Archiving Windows Event logs
WE have been troubleshooting issues with DRM, and had a need to view the event logs. We found that our event logs were overwriting themselves every hour, which didn’t help us when we needed to identify...
View ArticleAPS 11.1.2.x Out of Memory Errors
APS occasionally crashes in our Production environment. Our AnalyticProviderServices0.log reveals many “out of memory” errors within all of the java mess in that log file:...
View ArticleEPM APS Timeouts – Increase
If users experience this error, the timeout for APS via OHS might be the cause: Smart View Error “Cannot connect to the provider. Make sure it is running in the specified host/port. Error (503) Adjust...
View ArticleMicrosoft Disk Cleanup and Server 2008R2
Generally, the official method for installing the Microsoft Disk Cleanup utility requires that you install a Windows update (http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=42739) and the...
View ArticleEPM Financial Reporting – Batch Export Folder Locations
EPM Financial Reporting – Batch Export Folder Locations Note: If you have never launched the FRConfig utility or get an error message, do the following step first. Set EPM_ORACLE_INSTANCE path Edit...
View ArticleWindows 7 Disk Clone: Fixing Boot Manager Errors after Cloning Entire Disk
I cloned my Dell XPS laptop’s 500GB hard drive to a 240GB SSD. The clone took over 5 hours to complete successfully. After rebooting, I received the following: Windows failed to start. A Recent...
View Article7-zip Silent Install Script
I’m just sharing a little script I use to install 7zip in silent mode. pushd "\\epmfileserver.mydomain.com\share\utilities" 7z920-x64.msi /q INSTALLDIR="C:\Program Files\7-Zip" popd I’m not sure if any...
View ArticleNotepad++ Silent Install Script
Similarly to the 7-zip silent install script, I also use the following script on my servers during their original build and patching: pushd "\\epmfileserver\share\utilities" npp.6.6.9.Installer.exe /S...
View Articleadd custom firewall rule with netsh on Windows Server 2012R2
netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Port Scanner Range" dir=in action=allow protocol=ANY remoteip=192.168.1.96/27 netsh advfirewall firewall add rule name="Zabbix" dir=in action=allow...
View ArticleGhost Images (.GHO) to Hyper-V (.vhd)
I’ve been playing around with Hyper-V. I found that I can convert my existing ghost images into Hyper-v disks by doing the following with Ghost 12. This will convert an existing ghost image to a new...
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