The Recipent Policies in the Exchange 2003 Server generates the email address of the users you create in Active Directory Users and Computers. For example users_name@domain_name.com. When configuring a new Exchange server it is recommended that a new Recipient Policy…
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Auditing Exchange Mailbox size, logon and logoff.
The Exchange Systems Manager can be used to quickly determine basic auditing information for all mailboxes configured on the server. Open Exchange System Manager Go to Administrative Groups – First Administrative Group – Servers – Server_Name – First Storage Group…
How to manually start the Microsoft Exchange Recipient Update Services.
As a systems or network administrator I’m sure there have been times when you have run into similar situation. You just created a new Exchange 2003 mailbox. But when you try to configure the Outlook client’s profile for the user…
How to enable secondary protection for resources on the primary DPM 2007 server.
Open DPM 2007 Administrator Console Go the Management Window – Agents tab. Select the Primary DPM server. Under the Details windows you will see the option Proteced computers enabled for Protection – Modify. Click on Modify. In the View Details…
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 backup to tape will take a fraction of that time…
Backing 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 which is dominated by Symantec, IBM and others. I have…
Adding 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 use the route add command. c:\route add -P 172.182.200.0 mask…
Robocopy 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 these commands should be retired, I still used them regularly.…
How 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 but the result is the same. There are many a…
How 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 bootable, meaning use MBR if you are setting up a…