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Easy, free VBScript debugging
As sys-admins we have to write scripts. Although the new thing is PowerShell, we still have a lot of old legacy scripts in VBScript. I was searching for an easy way to debug a VBScript, the way software developers do it using an IDE… but I do not want to install the whole Visual Studio package. Sure there are non Microsoft tools to do it, but I could not find a good, free one. After a lot of trials and tribulations, I found the easy way to debug a VBScript: Install MS debugger. (download it from here). Yes it is super old, but still works, I tested it on Windows…
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Changing your own password on a RDP session on Windows Server 2012 R2
Some people recommend using ….control + alt + end on a RDP session to bring up that Windows Security screen, but it does NOT work on nested RDP sessions. This procedure is the only one which worked for me on a Windows 2012 R2 RDP session: Click Start Type osk (to bring up the on screen keyboard) Hit enter Once the on screen keyboard is open, hold ctrl+Alt on your physical keyboard, then click on the del key in the on screen keyboard. Minimize the on screen Keyboard Click Change a password. PS: Thanks a ton for the tip, Bill!
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DPM Protection Groups, how many?
OK so I am trying to figure out what is the best way to create PGs in DPM 2012. From what the research I have done so far, one should create PGs depending upon the protection level and time. So, for example of you have a 5 file servers whose data should be retained for 3 months and 10 database servers whose data should be also be retained for 3 months, you should create just one single PG. Sure, you can also create two PGs, call one “file server PG” and the other “Databases PG” but I do not see any technical advantage of doing so. So going forward, for…
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DPM Protection Groups, how many?
OK so I am trying to figure out what is the best way to create PGs in DPM 2012. From what the research I have done so far, one should create PGs depending upon the protection level and time. So, for example of you have a 5 file servers whose data should be retained for 3 months and 10 database servers whose data should be also be retained for 3 months, you should create just one single PG. Sure, you can also create two PGs, call one “file server PG” and the other “Databases PG” but I do not see any technical advantage of doing so. So going forward, for…