Windows Server Help

To configure the iSCSI Initiator to connect to an iSCSI drive on a Windows Server Core system,  perform the below steps: Start up the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator service and then configure it to start automatically. You can use the sc (service control) command line tool to set the service for automatic startup: sc \\<server_name> config msiSCSI [...]

Setting the account policy and local security on a Windows Server  Core system, you must first create a security template on a full Windows Server  installation and subsequently apply these settings to the Windows Server Core system: On the reference server (ie Windows Server full installation) From the Start menu, enter secpol.msc in the Start Search [...]

Installing a certificate (.PFX) on a Windows Server Core system is very simple, just run the below command: certutil -importpfx <Path to certificate file>

Data Execution Prevention (DEP) is a group of software and hardware which perform additional security checks prevent malicious code from running on a system. However you may wish to turn off DEP for some applications and programs on a Server Core system, to do this perform the below three steps : 1. Check The Current DEP [...]

You can move Virtual Machines (VMs) between Hyper-V servers by either exporting the virtual machine from a Hyper-V server and subsequently importing it on another Hyper-V server. Alternatively you can use the System Center Virtual Machine Manager. Note than you cannot move VMs by simply copying the VHD and XML files to a new Hyper-V [...]

Windows Server Core saves on system resources, however some familiar features on the  full Windows Server install are not as obvious on Server Core. For performing and managing updates on a Server Core installation you have the below options: To install a Windows update : At the command prompt enter wusa <update>.msu /quiet To list [...]

Disk Cleanup is one of several features which are not installed by default on Windows Server 2008. To use the Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) on  Windows Server 2008, you will have to install the “Desktop Experience” feature on the machine. To install Desktop Experience follow the below steps simply open the Server Manager and select Add feature, [...]

Completing  our series on the Windows Server TCP/IP debugging tools we look at the Route, Nslookup and DCDiag tools. Route The Route tool is especially useful for troubleshooting any incorrect static routes and also for adding a route to a route table to temporarily bypass a problematic gateway. Static routes may be used instead of implicit routes [...]

Continuing with our look at the Windows Server TCP/IP debugging tools we turn our attention to the Ipconfig, Arp and Netstat tools. Ipconfig The Ipconfig tool shows all the TCP/IP configuration values, this is of particular use on systems running DHCP. It is used to refresh the DHCP settings and  determine the TCP/IP configuration values which [...]

TCP/IP is the backbone for communication and transportation in Windows Server, prior to  communicating between machines, TCP/IP will need to first be configured. TCP/IP is installed by default in  Windows Server 2008 R2 and during the operating system installation you can also add or remove TCP/IP . If a TCP/IP connection should fails, you will [...]

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