Generally there are two situations the Databases need to be switchovered from one server to another: Maintenance and Failover. For Maintenance, it is often a manul process. For instance, you want to install a patch and restart the active server. Before you do it, you need to mannualy activate the Database on the standby server. … Continue reading DAG Database Switchover
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Use PennyTel on Nokia E72
PennyTel is a VOIP service provider which is similar to Skype. I made it work on my Nokia E72 (S60 V3) Today. It is kindof cool that it allows me to use either my mobile service provider or PennyTel when make calls. PennyTel saves me lots of fortune especially for dialing International calls. 1) You … Continue reading Use PennyTel on Nokia E72
How To Create a Shared Calendar
The internal traininng organizer came to me and asked how to create a shared calendar which she can publish her training plan for 2011. Here are the steps: 1) Create a new Folder under Mailbox – Your Username 2) Type in the name ‘2011 Training Plan’ and choose ‘Calendar Items’. 3) Navigate to the calendar … Continue reading How To Create a Shared Calendar
Backup/Restore NTFS Security Settings
This is a very handy script that I used to backup and restore the NTFS security settings last time for a File Server migration project. If you would like to try it, all you need to do is to copy and paste the following script into a text file and rename it to NTFSBKP.bat, then … Continue reading Backup/Restore NTFS Security Settings
Can Not Retrieve Free/Busy Information
I have been perplexed with this issue since last week – my Outlook just can not retrieve the free/busy information of other users or resources. One thing I am sure this has nothing to do with the server and my account settings. As this feature works fine in my OWA. This must be something related … Continue reading Can Not Retrieve Free/Busy Information
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