28th July 2006
…Overview…
Load evaluators are a great way of ensuring your systems don’t get overloaded. They basically stop any further connections using pre defined limits set by you. Here i discuss how to use, configure and monitor them.
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24th July 2006
…Event…
The PubForum guys have just announced the dates for their next event, this time to be held in Amsterdam. For the unintiated these conferences are held several times a year throughout Europe and attract some of the industries leading server based computing experts. And yes, they also involve beer! See you there
For more information visit www.pubforum.net
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17th July 2006
Within Windows 2003 server you have the option of Network Load Balancing (NLB). This can be used for load balancing your servers and to a certain extent failover. In this instance we are going to use it for three servers running Citrix Web Interface. The idea being if one of the servers goes down then the end users will get redirected to one of the other two.
Posted in Windows, Load Balancing | 4 Comments »
17th July 2006
…Quick Fix…
The above error is something I’ve recently encountered in a PS3 farm running on Windows 2000. First of all after users were complaining about being unable to connect to any applications. It didn’t take long to find out that the applications didn’t have any domain user groups associated with them and it’s when trying to add any of the domain global groups that you get the message “The domain “your domain name” is not in the current list of domains”. Here I show you how to quickly resolve this problem and get your applications and desktops up and running again.
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12th July 2006
…Quick Fix…
If you are getting two Quick Launch toolbars on Terminal Servers then it can be difficult to find how to get rid of one of them. Here are ways this can be achieved.
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11th July 2006
…How To…
Most policies you don’t want to apply to everyone, Domain Admins for example or maybe just remove for a while for testing purposes. Here’s the quick and simple way to do just that
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10th July 2006
…Announcement…
Today our support forum has gone live. I have added categories of Citrix, Windows and Exchange. If you require free technical support on any of these subjects then why not post one. I will be answering some posts myself when I get a chance. Simply click on the forum link above.
Please let me know any feedback you have regarding the forum.
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10th July 2006
…How To…
This is something that crops up quite often. For example, you may have a requirement for matching policies on every OU in your domain except for one minor change such as a different desktop background. In instances like this having to create a new group policy and recreate all the rules again is a tedious and unessary chore. Here I detail how to copy the policy the easy way.
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5th July 2006
…Overview…
The issue of whether and how to update Windows can be a complicated and surprisingly controversial one. I have worked for many companies of varying sizes where the issue of Windows updates is either ignored completely or only comes to light to fix an issue after it has happened. The mentality of this often stems from IT departments having bad experiences from installing Windows Updates the past, not having the resources or thinking they have enough security with other devices in place. In this article I discuss the pros and cons of installing the updates, the options available to you for installing them, and also my personal opinions on the subject of Windows updates as well as Citrix and other updates available.
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5th July 2006
…Quick Fix…
If you are forwarding emails via rules or any other way for that matter and they are not getting to the external recipient the first thing you are likely to do is track the email to see if it’s leaving your Exchange servers. If you see the message:
Message Submitted to Categorizer
Then this may be the solution you are looking for
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