Server Fault Stack Exchange
Server Fault Stack Exchange

Questions tagged [windows-server-2003]

Windows Server 2003 is a Microsoft server operating system released in April 2003, and reached End Of Life on July 14, 2015. It is the successor to Windows Server 2000 and is based on the Windows XP codebase. It was succeeded by Windows Server 2008.

Windows Server 2003 is a Microsoft server operating system released in April 2003, and reached End Of Life on July 14, 2015. It is the successor to Windows Server 2000 and is based on the Windows XP codebase. It was succeeded by Windows Server 2008.

5362 questions
2
votes
1 answer

Is it possible to query the LUN ID of a list of windows server?

I'm trying a combination of FCINFO and PSEXEC to get the LUN ID (LUN NUMBER) used by servers, but i cant get this information directly from fcinfo. I've also try using WMI until i learned that i should know the wmi namespace of the lun controller…
Matias
  • 21
  • 1
  • 1
  • 3
2
votes
1 answer

Term Server users have long delay when browsing files

Users are logging into one of three 2003 Terminal Servers. This problem is only for the users logging in and doesn't effect if an Admin account logs in. I'll try to describe the problem. When the user clicks on My Computer the screen pops up and…
evolvd
  • 1,384
  • 6
  • 33
  • 58
2
votes
3 answers

Adding Hard Drive to Production Server - Best Practices

I've got a Dell Poweredge 2850 up and running as our production Web Server. Its got a RAID 1 array for the OS, and a RAID 5 for data. I would like to add an additional drive on it's own (not a member of an array), for backups. My main question, is…
Albert
  • 121
  • 4
2
votes
2 answers

Indexing windows server for searching

Is there a way to index file shares on a windows file server so that they can be quickly searched by end users, that isn't part of sharepoint?
Brett G
  • 2,033
  • 2
  • 28
  • 45
2
votes
1 answer

Delete old stale records from DNS (non-AD)

We would like to delete all the unused resource records from our authoritative nameserver (Windows DNS server on Win2k3). This is an internet facing DNS (not integrated with domain controller) so the aging and scavenging options are not…
Craconia
  • 21
  • 2
2
votes
3 answers

Windows Server 2003 C: partition - managing

Our admin put a 12gb C: partition on the 64-bit Windows 2003 server that hosts my asp.net and classic asp apps. Is that sufficient? What can I safely move off to an external disk (service pack files, etc?)
Caveatrob
  • 111
  • 1
  • 3
  • 12
2
votes
5 answers

What temperature monitoring software is avalible for Server 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2?

I don't have much experience working with servers and I need to monitor temperatures for several servers (remotely). I use hwmonitor for my laptops but it doesn't support server hardware. Does anyone know of something that'll work? Would love…
Danny
  • 21
  • 1
  • 2
2
votes
4 answers

Upgrading SQL/TFS OS from 2003 Std to 2008 Enterprise - Is it safe?

We have a server running 2003 standard edition currently running : SQL Server Standard Edition Team Foundation Server 2005 We want to upgrade the OS to 2008 Enterprise edition. Can I upgrade or will I need a complete re-install. If its an…
mrjoshua
  • 171
  • 1
  • 7
2
votes
1 answer

Connect domain controller Windows Server 2003 to another one on Windows Server 2003

In Active directory, when I try to connect to another domain controller, after adding that domain controller and press ok, a message appears to me: The following domain controller could not be contacted, the RPC server is unavailable How can I fix…
vip
  • 29
  • 4
2
votes
2 answers

Shutdown Windows Server and the corresponding machine

I have read that shutdown -s in Windows Server only shuts down Windows. I don't know exactly what this means, but how can I shutdown and power off the whole machine?
py_script
  • 145
  • 1
  • 7
2
votes
2 answers

Why Isn't My GPO Being Applied?

I have an OU named "Asia" wherein I've set regional settings via a GPO named "Asian Settings." This GPO is linked to the "Asia" OU and the link is enabled. However, when I run gpresult the log indicates that the "Asian Settings" GPO was NOT applied…
Ari
  • 189
  • 1
  • 9
2
votes
1 answer

secondary 2003 server on 2008 domain

I recently added a 2008 server to an existing 2003 domain. The 08 machine is DC and global catalog. However, it seems like (and makes sense that) when I make changes to policy on the 08 machine, it is propogating to the 03 machine and the clients…
stormdrain
  • 1,439
  • 7
  • 28
  • 52
2
votes
3 answers

Server Backup Software

What are you all using for your server backups? We have 95% Windows servers and are looking for new backup software without breaking the bank, if possible. I've been looking at ShadowProtect and greatly enjoy how easy it is to use, but I'm still…
Shawn
  • 329
  • 2
  • 16
2
votes
2 answers

Windows Scheduled Task Reporting?

We have about 12-14 Win200[3,8] servers online at a time (some VMs are transient). Most of these run some scheduled tasks. How can I get a list of all scheduled tasks running on each server and, more importantly, the domain user they are running as?…
Matt Rogish
  • 1,512
  • 6
  • 25
  • 41
2
votes
3 answers

Migrate SBS 2003 to Server 2008 Std

I'm looking to migrate from SBS 2003 to Server 2008 Std. Are there any guides out there similar to Microsoft's sbs to sbs guides? Thanks in advance!
msindle
  • 605
  • 8
  • 26
1 2 3
…
99 100