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Code Reviews

Code Reviews

Hey all

An interesting debate took place today regarding code reviews.  Is there anyway of automating code reviews for SSIS packages?  There are applications like FXCop that deal with code - is there anything similar for SSIS?

Cheers,
Al.

Reply:
You could try SSIS Unit
Hope this helps !! - Sudeep | Please mark the post(s) as "Answered" that answers your query.

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Reply:

are there any updates on this?

Does anybody know if if there is a product or package that analyzes SSIS Packages for conformance to a given set of Design Guidelines such as "error checking, naming standards, Naming conventions, Performance,Security, etc?

 



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Captured image question

Is it possible after you have captured a reference machine, when you deploy that image to uninstall a specific application, restart the computer and reinstall that specific application and continue with the deployment?

Reply:

Henry,

 

This is possible, but I would question why the application is installed in the image in the first place?

Open Regedit and Search the following key in the image to hunt down the "UninstallString" to silently uninstall the software.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

Once uninstalled, you can use the built in the built in MDT step from the Add menu in your Task Sequence to reboot the machine and then perform your silent installation.

-BrianG (http://supportishere.com)

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Reply:

The reason the application was installed in the image in the first place was because everything worked fine with the application until after we captured the reference image and re-deployed it to another machine and after everything was done, the application wouldn't work after logging into the machine as a domain user, the only fix I can find is to uninstall the application and reinstall it after the computer has been joined to the domain. If you are wondering on what the application is, its ApproveIt.

Also how do I run that unistall string copied from regedit in TS and run a cmd line TS to del the folder from C:\Program Files\ before reinstalling th application.


  • Edited by Henry Brock Saturday, December 3, 2011 6:17 AM

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Reply:
Sorry Henry,  I didnt enable the "watching" of this post, so I never was notified that you responded.  I would say input the string pulled from the registry in a batch file and then add the batch file as an "application" in your MDT.  By Default, It will be added as an Optional Application, if you want to forcibly install it, add an "Install Application" step in your Deployment Task Sequence calling the application.
-BrianG (http://supportishere.com)

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Recommended Windows O/S Server Version for SP2010

I am wondering what I would lose if I went with Windows Server Standard Ed instead of the Enterprise Edition as it relates to properly installing, configuring and implementing SP2010.  Any feedback on lessons learned/best practicecs would be very much appreciated!

Reply:

Hi,

From my understanding, there is no difference in regards to SharePoint running on Windows Server Standard vs Enterprise. I would just suggest that if you have multiple servers within your SharePoint farm that you keep the OS consistent. From a supportability standpoint, its just much easier to support if all your Windows Server OS is the same (IMO).

Please Mark Answered if my reply solves your problem. Thanks!

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Reply:
That is what I was reading too Jeff and thanks for your feedback!

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Power View (Crescent) Feature Requests

I have been using Power View for the last week or so, building on tabular models imported to SSAS from PowerPivot - so far I am very impressed, but I want to list a few of the features that I feel would make this product even more useful. I would appreciate discussion.

  • Ability to drill-down through defined hierarchies, especially time hierarchies.
  • Ability to control fonts/colors/formats of axes
  • Ability to use more marker types in scatter plots
  • Ability to control playback speed
  • Ability to define report-level filters
  • Ability to use KPI's defined in the tabular model, with KPI appropriate visualizations (stoplights, gauges etc.)
  • Ability to use sparklines and KPI indicators in tables
  • Ability to display all or part of the report in an i-frame on a page - passing filter parameters through the URL - this + KPI functionality would be an incredible combination.
  • Ability to include graphics / logos etc. on report pages.
  • Ability to control size / scale of report pages.

What have I missed?
Matt
  • Changed type Matt Markham Thursday, December 8, 2011 5:16 PM

Reply:

Hi Matt,

 

Thanks for the feedback and the positive comments.   Please do log your requests on the Microsoft Connect Site.  That allows us to track them and aggregate them.  

We are not in a position right now to disclose future features, but I will say that these are all items we certainly have "on our list".  If you can find an existing Connect item that covers one of these, please do add a vote.  Otherwise do create another request please.  

As far as discussion, I'm interested in hearing about the last item you mentioned in terms of controlling the page size.  Can you elaborate some more on that?

Regards,

Sean

 

Program Manager, SQL Server Reporting Services This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. http://blogs.msdn.com/seanboon http://www.twitter.com/ssrs

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Reply:

A couple features that i would love to see.

- The Ability to publish a report with pre defined filters, so the user cannot modify the dimensions that have been preselected for the report.

- Would love to see heat maps

Thanks,


  • Edited by richmintz Tuesday, December 13, 2011 8:30 PM

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Reply:

Sean, 

 

Thank you for the reply, I looked through Connect, but was not able to find a good place to put these observations. Could you please post a link?

I would like to use PowerView to drive dashboard pages in SharePoint. I have already been able to call PowerView in an Iframe, but I get the first page, scaled to the size of the frame. There are a few minor modifications that would make it extremely functional:

A) The ability to define the size of report pages / items so that when they are displayed in an iframe they do not shrink.

B) The ability to pass URL parameters (Page/filters/etc.)

 

Matt

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FIM and Secure Key Injection in FIM 2010 R2

Could you let me know if the Microsoft Secure Key injection feature as defined in the Minidriver v7 specifications is implemented in FIM 2010 R2 RC ? is the FIM 2010 R2 RC expects v7 Mini Driver ?
Regards

FIM + Secure Key Injection

Hi ,

Could you let me know if the Microsoft Secure Key injection feature as defined in the Minidriver v7 specifications will be implemented in FIM 2010 RTM ? 

Thanks

William

Reply:
Hi,

I won't be implemented in the first version of FIM 2010. 

Best regards

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Reply:

Is this feature supported in FIM 2010 R2 ? In general what is the level of Mini Driver version that FIM 2010 requires, has this been updated to v7 ? I could not find information in the documentation

Thanks

best regards

 


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sharepoint

I'm trying to install sharepoint at small farm  but really the AD is in the seconed server and I haven't permession to access it

 


Reply:
If you don't have permissions to AD you'll need to get someone who does to create the accounts you need.  Shouldn't be a problem.
PT_UK http://redmanta.co.uk/blog Twitter: @RedMantaUK MCTS:WSS,MOSS,2010 MCITP:2010.
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Reply:

You can also use basic install, where you dont need AD accounts, but in this case SP will install SQL Express as a database.

Or you have to ask your domain admin to create appropriate accounts, which you need for installation.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263445(office.12).aspx

Marek Chmel, WBI Systems (MCTS, MCITP, MCT, CCNA)

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What VPN Really Does ..

I have a very simple 3 questions :D:D, What does the VPN connection exactly do besides providing access to local resources & websites ??!! :D:D

1- If I'm connecting from a remote public connection, does it matter If my machine is in workgroup or joined the domain VPN established in ?? ..
2- Can I choose switch user & Logon with my domain account ??..
3- Can I make RDP Over VPN ?? ..

 

PLZ I want to know the scenario of each case : My machine I'm connecting from is in workgroup & If it is already joined the domain..

Thanks in Advance ..

 

Tarek El-Touny

MCTS : Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 Infrastructure & Active Directory, Microsoft Student Partner

Tarek El-Touny MCTS : Windows Server 2008 Infrastructure & Active Directory Microsoft Student Partner
  • Changed type Tarek El-Touny Monday, December 12, 2011 5:56 PM No Replies
  • Edited by Tarek El-Touny Tuesday, December 13, 2011 10:47 PM No Reason

Reply:

Hi Tarek,

 

Thanks for poring here.

 

>1- If I'm connecting from a remote public connection, does it matter If my machine is in workgroup or joined the domain VPN established in ?? ..

 

It is depend on which tunnel type and policies we are going to use, but technically Windows does support both Workgroup and AD environments.

 

Different VPN tunnel types in Windows - which one to use?

http://blogs.technet.com/b/rrasblog/archive/2009/01/30/different-vpn-tunnel-types-in-windows-which-one-to-use.aspx

 

>2- Can I choose switch user & Logon with my domain account ??..

 

We can specify to use another credential for VPN connection on clients if we are going to connect by using Windows build in VPN client software:

 

 

 

>3- Can I make RDP Over VPN ?? ..

 

Yes, we can.

But we have a better RDS solution with using Windows Server 2008 which can achieve that without deploying VPN service and could provide better performance and security :

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/ee236407

 

For more information regard to VPN service please start form the link below:

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc754634(WS.10).aspx

 

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/network/bb545442

 

http://blogs.technet.com/b/rrasblog/

 

Thanks.


Tiger Li

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Reply:

Thank you Sir I appreciate your answer but I have one more tricky question ;)


If I made a connection to VPN Server Joined to the domain with the username & password specified in the VPN Policy (AD User) & then I pressed Ctrl+Alt+Del Then I chose Switch User  Then I typed Domain\User (same VPN user I'm already connected with) , Will I login ?? , If yes , What will I see ??!! ;) ;) ..

Tarek El-Touny MCTS : Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 Infrastructure & Active Directory, Microsoft Student Partner

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Reply:

Hi Tarek,

 

Thanks for posting here.

 

By default ,connection will dropped if we logoff and switch to another user profile unless modify the registry key “KeepRasConnections”:

 

To keep Remote Access Service connections active after you log off

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950918

 

But connection will remain if we just select “switch” to another user account.

 

Meanwhile, If we had created this connection for all users on this computer (by selecting option “for all users” in VPN connection profile) then we can initiate the VPN connection during the logon procedure with a domain user account by pressing the “network logon”  button at logon screen:

 

Connect To VPN Before Logging In To Windows

http://htipe.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/connect-to-vpn-before-logging-in-to-windows/

 

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Thanks.

 

Tiger Li

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Thank you Sir again , I get it all now but there is still something I don't get here:-

If I logged in with my DOMAIN ACCOUNT , WHAT WILL I SEE ?? ..
Will I see my DOMAIN ACCOUNT DESKTOP or just THE DESKTOP I'M LOGGED FROM  ?? ;) ;)
If I will see My DOMAIN ACCOUNT DESKTOP , Will it be considered as RDP then ?? Just a little more explanation on that If you may sir ..

Thanks ..
Tarek El-Touny MCTS : Windows Server 2008 Infrastructure & Active Directory Microsoft Student Partner

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Reply:

Hi Tarek,

 

Thanks for posting here.

 

>If I logged in with my DOMAIN ACCOUNT , WHAT WILL I SEE ?? ..

> Will I see my DOMAIN ACCOUNT DESKTOP or just THE DESKTOP I'M LOGGED FROM  ?? ;) ;)

 

You will see the desktop that administrator defined for this domain account and this computer .

 

> If I will see My DOMAIN ACCOUNT DESKTOP , Will it be considered as RDP then ?? Just a little more explanation on that If you may sir ..

 

I think maybe you are referring the roaming user profile scenario which will keep user to get same desktop environment wherever they logon on ? am I correct ?

 

Roaming user profile

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roaming_user_profile

 

Managing Roaming User Data Deployment Guide

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc766489(WS.10).aspx

 

And of course RDP is also a solution that will provide the similar experience for user wherever they are (internal or external) without VPN service if we build it with Windows Server 2008 platform. We may get the better responses on this form terminal service forum :

 

http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverTS/threads

 

Thanks.

 

Tiger Li

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Reply:
Thaaaaanks , I appreciate all your answers :) ..
Tarek El-Touny MCTS : Windows Server 2008 Infrastructure & Active Directory Microsoft Student Partner

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Second Link Column in Content Query Webpart

Hello Everyone,

I need some help.

Here is my scenario:
I have a CQWP that displays content (Book Title, Description, Pages, Author, Image, ReviewThisBook) from a list (Library Book).

There is another list (Review Book) with a URL column "ReviewThisBook" that populates the related column in "Library Book"

Here is the Issue:
I am trying to display the column on the CQWP as the additional URL column beside each book item (aside the Title URL). After about 6 days and several blogsites i still have not been able to get this to work.

What i have attempted:
1. Editing the itemstyle xsl and modifying the CQWP
2. concatenating the Description and ReviewThisBook columns with an Infopath action in a Rich Text column(FullDescription) --- the description displays but the link just would not show
3 Telling my boss it cant be achieved :)


Thanks in advance.

Caml query getlistitems

Hi all,

 

I am using u2u CAML query builder tool. I have a sharepoint list for that I am using GetListItems method in the tool.

My query is some column values are returning good and some column values are returning null even though the data exists.

anything wrong?

 

Help me out!

 

Thanks

 

Like Cricket

  • Edited by h_user2016 Wednesday, December 14, 2011 11:53 AM
  • Changed type h_user2016 Wednesday, December 14, 2011 12:38 PM

Reply:

Hi,

Can you please post your query here? It will be easier to see the problem.

Thanks
@vrdmn | Email | LinkedIn | Blog

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column in a list to show the Time when an item was last modified

Hi,

I have custom list that has Date Modified and Date Created columns in it. But, for some reason the values dont get updated with the Time. I have used all the 3 options associated with the columns ( None, Today, 3rd option that shows 1 static time and date), but none seem to display the time. When i use "Today", the date shows up correctly, but the Date Modified doesnot display the Last modfied time ( though i am manually able to select the date and time). Am i missing something here or is it is not the purpose of date Created and Date modifed?

 

Thanks

karthik

Reply:

Resolved.

There are columns "created" and "Modified" that are explicitly used for this purpose. These columns were not available in the Site columns, but are available in the "View" columns.

But, if you need a column inside the View Form and Edi Form , then i guess one needs to use date modified and date created columns themselves.

Please pitch in with your views as i might still be missing something important.

Thanks,

karthik

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How to set Dynamic rows in Infopath 2010

I am new to Infopath,  using  2010 version,and using one drop down,Listbox and Table in my form, Drop down contains Dashboard types (Daily dashboards,Weekly dashboards,Monthly dashboards), this dropdown contains cascade properties, Listbox does shows the list of Dashboard names accordingly (this depends on Dropdown items), till here it is working fine.
But, the problem is, there is a table which contails Standard Columns like, "Refresh Date","Refresh Time",etc... the user needs to fill up these details.Daily dashboard contains 6 dashboards, Weekly dashboard contains 10 dashboards, Monthly Dashboard contains 21 dashboards.
Now the challenge for me is,  i have taken Table with 9 cloumns ( Standard columns, these doesn't change) and entered column names.I have placed Listbox next to the Table, now i need to enter the data according to the dashboard name, i need dynamic rows here, 6 dynamic rows for Daily dashboards, 10 dynamic rows for Weekly dashboards, respectively. Could please help me by providing suitable solution.Thanks in advance.

Reply:

Hi,

we can use repeating table here to implement your requirement The querying of the web service based on selections  and then  (this can be easily done with rules). We just need the proper form code within the control change-event to handle the repeating table population.

Please check this.

http://stevemannspath.blogspot.com/2010/09/infopath-20072010-populate-repeating.html

 

Krishana Kumar http://mosstechnet-kk.com

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Partition Full

My Exchange Server 2007 is running on Windows Server 2008.

How to delete msgs, attached from exchange mailbox database to reduce the mailbox database or any solution pls provide me.


Reply:
Well moving data from the Exchange database will not make it smaller, for that you need to do an offline defrag which takes 110% of the DB size to accomplish and depending upon the size it can take several hours or sometimes days to complete.  So lets first talk about other options and then come back to the defrag option if necessary
  1. I would first suggest that you move the database to a partition with ample storage to meet your needs http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb201714%28EXCHG.80%29.aspx
  2. if moving the DB and Logs is not an option then answer these questions

A:  What drive to you have the database and logs on & how much free space does each drive have left?

B: How much space is the Exchange database taking up?

C: How much space are the Exchange logs taking up?

Troy Werelius
www.Lucid8.com
Search, Recover, & Extract Mailboxes, Folders, & Email Items from Offline EDB's and Live Exchange Servers with Lucid8's DigiScope

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Reply:

A: On drive C the free space in 1.5 GB from total space 232 GB and I have other Partition free space is 232GB.

B:53.1 GB

c:The logs file with database about 89.7 GB this in first storage group and I have second storage group about 11.5 GB and localCopies about 96.0 GB


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  1. So the LOGS & the DATABASES are on the C Drive?
  2. based upon your response above am I correct that your LOGS for the first storage group are taking up about 36GB?  If so it appears your logs are not getting truncated and we should talk about resolving that quickly.
  3. Can you also give me a breakdown of the Second Storage Group, i.e. EDB size vs Logs?  From what I am seeing above it sounds like you have 11GB for the EDB and 85GB for logs, is that right?
Troy Werelius
www.Lucid8.com
Search, Recover, & Extract Mailboxes, Folders, & Email Items from Offline EDB's and Live Exchange Servers with Lucid8's DigiScope

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Reply:

1. yah

3. The total size of SSG is 11.6GB

    3.31 Gb database size

    8.29BG logs file




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Reply:

ok there are a few things you can do here.

 

1. Are you running an Exchange Aware backup and if so what product are you using becuase it does not appear to be truncating the logs like it should post completion of each backup.  Resolving this issue would be the most appropriate way to truncate the logs and free up som disk space and I would highly reccomend you look into this ASAP.   If you are not using a backup product check out Lucid8's Exchange Protection Manager http://www.lucid8.com/product/epm.asp since it can easily handle backing up your Exchange Server databases and truncate the logs while also allowing you to recover at any granular level desired, i.e. database, mailbox, folder or item level.

2. have a backup product in place or dont want to check out EPM you can do one of the following;

A: Move the log path to another location (i.e. the partition with 232GB Free) however note that this process will dismount the databases, move the logs to the alternate location and then bring the databases back online.  Since you have 8GB+ of log files this will take some time to accomplish but it will preserve the logs until you can get a good backup in place, so I would reccomend doing this over option B, but just be patient when the process starts becuase like I say it could take some time to complete.  Check out this article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125252(EXCHG.80).aspx or this one http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb201703(EXCHG.80).aspx

 

B: The other option is to temporarily turn on Circular Logging, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb331968(EXCHG.80).aspx however this is not reccomended since it will in essence dismount the database, clear all the logs (except for a few) and then will remount the database for operation.  So while this will quickly clear the logs the reason this is not reccomended is becuase it removes your chance of log replay should a disaster take place.  If you choose to go down this path then I would reccomend the you i. Turn on circular logging and then ii. once the db comes back online turn circular logging off and then iii. Get you backups operational as reccomended in step 1

Troy Werelius
www.Lucid8.com
Search, Recover, & Extract Mailboxes, Folders, & Email Items from Offline EDB's and Live Exchange Servers with Lucid8's DigiScope

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Reply:
On Sat, 3 Dec 2011 16:32:13 +0000, Troy Werelius wrote:
 
>
>
>ok there are a few things you can do here.
>
>
>
>1. Are you running an Exchange Aware backup and if so what product are you using becuase it does not appear to be truncating the logs like it should post completion of each backup. Resolving this issue would be the most appropriate way to truncate the logs and free up som disk space and I would highly reccomend you look into this ASAP. If you are not using a backup product check out Lucid8's Exchange Protection Manager http://www.lucid8.com/product/epm.asp since it can easily handle backing up your Exchange Server databases and truncate the logs while also allowing you to recover at any granular level desired, i.e. database, mailbox, folder or item level.
>
>2. have a backup product in place or dont want to check out EPM you can do one of the following;
>
>A: Move the log path to another location (i.e. the partition with 232GB Free) however note that this process will dismount the databases, move the logs to the alternate location and then bring the databases back online. Since you have 8GB+ of log files this will take some time to accomplish but it will preserve the logs until you can get a good backup in place, so I would reccomend doing this over option B, but just be patient when the process starts becuase like I say it could take some time to complete. Check out this article http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb125252(EXCHG.80).aspx or this one http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb201703(EXCHG.80).aspx
>
>
>
>B: The other option is to temporarily turn on Circular Logging, http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb331968(EXCHG.80).aspx however this is not reccomended since it will in essence dismount the database, clear all the logs (except for a few) and then will remount the database for operation. So while this will quickly clear the logs the reason this is not reccomended is becuase it removes your chance of log replay should a disaster take place. If you choose to go down this path then I would reccomend the you i. Turn on circular logging and then ii. once the db comes back online turn circular logging off and then iii. Get you backups operational as reccomended in step 1
 
Another option is to compress those log files in-place. That'll free
up enough space on the drive so the database can be mounted and, as
you recommend, a complete/normal backup made of the database. If that
doesn't get rid of the unnecessary log files then there may be a
problem with the checkpoint file -- or there's a missing log file and
the backup won't remove the log files without it.
 
I don't like to move the log files, myself.
 
---
Rich Matheisen
MCSE+I, Exchange MVP
 
--- Rich Matheisen MCSE+I, Exchange MVP

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Reply:
Just I delete the old log files and get space.
  • Edited by suntoya Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:57 AM

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server 2008 R2 Data coping issue

While am files (12 GB) coping from one server 2008 R2 to another server 2008 R2 using default admin ($), it’s hung

  • Changed type Vincent Hu Monday, December 19, 2011 10:41 AM

Reply:

More information would be helpful.

1. Are servers in the same domain?

2. What are traces in event logs?

3. How do you copy files? (By moving with mouse, copy & paste, xcopy, copy, robocopy,...)

4. Are there any problems with connectivity (local network, WAN, internet,...)

5. What are protocol used for transfer?

Regards

Milos


  • Edited by Milos Puchta Wednesday, December 14, 2011 10:51 AM

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Hardware VSS Snapshot Providers for CSVs

Hi,

I am looking for the cheapest available storage to host some of our less critical virtual machines on.
The storage must have hardware VSS providers that support cluster shared volumes (for backing up with DPM 2010).

So far I found this but it is quite out of date, can people provide more up-to-date information from their experiences please? 

IBM

Model

Firmware version

VSS hardware provider version

Obtaining the VSS hardware provider

Additional Information

Support Information

Test results published by

Test results signed off by

Signoff date

DS6000, DS8000

6000=
6.2.2.108
8000=
64.30.x.x

4.0.1.1020

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S4000372&rs=1114

Same VSS provider is used for SVC, DS6k and DS8k

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/
disk/ds8000/index.html

davwest@us.ibm.com

ansingh@microsoft.com

Feb 2009

SVC

5.1

"

"

"

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/
software/virtualization/svc/index.html

"

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IBM XIV Storage

10.1.0.a

IBM XIV xProv Version: 2.2.2

VSS Provider v2.2.2 - Windows 64bit: ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage
/XIV/VSSProvider/2.2.2/xProvSetup-x64-2.2.2.msi

VSS Provider Release Notes:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/XIV/
VSSProvider/2.2.2/xProv_2_2_2_Release_Notes.pdf
Host Attachment Guide:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ibmxiv/
r2/topic/com.ibm.help.xiv.doc/docs/hag_1_1_1/GA32-0652-02.pdf

1-800-IBM-SERV (1-800-426-7378) for customer service

tquiere@us.ibm.com

ansingh@microsoft.com

Jan 2010

NEC

Model

VSS hardware provider version

Obtaining the VSS hardware provider

Support Information

iStorage D series (D1-30)

2.1.1 (x64)

http://www.nec.co.jp/
products/istorage/product/san/software/vss/index.shtml

 Product Firmware Revision 010A

Additional information: iStorage D Series can be obtained from below
http://www.nec.co.jp/products/istorage/product/san/d/index.shtml

The following software is needed in order to take snapshot in iStorage D series
iStorage basic software: iStorage Manager, iStorage Access Control is included

WebSAM RepNavi Suite: iStorage Dynamic Data Replication Lite, iStorage Control Command, iStorage VSS Provider

iStorage Storage Path Savior: Software to control disk array path load

EMC

 

Model

VSS hardware provider version

Obtaining the VSS hardware provider

Support Information

Symmetrix series

4.2.1

http://powerlink.emc.com

Clarion series

4.2.1

http://powerlink.emc.com

 

 

Symmetrix series - Micro code: 5874, 5773

Flare: 29, 30

Hitachi

Model

VSS hardware provider version

Obtaining the VSS hardware provider

Support Information

Adaptable Modular Storage 2000 family - AMS2100, AMS2300, AMS2500

v03.5.0 and above

http://www.hds.com/solutions/applications/microsoft/

http://www.hds.com/services/support/index.html)

 

 

Compellent

Model

VSS hardware provider version

Obtaining the VSS hardware provider

Support Information

Compellent Storage center 4.2 and above

05.00.01.004

Distributed as part of Replay Manager product (separate purchase required).

Compellent Service representative.

 

 

Dell

Model

Firmware version

VSS hardware provider version

Obtaining the VSS hardware provider

Support Information

EqualLogic PS series

4.2.1 or later

3.3.1 or later

Find here

Dell Service representative.

Provider link: https://www.EqualLogic.com/support/download.aspx?id=3199

HP

 

Model

Firmware version

VSS hardware provider version

Obtaining the VSS hardware provider

Additional Information

Support Information

EVA 4x00, 6x00, 8x00

XCS 09006000

6.05

Click here to download the hardware VSS provider.

Command-View software Version 9.1.017

HP Call center

OR

HP Services representative for higher level support contracts.

 

 

NetApp

Model

Firmware version

VSS hardware provider version

Obtaining the VSS
hardware provider

Additional information

Support Information

FAS2000 Series

FAS3000 Series

FAS3100 Series

FAS6000 Series

V3100 Series

V6000 Series

Data ONTAP 7.3.0 or above

6.2.0.4508 or above

See
below

See the SnapDrive for Windows Installation and Administration Guide, available on http://now.netapp.com for information on installing, configuring, and troubleshooting SnapDrive for Windows in general, and the Data ONTAP VSS Hardware Provider in particular

Support for SnapDrive for Windows in general, and the Data ONTAP VSS Hardware Provider in particular is available through NetApp Global Services (see below)

Support is also available through authorized resellers

 

 

Microsoft Partner

WSUS Clients are no longer reporting in to WSUS server after Software Update Point is removed from SCCM server. Why does this occur?

I have been having a time working to resolve an SCCM SUP / WSUS / SQL connectivity issue which so far, I have not been able to resolve successfully. In light of this upcoming patch Tuesday, I attempted to remove the Software Update Point from the SCCM server to revert back to the original WSUS configuration.

I can once again retrieve updates from the WSUS server via group policy but the clients are no longer checking into the WSUS server.

Is it possible to restore my previous functionality while trying to resolve the other issues. I am also coming up with an ASP error in my WSUS server's event log.

 

The error states:

Event code: 3005
Event message: An unhandled exception has occurred.
Event time: 12/12/2011 3:48:38 PM
Event time (UTC): 12/12/2011 8:48:38 PM
Event ID: 28570b4e26a44a0a86bf9f3f6e606117
Event sequence: 2845
Event occurrence: 4
Event detail code: 0
 
Application information:
    Application domain: /LM/W3SVC/1/ROOT/ClientWebService-4-129681944359101430
    Trust level: Full
    Application Virtual Path: /ClientWebService
    Application Path: C:\Program Files\Update Services\WebServices\ClientWebService\
    Machine name: DOT-WSUSP01
 
Process information:
    Process ID: 1156
    Process name: w3wp.exe
    Account name: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
 
Exception information:
    Exception type: InvalidOperationException
    Exception message: Request format is unrecognized.
 
Request information:
    Request URL: http://wsus.dot.nc.net/ClientWebService/client.asmx
    Request path: /ClientWebService/client.asmx
    User host address: 10.219.0.29
    User: 
    Is authenticated: False
    Authentication Type: 
    Thread account name: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
 
Thread information:
    Thread ID: 18
    Thread account name: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
    Is impersonating: False
    Stack trace:    at System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebServiceHandlerFactory.CoreGetHandler(Type type, HttpContext context, HttpRequest request, HttpResponse response)
   at System.Web.Services.Protocols.WebServiceHandlerFactory.GetHandler(HttpContext context, String verb, String url, String filePath)
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.MaterializeHandlerExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute()
   at System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously)
 
 

Event ID 1309

ASP.NET 2.0.50727.0

 


Reply:

As you are configuring the clients to receive updates with WSUS, I recommend to post this issue in the WSUS forum for further research.

Sabrina

TechNet Community Support


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Copy list to other list

You can copy the contents of a list in another list?

Reply:

Yep, you could

Open it in datasheet mode and use copy / paste


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Reply:
thanks a lot

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SBS2008 RWW Sessions Locking Up

SBS2008

RWW sessions by 2 seperate users to 2 seperate internal computers.

 

I have a client who starts an RWW session to their workstation in the office.  All works fine.  I then have a 2nd user start a RWW session to his workstation and when he connects to it both his session and the 1st user's session lock up either permenantly or stutter drop/pick up the connection.  I then try to get into the server via a straight 3389 RDP session and the server is stuttering for me as well.  The only thing that seems to resolve the issue is reboot of the server but once the 2nd user gets in the issues start again.  Any ideas?

 

Thanks!

 

-Richard k

 

  • Changed type Sean Zhu - Friday, December 16, 2011 7:20 AM

Reply:

Hi Richard, have you found any related event error in event viewer? Have you run SBSBPA and fix all the issues?

 

Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.

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Authentication in WCF services using UserToken

 

Hi,

 

Currently I am working on WCF services. I am facing an issue regarding the authentication process on client side. Here is the scenario

 

In my WCF service I am accessing the SharePoint site. So, on the client side the person who is consuming the WCF service must be a member of the SharePoint site. The Consumer of the WCF service wants to send the “UserToken” for authentication. So, can anyone please help me how to send the “UserToken” to the service.


Reply:

Hello,

What I would recommend is sending the UserToken in a message header after converting to a Base64 string. For instance, the client would call the method "SomeMethod" in your service using a custom client proxy like this:

   using (var scope = new OperationContextScope(channel))  {   var tokenHeader = new MessageHeader<string>(_sessionId);   OperationContext.Current.OutgoingMessageHeaders.Add(tokenHeader.GetUntypedHeader("SessionTokenId", "namespace"));   var result = channel.SomeMethod(id);  }


Note, you will not be able to use the Visual Studio generated WCF client proxy when you are passing custom headers (at least not that I am aware of).

The server can "unwrap" the incoming message as such. Note here, the server is also returning the token back to a string from Base 64.

private SPUserToken GetSpUserTokenFromHeader()  {   var token = OperationContext.Current.IncomingMessageHeaders.GetHeader<string>("SessionTokenId", "namespace");   return new SPUserToken(Convert.FromBase64String(token));  }

This should return you a usable SPUserToken instance.

Hope this helps,

Dan




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Editing the new form list in sharepoint 2010(custom application page)

Hi ,

i have edited the newform.aspx of the list using sharepoint designer by adding a button .. in this form i have 4 text box and a button when clicked on the button an application page is opened ..this custom application page is created in visual studios ... now on this page a list is displayed(using datalist) with radio buttons when ever a radio button is clicked the code behind send value of the selected rows to the javascript function ...now once i have the values in the javascript function of the custom application page ..i want to send these values to the 4 text box in the newform.aspx....in javascript i m trying to use

function setvalues(value1,value2) {

           
            window.opener.document.forms[0]['diidSortEmail'].value = value1;
          
        }

where didSortEmail -- is a ID  of a field on the newform.aspx form --when i viewed the page source..

Appreciate your help!

Thanks!


Reply:
have you tried window.opener.document.getElementById('diidSortEmail').value?

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Reply:

Hi Jason ,

Thanks for the reply , but it was the id problem ...i didnt use the actual id of the controls/..i will mark it as answer.

Thanks


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