When we have a database like sharepoint where we are unable to alter the recovery type to simple we can stop the alter from happening with a registry change http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH126063 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Symantec\Backup Exec for Windows\Backup Exec\Engine\SQL Server\Number of Non-Log Backups Before Warning The default value is a decimal value of … Continue reading
If you ever have to restore/rebuild a server and the client can’t find the License key for Backup Exec, it is located it is in a file called besernum.xml in c:\windows\ or windows\system32 Providing you can recover that file from a previous backup!!
When you’ve done a p2v of a windows machine and you get a message saying the ip address is already in use when configuring the nic, use the following procedure:– Go to a command prompt in the VM Type set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1 <Enter> Start devmgmt.msc Once device manager has opened, … Continue reading
allow Sophos to deploy remotely on Vista PCs the following setting need to be applied via GPO Computer Configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Security Settings > Local Policies > Security Options > User Account Control User Account Control: Behavior of the elevation prompt for administrators in Admin Approval … Continue reading
I’ve come across this a couple of times now on VCenter servers we have put in where the DB is on the same server and on reboot the VCenter services don’t start due to VCenter trying to work before SQL is operational (gives error 1000 in the application event log). … Continue reading
I. Requirements 1. A backup media must be attached to the computer that is being recovered. 2. A current full backup of the computer to be recovered and any subsequent incremental/differential backups must be done. 3. The sames version Windows 2003 or R2 1st disk for Small Business Server installation … Continue reading
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