This post will show you how to view mail queue using powershell on your Exchange 2007 server. To do it open exchange powershell on your Windows server 2003 and type:
Get-queue | format-list
This post will show you how to view system information using command line. To do it open command line on your Windows server 2003 and type:
systeminfo
To view system configuration on remote server named “Testserver” type:
systeminfo /s Testserver
This post will show how to list processes used by specific session on your Windows server 2003 using command line.
First you need to view current sessions on server named “Testserver”. For that open command line and type:
query session /server:Testserver
Note the ID number of the session you want to use for process list. To list processes for specific session type:
query process /ID:<ID number>
This post will show how to reset session on your Windows server 2003 using command line.
First you need to view current sessions on server named “Testserver”. For that open command line and type:
query session /server:Testserver
Note the ID number of the session you want to reset. To reset session on server named “Testserver” type:
reset session <ID number> /server:Testserver
This post will show how to view sessions on your Windows server 2003 using command line. To view sessions on server named “Testserver” open command line and type:
query session /server:Testserver
I`ll show you how to delete all printing jobs on your Windows server 2008 using command line. For that we will use Prnqctl.vbs script which by default is located on your Windows server 2008 after install. To delete all jobs on printer named “Testprinter” open command line and type:
cscript %windir%\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\Prnqctl.vbs -x -p Testprinter
I`ll show you how to list installed printers on your Windows server 2008 using command line. For that we will use Prnmngr.vbs script which by default is located on your Windows server 2008 after install. To list all installed printers on server named “Testserver” open command line and type:
cscript %windir%\System32\Printing_Admin_Scripts\Prnmngr.vbs -l
This post will show you how to delete Active Directory snapshot using command line on your Windows server 2008. Snapshot is a copy of active directory which contains active directory database and log files and it can be viewed without starting server in Directory Services Restore Mode.
To list all available snaphosts on server type:
ntdsutil press Enter
snapshot press Enter
list all press Enter
You will see all available snapshots with specific GUID {…..} . Make sure that snapshot, you are going to delete, is unmounted. If it is mounted unmount it by typing:
unmount {<GUID>}
To delete snapshot type:
delete {<GUID>}
This post will show you how to mount or unmount Active Directory snapshot using command line on your Windows server 2008. Snapshot is a copy of active directory which contains active directory database and log files and it can be viewed without starting server in Directory Services Restore Mode.
To list all available snaphosts on server type:
ntdsutil press Enter
snapshot press Enter
list all press Enter
You will see all available snapshots with specific GUID {…..} . To mount snapshot note GUID of snapshot you would like to mount and type:
mount {<GUID>}
To unmount snapshot type:
unmount {<GUID>}
This post will show you how to create Active Directory snapshot using command line on your Windows server 2008. Snapshot is a copy of active directory which contains active directory database and log files. Snapshot can be viewed without starting server in Directory Services Restore Mode.
Before creating snapshot you need to set AD as active instance. To do it open command line and type:
ntdsutil press Enter
activate instance NTDS press Enter
Now you are ready to create snapshot:
snapshot press Enter
create press Enter
You will see in output that snapshot was generated successfully.
I`ll show you how to reset Directory Services Restore Mode password using command line on your Windows server 2003 domain controller. Lets say we want to reset password for server named “Testserver”. Open command line and type:
ntdsutil press Enter
Set DSRM password press Enter
reset password on server Testserver press Enter
Type new password for DSRM two times.
This post will show you how to view existing domain trust relationships for your domain using command line. To do it open command line on your Windows server 2008 and type:
nltest /domain_trusts