• BACKUP

    VSS What is the “diff area”

    12th June 2019 /

    DiskShadow list writers status vssadmin resize shadowstorage The shadow copy storage area (or “diff area”) is the location where the data for the shadow copy that is created by the system software provider is stored. The diff area can be located on any local volume. However, it must be located on an NTFS volume that has enough space to store it.

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  • BASIC

    Basic and Dynamic Disks

    11th June 2019 /

    Link1Link2 Basic Disk: Basic disks are the most common type of partition used in Windows operating systems. This disk uses primary partitions and logical drives that are formatted with a file system, typically NTFS.Basic disks support two styles of partitions — master boot record (MBR) and GUID partition table (GPT). MBR partition style uses a partition table that contains the location where partitions are stored on the disk. This is the only partition style available on x86-based computers prior to Windows Server 2003, so it is used automatically.In MBR, you can create up to four partitions — three primary and one extended or all four primary. The extended partition, in turn,…

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  • BACKUP

    Backup Critical and Non-Critical System State Components for Windows File System

    9th June 2019 /

    Critical Components If a critical component fails during the backup of system state, the backup job fails with an error code as the backed up data is not sufficient for a restore of the operating system. Active Directory ASR Cluster Database Registry System Info Archive System Protected Files System Volume Non-Critical Components If a non-critical component fails during the backup of system state, the backup job completes with an error code as the backed up data is sufficient for a restore of the operating system. However, the non-critical components do not get restored. Active Directory Application Mode (ADAM) BITS service Certificate services COM+ database Content indexing catalogs DDR explicit content…

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  • BACKUP

    No VSS writers are listed when you run vssadmin list writers on Windows Server

    8th June 2019 /

    Cause This issue occurs because the registry path to Eventcls.dll is incorrect or because the registry data type for the TypeLib setting is incorrect. To resolve this issue, perform the following steps. Important This section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in…

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  • BACKUP

    How to enable Windows Server Backup support for the Hyper-V VSS Writer

    8th June 2019 /

    In order to enable VSS based backups of Hyper-V VMs using Windows Server Backup, you must add the following registry keys to register the Hyper-V VSS Writer with Windows Server Backup. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT \CurrentVersion\WindowsServerBackup\Application Support\{66841CD4-6DED-4F4B-8F17-FD23F8DDC3DE} Once you have the keys listed above created, you will need to create a String Value with the following. Name: Application Identifier Type: REG_SZ Value: Hyper-V

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  • POWERSHELL

    List all the installed applications on a given machine

    8th June 2019 /

    Find the below script to get the all installed application in given server. strHost = "." Const HKLM = &H80000002 Set objReg = GetObject("winmgmts://" & strHost & _ "/root/default:StdRegProv") Const strBaseKey = _ "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\" objReg.EnumKey HKLM, strBaseKey, arrSubKeys For Each strSubKey In arrSubKeys intRet = objReg.GetStringValue(HKLM, strBaseKey & strSubKey, _ "DisplayName", strValue) If intRet <> 0 Then intRet = objReg.GetStringValue(HKLM, strBaseKey & strSubKey, _ "QuietDisplayName", strValue) End If If (strValue <> "") and (intRet = 0) Then WScript.Echo strValue End If Next For more Link

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  • BASIC

    Drive Map

    30th May 2019 /

    Today we see how to map network drive manually and troubleshoot. Steps to add in network drive with CMD net use Z: \\remotepc\sharename /persistent:yes net use z: \computer name\sharename /user username password /persistent:yes Delete the respect drive mapped: net use Z: /delete To delete all mapped drives: net use * /delete Check whether the server using SMBv1,v2 LinkCheck the port open between the servers. 137,138,139 4451. Start the Local Security Policy manager by running secpol.msc and check "Local Policy\User Rights Assignment\Access this computer from the network"2. Check the firewall settings or disable. 3. Network Access Right is controlled by policy so it might be set for your server at a domain…

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