Antivirus on Windows Server 2012 Core

List of Antivirus products supported on Windows Server 2012 Core

Supported

• Sophos Endpoint Protection 
• TrendMicro OfficeScan Client – version 10.6 SP2
• Microsoft System Center 2012 Endpoint Protection - version 2012 SP1

Not specified (supports Windows 2012, but don’t say anything about Core)

• Symantec Endpoint Protection
• AVG Antivirus Business Edition 2013
• ESET Endpoint Antivirus
• Tivoli Endpoint Manager – BixFix

Not supported

• Kaspersky Anti-Virus for Windows Servers Enterprise Edition
• McAfee VirusScan Enterprise
• F-Secure
• Panda Security
• AVAST! Endpoint Protection Suite
• Lumension Endpoint Protection
• eEye Blink Total Protection

Exchange 2013 Lab – Usable Setup

Create users

1..100 | ForEach { Net User “User$_” MyPassword=01 /ADD /Domain; Enable-Mailbox “User$_” }

Create Rooms

1..10 | ForEach { Net User “Room$_” MyPassword=01 /ADD /Domain /Active:NO; nable-Mailbox “Room$_” -Room }

Create Distribution Groups

1..9 | ForEach { New-DistributionGroup “DL$_” ; Net Group “DL$_” “User$_ ” /ADD /Domain }

Create send connector

New-SendConnector -Name Internet -Usage Internet -DNSRoutingEnabled $true -AddressSpaces * -Is ScopedConnector $false -SourceTransportServers ExchServer1

Exchange 2013 first impressions

First impressions of Exchange 2013

• Exchange Management Console is gone… http://exchangepedia.com/2012/07/exchange-2013-dude-wheres-my-exchange-management-console-emc.html. The new GUI is the old “Exchange Control Panel” now called “Exchange Admin Center”.
• Exchange Admin Center (and OWAp) crashes quite often on IE 10 running on the server. -> Internet Explorer has stopped working. Fault Module Name: msvcrt.dll. Fault module version: 7.0.9200.16384. http://www.petenetlive.com/KB/Article/0000776.htm
• There is no “Show Exchange Management Shell command” available on the Admin GUI (Exchange Admin Center).
• There is no “Exchange Management Shell Command Log”

Exchange 2013 express lab

1. Install 1 Windows Server 2012 with AD-DS role

2. Install 1 Windows Server 2012 for Exchange

3. Add Windows Feature “Server-Media-Foundation”

3.1. Run Add-WindowsFeature Server-Media-Foundation -Restart

4. Install Unified Communications Managed API 4.0 Runtime

4.1. Download from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34992

4.2. Run UcmaRuntimeSetup.exe /q

5. Install Microsoft Office 2010 Filter Packs

5.1 Download from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=17062

5.2. Run FilterPack64bit.exe /quiet

6. Install Exchange 2013

6.1. Run Setup.EXE /mode:install /Roles:M,C /IAcceptExchangeServerLicenseTerm /OrganizationName MyExpressLab

Y, fue!

Where are stored the Full Mailbox Access Permission in Exchange 2007

Acording to this article, Full Mailbox Access Permission is a Exchange database store permission, therefor is not a SCE in the AD object associated with the mailbox.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd421860(v=exchg.80).aspx

If we need to know what were the permissions set in a point in time…

Fixing Windows Media Playlists to be used in you WD TV

Windows Media Player always write playlist files (.wpl) with absolute paths. WD TV devices only can deal with relative paths.

It’s possible to run a simple sed script to replace the absolute path for a relative one.

Assumptions:

Windows Media Player uses a Library pointing to a share. In my case a Iomega Home Media device:  \\MYDISK\Music

That share it’s your default library path in WMP, so playlists will be written in \\MYDISK\Music\Playlist

Script 

fix-pl.sh

#!/bin/sh
sed -i s/\\\\\\\\MYDISK\\\\Music/../g *.wpl

Store it in \\MYDISK\Music\Playlist

Run it from SSH :

# cd /mnt/pools/A/A0/Music/Playlists

# chmod +x fix-pl.sh

# ./fix-pl.sh

 

Compilation of articles and documents related to Backup Exec and VMWare vSphere

It’s not straigthforward to find documentation in the Symantec web site about their products. Regarding to Backup Exec and VMWare vSphere there several documents spread in the site, even outside of it. Here it is a compilation of useful articles and documents.

Best practices for Backup Exec 2010 Agent for VMware Virtual Infrastructure
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO21769&key=56792

Symantec Backup Exec 2010 Agent for VMware Virtual Infrastructure FAQ
http://webobjects.cdw.com/webobjects/media/pdf/symantec/Backup-Exec-2010-VMware-FAQ.pdf

VMware vStorage APIs for Data Protection (VADP) FAQ
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH150567

How to backup ESX 4.0-5.0 using SAN Transport Mode with Backup Exec 2010
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH155831

Known problems with SAN based backups and BE 2012 R3 SP1:
Slow throughput for SAN based AVVI backups of virtual machines post Backup Exec 2010 R3 Service Pack 1
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH175944&key=56792

Deduplication methods for Backup Exec agents
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=HOWTO23358&key=58348

VMWare documents:
Best practices when using SAN transport for backup and restore
http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1035096

Administrator’s guides
Symantec Backup Exec 2012 Administrator’s Guide
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=DOC5211&key=15047

Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R2/R3 Administrator’s Guide
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=DOC2211

Landing page of Backup Exec Agent for VMWare Virtual Infrastructure
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=landing&key=56792

Video from Symantec Connect:
Protecting Virtual Environments with Backup Exec 2012
http://www.symantec.com/connect/videos/protecting-virtual-environments-backup-exec-2012