SBS 2011

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The version does not support this version of the file format. Say What ?

This entry was posted in Software Storage Tips and tagged Buffalo SBS 2011 XFS on February 23, 2013 by HAL

This informative message was returned when testing a windows sbs 2011 backup to a Buffalo Nas share. The error relates to the format of the backup not being compatible with the file system format on the NAS. Not that you could easily tell that from the error of course. In terms of compatibility it is […]

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File copying slow between servers

This entry was posted in Storage Tips and tagged SBS 2011 Windows on November 22, 2012 by HAL

I had a project recently which highlighted an issue with deep folder trees and large numbers of small files causing slow transfer rates when moving files between two servers. As part of the migration to an SBS 2011 server tests showed a particular rate of transfer which suggested that overnight transfers of data would be […]

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Sbs 2011 system state backup failing ? Use psconfig

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged SBS 2011 wbadmin on April 12, 2012 by HAL

Found this issue when investigating an error regarding backup of system state on an SBS 2011 server. A colleague mentioned issues he had with Sharepoint and other updates causing backups to fail. When a manual wbadmin job was run with the systemstate option – part of the backup would run but then the remaining steps […]

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Check_mk agent not installing under SBS 2011

This entry was posted in Software Tips and tagged Check_mk_agent SBS 2011 on April 5, 2012 by HAL

If you are hoping to run check_mk_agent in conjunction with a Check_MK installation be aware that the install option may fail silently with no  error. This happens on SBS 2011. The solution is intitially to test checks with check_mk -I from the server with the agent launched from a dos session with the adhoc flag. This […]

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Moving Up Moving On

This entry was posted in Review Software Tips and tagged SBS 2011 on December 7, 2011 by HAL

This week sees the start of a migration process. As a new business venture launches a consolidation of services is required and for this reason I am migrating from a venerable and stable SBS 2003 environment to an SBS 2011 standard install to gain the latest features and also to centralise a number of functions […]

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