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Summary I have seen this very obscure SharePoint issue a few times and almost impossible to identity and resolve without extensive debugging. So, I just wanted to get this blog out there to help the next SharePoint Admin that may experience this situation with a quick resolution. Symptom: While trying to access the site http://sharepoint […]
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Summary It’s a best practice to test the compatibility of a migrated content database against the new target Farm before attaching the database and allowing users to access the migrated sites. This compatibly test is achieved by running Test-SPContentDatabase. Sounds too easy, right? Well, I recently worked on a case where “Test-SPContentDatabase” was reporting missing […]
I recently worked on a case where SharePoint sites would not load after rebuilding the SharePoint Farm and utilizing an existing server. I’m blogging this issue is because the root cause and solution was very obscure, and the error presented on the site is totally misleading. If you came here because you are experiencing this […]
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Summary If your servers require a reg key and unsure if its properly configured. You can use this script to check if the key is present or is set to the correct value across multiple servers. The Script
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#Simple Server list $servers = Get-Content C:\servers.txt # Loop through all servers and check key foreach ($server in $servers) { $REG = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey('LocalMachine', $server) $REGKEY = $REG.OpenSubKey("SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa") $val = $REGKEY.GetValue("DisableLoopBackCheck") # If the key is missing or not set it will be displayed in red # If the key is set it will be displayed in green if (!$val){ Write-Host $server "is not set" -ForegroundColor Red } if ($val -ne "1"){ Write-Host $server "is not set properly" -ForegroundColor Red } else{ Write-Host $server "is set" -ForegroundColor Green } } |
What the Script Does In the sample above it will check the “DisableLoopBackCheck” key across a […]
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Summary Need to copy a set of IIS logs from multiple servers for data analysis? Are you doing it manually? If so, please check out this script as it will help expedite the process. The Script:
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#Modify Inputs # Host and Drive to store the IISLogs $Hostdir = "\\HOSTSERVER\c$" # Actual Location of the IIS Logs on the Server $iislogsfolder = "c$\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1892304237" #A wild card parameter to determine a file range $thefiles = "*ex1906*" # Create a target folder on host if does not exist $TARGETROOT = "$Hostdir\logs" if(!(Test-Path -Path $TARGETROOT)){ New-Item -ItemType directory -Path $TARGETROOT } # Create an export folder if it does not exist $target = "$Hostdir\logs\export" if(!(Test-Path -Path $target)){ New-Item -ItemType directory -Path $target } #Simple Server list $servers = Get-Content C:\servers.txt # For loop to do the work foreach ($server in $servers) { #make a new folder by server name if it does not exist $TARGETDIR = "$target\$Server" if(!(Test-Path -Path $TARGETDIR)){ New-Item -ItemType directory -Path $TARGETDIR } #Get the files $iislogLogDir = "\\$server\$iislogsfolder" $iislogName = Get-ChildItem "$iislogLogDir" -Recurse -Include "$thefiles" | Get-Item #Start a loop to copy all the files to the host locatiion foreach ($log in $iislogName) { copy-Item -path $log $TARGETDIR } } |
What the Script Does You only need to modify the inputs and create a server list. Then the […]
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Summary Have you ever needed to back up event logs for root cause analysis or auditing? Did you access each server and manually export the requested log file? If yes, I hope you find this script handy. The script # Specify which Log File $EventLogName = “Application” # Specify drive to store event logs $drive= […]
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Summary I recently worked on a case that involved slow incoming mail destined to SharePoint libraries. We found the problem was caused by a buildup of mail in the “drop” folders across multiple servers. Looking closer at the issue, we found that most of the messages were intended for aliases that no longer existed. Example: […]
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Summary SharePoint 2019 delivers an updated modern look and feel for lists and libraries and enabled by default. Modern: […]
Summary Now that SharePoint 2019 supports SMTP authentication you have the option to relay e-mail from SharePoint to any SMTP server that supports SMTP authentication. However, if you are using a port that falls back to anonymous, how do you if it’s authenticating and not just falling back to anonymous? Let’s look at the traffic […]
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Summary When working in virtual labs, I don’t always adhere to best practices. For example, we all know the minimum memory recommendation for SharePoint is 16GB for production use. So, when testing in my labs, SharePoint web requests may fail. As a result, I find myself troubleshooting the issue, only to find the failure was […]