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Exchange Server 2007: How to turn off the Back Pressure feature on transport servers

https://exchangepedia.com/blog/2007/03/exchange-server-2007-how-to-turn-off_29.html

In reference to previous post titled "Exchange Server 2007 Transport: 452 4.3.1 Insufficient system resources", the Back Pressure feature, that detects resource pressure on Exchange Server 2007 transport servers and stops accepting new message submission if low on resources, can be turned off. Here’s how to do it:
1. Open the EdgeTransport.exe.config file from \Exchange Server\bin directory using notepad
2. Add the following key+value pair:
<add key="EnableResourceMonitoring" value="false" />
3. Save file
4. Restart Microsoft Exchange Transport Service (MSExchangeTransport)

How to Move WSUS Content and Database Files to a Different Volume

http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2009/09/23/how-to-move-wsus-content-and-database-files-to-a-different-partition.aspx

How to Move WSUS Content and Database Files to a Different Volume

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23 Sep 2009 4:38 PM

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[Today’s post comes to us courtesy of Rod White]

When trying to free up space, customers frequently have questions about moving WSUS Content and Databases to different partitions. Our objective is to explain three things:

  • How to move the WSUS Content
  • How to move the WSUS Database files
  • How to cleanup the WSUS Database

Start by checking the size of the Volumes by looking at the Server Storage. Open SBS Console and select the Backup and Server Storage Tab. Next, select Server Storage to determine the space available on each partition. When highlighting the C: drive you’ll see the size of the different components that you may wish to move with the Storage Wizards. Today we will focus on moving the WSUS Components. Under the Storage Task the Move Windows Update Repository Data Wizard only moves the downloaded content. This will not move the WSUS Metadata or SUS database (SUSDB.mdf and SUSDB.ldf).

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How to Move the WSUS Content
  1. Open the SBS console and select Backup and Server Storage.
  2. Select the Server Storage tab.
  3. Click the Move Windows Update Repository Data Wizard.
  4. When prompted to take a backup, we recommend that you select Yes.
  5. Select the new drive location and click Move.

During the move the wizard will create a WSUS directory on the new location and will begin copying the contents into the <Drive>:\WSUS\WsusContent directory.

How to Move the WSUS Database
  1. Launch SQL Server Management Studio Express console as an administrator. It is located under Start > Programs > Microsoft SQL Server 2005 > SQL Server Management Studio Express.
  2. Fill in the following information and then click Connect
    • Server type: Database Engine
    • Servername: \\.\pipe\MSSQL$MICROSOFT##SSEE\sql\query
    • Authentication: Windows Authentication
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  3. Expand Databases and right-click on SUSDB and select Tasks > Detach… from the context menu.
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  4. Select the "Drop Connection" checkbox and click OK.
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  5. Open explorer and move the C:\WSUS\SUSDB folder to the <new drive>:\WSUS directory.
  6. To reattach the database, right-click on Database and select Attach… from the context menu.
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  7. On the Attach Databases page select the Add button.
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  8. Browse to the new location of the SUSDB.mdf database and select OK twice to complete the move. clip_image014
How to Cleanup the WSUS Database

Note: We recommend you perform these steps after hours due to significant resource requirements.

  1. Open the native WSUS console. Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Microsoft Windows server Update Services 3.0 SP1.
  2. Expand your server and select Options > Server Cleanup Wizard.
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  3. Leave all boxes checked and click Next to start the cleaning process.
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    Note: This process may take many hours to complete (24+ in some cases).
  4. Once the scan has completed it will display the summary information as shown below. The key information is the Disk space freed by deleting unused content files. Click Finish to complete the wizard.clip_image020

The process of adding another user’s Contacts folder to your own addressbook

 

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] posted on Monday, February 19, 2007 10:34 AM
The process of adding another user's Contacts folder to your own address =
book display is somewhat involved. You will need to be able to create -- =
at least temporarily -- an Outlook profile that opens another user's =
mailbox as the primary mailbox. Proceed with these steps while logged in =
under your own Windows account, not the other user's:

1. Create an Outlook profile that connects directly to the other user's =
mailbox, not your own. If you are using Outlook 2003, do not select the =
option to use Cached Exchange mode. Start Outlook with that profile.=20

2. On the Properties dialog for the other user's Contacts folder, make =
sure that it's set to display in the Outlook Address Book and give it a =
display name other than contacts, such as Joe's Contacts.=20

3. Close Outlook.=20

4. In Control Panel | Mail, edit the *same profile* (i.e. the one from =
Step 1) to change the mailbox from the other user's to your own.=20

5. Still working with the same profile, on the Advanced tab of the =
Exchange Server service, add the other user's mailbox as a secondary =
mailbox.=20

6. Restart Outlook, and you should see the Joe's Contacts in your =
Outlook Address Book as well as your own Contacts folder.=20

7. (Optional) If you are using Outlook 2003, you can now change the =
settings for your Exchange account to use Cached Exchange mode.

Note that Outlook 2007 does not support this procedure.=20

--=20
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for=20
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx
=20

Copy a Linux website from server to server

 

http://michaelquale.com/91233/copy-a-linux-website-from-server-to-server/

Backup:

  • Open a SSH terminal session. Navigate to the site root. typically /var/www/vhosts/mydomain.com/httpdocs or username/home/html/
  • from the command line execute tar -cvf site.tar.gz ./

     

    Restore:

  • Open a SSH terminal session. Navigate to the site root
  • From the command line execute:
  • wget http://mydomain.com/site.tar.gz

  • When the file finishes transferring execute tar -xvf site.tar.gz
  • The files will be uncompressed into their original locations, and will have the same permissions as the originals.
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