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  • Removing Foreign Aggregate on NetApp ONTAP 8.2.1 Cluster Mode

    Removing Foreign Aggregate on NetApp ONTAP 8.2.1 Cluster Mode

    So After installing a SAS Disk Shelf and assign ownership for all new disk, I notice that old aggregates from the previous filer were created as Foreign, This is a big problem. After doing some research, I was able to find the solution on a great KB from NetApp KB 1013046 using the Aggregate Destroy Command.

    Note: Be very careful while going through this process as you can delete the wrong aggregate and it almost near impossible or impossible to restore an aggregate.

    Here are the steps I follow it:

    1. SSH to the Cluster.

    2. Then Run the system
    node run -node * -command sysconfig -r     command to identify the aggregate on Foreign State:

    If the above output is to overwhelm, you can also uses the aggr status for each node by running the following command:

    system node run -node -command aggr status

    Notice that the Output is more clear to identify does foreign aggregates.

    3. Now that we identify does Foreign aggregates as well on which node, first we need to enable the Aggregate Destroy command since by default is not enable. To do so we will need to run the following command:

    node run -node options nodescope.reenabledcmds ‘aggr=destroy’


    4. Once Aggregate Destroy is enable, we are deleting does aggregate by typing the following command:

    system node run -node -command aggr destroy

    5. Confirm by selecting yes

    6. After removing those aggregates, we will disable the Destroy command option. This will bring back the other command options that were locked previously such aggregate status. To do so, run the following command:

    node run -node options
    nodescope.reenabledcmds ‘ ‘

    7. Let confirm if those foreign aggregates were remove. Run the following command:

    system node run -node -command aggr status



    As you notice on the above image, those foreign aggregates are now gone.

    8. After I deleted those aggregates, I proceed to verify the status of my SAS disk by running the command disk show -type SAS





    Notice all my disks are now spare and they are not part of an aggregate.

    If you are running OPTAP 8.3 and later versions, please refer to the NetApp KB 1013046.

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  • Troubleshooting HTTP 500.19 Errors in IIS 7

    Troubleshooting HTTP 500.19 Errors in IIS 7

    I few month ago, I was configuring a management software for Dell servers on IIS. Once I finish the all configuration, I decide to run the web app and I got the following error message:

    HTTP Error 500.19 – Internal Server Error
    The requested page
    cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page
    is invalid. Module DynamicCompressionModule
    Notification SendResponse
    Handler StaticFile
    Error Code 0x8007007e
    Requested URL http://localhost:80/
    Physical Path C:\inetpub\wwwroot
    Logon Method Anonymous
    Logon User Anonymous

    O no, now what? Well after doing some research, I was able  to find a solution. The reason of the error message  is the DynamicCompressionModule module is causing the trouble. This is because
    of the XPress compression scheme module (suscomp.dll) which gets
    installed with WSUS and this server is also a Distribution Point for SCCM so WSUS role is install for update catalog . Since Compression schemes are defined globally and
    try to load in every application Pool, it will result in this error when
    64bit version of suscomp.dll attempts to load in an application pool
    which is running in 32bit mode.

    The solution:  Remove / Disable the XPress compression scheme from the configuration using the command  
    C:\Windows\system32\inetsrv\appcmd.exe set config -section:system.webServer/httpCompression /-[name=’xpress’]

    OR Add an attribute of “precondition= “64bitness” for this module entry so that it loads only in 64bit application pools.

    OR  Use a 32bit version of suscomp.dll

     Reference
     Link

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  • SQL Translog Shrink Script

    SQL Translog Shrink Script

    Here is a good Script I use to Shrink does SQL Databases Translogs:

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    — Update the line below with the name of the database who’s transaction
    — log you want to shrink.
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    USE name of the database
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    — Don’t change anything below this line.
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    GO
    — Declare variables
    DECLARE @SqlStatement as nvarchar(max)
    DECLARE @LogFileLogicalName as sysname
    — Alter the database to simple recovery
    SET @SqlStatement = ‘ALTER DATABASE ‘ + DB_NAME() + ‘ SET RECOVERY SIMPLE’
    EXEC ( @SqlStatement )
    — Make sure it has been altered
    SELECT [name], [recovery_model_desc] FROM sys.databases WHERE [name] = DB_NAME()
    — Set the log file name variable
    SELECT @LogFileLogicalName = [Name] FROM sys.database_files WHERE type = 1
    — Shrink the logfile
    DBCC Shrinkfile(@LogFileLogicalName, 1)
    — Alter the database back to FULL
    SET @SqlStatement = ‘ALTER DATABASE ‘ + DB_NAME() + ‘ SET RECOVERY FULL’
    EXEC ( @SqlStatement )
    — Make sure it has been changed back to full
    SET @SqlStatement = ‘SELECT [name], [recovery_model_desc] FROM ‘ + DB_NAME() + ‘.sys.databases WHERE [name] = ”’ + DB_NAME() + ””
    EXEC ( @SqlStatement )
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    Were is red, enter the name of the Database that you would like to shink the logs.

    By http://ottoradke.com

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  • Creating a Shared Mailbox

    Creating a Shared Mailbox

    Recently I was implementing a Fax solution and one of the requirement was to create a Shared Mailbox for Inbound Faxes. If you go to the Exchange Management Console and try to add it from there, you never will find it there. The only way to do so is by running a simple Powershell command:

    New-Mailbox “Mailbox Name” -Shared -UserPrincipalName emailaddress@contoso.com

    Copy this command but remember to replace the Mailbox Name with the name you decide for the Shared Mailbox and the SMTP Address on emailaddress@contoso.com. This will create also a generic account on Active Directory under the Users Container and it will be disable. Please, do not enable the service account since don’t need to.

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  • Moving Cluster Group for Exchange 2010

    Moving Cluster Group for Exchange 2010

    In some environment, Moving the DAG from one server to the other is necessary for numerous reasons and one of the task involve is moving the Cluster Group to the active server. Here’s is the how to:

    1. login to the Exchange Server that you want to set as active for the Cluster Group

    2. Open the Command Prompt with the run as administrator

    3. Type the following command

    cluster group “Cluster Group” /move

    4. Then go to EMC and move the Mailbox DB

    5. Finish

    I usually perform this process when the DAG failover to the other exchange server or I loose the server where the file witness reside since it does it on a different server from the Exchange Servers.

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