Jan 26, 2017 Posted by newlife007

How To Fix Parameter is Incorrect Error Message When Adding Disk to Windows Cluster

Introduction So there you are adding a new drive to a folder on a mounted drive on a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 / 2012 R2 Clustered SQL server and during the format and assigning of the disk to the folder of the mount drive a big error pops up stating Parameter is Incorrect. And you are now dead in the water, or at least you think. We’ll all is not lost, there is a solution! You will encounter... read more

May 6, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How to Enable Disk Cleanup on Windows 2008 R2 Without Desktop Experience

Introduction In an earlier post I described how to install and use Disk Cleanup on Windows 2008 R2 server. Since that time I have come across another way to install Disk Cleanup on Windows 2008 R2 without having to install Desktop Experience which adds things to servers that are not needed. This will not work on Windows Server 2012 R2 as you must install Desktop Experience. So let’s get to it.... read more

Mar 12, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How to Manually change your NIC to Promiscuous Mode on Windows 2008 R2

What Is The Promiscuous Mode? By default when a network card receives a packet, it checks whether the packet belongs to itself. If not, the interface card normally drops the packet. But in promiscuous mode, the card doesn’t drop the packet. Instead, it will accept all the packets which flows through the network card. Some Network Interface Cards (NICs) may not allow network traffic after you create a... read more

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 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