Samstag, 14. Januar 2012
System Update Readiness Tool for Windows 7, and for Windows Server 2008 R2
You may become unable to install updates from Windows Update, due to inconsistencies in file data or registry data. By installing the System Update Readiness Tool, you can resolve these inconsistencies and you will be able to install updates from Windows Update. After the System Update Readiness Tool is installed, install updates again from Windows Update.
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http://support.micro … .com/kb/947821/en-us
Samstag, 14. Januar 2012
Updates to the Exchange 2010 Mailbox Server Role Requirements Calculator
Version 18.2 Updates
Bug Fixes
•Fixed the calculator’s database copy validation check function to allow for a single DAG to be stretched between datacenters when the database copy count is even.
•Fixed the “Storage Design Results Pane - Total Disks Required” when leveraging the “As Calculated” results to not highlight RAID disks for a datacenter’s server when JBOD was the appropriate choice in the “RAID Storage Configuration” choice. Likewise, the “JBOD Storage Configuration” table’s calculations were also fixed to not highlight the use of JBOD disks for a datacenter’s server when RAID was the appropriate choice.
•Fixed an error in Storage Results where the Secondary Datacenter storage architecture tables would report the Primary Datacenter disk type and capacity instead of Secondary Datacenter disk type for RAID architectures.
•Fixed an erroneous alert on the Input worksheet regarding not having enough IO capability for JBOD due to isolating logs from databases.
•Fixed the calculated maximum database size for JBOD scenarios to allow for 2TB databases when >2.5TB disk sizes are selected.
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http://blogs.technet … ents-calculator.aspx
Samstag, 14. Januar 2012
Simulate CIFS/SMB/SMB2 client requests - File Server Capacity Tool 1.2 (64 bit)
File server capacity planning and performance troubleshooting are critical aspects of high-level network administration. File server capacity planning tools can be valuable in choosing new hardware for purchase, identifying the capacity of existing hardware, locating existing bottlenecks, and planning for resource expansion in advance of resource exhaustion.
The throughput capacity of a file server can be expressed either as the maximum number of operations per second or a maximum number of users supported by the configuration. These values are influenced by several factors, some of which include processor speed, available memory, disk speed, network throughput and latency, and the speed with which SMB requests are processed.
This release is an updated release to v1.0. It includes support of File Server in the Windows Clustering configuration. Windows Clustering allows system to be built with redundancy, which provides high availability to tolerate hardware failures. With a two node clustering, you could setup more than one virtual file server instance, and have FSCT clients run load against all the instances. In this release, a new section “Running FSCT against a singleton Windows Cluster” will describe the setup and steps for running against a Windows Cluster.
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http://www.microsoft … etails.aspx?id=27284
Montag, 7. November 2011
LUA Buglight 2.1.1 with support for Win7/2008R2 SP1
LUA Buglight™ is a tool designed by Aaron Margosis to help developers and IT Pros (sysadmins) identify the specific causes of “LUA bugs” in desktop applications running on Windows.
“Once the specific causes have been identified, the bugs can more easily be resolved by fixing the app’s source code, or by making configuration changes, allowing the app to work correctly for non-admin users.”
LUA Buglight 2.1.1 adds support for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and fixes a localization bug.
Aaron Margosis
“Non-Admin” and App-Compat WebLog
http://blogs.msdn.co … /03/luabuglight.aspx
Donnerstag, 22. September 2011
WinHTTP vs. WinINet
Ever stumbled upon the various HTTP client application programming interfaces WinHTTP and WinINet? Maybe you are little bit confused abut the two implementation options.
Thanksully Microsoft provides an great article about clarifying the differences: WinHTTP vs. WinInet
http://msdn.microsof … 227297(v=VS.85).aspx
Windows Core Networking - MSDN Blog
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/wndp/