 | By Rick Vanover, Special to ZDNet Asia
Tuesday, December 23, 2008 11:04 AM
 Microsoft clustering services on versions prior to Windows Server 2008 used a command line tool to fix drive issues. Windows Server 2008 puts this in the interface, making drive tasks more accessible. If you've done moves of shared storage in a cluster configuration, you may have had to use various recovery tools in versions prior to Windows Server 2008. Specifically, the resource kit tool dumpcfg.exe is used to repair drive signatures depending on certain conditions that could cause the shared storage hard drives to lose the disk signature. This can be quite a scary endeavor, and the frantic search for the resource kit tools to get the dumpcfg.exe tool from the install media only then offers little comfort on the repair of the situation. Remember that this situation is a safeguard of the clustering services, and that with the proper recovery techniques, the system can be running again quite quickly. Windows Server 2008 offers key improvements in the clustering services functionality, and drive recovery is one of the more important features. Read more » |
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Figuring out what changes occur to the Windows registry is difficult. This tip shows how you can do so in Windows NT by exporting to text files. It worked in 1999, and still works today.
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Microsoft plans to release an R2 edition of Windows Server 2008 in 2009 or 2010. Here are the key features of the R2 release that you need to know.
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