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DPM2010–Exchange VSS backup error 0x800423F4

Posted on 4 March, 2011 by Daniel

Sorting out DPM2010 backups of an Exchange 2003 server, and got an error: The VSS application writer or the VSS provider is in a bad state. Either it was already in a bad state or it entered a bad state … Continue reading →

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Resolving Shoretel Call Manager’s Outlook integration UAC issues

Posted on 2 March, 2011 by Daniel

In my previous post, I detailed the issues we’d been having with Shoretel’s Call Manager client under Vista since v8.1 was released. In this post, I’m going to detail the process used to get around the issue until Shoretel resolve … Continue reading →

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Shoretel Call Manager: Outlook Integration issues

Posted on 1 March, 2011 by Daniel

Since we moved from Shoretel 7.5 –> 8.1, we’ve had a niggling issue that’s about to become a show-stopper on a new deployment for our entire Melbourne office. The client software is easily deployed via Active Directory and Group Policy, … Continue reading →

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Quick Tip: Set the “FLAGS” value in a captured WIM after capture

Posted on 3 February, 2011 by Daniel

Today I had a problem where MDT2010 didn’t apply the correct “FLAGS” value to the OS within the captured WIM when capturing an image via MDT. This shouldn’t happen in theory, but there’s nothing like a gnarly problem when you’re … Continue reading →

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HP Continuous Data Protection application fails to recognise a new RDX cartridge

Posted on 27 January, 2011 by Daniel

Just something I came across last week on a SBS 2011 setup; the current version of HP’s CDP software refuses to recognise a newly-inserted RDX cartridge if you’re connected to the server via RDP. This had me puzzled for a … Continue reading →