September 13, 2011

September 13, 2011Careers

Exam 70-640: TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring includes 2008 R2

Initially the 70-640 Exam was targeted for the Server 2008 environment alone however later when Microsoft released the newer version Server 2008 R2, this exam objectives as well updated to include the Server 2008 R2 environment though the exam title remains with the Server 2008 to reflect the major version that is tested for. A consolidated list of exam objectives updated for Windows Server 2008 R2: OVERVIEW TAB: The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) on Windows Server 2008 credentials are intended for information technology (IT) professionals who work in the complex computing environment of medium to large […]

September 13, 2011Citrix

CTX130158 – Case Study: IMA Service not Starting in Farm with Recently Migrated SQL Datastore – Citrix Knowledge Center

Problem Definition A customer reported that the IMA service was taking 10 minutes to start on the server. Users cannot logon to applications any more. Changes to the farm were applied with a delay. Environment The customer had a Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 Farm with Hotfix Rollup Pack 5. The farm contains over 100 servers. The operating system used was Windows Server 2003, 32-bit. The customer restarted the Zone Data Collector (ZDC) during the process to upgrade to Hotfix Rollup Pack 6. The SQL datastore was migrated from SQL Server 2005 to SQL Server 2008 R2 two weeks ago. Troubleshooting […]

September 13, 2011DataBase

Recover from a full transaction log in a SQL Server database

Reduce the transaction log size To recover from a situation where the transaction logs are full, you must reduce the size of the transaction logs. To do this, you must truncate the inactive transactions in your transaction log and shrink the transaction log file. Note The transaction logs are very important to maintain the transactional integrity of the database. Therefore, you must not delete the transaction log files even after you make a backup of your database and the transaction logs. To make sure you don’t delete any crucial parts of the database, it might be worth allowing a professional […]