Utilities

IIS Export Utility

Command Line Utilities

W2k3 ResKit List

General Admin KB Entries

DHCP Best Practices

Working with Environment Variables 1
Working with Environment Variables 2
Working with Environment Variables 3
Working with Environment Variables 4

M$ Terminal Services KB Entries

TS 2003 Capacity and Scaling

Disaster Recovery KB Entries

Exchange DR Software from Cemaphore called MailShadow. Looks interesting...

Exchange DR Software from CA. Does SQL, IIS etc as well

UNIX Basics

Unix commands reference card

Basic Unix Commands

Commonly used Unix commands

Basic Unix Commands

Unix reference guide

ISA Server KB Entries

Site-to-Site VPN in ISA Server 2004

Configuring IPSec Site-to-Site Connections Between ISA Server 2004 and Third-Party Gateways

Exchange Server KB Entries

Some good M$ articles on configuring RPC over HTTP, amongst others. If you are the guru sysadmin of Server and Exchange 2003 @ your company, get RPC over HTTP going. Your boss and users will love you for it. However, test and tune before launching.

Configuring Exchange 2003 HTTP Remote Access. KB324801

Exchange requires the /3GB switch with more than 1GB RAM. KB266096

Exchange 2003 RPC/HTTP.

How to optimize memory usage in Exchange 2003. KB815372

Top KB's for Exchange 2003 Server Mobility.

How to protect Exchange from disc failure. KB328794

Configure SSL on OWA

Fixing Exchange Attributes in AD
To fix Exchange attributes in Active Directory after you use the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 domain rename tool, you can use the Exchange Server Domain Rename tool (XDR-Fixup.exe).

Using Ldp.exe to Find Data in the Active Directory - KB224543
Utility you can use to perform LDAP searches against the Active Directory for specific information given search criteria.This also allows administrators to query data that would otherwise not be visible through the Administrative tools included in the product. All data that is returned in LDP queries, however, is subject to security permissions.

Deleting Objects from AD Using Ldp.exe - KB244344
This article describes how an administrator can remove objects from Active Directory by using the Ldp.exe tool.

How to Use the Online Dbdump Feature in Ldp.exe - KB315098
You can use the online dbdump feature in Ldp.exe to view the values that are stored in the database while a domain controller is running. You trigger the online dbdump feature by modifying the dumpDatabase attribute on the rootDSA.

How to Use LDP to Discover Mail-Enabled Users - KB279220
This article describes how to determine if a user is located on an Exchange 2000 server.

Using Eseutil to Determine which logs have been committed.

Howto recover from a full transaction log drive.

Considerations when upgrading to Exchange 2003.

10 Tips for tuning Exchange 2003.

Tuning Exchange Server 2003 Performance.

Active Directory KB Entries

Recovering Active Directory and/or Exchange Server in a disaster situation where the FSMO role holder is no longer available or offline [God forbid, but in these situations, a drug called caffeine is imperative for success...]:

Howto view and transfer FSMO roles in Win2k3 Server. KB324801

Howto use ntdsutil to seize or transfer FSMO roles to a domain controller. KB255504

Responding to Operation Master role failures. Suicide or war is not an option.

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How to Optimize the Location of a Domain Controller or Global Catalog That Resides Outside of a Client's Site. KB306602

FSMO placement and optimization on Active Directory domain controllers. KB223346

The role of the global catalog: Active Directory.

Planning Global Catalog Server Placement: Active Directory.

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How to upgrade Windows 2000 Domain Controllers to Windows 2003.

Common mistakes when upgrading a Windows 2000 Domain to Windows 2003.

Cisco Router KB Entries

Routing Basics

Routers far away can be safely configured by using a reload command first.
Before any configuration changes are made, issue a reload command to the remote router:
reload in 30 [This command instructs the router to reboot in 30 minutes.]
or reload at 06:00 [This command instructs the router to reboot at 6 'o clock.]
Proceed to configure the router as needed. As long as no configuration changes are saved, the router will revert to its previous configuration when it reloads.
If configuration changes are successful:
reload cancel [will stop the pending reload]
If configuration changes cause a loss of connectivity, the local side can be easily reset to the previous configuration. When the router reloads, connectivity will be restored.

How to configure SNMP community strings

Configuring SNMP in Cisco Routers

Cisco Design Technotes including DNS and SNMP

Configuring Passwords and Privileges

Cisco IOS Basics

Undocumented Cisco Commands

Howto apply Access-Lists to dial interfaces with a RADIUS server

Security Related KB Entries

Denial of Service Attack resources

Security Whitepapers

Hardening Windows Server

General Networking Related KB Entries

VPN - an overview

TCP/IP and IPX Routing tutorial

Linux IP Masquerade HOWTO

Troubleshooting DNS on Win2k

How to support browse lists for multiple domains

NetBIOS Browse List May Not Contain all Domains in a Windows 2000 Environment

Computer Browser Service

Netbackup KB Entries

Linux/Unix client configuration file
/linux > bp.conf
Restore format: dir:/dir/file.ext
Force link speed to Full Duplex

Importing backup images from more than one piece of media from the command line [when media has expired]
Details:
Backups that have expired may be imported by using the bpimport command, provided the media on which the backups reside have not yet been overwritten. Importing images is a two-stage process:

Phase 1
This is performed first and must be done on all media concerned with the backups to be imported (particularly if the backups have spanned over several tapes). This phase recreates catalog entries for the backups by populating the media server's Media Database (mediaDB) with the media IDs, and creating the header files of the backup images in the Image Database. After this phase is completed, the images may be browsed for selection for Phase 2 import.
Phase 2
This may be performed on all media involved in Phase 1, or if there is a selection of backup images desired for importing (after browsing), then the import may be done on the basis of backup IDs. This phase of the import creates the files file(s) of the backup images in the Image Database.

The bpimport commands to perform Phase 1 and 2 operations are as follows:
Phase 1
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimport -create_db_info -id -server -L

If browsing for backup images to be imported at Phase 2, use the command:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimport -PM

Once the backup IDs to import have been chosen, they can be listed in a file referred to as the "Bidfile" for use in Phase 2. If all the backup images (as given by Phase 1) are required for importing, there is no need for a Bidfile, and the Phase 2 will only require the command bpimport with no options.

Phase 2
with Bidfile
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimport -Bidfile -L

without Bidfile (assuming all backup images listed by Phase 1 are for import)
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimport

Please note that it may be considered easier to import using the Java GUI rather than command line, particularly as Phase 2 requires a Bidfile to be created, or that the import may need to use the -backupid option if importing one backup image at a time is desired.

The bpimport command options may be displayed by the command:
/usr/openv/netbackup/bin/admincmd/bpimport -HELP

[excerpt from support.veritas.com]

Recovering the master server name on a Win2k3 box:
HKLM\Software\Veritas\Netbackup\CurrentVersion\Config > Server: XXX

Only change the master server name as a last resort! I discovered this the hard way.

Backup Exec KB Entries

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