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Exchange 2003 dial tone database restore method

Suppose one day your large mailbox store get corrupt, then it will take a large amount of time to restore it from backup. Using dial tone database restore method you allow users to connect to a new blank or empty mailbox store and then restore the database from backup. Creating the Dial-tone Database To create [...]

How to Restoe mailbox into Recovery Storage Group – Exchange 2003

After you have creating RSG and added mailbox to RSG the next step is to restore mailbox from backup media. RSG add a new feature to NTbackup program so that when you restore mailboxes from backup media the mailboxes are restored in RSG instead of original store. After successfully restoring the backup of mailboxes the [...]

Microsoft Exchange Recovery Storage Group (RSG)

The RSG is a newly added feature in Exchange Server 2003 for managing database restoration. The RSG is a new type of storage group in Exchange Server 2003. This storage group is specifically designed to allow you to recover mailbox store data without using a recovery forest or recovery server. This not only speeds up [...]

Exchange Disaster recovery – Steps for Disaster recovery

Disaster recovery is a scenario in which you have to restore you Exchange server as will as Windows 2003 server. Disaster recovery is a final point of restoration of Exchange server. In disaster recovery the entire Exchange server with Windows 2003 server is rebuilt. Summary to perform disaster recovery • Reinstall Windows 2003 server • [...]

How to Restore Exchange server

Restoring Exchange server is used when there is a database failure or server failure. Proper steps are required to be followed to bring the server and database online. You can restore Exchange database using NT BACKUP utility. But to restore Exchange database the database must be offline. Online restoration is not possible in Exchange server. [...]

Exchange backup types and Steps .

Online backup When Exchange Server 2003 performs an online backup, all services, including the exchange store, continue to run normally throughout the backup process. This allows users to continue to use their mailboxes during a backup process, whether the backup is incremental, differential, or full. Offline backup Offline backup is not a recommended solution. To [...]

Types of backup in Windows

Normal : This option backs up the selected files and clears the archive bit if it is set. Copy : This option backs up the selected files and does not clear the archive bit. Differential : This option backs up only the selected files where the archive bit is set. It does not clear the [...]

How to Install Open VMware Tools in Linux Kernel 2.6.24

What are VMware Tools? They are a collection of software and drivers which enhance and improve the virtualization experience for the guest operating system. They include shared folders, heartbeat drivers, enhanced network drivers, and mouse and video drivers to allow seemless migration between guest and console operating systems. Where can I get VMware tools? Currently [...]

How To Forward Syslog Messages To Zenoss

Instructions for configuring Syslog.conf/Syslog-ng.conf Forwarding Syslog messages from UNIX/Linux Devices Log on to the target device (as a super user). Open /etc/syslog.conf file with an editor (e.g VI). Enter *.debug and press the Tab key. then enter the host name or IP address of the Zenoss server. See example below: *.debug @192.168.X.X Save the file [...]

HOWTo replace AD+Exchange with Samba+Zimbra

This HOWTo describes how to configure Zimbra Collaboration Server (ZCS) and Samba to act as a primary domain controller (PDC) that uses LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) as a central password database for authenticating users on Linux and Windows desktops. The motivation behind this document is the need to seamlessly integrate ZCS into corporate network [...]

The step-by-step procedures to Building an Intel PC

First the core component: the CPU I am going to need is to decide first of all on what I am using this PC to accomplish. That has already been said… it is my server. But, what will it serve on the network? In my case it will supply loads of hard drive space, it [...]

How to Convert FAT to NTFS file system

To convert a FAT partition to NTFS, perform the following steps. Click Start, click Programs, and then click Command Prompt. In Windows XP, click Start, click Run, type cmd and then click OK. At the command prompt, type CONVERT [driveletter]: /FS:NTFS. Convert.exe will attempt to convert the partition to NTFS. NOTE: Although the chance of [...]

NTFS vs. FAT

To NTFS or not to NTFS—that is the question. But unlike the deeper questions of life, this one isn’t really all that hard to answer. For most users running Windows XP, NTFS is the obvious choice. It’s more powerful and offers security advantages not found in the other file systems. But let’s go over the [...]

What is open source technology

In a word, open source is collaboration. More specifically, it’s public collaboration on a software project. IBM has committed to open source in a big way with contributions to more than 120 projects, including more than $1 billion in Linux® development. According to the Open Source Initiative (OSI), it can be defined this way: “Open [...]

Understanding Linux File system files

he kernel provides an interface to display some of its data structures that can be useful for determining the system parameters like interrupts used, devices initialised, memory statistics, etc. This interface is provided as a separate but dummy filesystem known as the /proc filesystem. Many system utilities use the values present in this filesystemf or [...]