Recovery of Active Directory objects became much easier with the introduction of AD recycle bin feature in Windows Server 2008 R2. Simply use the restore-adobject PowerShell cmdlet and you’re done. But what if you are using BitLocker with its keys stored in AD?...
Just a quick hit that tells you how many volumes Microsoft Data Protection Manager uses. I got 848… [code lang=”powershell”] $dpmserver = $env:computername #localhost or type your dpm server’s name here $dpmdisks = get-dpmdisk -dpmservername...
When trying to mark a tape that contains active recovery points as free in Data Protection Manager you’ll receive an error like this: The selected tapes cannot be marked as free because they belong to protection groups. You need to stop protection of the...
In Windows 7 administrators have the possibility to monitor boot and shutdown performance by reviewing event logs. The most common one is located at Event Viewer > Application and Services Logs > Microsoft > Windows > Diagnostics-Performance >...
Sometimes you need to use an environment variable (eg. username, userprofile, computername, …) in Powershell. The location where environment variables are stored is “env:”. This behaves similar to a hard or flash drive. You can list its content or...
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