Window 2008 R2 ( OS Stat / Mirror) backup

Hi
I have build the physical standby DR system on Window 2008 R2 & Oracle 11g. As part of backup policy, we have to take the full OS level backup before applying any patch (either OS or SAP or Oracle). We have implemented the Networker backup at the DR and primary site.
Can you please us that what are the tools & method to be used to take the OS level backup so that in case any crisis that can be restorable ? Please note that database is in mount stage..
Regards
Vimal

Hi Vimal
In DR, you can follow the steps
1. Take the full DB Backup from primary site.
2. Restart the same in DR site,
3. From the restored DB you can start the SAP installations with same SID but the host name are different from primary site
4. once every thing are working fine in DR site.then start the DB mirroring or replication from the primary to DR Site.
5. kindly refer the links
http://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/scn/go/portal/prtroot/docs/library/uuid/a975013a-0d01-0010-7c9d-dcfda2e3b566?overridelayout=t…
BR
SS

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Windows 2008 R2 state backup fails with various errors

Since a few years we are using DPM to backup our servers but since some time the system state of the server where DPM is installed started to fail.
I was trying to do system state backup using command line windows backup:
wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backupTarget:C:
and it fails every time with different error (last 5 tries):
1. Error in backup of C:\Windows\winsxs\Manifests\x86_microsoft-windows-w..pdateclient-activex_31bf3856ad364e35_7.6.7600.256_none_09f272fb52ab0c3f.manifest during read: Error [0x80070002] The system cannot find the file specified.
2. Error in backup of C:\Windows\System32\msmpeg2vdec.dll during write: Error [0x80070002] The system cannot find the file specified.
3. Error in backup of C:\Windows\System32\catroot\{F750E6C3-38EE-11D1-85E5-00C04FC295EE}\Microsoft-Windows-WinMan-WinIP-Package-TopLevel~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~7.1.7601.16398.cat during read: Error [0x80070015] The device is not ready.
4. Error in backup of C:\ during read: Error [0x80070005] Access is denied.
5. Error in backup of C:\Windows\System32\ActionCenter.dll during write: Error [0x80070002] The system cannot find the file specified.
That's a Windows 2008 R2 server with DPM and OM servers installed.
The system state backup was doing fine for 2 or 3 years and suddenly it just stopped.:/

Hi,
It seems that we cannot use a volume that is included in the backup as a storage location, please backup to another volume to see the result.
You could refer to the article below to troubleshoot the issue:
Reasons why the error Enumeration of the files failed may occur during System State backup
http://blogs.technet.com/b/askcore/archive/2010/06/18/reasons-why-the-error-enumeration-of-the-files-failed-may-occur-during-system-state-backup.aspx
In additional, as the server with DPM installed, I suggest you also ask for help from DPM forums:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=dataprotectionmanager&filter=alltypes&sort=lastpostdesc
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Windows Server 2008 R2 - System State Backup - Application Log: CAPI2 513

When performing a system state backup from wbadmin, I get...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Please wait while system state files to back up are identified.
This might take several minutes...
Summary of the backup operation:
The backup of the system state failed [12/15/2011 6:38 PM].
Log of files successfully backed up:
C:\windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup-15-12-2011_18-38-05.log
Log of files for which backup failed:
C:\windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup_Error-15-12-2011_18-38-05.log
The operation ended before completion.
The system writer is not found in the backup.
In the event log, I get...
Log Name: Application
Source: Microsoft-Windows-CAPI2
Date: 12/15/2011 6:38:24 PM
Event ID: 513
Task Category: None
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: Server1.domain.com
Description:
Cryptographic Services failed while processing the OnIdentity() call in the System Writer Object.
Details:
AddCoreCsiFiles : GetNextFileMapContent() failed.
System Error:
The parameter is incorrect.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-CAPI2" Guid="{5bbca4a8-b209-48dc-a8c7-b23d3e5216fb}" EventSourceName="Microsoft-Windows-CAPI2" />
<EventID Qualifiers="0">513</EventID>
<Version>0</Version>
<Level>2</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x8080000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-12-15T23:38:24.430498600Z" />
<EventRecordID>144157</EventRecordID>
<Correlation ActivityID="{0450BC50-F800-0002-8457-553A80BBCC01}" />
<Execution ProcessID="1240" ThreadID="4360" />
<Channel>Application</Channel>
<Computer>Server1.domain.com</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>
Details:
AddCoreCsiFiles : GetNextFileMapContent() failed.
System Error:
The parameter is incorrect.
</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
The System Writer is not showing up when I view vssadmin list writers.
I have already tried every tip in the following links:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc734021(WS.10).aspx
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/windowsbackup/thread/bb760434-de80-4cb6-ae9e-bd253e4b037c/
I have also run sfc /scannow and rebooted. No luck.
I think the reason none of the tips at the above links work for me is that the System Error is NOT access denied like many others are getting, but is instead
The parameter is incorrect. I think that's the key.
Any ideas why I am getting this error and why my System Writer is nowhere to be found?

Hi,
You mentioned that “The System Writer is not showing up when I view vssadmin list writers.”
you may reboot the related services or re-register the writers, please refer to:
How to Re-register Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Components on Windows 2008/Windows 2003.
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH70486
Best regards,
Jeff Ren
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Windows 2008 R2 backup fails with event 521 error code 2155348001

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. Hyper-V role installed.
OS on drive C. All VMs stored on Drive D.
I am attempting to run a Bare Metal backup of the host system to a network share.
Drive D is not included in the backup job. I am getting the following error:
Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date:          1/10/2014 11:28:52 PM
Event ID:      521
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:
User:          SYSTEM
Computer:      SHAQTUS.scdl.local
Description:
The backup operation that started at '‎2014‎-‎01‎-‎11T04:08:50.683000000Z' has failed because the Volume Shadow Copy Service operation to create a shadow copy of the volumes being backed up failed with following error code '2155348001'. Please review the event
details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.
Reviewing event details, as suggested, does not offer any solution.
I have tried the suggested solutions in other similar threads of increasing the timeout value with the registry entry.
This does not work.
I have not tried reregistering the VSS writers manually, as the only links I have found are for server 2003/2008 (not R2) and explicitly state that they won’t work on higher versions of the OS, since they now utilize manifests and the manual procedure could
cause problems for those servers. Haven't found similar procedures for 2008 R2.
I have been able to narrow this down a bit.
A Windows 2008 R2 SP1 server with Hyper-V installed – backup to a network share is successful;
Install the DPM 2012 agent – same backup fails with the 2155348001 error.
We use DPM 2012 to backup VMs, but DPM cannot perform a bare metal backup/restore of server and the 2012 version no longer has the DPMSRT feature.
I prefer to run Bare Metal Backup to a file server share.
Stuck on this one.
Rick

Hi,
The issue is related to DPM, I would suggest you ask for help from DPM forums:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=dataprotectionmanager
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Bank Statement management in SAP B1 on a VMWare Windows 2008 server

Hi everybody,
One of our customer is using a VMWare Windows 2008 server with SAP B1.
Actual version of Business One is SBO 2007A PL 00 PL 15 (SQL Server 2005).
Since the installation of this server using VMWare, we encouter problems using the SAP B1 Integration Platform for the process of the bank statements.
Everything including bank statements transfer was working very fine on a "real" server before new implementation.
When trying to open the Integration Platform Control Center on the server, we now receive the following message regarding JAVA.
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JAVA is well installed on the VMWare server.
We have searched for a solution on the Web and it seems that JAVA and VMWare are not compatible. Does anybody have any information about that ?
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Is there a solution to our problem ?
Thanks for all your contributions.
Best regards.
Michel

Hi Michel,
First of all, your PL is too low. AFAIK, the first supported PL for 2007A SP00 is PL30. You may upgrade your PL first to see if that is a bug or not.
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Windows 2008 backup failed with error code '2155348040'

Hello,
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Log Name:      Application
Source:        Microsoft-Windows-Backup
Date:          2/16/2010 9:00:03 PM
Event ID:      546
Task Category: None
Level:         Error
Keywords:
User:          <user>
Computer:      <computer>
Description:
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Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
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    <EventRecordID>33498</EventRecordID>
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    <Execution ProcessID="4744" ThreadID="3516" />
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    <Security UserID="S-1-5-21-3054417077-3708097399-2792259940-500" />
</System>
<EventData>
    <Data Name="BackupTime">2010-02-16T20:00:03.559Z</Data>
    <Data Name="ErrorCode">2155348040</Data>
    <Data Name="ErrorMessage">%%2155348040</Data>
</EventData>
</Event>
Does anyone know how to solve this problem?
Best regards.
Wilfred van der Heijden

Hello Wilfred,
thank you for bringing your concerns to us.
  The error code 2155348040 indicates BLB_E_BACKUP_TARGET_SPACE_NOT_ENOUGH which happens if the target volume size is not
sufficient to create a backup. In your case the total used space of source volume(s) could be greater than the space on the target volume.
So please check the free and used space on the source volumes and retry the backup with the target volume space greater than that total
space. We recommend the target volume size to be 1.5 times of the total size of all the source volumes for scheduled backups so that you
  can have sufficient number of backup versions stored.
If you are using Block Level Backup then one other possiblity could be that your source volume is fragmented causing the backup size to be
more than expected. If that is the case then retry the backup after defragmenting the source volume.
Thanks,
Bikash Agrawala [MSFT]
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How to backup a Windows 2008 R2 KMS to prevent reactivation in case of failure?

Hi all,
I'd like to know if there is a solution to backup a Windows 2008 R2 KMS configuration to prevent reactivation of the KMS in case of reinstallation.
I just want to not being limited by the number of KMS activation with the same key.
Thx in advance for your help.

Hi,
Thanks for your posting.
You do not need to backup a KMS host.
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implemented for DNS, or you can delete it manually. The new KMS host then begins collecting renewal requests and KMS clients begin activating as soon as the KMS activation threshold is met.
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Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise TS Sessions stuck in Down state

I have an environment of 30 physical Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Enterprise servers providing Remote Desktop services running Citrix XenApp 6.5. Over the last 2 months, I've had two instances where one user session was stuck in a "Down" state. The user
could not log in or reconnect to the published app because this one session could not be cleared. I was forced to remove the affected server from the published app, clear off all the users, and reboot in order to clear the Down session.
Research brought me to the following KB articles:
http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX128192
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2383928
I attempted to apply the hotfix, but it was "not applicable to your computer". I opened a ticked with MS and the conclusion was that the hotfix, and subsequent versions of the hotfix, have been superseded by Windows Updates. The hotfix apparently has
been rolled into public Windows Updates.
My problem is that this behavior still exists. Has anyone else experienced this and is there a nondestructive method (without rebooting) for clearing out these sessions stuck in a "Down" state? Thanks.

OK. We sent the files over to Microsoft to check on this issue. They came back with the following information.
While we are usually skeptical of Hotfixes, several of these descriptions are on the money. We will not complete the entire list, but will start with the exact match descriptions and apply one at a time.
<<<<<Microsoft Engineers response>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
We looked at the MSDT data and found the version of “win32k.sys” is old.
Module[ 2] [C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\WIN32K.SYS]
  Company Name:      Microsoft Corporation
File Description: Multi-User Win32 Driver
Product Version:   (6.1:7601.17860)
File Version:      (6.1:7601.17860)
We advise you to install the following hotfix to update Win32k.sys to the latest version.
2661332 You cannot reestablish a Remote Desktop Services session to a Windows Server 2008 R2-based server
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2661332/EN-US
Also, I checked that these are not installed on the machine, please install the following hotfixes as they update all the components to their latest versions and we have seen similar cases in the past which were resolved after these hotfixes were installed.
2383928 Remote desktop sessions do not completely exit, and you cannot establish new remote desktop sessions to a computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3bEN-US%3b2383928
979530 A Windows Server 2008 R2-based Remote Desktop server denies some connection requests randomly under heavy logon or logoff conditions
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;979530
2578159 The logon process stops responding in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;2578159
2465772 An application or service that uses Winsock API or Winsock Kernel API may randomly stop responding in Windows Server 2008 R2 or in Windows 7
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;2465772
2265716 A computer that is running Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7 stops responding randomly
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;2265716
975777 There is a delay when you shut down, restart, or log off a computer that is running Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;975777
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http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;2505348
<<<<<<<<<<<<<End response>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Question concerning the state of licenses of a Windows 2008 R2 RDS server after disolving the Domain, the DC, and the AD.

Background: - several months back a Windows 2008 r2 domain existed with a DC, and an AD. Windows servers where apart of this domain. One of the servers being a Windows 2008 R2 server with Remote Desktop Services loaded. The server was properly
licensed for 8 User CALS. All was operating correctly. Since that time the domain has been removed, the DC removed and the AD removed. What is left are Windows 2008 R2 servers in a workgroup. Again, one being the Remote Desktop Server.
Q1. Can the functioning Per User CALs (totaling 8) remain as Per User CALs?
Q2. Am I required to switch them to 8 Per Device CALs?
Referencing: "Best practices for setting up Remote Desktop Licensing...." - Article 2473823
In the above article it states under "RDS HOST and RDS Licensing servers are in the same Workgroup" that "We can use ONLY Per Device CALs in a workgroup environment. So, you should install only Per Device CALs on RDS licensing server."
( Which in my case they are both the same server.
Any information regarding what licensing options that can be used on a workgroup RDS server would be appreciated.

Hi,
Yes, agree with the supporting article which you have commented. We can only use per device CAL under workgroup environment and if you want to use per user CAL then server need to be member of domain.
Hope it helps!
Thanks.
Dharmesh Solanki
TechNet Community Support
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Windows 2008 R2 Client computer backup files (*.dat) can't get restored after re-imaging the Windows 2008 R2 server

I have a Windows server 2008 R2 and I'm using backup feature to backup all computers in the network on it. Recently I ran into an issue and had to re-image my Windows 2008 R2 server and had to restore 2 of my client computers but now I can't restore
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Anyone out there to help me with this issue?

SAP Backup Service SAP 8.8 and Windows 2008 R2 64 Bit

Dear All ( Mr Gordon)
I am facing problem with the Backup Service on windows 2008 R2 64 Bit.
1)The Service starts - There is no Issue
2)THere is no Backup - Even though i schedule it perform the backup
3)EvenLog has a lot of messages - Messages says some Dll are Missing or Corrupt.
COmpletely Uninstalled the Server Tools and Reinstalled back ,still there is error.
PLease help !
Best Regards
Dayal

Dear Dayal,
Thank you for your trust on me. To be honest, I never use SAP Backup Service. This is because: SQL Server provides its own Backup Service. No other vendor can compete with its build in function.
Thanks,
Gordon

Error 2155348249 When trying to backup systemstate on windows 2008 using windowsserverbackup

Hello
I have Windows 2008 standard R2. Whenever I tried to backup systemstate via windowserverbackup, it failed and gave me event 521 and error 2155348249 and saying there is not enough space to create vss.....
However, if I did backup other folders, it went though fine. I have lot of free diskspace on C. I couldn't find any solution on web. I increased vssadmin shadowstorage, and no help.
Any ideas?

Thanks for response. I checked and found the system volume size is 100MB. All I found from log is file is etl extenstion. I used tracerpt to convert to txt file and find the content like below
<Events>
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Guid="{9e814aad-3204-11d2-9a82-006008a86939}" />
<EventID>0</EventID>
<Version>2</Version>
<Level>0</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Opcode>0</Opcode>
<Keywords>0x0</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2011-03-04T16:27:02.923462900Z" />
<Correlation ActivityID="{00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}" />
<Execution ProcessID="3736" ThreadID="6840" ProcessorID="0" KernelTime="45" UserTime="0" />
<Channel />
<Computer />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data Name="BufferSize"> 10240</Data>
<Data Name="Version">83951878</Data>
<Data Name="ProviderVersion"> 7600</Data>
<Data Name="NumberOfProcessors"> 16</Data>
<Data Name="EndTime">129437594090204505</Data>
<Data Name="TimerResolution"> 156001</Data>
<Data Name="MaxFileSize"> 5</Data>
<Data Name="LogFileMode">0x2</Data>
<Data Name="BuffersWritten"> 170</Data>
<Data Name="StartBuffers"> 1</Data>
<Data Name="PointerSize"> 8</Data>
<Data Name="EventsLost"> 0</Data>
<Data Name="CPUSpeed"> 2127</Data>
<Data Name="LoggerName">0x5</Data>
<Data Name="LogFileName">0x5</Data>
<Data Name="BootTime">129437577975343966</Data>
<Data Name="PerfFreq">2078085</Data>
<Data Name="StartTime">129437584229234629</Data>
<Data Name="ReservedFlags">0x1</Data>
<Data Name="BuffersLost"> 0</Data>
<Data Name="SessionNameString">WbadminUIInBuiltTracing</Data>
<Data Name="LogFileNameString">C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\WbadminUI.0.etl</Data>
</EventData>
<RenderingInfo Culture="en-US">
<Opcode>Header</Opcode>
<Provider>MSNT_SystemTrace</Provider>
<EventName xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/trace">EventTrace</EventName>
</RenderingInfo>
<ExtendedTracingInfo xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/trace">
<EventGuid>{68fdd900-4a3e-11d1-84f4-0000f80464e3}</EventGuid>
</ExtendedTracingInfo>
The same info keeps repeating over and over. I don't think I get any useful information from this log. I am totally lost now.
I still couldn't backup systemstate. I have another identical server and the backup for systemstate work fines. All partitions on both servers are the same. It's so strange.
Thanks

How to reduce size of C:\Windows\winsxs folder in windows 2008 R2?

Hello,
Is there any way to reduce size of C:\Windows\winsxs folder in windows 2008 R2
simular to
DISM /online /Cleanup-Image /SpSuperseded
Many thanks

Okay maybe some background on the root of the problem would help.
Windows XP (and Windows 2000) used a fast and great mechanism called Hotfix Installer (Update.exe) to install updates. Updates installed in very little time. If you wanted to further reduce update times on Windows XP, you could just temporarily stop the
System Restore service and updates would install at crazy speeds. Note that this is not recommended for novice users who don't know advanced recovery methods, as some updates can sometimes cause your system to stop booting so you cannot even uninstall them.
The method the Hotfix Installer used was simple, it just installed a new version of files to be updated at %windir%\system32 and %windir%\system32\dllcache (the Windows File Protection cache). For files that were in use, a restart copied them from dllcache
to the system32 folder. This is simple file-based servicing. The hotfix installer (Update.exe) also supported various command line switches like /nobackup which means not to backup files it patches. Again, this is not recommended for novice users as some updates
can screw your system even after the comprehensive testing Microsoft does before releasing them. But if you won't be uninstalling any updates (usually one only requires uninstalling updates if they cause problems), you could save a ton of disk space by not
backing up the files it patched. The Hotfix Installer backed up files to C:\Windows\$Uninstall$KBxxxxxx folders so even if you did back up the files at install time, they could be safely deleted after a few days if no stability issues were found after using
Windows with the newest updates applied. Update.exe also supported the very important and convenient ability to slipstream a service pack or update into the original Windows setup files using the /s switch.
When Microsoft was developing Windows Vista, they realized that components had gotten too many interdepencies on each other and to service each file reliably without breaking another component that relied on it, Microsoft introduced what they called as Component
Based Servicing (CBS). You can read all about it in a much more technical way at The Servicing Guy's blog. What CBS does basically is it installs all files of the entire operating system, including all languages into C:\Windows\WinSxS and then it hard-links
files from there to C:\Windows\system32. This has the benefit of not having to insert the OS disc to add or remove any components, and some other advantages as well like offline servicing of a Windows Vista or Windows 7 image. But the design introduces a major
disadvantage of taking up a lot of hard disk space. Whenever an update is installed, it no longer installs it to C:\Windows\system32 and C:\Windows\system32\dllcache like Windows XP's hotfix installer (Update.exe) did. Instead, it updates the files in C:\Windows\WinSxS.
Now, Windows keeps multiple copies of the same file but with different version in WinSxS if it is used by more than one Windows component. The higher the number of components, that many number of times the file exists in C:\Windows\WinSxS. When a Windows Vista
update (.MSU) is installed, the components get updated, each and every one, instead of the files and the worst part is it still maintains the older superseded previous versions of components in WinSxS so the user would be able to uninstall updates. Microsoft
does say that some sort of "scavenging" or deleting older copies of components takes place but is scarce on the details. The scavenging seems to take place automatically at certain intervals in Windows 7 but not in Windows Vista. In Windows Vista, you have
to add or remove any Windows component for the scavenging to take place. And Microsoft says the scavenging will free up some disk space but in practice, on my system, I see my free disk space only decreasing on Vista as I remove or add any component. Windows
does not give the user an option to not backup the earlier versions of components like Windows XP's /nobackup switch in Hotfix Installer did. As as you install more and more updates on your system, they will take more and more disk space. This is one of the
primary reasons Windows Vista and Windows 7 are so bloated. Another reason for them being so bloated is the DriverStore that these OSes store. All drivers that are shipped with the OS and the OEM ones which you download and which are installed for a particular
system are staged in C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore. But let's not go there for now.
Now, an important thing to note is that the size of the WinSxS folder is not what Explorer or the dir command report, it is far less but is misreported by Explorer because it counts the hard links more than once when calculating size. That does not mean,
the size of WinSxS is not causing real-world disk space problems on numerous Windows Vista/7 systems in use today. Microsoft's ingenious recommendation to this problem of ever growing disk consumption is to install fewer updates to keep the size of the servicing
store under control. Of course, users cannot deny installing security updates and leave their system open to security holes. What they can do is install less optional updates, the ones that Microsoft releases on the fourth Tuesday of every month and also install
less of the hotfixes that are available by request from a Knowledge Base article. In short, you have to trade the number of bugs fixed in the OS by installing hotfixes at the cost of enormous amounts of disk space. The whole servicing stack is a total downgrade
to Windows XP's update.exe method. It causes heavy disk thrashing and slow logoffs/logons while Windows configures these updates at the Welcome Screen. Many systems are unable to boot because of failed updates. Another disadvantage of the "new" servicing stack
(and the redesigned Setup mechanism of Windows Vista) is the inability to do a true slipstream of service packs and hotfixes.
The time it takes to actually install these hotfixes online compared to Windows XP is also completely unacceptable. When you start installing an MSU update, it spends a lot of time determining whether the update applies to your system. Then, the update itself
takes much longer to install compared to Windows XP's Update.exe (hours instead of minutes if you are installing dozens of updates through a script). Finally, that post-installation process ("Configuring updates... Do not turn off your computer") takes several
minutes before shut down followed by a second post-installation process (configuration) upon restart before logon that also takes also several minutes and thrashes the disk.
I can install the entire SP3 for Windows XP in about 10 minutes after downloading the full installer. I can also install a slipstreamed-with-SP3 copy of Windows XP is about 45 minutes on a modern fast PC. In contrast, Windows Vista or Windows 7 do install
relatively quickly (in just about 15-20 minutes) on a modern PC but installing the service packs and updates takes more time than anything on XP did. Not only can service packs not be slipstreamed, but Vista Service Packs are not even cumulative, which means
if you clean install Windows Vista today, you have to install SP1 first which takes about 90 minutes, then SP2 which takes less time, then all the post-SP2 updates which do take hours to install. If you really HAVE to use Windows 7 or Windows Vista, you are
stuck with this slow update non-sense as Microsoft does not even acknowledge that there is any slowdown or loss of functionality in the new servicing mechanism. The fact remains: MSU updates are slow as **** and take too much time and as Windows 7/Vista get
older and Microsoft stops producing service packs, a clean install is going to take longer and longer to bring it up-to-date with all patches installed. Is is worth wasting your time on an OS whose servicing mechanism Microsoft completely screwed up? I once
again recommend you read more about the servicing stack and how it operates at The Servicing Guy's blog:http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/. To fix this messed up servicing stack, Microsoft also offers a tool
called CheckSUR for your system if it finds “inconsistencies in the servicing store”.
Microsoft's Windows Vista and Windows 7 products are not engineered with disk space in mind. It causes a problem, especially for SSDs which are still low capacity and very expensive. The only hope is that Microsoft again completely redesigns this servicing
mechanism in a future Windows release so it would not cause this growing disk space consumption issue, speed up installation of updates by an order of magnitude, not slow down logon and logoff, not prevent systems becoming unusable because of failed updates
being stuck at a particular stage and allow true slipstreaming.
Microsoft's response to this is vague - they simply state "Windows 7's servicing is more reliable than Windows XP" but they cannot acknowledge it is a million times slower and still unreliable...slow to the point of being unusable and sometimes leaving systems
in an unbootable damaged state. Of course they know all this too but can't admit it since it makes their latest OSes look poor. Moving from a very simple and fast update mechanism that worked to a complex one that requires endless “configuring” and repair
through CheckSUR is a product engineering defect.
Take a look at servicing-related complaints in Microsoft's own forums:
1.
Very slow install of updates to Windows 7
2.
Windows 7 - Updates are very slow
3.
Windows 7 Ultimate, it takes long time configuring updates
4.
"Preparing To Configure Windows. Please Do Not Turn Off Your Computer"
5.
Very slow update install at shutdown (Windows 7 Home Premium)
6.
Why does my computer run so slow when installing updates?
7.
Every time the computer is shut down, it always says installing update do not turn off your computer
8.
Computer is working slow and wants to do windows updates all the time
9.
Windows 7 Update install time taking a very long time
10.
Windows wants to install 6 updates every time I log off or put the computer in sleep mode
11.
Problem In Configuring Windows Updates at the time of Startup
12.
Computer really slow after latest updates
13.
Windows hangs up in "configuring updates"
14.
Why can't windows 7 install updates?
15.
Every time computer is shut down, receive Installing updates, do not shut off....
16.
How long does it take for the Windows 7 Home Premium updates take?
17.
Windows 7 "Installing Update 2 of 2" for 12 hours now
18.
Updates causes endless reboots
19.
Updates stuck installing for over 24 hrs. Computer does not boot
20.
Cannot load Windows 7 after installing 2 critical updates
A proper solution to this problem would be to completely re-engineer and rewrite the servicing mechanism so it operates with the speed, reliability and pain-free operation of the XP servicing mechanism.
I don't see this situation improving in Windows 8 either. Good luck with your Windows tablet taking hours to install service packs and updates. Now, do iPads take that long to install updates?
Microsoft understated the real system requirements to keep a Windows 7/Vista system running. System requirements at install time may be 15 GB of free disk space but over time, this number increases to alarming levels as you install more service packs and
post SP-updates. You can find out the real size of the WinSxS folder using a tool like cttruesize (ctts.exe) (download it from
http://www.heise.de/software/download/cttruesize/50272 and run ctts -la -a -l C:\Windows to find the correct size minus the hard links which MS says causes Explorer to misreport the WinSxS
folder size but the fact remains that even with the correctly calculated size of WinSxS, the disk space requirements of Windows 7 to keep it updated are unacceptable, especially for people's SSDs which are running out of disk space!

Creating instance oracle 10.2.0.4 on Windows 2008 32bit

Hello,
I'm trying to install oracle database (10.2.0.3 with patch 10.2.0.4) on Windows 2008 32bit.
I first installed the Oracle software, and then started to create the instance. But the dbca gives me following error:
ora-12560:TNS:protocol adapter
and instance creations fails. Also trying to create the service via the oradim fails.
Then I found this:
Install Oracle 10.2.0.3 (Vista/2008 version) on Windows 2008 Active Directory Controller.
When trying to create the database, around 2% completion, the error ORA-12560 will occur.
This Problem does NOT reproduce on a Member server. Only the Active Directory Controller.
Cause
This is currently logged as Bug 7263061.
Solution
Currently, the only workaround is to Install the software on a Non-Controller machine.
You can try demoting the Controller machine to a Member machine.
Perform the install, create the database.
When everything is setup correctly, you can promote the machine back to a Controller.
However, be aware you may have to go through these steps whenever you create a new DB.
DIM-00019: create service error
O/S-Error: (OS 1388) A new member could not be added to a local group because
the member has the wrong account type.
WORKAROUND:
None
so workaround none? or you make that controller machine to a non-controller, but this doesn't seem to be a good solution if that server is already in production???
Is there possible another solutions to get around this?
This means that I can't install Oracle on a Windows 2008? Customers will be happy, maybe I can switch them all to Linux? ;)

I care about low-budget shops, too. It's one reason you won't find me extolling the virtues of (for example) solid state hard disks, which are still not cheap enough for mass deployment.
But come on! A shop that can ONLY afford one server and one Windows license? And yet they want to install Oracle?? Really??!
I think instead of banging your head against an installation brick wall, you should help your clients and customers cut their cloth according to their means. If they want to run Oracle, then they should resource accordingly. For about AU$2500 or less, they could purchase an additional, quite capable server, install Linux on it (OEL for $99 per year, or Centos (say) for absolutely nothing), and have themselves a dedicated Oracle server running perfectly fine in a mostly-Windows environment. (The OS the database runs on is irrelevant to anyone making use of the database's capabilities, after all). If they can't spring for even that sort of money, encourage them to adjust their standard to be more realistic: a cheap desktop PC can be purchased for mere hundreds of dollars, have a free OS, and have Oracle installed (unsupported) on top of that. If even that is a step to far, I'd suggest using MySQL or Postgres instead of Oracle.
So whilst I'm certain you're not the only one encountering the problems of working in low budget environments, I'd say this is going to extremes. If someone wants to run Oracle, and if they've stumped up the several thousand dollars necessary to purchase it, it seems utter madness not to come up with a few hundred dollars more to get it running on a dedicated machine. It would be like me being able to afford the Ferrari, but not the cost of the petrol to run it on!
A suggestion I made to a lawyer friend of mine recently: purchase an Asus EEE Desktop (cost: AU$499, for 1GB RAM and 120GB HDD), replace its Windows Home Os with Ubuntu, install Oracle XE (cost: $0), attach 1TB USB drive as backup mechanism (cost: AU$210). He now runs a dedicated Oracle database server for less than US$500. I wouldn't exactly recommend that sort of thing for mission-critical environments, but it will do the job he needs it to do! The point, though, is that you just have to be realistic about it, and create an environment that matches your requirements -without picking a fight from the get-go with the installer!

Windows 2008 R2 RRAS VPN Issue

Hello,
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server configured with RRAS. I have several persistent connections set up to do remote data backups. After a while, the connections get disconnected and if I try to reconnect, I get an error message
that states:
An error occurred during connection of the interface. A connection to the remote computer could not be established. You might need to change the network settings for this connection.
If I restart the RRAS service, then I can reconnect them all. And they work fine until they get disconnected again. The server is a standalone server, not part of a domain or anything.
I previously had these connections set up on a 2003 server, and they worked pretty flawlessly. It's only since I changed to this new server that these issues started. Anyone know what the issue could be?
Thanks.

Is that Event ID 20167?
Is there a DHCP Relay Agent configured?
I assume the DHCP server has enough free IPs to hand out to RRAS when needed. RRAS grabs a block of 10 IPs from DHCP at a time to use for connections.
How long is the lease?
References:
Event ID 20167 — RRAS IPCP Negotiation - Resolution
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd315994(v=ws.10).aspx
Not enough IPs in DHCP Scope:
http://www.eventid.net/display.asp?eventid=20167&eventno=5288&source=RemoteAccess&phase=1
Routing and Remote Access VPN DHCP error - DHCP lease too short
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/58e62df7-ce40-4814-b522-6785e230c869/routing-and-remote-access-vpn-dhcp-error?forum=winserver8gen
Ace Fekay
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