29.8.2007 von Bernstein_TK.

…. leider existiert dieser nur in einer englischen Version. Da das Tool aber ziemlich neu ist, kann man auf eine lokalisierte Version ja noch hoffen.

Für englische Betriebssystem Varianten findet sich der Link unter

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940122/en-us

Dies ist der statische Auszug vom 29.08.2007:

How to use the Microsoft Group Policy Diagnostic Best Practice Analyzer (GPDBPA) tool to collect and to analyze data
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To obtain the GPDBPA tool
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You can use the Microsoft Group Policy Diagnostic Best Practice Analyzer (GPDBPA) tool to collect data about an environment’s Group Policy configuration. For example, you can use this tool to analyze a Group Policy configuration for the following purposes: • To search for common configuration errors
• To discover and to diagnose problems
• To collect data for archiving
The account that you use to run the tool must have the appropriate permissions to access both the Active Directory database on an environment’s domain controllers and the SYSVOL file structure that is maintained on those domain controllers. Additionally, the account must have local Administrator permissions on the Group Policy client.

There are two additional prerequisites for using the GPDBPA tool:• The Microsoft .NET Framework version 1.1 or a later version must be installed on the computer on which the GPDBPA tool is installed.
• The Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) service must be running on the environment’s domain controllers.

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The GPDBPA tool is an automated health-check and troubleshooting tool. The tool is written in the C# language, and it collects configuration settings. The tool also performs tests against the Group Policy configuration of an environment. After the tool collects these test results in an XML output file, rules are then applied to the data that is collected in this file. Any differences between these rules and the data that is collected are highlighted.

The GPDBPA tool is a stand-alone program that an administrator can run from a Windows Server 2003-based system or from a Windows XP-based system. You can use the tool to do the following:• Perform a proactive health check on the Group Policy environment to detect common configuration errors that frequently generate support incidents.
• Collect diagnostic information and initial data from an environment, and then automate some analysis of that data.
• Obtain a snapshot of the Group Policy configuration for archiving. This data may be a useful reference if a future problem occurs.

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To obtain the GPDBPA tool
To obtain the command-line version and the graphical user interface (GUI) version of the GPDBPA tool, download the .exe file from the following Microsoft download sites:• Windows Server 2003 x86 edition(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=47F11B02-8EE4-450B-BF13-880B91BA4566)
• Windows Server 2003 x64 edition(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=70E0EDEC-66F7-4499-83B7-4F2009DF2314)
• Windows XP x86 edition(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=70E4A971-DA91-4D4F-BF92-5C75A84F3742)
• Windows XP x64 edition(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=317C372C-0FE3-4AD0-BE52-2FF3004DAEF0)

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29.8.2007 von Bernstein_TK.

Nachdem meine Virtual Machine während der Neuinstallation eines notwendigen Programms anfing zu murren, dass der Plattenplatz nicht ausreicht, musste ich mich umschauen, wie’s geht. Hier ist die Lösung, die ich auf dem Blog von Michael Daniel gefunden habe…

1) On the Host Machine: stop the Virtual machine that you need to allocate more HDD space to.

2) Run C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Server\vmware-vdiskmanager.exe to re-size the vmdk file. This will resize the HDD but not the partition.
For example: C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Server>vmware-vdiskmanager.exe -x 80Gb -t 1 “C:\Virtual Machines\Viper\Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.vmdk”

3) Exit BootIt and restart the virtual machine.

4) On the virtual machine: Download a copy of BootIt NG (Boot It Next Generation). http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/downloads/bootitng.zip

5) Run the .exe and create a bootable CD ISO. Make sure you include the VGA drivers in the options!.

6) Copy the ISO to a different machine (eg the Host server) or a network location. For example: C:\BOOTITNG.ISO

7) On the Host machine: set the virtual machine to use the BootIt ISO as the CD Drive.

Start the Virtual Machine: hit ESC to bring up the boot manager as VMWare is loading and select to boot off the CD Drive with the ISO loaded.

9) When the BootIt GUI starts, resize the partition.

10) Restart the Virtual machine.

Für XP Maschinen gibt es für den Punkt 4-9 eine Alternative, dies ist auf in einem Kommentar hinterlegt:

I was able to simple follow step 1 & 2, then boot into the vm and follow the standard resizing steps below using diskpart.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590

On Windows XP that is

Dies trifft aber nur zu, wenn die zu erweiternde HDD keine Systempartition ist.

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29.8.2007 von Bernstein_TK.

Die von Microsoft verfolgte Strategie virtuelle Appliance als VHD Dateien zur Verfügung zu stellen (zur Nutzung unter Virtuell PC) ist sattsam bekannt. Die Tatsache, dass VM ebenfalls vorkonfigurierte VMs zur Verfügung stellt, ist ebenfalls bekannt. Dass jedoch auch Microsoft VMs zur Verfügung stehen, war mir für VMware nicht bekannt.

Rausgesucht hatte ich mir jetzt Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 Virtual Appliance inkl. Microsoft Office Live Communications Server 2005 als VM (1) sowie die Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Virtual Appliance (2). Eine generelle Liste ist unter (3) zu finden.

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