Tag: Sharepoint

System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 Doesn’t Detect Tape Drives In Library

I’ve used System Center Data Protection Manager (DPM) since the 2007 beta, primarily for SharePoint and SQL backups & Exchange Backups.  At a customer they have one  DPM server which backs up to disk and additionally to a HP MSL2024 Tape Library for long term protection. The runs Windows Server 2008 R2 with DPM 2010 since its release.

After updating de DPM Server with SP1 for Windows 2008 R2 en updated the drivers. I had some issues with DPM. What I found was that although DPM installed correctly it couldn’t see  all the tape drives in the VTL. All the tape drives were visible in Device Manager and none were showing errors. I use the RECOMMENDED * HP StorageWorks Tape Drivers for Windows

In the DPM console under Management -> Libraries, the library was listed, but Total Drives was 0, rather than the expected 2. The DPM console showed the following error:

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I followed the instructions to remap the drives here: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb795782.aspx. The DPMLA.xml file produced by the tool was correct, showing the correct SCSI IDs, serial numbers etc. but DPM still couldn’t see the drives.

I found the solution to the problem on the DPM forum here: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/dpmtapebackuprecovery/thread/1d599443-7bf6-437a-bf12-52847fa7c8e5/ What I did is update the tape drive driver to the Inbox LTO driver as described on the forum and below:

1) Open device manager
2) Locate the tape drive
3) Right-click and look at the properties.
3) Under the DRIVER tab, select UPDATE DRIVER
a) Select the Install from list or specific location (Advanvced) – next.
b) Select Don’t search. I will choose the driver to install. – next.
c) Uncheck the Show comtabile hardware checkbox.
d) Highlight LTO under the manufacturer.
e) Highlight the LTO tape drive under model – then next.
f) This should install the Microsoft ltotape.sys driver.
4) Rescan the tape library in the DPM console – try to take another backup.

After following the above steps, all the two tape drives were visible in the DPM console.

Microsoft Office 365 Deployment Readiness Tool

The Office 365 Deployment Readiness Tool provides analysis of your on-premises environment in preparation for an Office 365 enterprise deployment. The readiness tool is integrated with the guidance provided in the web edition of the Microsoft Office 365 Beta Deployment Guide.

Download HERE

I run the tool in my test environment. See below the results

Microsoft Office 365 Deployment Readiness Tool

Beta

Office 365 Deployment Resource Kit build 01.00.00.00
modgClick here for the Microsoft Office 365 Beta Deployment Guide for Enterprises

Domains

modg Deployment Guide: Adding Your Domain(s) to Office 365
All email domains discovered in your environment:
Total: 3

All primary email domains discovered:
Total: 2

Primary email domain suffixes with greater than 50 users:
wardvissers.local
Total: 1


User Identity and Account Provisioning

Active Directory

Statistics

Total number of domains discovered in your forest: 1
Estimated total number of users: 59
Estimated total number of contacts: 0
Estimated total number of groups: 54
Estimated total number of mailboxes: 53
Estimated total number of objects for Directory Synchronization: 113
note
Note: Filters were applied to obtain the above object counts for an Office 365 deployment.

Forest and Domains

The following domains were discovered in your Active Directory forest:
wardvissers.local
Total: 1

Trusts

No forest trusts found
green
You may deploy AD FS 2.0 and Directory Synchronization without multi-forest constraints

Schema and Forest/Domain Functionality Levels

Active Directory forest schema level: Windows Server 2008 R2
Exchange schema level: Exchange Server 2010 SP1
Domain Functionality:Windows Server 2008 R2
Forest Functionality:Windows Server 2008 R2
Domain Controller Functionality:Windows Server 2008 R2
green
It appears that your Active Directory schema is prepared for Exchange Rich Coexistence
modg Deployment Guide: Exchange Rich Coexistence Requirements


Active Directory Cleanup

modg Deployment Guide: Active Directory Cleanup

samaccountname (user name) Attribute

green
Character length test passed
green
Unsupported character test passed

givenname (first name) Attribute

green
Character length test passed
green
Unsupported character test passed

sn (last name) Attribute

green
Character length test passed
green
Unsupported character test passed

displayname Attribute

green
Character length test passed
green
Unsupported character test passed

mail (email address) Attribute

green
Character length test passed
green
Unsupported character test passed
green
No duplicates found

mailnickname Attribute

green
Character length test passed
green
Unsupported character test passed

proxyaddresses (email addresses) Attribute

green
No duplicates found
green
Unsupported character test passed

Directory Synchronization

Object count assessment:
Estimated number of objects for Directory Synchronization (entire forest): 113
modg Deployment Guide: Object Count Considerations
Enterprise Admin rights:
green
It appears that you are an enterprise admin
Directory Synchronization admin requirement met!
modg Deployment Guide: Directory Synchronization Required Permissions
Active Directory recycle bin:
warning
Active Directory recycle bin is enabled in your forest this may impact your total object count quota for Directory Synchronization.


Office 365 Single Sign On and Identity

AD FS 2.0 Directory Cleanup Check:

UserPrincipalName (logon ID for Office 365) Attribute

fyi
Update values once you have verified your organization does not have any other application dependencies on the UserPrincipalName attribute.
modg Deployment Guide: Active Directory Cleanup
green
Unsupported characters test passed
green
Spaces in logon value test passed
green
Unicode character test passed
note
Note: All Unicode characters will be converted to underscores (_) in the UserPrincipalName field.
green
No UserPrincipalName duplicates found
warning
Discovered users without a user logon name (blank value) for UserPrincipalName
You will need to provide each user a UserPrincipalName in order for these users to sign into Office 365.
fyi
Below is a list of your UserPrincipalName domain suffixes in use:
wardvissers.local
Total: 1
note
Note: During the Office 365 Beta only one namespace (root and child domains) per AD FS 2.0 farm
Example contoso.com and root.contoso.com would require 1 AD FS 2.0 farm and fabrikam.com would require an additional AD FS 2.0 farm

fyi
Password length per domain:

wardvissers.local = 7

Exchange Online

Discovered Exchange Server(s) on-premises:
Estimated total number of Exchange Servers: 1

Statistics:
Estimated total number of users with default mailbox size (True): 53
Estimated total number of users with larger than default mailbox size (False): 0
Estimated total number of objects with Exchange organization level quota: 6


Lync Online

Lync user assessment:
Estimated total number of users leveraging Office Communications/Lync on-premises: 2
Sip domains:
fyi
The following sip domains were discovered:
wardvissers.local
Total: 1

SharePoint Online

User object count assessment:
green
The number of user objects in your forest is supported.
modg Deployment Guide: Object Count Considerations

Client and End User Experience

modg Deployment Guide: Rich Experience Client Requirements

Summary of client computer readiness (Office 365 single sign-on and rich client checks):

warning
Below is an estimate of computer operating systems NOT ready for Office 365 rich client experience:
Total: 0
green
Below is an estimate of computer operating systems ready for Office 365 rich client experience:
Windows XP Service Pack 3: 3
Windows 7 Service Pack 1: 3
Total: 6

Network


fyi
IP Configuration:
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.60
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.1
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.150.254

fyi
Trace route to your default gateway:
Tracing route to 192.168.150.254 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 1 ms 2 ms 2 ms 192.168.150.254

fyi
Trace Route test to Exchange Online:
Tracing route to outlook.com [65.55.94.40]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 3 ms 2 ms 1 ms 192.168.150.254
2 * 24 ms 25 ms 82.169.11.254
3 25 ms 26 ms 26 ms 195.69.145.20
4 145 ms 146 ms 144 ms 10.14.234.234
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 10.14.234.234 reports: Destination net unreachable.
Trace complete.
fyi

For additional tests utilize the Exchange Remote Connectivity Analyzer

Port Query Tests:

modg Deployment Guide: Ports and Protocols
green
portal.microsoft.com
Made a TCP 443 connection to portal.microsoftonline.com
green
Outlook.com
Made a TCP 443 connection to outlook.com
green
Outlook.com IMAP
Made a TCP 993 IMAP connection to outlook.com
green
Outlook.com POP
Made a TCP 995 POP connection to outlook.com
green
Outlook.com SMTP
Made a SMTP TCP 587 connection to outlook.com
green
Active Directory Federation Services End Point
Made a TCP 443 connection to nexus.microsoftonline.com
green
Directory Synchronization End Point
Made a TCP 443 connection to adminwebservice.microsoftonline.com
green
Office 365 PowerShell End Point
Made a TCP 443 connection to ps.microsoftonline.com
green
Outlook.com PowerShell End Point
Made a TCP 443 connection to ps.outlook.com
green
Office 365 Community End Point
Made a TCP 80 connection to community.office365.com
green
Lync Online SIP Connection
Made a TCP 443 connection to sipdir.online.lync.com
green
Lync Online Federation
Made a TCP 5061 connection to sipfed.online.lync.com
Domain Name System (DNS) name records checks:
fyi
Found the following MX DNS record(s):
Server: localhost
Address: 127.0.0.1
wardvissers.local
primary name server = ward-dc01.wardvissers.local
responsible mail addr = hostmaster.wardvissers.local
serial = 761
refresh = 900 (15 mins)
retry = 600 (10 mins)
expire = 86400 (1 day)
default TTL = 3600 (1 hour)
Information Gathered On:
WARD-DC01
Date: za 07-05-2011
Start Time: 18:19
End Time: 18:21

GAL Photos in Exchange 2010 and Outlook 2010

With Microsoft Exchange 2010 and Outlook 2010 & Lync & Sharepoint 2010 you can finally get photos into your global address list (GAL) and see just who’s who on your emails. You can do this on 2 way’s

1. Using Powershell Smile

    A minor schema change

    First stop, the AD Schema. A minor schema modification is required to flip the thumbnailPhoto attribute to make it replicate to the Global Catalog.

    1. If you haven’t registered the Schema MMC snap-in on the server you want to make this change on, go ahead and do so using the following command:

      Regsvr32 schmmgmt.dll

    2. Fire up a MMC console (Start -> Run -> MMC) and add the Schema snap-in

    3. In the Active Directory Schema snap-in, expand the Attributes node, and then locate the thumbnailPhoto attribute. (The Schema snap-in lists attributes by its ldapDisplayName).

    4. In the Properties page, select Replicate this attribute to the Global Catalog, and click OK.

      Figure 1: Modifying the thumbnailPhoto attribute to replicate it to Global Catalog

      Loading pictures into Active Directory

      Now you can start uploading pictures to Active Directory using the Import-RecipientDataProperty cmdlet, as shown in this example:

      Import-RecipientDataProperty -Identity "Ward VIssers" -Picture -FileData ([Byte[]]$(Get-Content -Path "C:\pictures\wardvissers.jpg" -Encoding Byte -ReadCount 0))

      To perform a bulk operation you can use the Get-Mailbox cmdlet with your choice of filter (or use the Get-DistributionGroupMember cmdlet if you want to do this for members of a distribution group), and pipe the mailboxes to a foreach loop. You can also retrieve the user name and path to the thumbnail picture from a CSV/TXT file.

      2. Using a Free tool like Outlook Photos from Exclaimer

      Download the Tool HERE

      The tool is easy to use Smile.

      Prerequisites

      User Preferences

        Domain user – The logged in user’ account is required to be an Active Directory account.

        Domain computer – The computer the user is logged into needs to be joined to an Active
        Directory domain.

        Active Directory permissions – The logged in user must have permission to upload photos to the required Active Directory accounts. (Alternate credentials can be supplied or control of the thumbnailPhoto field can be delegated to the logged in user.)

      Operating System

      • Windows Server 2003 x86 (including all service pack levels).
      • Windows Server 2003 R2 x86 and x64 (including all service pack levels).
      • Windows Server 2008 x86 and x64 (including all service pack levels).
      • Windows Server 2008 R2 x86 and x64 (including all service pack levels).
      • Windows Small Business Server 2003 (including all service pack levels).
      • Windows Small Business Server 2008.
      • Windows Small Business Server 2011.
      • Windows XP x86 and x64 (including all service pack levels).
      • Windows Vista x86 and x64 (including all service pack levels).
      • Windows 7 x86 and x64 (including all service pack levels).

      Other Software

      Microsoft Outlook 2010 x86 and x64

      Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1

      Microsoft Exchange 2010 RTM and above

      Active Directory

      You must be logged into an Active Directory domain to run the application.

      Active Directory Forest
      Domain and Forest functional level of Windows Server 2008 and above.
      For Domain or Forest functional level of Windows Server 2003, the Windows Server 2008 Forest preparation must first be complete.

      Screenshots

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      System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 Monitoring Management Pack

      The management pack monitors the health status of System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 and its components. It alerts the admin on critical health state and it provides certain break fix tasks to take corrective actions.

      The following alerts are new in this release of the DPM 2010 Management Pack:

      • Backup metadata enumeration failed
      • Agent ownership required
      • Replica allocated and initial replication scheduled
      • Share path changed
      • Duplicate disks detected
      • VHD parent locator fix-up failed
      • Virtual machine metadata enumeration failed
      • VHD parent locator fix-up canceled
      • SharePoint Item Level Catalog failed
      • Backup without writer metadata
      • Customer Feedback opt-in
      • Backup SLA failed
      • Hyper-V Recovery Success
      • Global DPMDB Database Not Accessible alert notification
      • StagingAreaRestore in-progress
      • StagingAreaRestore success
      • StagingAreaRestore partial success
      • StagingAreaRestore failure
      • Auto Instance Protection failed
      • DPM Online Recovery Point creation failures
      • DPM Online Cache volume is missing
      • Partial Backup success
      • Library devices were disabled

      You can download the System Center Data Protection Manager 2010 Monitoring Management Pack HERE

      Data Protection Manager 2010 Operations Guide

      DPM2010Logo

      Microsoft released a nice manual for monitoring and managing DPM servers and tape libraries, and protected computers that are running Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft Virtual Server, or the Hyper-V role in Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2008 R2. This guide also provides instructions for setting up protection of data on desktop computers that are connected to the network, and portable computers that are connected to the network intermittently, and for setting up disaster recovery.

      Download the Manual

      Storage Calculators for System Center Data Protection Manager 2010

      Microsoft has released some new sizing calculators for DPM 2010.

      DPM_2010_Storage_Calculator_for_Exchange_2010.xlsx

      DPM_2010_Storage_Calculator_for_Hyper-V.xlsx

      DPM_2010_Storage_Calculator_for_SharePoint.xlsx

      Hoe Office 2007 distribueren met MDT

      1. “Deployment Workbench” > “Distribution Share” > “Applications” > “New”.

      2. Kies voor “Application with source files”.

      3. Vul de gegevens in:

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      4. Geef de locatie van de bestanden op. In mijn geval was dit de Office 2007 DVD.

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      5. Hoe moet de map heten.

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      6. Geef bij command line setup.exe in:

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      7. Finish & en hij gaat het zaakje kopieeren
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      8. Als je de properties kiest van Office 2007 Enterprise
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      9. Dan zie je dat er een tabblad is bijgekomen genaamd Office Products

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      10. Nu kunnen we deze gaan aanpassen:
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      Display level: None betekent silent install

      Vergeet niet om even op Apply te klikken. Nu wordt er een xml op de achtergrond aangemaakt.

      11. Als je op Apply geklikt heb ga dan terug naar het tabblad Details.

      Je ziet nu dat quint install command is aangepast naar: setup.exe /config Enterprise.WW\config.xml

      12. Ga weer net tabblad Office Products

      13. Wanneer je Office Customization Tool aanklikt dan krijg je het volgende te zien.
      Je kunt dus alles aanpassen wat je wilt.
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      14. Als je nu op Edit config.xml doet krijg je het volgende te zien.
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      Ik heb de config even aan moeten passen zodat deze werkt aangezien ik de NL versie distribueer.

      <Configuration Product="Enterprise">
        <Display Level="none" CompletionNotice="no" SuppressModal="no" AcceptEula="yes" />
        <Logging Type="standard" Path="c:\" Template="Microsoft Office Enterprise Setup(*).txt" />
        <PIDKEY Value="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" />
        <Setting Id="Reboot" Value="IfNeeded" />
      </Configuration>

      15. Als je het volgende in config.xml aanpast met het volgende dan wordt alleen Word, Excel, Powerpoint & Outlook geinstalleerd. ‘

         <OptionState Id="ACCESSFiles" State="Absent" /> //access
        <OptionState Id="WordFiles" State="Local" Children="force" /> //Word
        <OptionState Id="ExcelFiles" State="Local" Children="force" /> //Excel
        <OptionState Id="OUTLOOKFiles" State="Local" Children="force" /> //outlook
        <OptionState Id="PPTFiles" State="Local" Children="force" /> //Powerpoint
        <OptionState Id="PubPrimary" State="Absent" /> //publisher
        <OptionState Id="RMSFiles" State="Absent" /> //Interconnect
        <OptionState Id="XDOCSFiles" State="Absent" /> //infopath
        <OptionState Id="GrooveFiles" State="Absent" /> //groove
        <OptionState Id="OneNoteFiles" State="Absent"  /> //onenote
        <OptionState Id="SHAREDFiles" State="Absent"  /> //onenote
        <OptionState Id="ToolsFiles" State="Absent"  /> //onenote
        <OptionState Id="CAGFiles" State="Absent" /> //Clip Organizer
        <OptionState Id="DocServicesFiles" State="Local" Children="force" /> //docu update util
        <OptionState Id="HTMLSourceEditing" State="Local" Children="force" /> //script editor
        <OptionState Id="DocumentImagingUtils" State="Local" Children="force" /> //scanning,ocr,indexing
        <OptionState Id="OISFiles" State="Absent" /> //picture manager
        <OptionState Id="OSESupp" State="Absent"  /> //sharepoint support
        <OptionState Id="QueryFiles" State="Absent" /> //msQuery
        <OptionState Id="VisioPreviewerFiles" State="Local" /> //visio viewer
        <OptionState Id="RefIEBarFiles" State="Absent" /> //research explorer bar
        <OptionState Id="WebDriveFiles" State="Absent"  /> //hosted webs
        <OptionState Id="VBAFiles" State="Absent" /> //VB for applications
        <OptionState Id="OfficeDigitalSFiles" State="absent" /> //vba certificates

      Office 2007 aan een task toevoegen.

      1.  Deployment Workbench > Task Sequences > Windows XP > Properties.

      2. Ga naar tabblad Task Sequence
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      3. Ga naar State Restore > Install Applications. Kies Install a single application > Microsoft Office 2007 Enterprise. en klik op OK.

      Nieuwe gratis versie van StarWind

      StarWind Free is een iSCSI oplossing wat een normale Windows server binnen 10 minuten in een SAN creëert. 

      – 2 TB maximaal aan storage
      – Onbeperkt aantal connecties
      – Support voor VMWare, Hyper-V, XenServer, Virtual Iron
      – Uitgebreide ondersteuning voor VMWare (HA, DRS, Vmotion en VCB)
      – Ondersteuning voor Windows Clustering zoals SQL Server & Exchange & SharePoint

      Script om Application Templates voor Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 te installeren

      Microsoft een een 40 tal templates beschikbaar gesteld voor Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0
      http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/sharepoint/bb407286.aspx

      Microsoft levert voor deze templates geen installatie op.

      De installatie gebeurd via de command prompt.
      Installing application templates for Windows SharePoint Services 3.0

      Rob Pellicaan heeft hier voor een mooi script inelkaar gezet die alle templates achter elkaar netjes importeerd.

      Het script: (Opslaan als .cmd)

      set cmmand="C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12\BIN\stsadm.exe"

      %cmmand% -o addsolution -filename ApplicationTemplateCore.wsp
      %cmmand% -o deploysolution -name ApplicationTemplateCore.wsp -allowgacdeployment -local
      %cmmand% -o copyappbincontent

      for /F %%i in (‘dir /b *.wsp’) do %cmmand% -o addsolution -filename %%i
      for /F %%i in (‘dir /b *.wsp’) do %cmmand% -o deploysolution -name %%i -allowgacdeployment –local

      Exchange 2007 & Windows Mobile

      Hieronder de lijst met Features die ondersteund worden door de verschillende versie’s van Windows Mobile

      Operating system Features
      Windows Mobile 6.1 · Direct Push
      · HTML e-mail support
      · Message flags
      · Quick message retrieval
      · Task synchronization
      · Global address book lookup
      · Enhanced calendar views
      · Meeting attendee information
      · Out of Office management
      · Exchange search
      · Windows SharePoint Services and Windows file share (UNC) document access
      · Enforcement of Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policies
      · Remote device wipe
      · Basic authentication
      · Integration with Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server
      · Certificate-based authentication
      · S/MIME support (with Exchange 2007 SP1)
      · Device storage card encryption
      · Support for rights management
      Windows Mobile powered devices with the Messaging & Security Feature Pack Windows Mobile 6.0 en lager · Direct Push
      · Global address book lookup
      · Task synchronization
      · Enforcement of Exchange ActiveSync mailbox policies
      · Remote device wipe
      · Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption
      · Basic authentication
      · Integration with ISA Server
      · Certificate-based authentication
      · S/MIME support (with Exchange 2007 SP1)
      All Windows Mobile powered devices · Synchronization of e-mail messages, calendar, and contact data
      · SSL encryption
      · Basic authentication
      · Integration with ISA Server
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