Oct 20, 2015 Posted by newlife007

Resolving Distributed Transaction Issues with BizTalk, MS DTC and Clustered MSSQL Servers

Introduction After a recent storage migration of a Windows 2008 R2 cluster that involved removing the clustered DTC (Distributed Transaction Coordinator) starting seeing SQL transaction errors from the BizTalk server that was connecting to the SQL database instance running on the clustered servers. These are the steps followed to resolve the issue. Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) is... read more

Oct 19, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Use Consistent_Lun setting on VMAX Initiator Groups

Introduction Using the consistent_lun setting we eliminate the issue where different devices show different lun id’s. This is more prevalent with ESX Hosts. For this to work the flag must be set at creation time of the host and parent initiator groups.  In this post we will cover how to complete the task. Step 1 – Create Host Initiator Groups The first step is to create the host initiator... read more

Oct 15, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How to Install and Use HandBrake on Fedora 21 / 22

Introduction The situation is you have a great DVD and you want to view this on your Fedora installation but not by playing the the DVD, but to have it on the drive so you can play it when you are traveling or really do not want to carry the DVD with you. This is assuming this is your personally owned DVD. Well no fear HandBrake is here to the rescue. HandBrake is easy to use, it’s available for Windows,... read more

Oct 12, 2015 Posted by newlife007

Creating and Managing Scheduled Tasks from the Command Line in Windows

Introduction Scheduled tasks are a wonderful tool to use in Windows to perform repetitious tasks on the server and your system. This can be updating, backups, cleanups and many other tasks. There are many different ways using command line and the GUI to accomplish adding, changing and deleting tasks. In this post we will cover using the command line to manage and maintain scheduled tasks. Scheduled tasks... read more

Oct 11, 2015 Posted by newlife007

Installing WMF 5 and PowerShell 5 on Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7

Introduction Exciting news! Microsoft has released a preview for Windows Management Framework 5 (WMF) and PowerShell 5 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. In this post we will cover how to install both on your Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 systems. This is a preview version as of April 2015 so make sure this is not being installed on your production systems. System Requirements Supported... read more