Kate Stewart has announced the availability of the second alpha release of Ubuntu 12.04, code name “Precise Pangolin. Welcome to Precise Pangolin Alpha 2, which will in time become Ubuntu 12.04. Alpha 2 is the second in a series of milestone images that will be released throughout the Precise development cycle. This is the first [...]
Exchange PST Capture Tool released!
Microsoft has released a PST Capture Tool that allows organizations to search for PST files on computers and import those files to mailboxes on-premises Exchange servers or Exchange Online. For more information: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh781036.aspx http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2012/01/30/pst-time-to-walk-the-plank.aspx
‘Mailboxrole’ configured partially on Exchange Server 2010
Just upgraded a customers Exchange 2010 environment to SP2 and the setup were successful on both my servers running HT/CAS/MBX roles. In Exchange Management Console all servers were listed as Version 14.2 (Build 247.5) Everything seemed fine untill I checked the setuplogs: C:\ExchangeSetupLogs\ExchangeSetup.log There I noticed some errors on one server. I also ran ExBPA [...]
2601, 2604, and 2501 Events appear after Exchange Server 2010 restart
Having issues with events like 2601, 2604 or 2501? These events seems so have to to when the server restarts and Windows queries Active Directory for site information. These messages appears since the information could not be retrieved. Log Name: Application Source: MSExchange ADAccess Event ID: 2601 Task Category: General Level: Warning Keywords: Classic User: [...]
Understanding Exchange Server coexistence
There will be situations when your organization will coexist with two or more Exchange versions. Example of this is if you’re upgrading from Exchange 2003 and/or 2007 to Exchange 2010. If you have a small number of mailboxes this might not apply and migrations and DNS changes can be made during a weekend. This post [...]
Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 1 has been released!
The first Alpha version of Ubuntu 12.04, code name “Precise Pangolin” has been released! We are pleased to bring you the first set of developer images that capture the current fleeting reality of our Precise Pangolin (Ubuntu 12.04 alpha 1) as it starts to emerge. Alpha 1 includes the 3.2.0-2.5 Ubuntu kernel which is based [...]
Exchange Server 2010 SP2 released!
Service Pack 2 (SP2) has been released and can be downloaded here: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=28190
Securing Linux using Iptables
This post will describe on how to secure your linux server using iptables. Iptables is a firewall and is installed by default on many linux distributions. One can edit the configuration using various shell commands but there is also a graphical tool called UFW – Uncomplicated Firewall. For servers that are not running X we [...]
How to use tar to backup your Linux system!
This short guide will help you to backup the system using tar and a cron job. The backup script # sudo tar -cvpzf /backup/backup.tar.gz –exclude=/mnt / -c = create or overwrite a new file -v = verbose -p = preserve permissions -z = compress the file -f = filename The recover script # sudo tar [...]