Script: Shadow Copy Report
We use EMC NetWorker for our enterprise backup solution. Since we migrated our primary file server from a NetApp filer to a native Windows server, we’ve been ...
Tag: PowerShell
Custom FSRM notification script
I’ve been working on a script to generate an informative message to users when they exceed quota thresholds on our file server. The features of the File S...
Powershell Join-String function
Update: better yet, read about the -Join and -Split PowerShell operators. Live and learn. —Geoff Something I’ve found myself missing in PowerShell is a fu...
Event data mining with PowerShell
On Server 2008 and 2008 R2, if your Domain Controllers aren’t configured to require LDAP signing and disallow simple LDAP binds in plaintext, Active Directory...
PowerShell – find a free IP
Since we don’t use DHCP in our server subnets, I frequently have to locate free IP addresses when deploying a server. I remembered reading a TechNet Magaz...
Monday – 2009-09-28
Today’s issues: Backup issues Shared folder quotas Printer configurations Data execution protection I created a Server 2008 x64 guest for managing 64-bit driv...
Friday – The 13th of March
Thirteen is a lucky number! Found the UVM Webteam’s official style guide. Nice level of detail. Installed WinSCP to help a user, then a Windows 7 update. My s...
Worklog – Wednesday, Feb 25
Service restarts on some hosts. Looked into automating some periodic restarts. One app vendor suggests using SQL Agent. I don’t really like the idea of using ...