On a VM running Windows Server 2019 Standard, I see every hour the Network Setup Service (NetSetupSvc) starts and stops
Log Name: System
Source: Service Control Manager
Date: 3/2/2020 8:42:34 AM
Event ID: 7036
Task…
I created a parity storage space on 3x external USB 4tb HDD attached to a Windows 10 1809 machine. I then moved those HDDs to a Server 2019 1809 machine and added 1x additional 4tb HDD.
I noticed there is an existing 32mb write-back cache in this…
I have 3 Windows server 2019 VMs,virtualized on Windows 10 pro. (MAIN HOST)
server 1 is AD/DC/ISCSI target/DNS/DHCP.
server 2 and 3 formed a failover Hyper-V Cluster and this cluster hosts a Windows 10 Pro x64. the cluster uses ISCSI to connect to…
We are having major performance issues with Server 2019. Read and write performance is very poor compared to Server 2016. we installed a number of servers on customer sites to replace old servers and all customers have complained about opening files…
I am installing Server 2019 Core on a Dell server. These are the drives I have:
Get-StoragePool -IsPrimordial $true | Get-PhysicalDisk | Where-Object CanPool -eq $True
DeviceId FriendlyName MediaType CanPool…
I am looking to remove unnecessary roles and features from Windows 2019 systems
and there is a new feature named System Data Archiver which is installed by default.
The official description says:
Provides services to collect and archive Windows…
Microsoft nuked all the fonts except for Arial in Server 2019 core (see eg. https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft-releases-new-windows-server-2019-insider-and-sdk-preview-builds).
Makes sense and everyone seems to say "it's easy to add back". But…
I have two Windows Server 2019 servers that I need to add to Server 2008 R2 domain.
It is not possible to add 2019 server to 2008 R2 domain without enabling SMB 1.0 client, and I would like to skip having SMB 1.0 at all on the domain. (For printer…
I've got several web servers running Server 2008r2 SP2 Standard with SQL Server 2014. What is the best practice / easiest in-place upgrade path to get to Windows Server 2016?
In testing, I'm only able to upgrade from 2008r2 to 2012 and then upgrade…
I'm trying to figure out the best way to architect a 2 node fail over cluster with the Hyper V role installed. I can really use some input and suggestions from others who have already been down this road.
All in, I have a 4 physical machines with…
I'm in the process of re-configuring and securing a server for the small company that I work for. We use it to store design files and other data with Autodesk Vault. It's running on a VPS from a server provider close by.
The reason I'm doing this is…
I have 2 servers
Main one is acting server the other one is providing HDD as ISCSI to main server.
Purpose of this setup is Media Streaming sometimes there is transcoding involved.
In application I can't use both servers. I can only use one.
My…
I have a Windows Server 2019 server, which is running some services itself, and Hyper-V virtual machines with Windows and Linux guests.
To centralize user and machine management, I have setup Active Directory Domain Services, DNS, and File and…
I am building a test Active Directory forest in a virtual environment. I will be part of a team in the future that will build a new Forest for our organization. I don't have experience managing a forest or domain in a production environment, but I…