Category: Microsoft

TSM 6.3: Backup and Restore Exchange Part 2


Automate the Exchange backup jobs: Creating Weekly Exchange Full Backup and Daily Exchange Incremental Backup. 1) Login into the TSM_Exchange server, and create the following two files. C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPExchange\excfull.cmd @ECHO OFF set exc_dir="C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\TDPExchange" cd /d %exc_dir% rem ================================================================== echo Current date is: >> excfull.log date /t < NUL >> excfull.log echo Current time is: … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Backup and Restore Exchange Part 2 →

TSM 6.3: Backup and Restore Exchange Part 1


1) Create two temp folders. Make sure there are enough space to the hold the whole database and log when restore. 2) Launch ‘DP for Exchange Management Console’. Then expand the ‘Protect and Recover Data’, right click the Exchange server and choose ‘Properties’. 3) Navigate the ‘General’ and set up as followings: 4) Set up … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Backup and Restore Exchange Part 1 →

Batch Script: Send Email


sendmail is a handy tool that can be used in batch script to send email. 1) Configure your SMTP settings in the sendmail.ini file. Following is a sample to use Gmail: [sendmail]; you must change mail.mydomain.com to your smtp server,smtp_server=smtp.gmail.com ; smtp port (normally 25)smtp_port=465 ; error logerror_logfile=mail_error_log.txt ; Gmail username and passwordauth_username=xxxxxx@gmail.comauth_password=*********** ; the … Continue reading Batch Script: Send Email →

Hyper-V: A device attached to the system is not functioning


We have a Windows 2008 Hyper-V cluster VM failed every night in the past week. And it gives me the error: 'VM-01' Microsoft Emulated IDE Controller (Instance ID {83F84444B-8DCA-4152-9EDA-2CA8B33034B8}): Failed to Power on with Error 'A device attached to the system is not functioning.' (0x8007001F). (Virtual machine ID 1241E22E-E750-44C7-91F7-7588C8FBB9AE) After a quick search, I found … Continue reading Hyper-V: A device attached to the system is not functioning →