Preventing Name Registration for Multiple IPs on DNS Server
I encountered an little nagging issue the other day, so I thought that I would share the solution that I found. I have a server (Windows Server 2008) set up as a Domain Controller (2003 Functional Level). It is the only DC in the forest so it is also the DNS server and the Global Catalog server. I had multiple IP addresses associated with the only NIC installed in the machine, and of course I didn’t want it to register multiple A records with different IPs, but the same hostname. I took the obvious approach and unchecked the “Register this connection’s addresses in DNS”.
What the heck? It kept registering all of the IP addresses in DNS. It seemed pretty straight forward, but the solution lay elsewhere.
By default a DNS server will register all the IPs associated with it in DNS, because it listens on all of those IPs for DNS name resolution requests. The answer in this case was to open up the DNS Management Console, right click on the DNS server in the left pane, choose properties, and click on the “Interfaces” tab. This tab lists all of the IP addresses that the DNS server is listening on. Simply uncheck all except the primary address that clients are making requests on and voila! Just delete the old addresses from DNS (except the primary) and they will stop showing up in DNS.
MS Exchange Transport Service Fails to Start During Install
The other day I was installing an instance of Exchange Server 2007 on a Windows Server 2008 machine. During the install process the Hub Transport role install kept failing. The error I received was that the “MSExchangeTransport Service failed to reach the state of Running”.
After banging my head against the wall for a little while I ran across a posting (I can’t remember where) that noted the service in question will not start unless the IPv6 protocol is enabled on the primary NIC. I had indeed disabled it earlier because I did not intend on using IPv6. Enabling the IPv6 protocol and restarting the install process resolved the issue!
SQL Reporting Services Cannot Access rsReportServer.config File
I ran into this issue the other day and I thought I would share the simple answer that I found with you.
After installing SQL Reporting Services on a Windows Server 2008 Machine I attempted to verify successful installation by browsing to http://localhost/ReportServer. I was greeted by this message: “Access to the path ‘C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer\RSReportServer.config’ is denied”.
After verifying that the SQL instance in question was running under the Network Service account I navigated to the C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.3\Reporting Services\ReportServer directory, and opened up the security properties of the rsReportServer.config file. I noticed Network Service was not listed. I explicitly granted Network Service access to the rsReportServer.config file, restarted IIS, and it started working!
As a side note, I when reporting services are installed several groups are created locally (or in AD if you are doing it on a DC). If your computer name is longer than 6 characters it cannot create the proper group name (it is too long) and it just shows the SID in AD Users and Computers. Odd huh?
Evolution as a Fact
So recently I was (as I usually am) looking to get into a lively debate about one of my favorite topics, evolution. I found this article over @ Republican-American (I can assure you I am not the former) and decided to stick my nose in.
I continued to be baffled by the sheer amount of ignorance of science and biology that someone has to have in order to deny evolution as the process that has created all the diversity of life that we have on our planet. One particular mental deviant was either unable or unwilling to accept the evidence that I put forth. It was like boxing a oak tree, nothing was getting through.
Here is my final entry into the thread…
Don’t believe the lies, Blu-Ray is faster than DVD!
I am really sick of all the Xbox fan boys out there (being that I am a Sony fan boy) saying that the Blu-Ray drive in the PS3 is slower than the DVD drive in the Xbox 360. As I will demonstrate below when used with DL (dual layer) DVDs (as the *vast* majority of Xbox 360 games are) the PS3’s Blu-Ray pulls more MB / sec than the competition.
Even these numbers give a little bit much to the 360’s drive because they don’t take into account the 100+ms seek times it takes to switch between DVD layers.
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