Author Archives: Daniel

Server 2008 R2: Online license edition upgrade

Posted on 18 October, 2011 by Daniel

I’ve had to google this a few times, so I’ll blog the results here for future reference. It’s possible to upgrade, for example, a Server 2008 R2 Standard server to Enterprise without rebuilding Windows. This is all covered in detail … Continue reading →

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2TB SATA disks in a HP MSA20

Posted on 20 September, 2011 by Daniel

We recently needed to expand the storage space we use for backups. For this, we use a HP NAS 2000S, which is just a DL380 G3 with a faceplate, and two MSA20 storage shelves with SATA disks. We had 12x … Continue reading →

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Tools of the trade, AKA tools I couldn’t do without: Greenshot

Posted on 19 August, 2011 by Daniel

One of the very first tools that I install on a rebuilt/new PC is Greenshot. From their website (emphasis mine): Greenshot is a light-weight screenshot software tool for Windows with the following key features: Create complete or partial screenshots quickly. … Continue reading →

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Propagate mailbox folder permissions

Posted on 19 August, 2011 by Daniel

I recently had the requirement where somebody required another person to access a specific folder in their mailbox. We didn’t want to grant full mailbox access. This normally isn’t a problem as we’d just set the permissions on the individual … Continue reading →

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Determine which DFS target a client is connected to

Posted on 17 August, 2011 by Daniel

If you want to figure out which servers your DFS client is connected to, just run the following command from the command prompt: dfsutil /pktinfo To quote the inbuilt usage information: Dfsutil /PktInfo is a special problem diagnosis command that … Continue reading →