen op de meest actuele trends en de laatste ontwikkelingen.

Een team van specialisten ondersteunt de klanten structureel of tijdelijk bij het beantwoorden van hun communicatie- en technologievraagstukken. Teamplayers die verder kijken dan hun eigen vakgebied, die niet in termen van problemen maar in die van uitdagingen denken, die innovatief en leergierig zijn. Ondernemerschap creëert de voorwaarde voor wederzijds zakelijk succes. Het betekent tevens het continu streven naar verdere verkenning en innovatie.

Computron heeft mij een mooie aanbieding gedaan en had mijn eerste keus omdat het gesprek eerlijk en oprecht was, en de sfeer binnen de organisatie goed overkwam.
Ik kijk er naar uit om met veel plezier en 300% wilskracht 4 januari aan de slag te kunnen.

www.computron.nl

November 9th, 2009 by Dave de Rijder

Wat stoeiend in mijn netwerk, bestaande uit Windows en Linux machines, had ik eigenlijk iets nodig waarmee ik in Windows een Linux harde schijf kon benaderen.

Windows gebruikt standaard NTFS als harde schijf opslag, Linux Ext2 of Ext3.
De gegevens op de Linux schijf waren bij ingedeeld met Ext2 en die wilde ik graag in Windows kunnen benaderen.
Na wat zoeken op internet kwam ik Ext2 IFS for Windows tegen: een klein programmaatje waarmee je in Windows een Linux schijf een schijfletter toebedeeld.
Hierna is de schijf gewoon beschikbaar, alsof het een Windows schijf was.
Nog spannender: op deze manier de Linux schijf delen en bschikbaar maken voor andere Windows PC’s.

October 30th, 2009 by Dave de Rijder

Bij kleertjes.com hadden ze een probleem met interne filtering. De mail word daar gefilterd door Cleanport maar ze ontvangen veel mail als bevestiging van bestelde kleren met korting.

Dit hebben we weten op te lossen door een Content Filter toe te passen.
Vond het zelf nogal aardig om dit te posten, de how to dus:)

The Content Filter agent is enabled by default on Edge Transport servers but must be enabled by an administrator on Hub Transport servers using the “install-antiSpamAgents.ps1″ script that is included with Exchange Server 2007.

The Anti-spam tab now appears in the Hub Transport section of the Exchange Management Console.

Hierna kun je alles instellen met betrekking tot content filtering. Je kunt per mail maar ook vanaf IP of bepaalde woorden filteren.
Perfecte oplossing!!!!!