WSUSContent Folder clean up

Trying this now since our folder is well over 200GB...

Reference:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/gborger/archive/2009/02/27/what-to-do-when-your-wsuscontent-folder-grows-too-large.aspx

Task Scheduler – A Specified Logon Session Does Not Exist

Good fix for issue where on Win 2008 R2 my task sequence would not save...

Reference:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/agileer/archive/2010/08/31/task-scheduler-a-specified-logon-session-does-not-exist.aspx

Adding Mgt Network to IE Local Intranet Zone

1. Open GPEDIT.MSC as administrator
2. Go to Computer Configuration/Administrative Templates/Windows components/Internet Explorer/Internet Control Panel/Security Page.
3. Enable Site to Zone Assignment List
4. Add IP segment, ie. 192.168.0.* with value = 1 (for local intranet, 2=trusted sites).
5. Close all browser session, then test.

Troubleshooting SQL server RESOURCE_SEMAPHORE Wait Type

Application users were complaining that web applications were slow.  Turned out there were some bad queries that were requesting up to 1GB of SQL RAM to execute.  It's no wonder SQL was suspending queries waiting for memory...

Reference:
http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/2827/troubleshooting-sql-server-resourcesemaphore-waittype-memory-issues/
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlqueryprocessing/archive/2010/02/16/understanding-sql-server-memory-grant.aspx

WSUS client options

Reference below includes definitions of the regkeys that can be set for different options on the a WSUS client server.

Reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc708449(v=ws.10).aspx

Adding RDP Licensing server to Win 2008

Specify a License Server for an RD Session Host Server to Use...

Reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731185.aspx

Optimizing TempDB

Good reference regarding TempDB configuration.

Reference:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms175527(v=sql.105).aspx

How to change default Hypertext Transfer Protocol(HTTP) or HTTPS ports in DataFabric Manager(DFM)

By default, port 8080 is used for HTTP and 8443 is used for HTTPS.

To change the HTTP port

1. Enter the following command:
dfm option set httpPort=
You will be prompted to restart the HTTP service.

2. Stop the http service:
dfm service stop http

3. Start the http service: dfm service start http

To change the HTTPS port

1. Enter the following command:
dfm option set httpsPort=
You will be prompted to restart the HTTP service.

2. Stop the http service:
dfm service stop http

3. Start the http service:
dfm service start http

Reference:
https://kb.netapp.com/support/index?page=content&id=1011886&actp=search&viewlocale=en_US&searchid=null

How to stop this: Error message: "A script on this page is causing Internet Explorer to run slowly"

Reg hack only applies if you have IE8 or less. 

Reference:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/175500

How can you tell if VAAI is enabled?

To determine if VAAI is enabled using the vSphere Client:

1. In the vSphere Client inventory panel, click the host.
2. Click the Configuration tab, then click Advanced Settings under Software.
3. Check that these options are set to 1 (enabled):
   
   DataMover.HardwareAcceleratedMove
DataMover.HardwareAcceleratedInit
VMFS3.HardwareAcceleratedLocking

What do I need to know about the Hardware Acceleration Support Status?
If you go to Host > Configuration > Storage, you can see the Hardware Acceleration Status in the panel on the right side.

For each storage device and datastore, the vSphere Client displays the hardware acceleration support status in the Hardware Acceleration column of the Devices view and the Datastores view.

The status values are Unknown, Supported, and Not Supported. The initial value is Unknown. The status changes to Supported after the host successfully performs the offload basic operations. If the offload operation fails, the status changes to Not Supported.

Reference:
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1021976

Performance analysis for SQL

Good reference regarding performance monitoring/analysis for SQL server.

Reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc966540.aspx (SQL 2005)
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd672789(v=sql.100).aspx (SQL 2008)

Request SSL cert for IIS7 (WIn 2008)

Different IIS manager interface so could not find how to generate a new SSL cert request.  Anyway, see reference for the how to...

Reference:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc732906
http://www.digicert.com/ssl-certificate-installation-microsoft-iis-7.htm

The LastLogonTimeStamp Attribute

Good article about this attribute...

Reference:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askds/archive/2009/04/15/the-lastlogontimestamp-attribute-what-it-was-designed-for-and-how-it-works.aspx

Mysterious Active Directory lockouts

Something new I learned about Win 7 today is that there is a Control Panel called "Credential Manager". 

Users were having random lockouts to accounts and we were unable to determine the cause.  Turned out because they had selected save password, when logging into sharepoint or mapping a network share or other, causing Credential Manager to store that info.

The problem with that is it seems that if you changed your password, Credential Manager, doesn't know, keeps trying to use your old password, and triggers account lockouts.

References:
http://anandthearchitect.wordpress.com/2011/10/25/active-directory-account-lockout-issues/
http://technet.microsoft.com/nl-nl/library/cc773155(v=ws.10).aspx