Friday, August 29, 2008

Using NSLookup

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa998082(EXCHG.65).aspx

How to use Nslookup to verify MX record configuration

1. At a command prompt, type nslookup, and then press ENTER.

2. Type server , where IP address is the IP address of your external DNS server, and then press ENTER.

3. Type set q=MX, and then press ENTER.

4. Type , where domain name is the name of your domain, and then press ENTER. The MX record for the domain you entered should be displayed. If the MX record is not displayed, DNS is not configured properly.

Friday, August 8, 2008

Command Line - Scheduled Backup

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntbackup.exe backup "@C:\Documents and Settings\profile.domain\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Windows NT\NTBackup\data\DELL-D420.bks" /n "DELL-D420.bkf created 2/11/2008 at 1:46 PM" /d "Set created 2/11/2008 at 1:46 PM" /v:no /r:no /rs:no /hc:off /m normal /j "DELL-D420" /l:s /f "H:\BACKUP\DELL-D420\DELL-D420.bkf"

Contents of .bks file is a list of folders/files to backup:

e.g.

C:\DATA\
C:\Outlook\
SystemState