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Subject: Windows Small Business Server 2003 Best Practices Analyzer tool
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Mike Regan User is Offline
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10/25/2007 12:37 PM  
I contacted Microsoft about the lack of information in some of the categories, specifically TCP Chimney and TCPA.  Here are the links they provided for further information:
 
For the TCP Chimney
 
For the TCPA
TCPA is also an offload functionality where a hardware DMA engine on the PCI bus can be used to assist receive processing. After you install this product, you may need to restart your computer.
 
I suggested they include these links in the appropriate areas of the BPA to make it more of a stand alone tool.
 
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Gert Gremmen User is Offline
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10/25/2007 02:12 PM  
BPA tool looks like a nice tool, but it screwed up my full SBS server.

It did not detect that my network card did not support the modifications about chimneys (Bill Gates's  Chimney:)) and other exotic features that go virtually undocumented.

I after carrying out the modifications SBS confronted me with the famous BSOD within 1-2 minutes after logging in.

In addition the modification required me to RE-ACTIVATE windows and due my network card refused to call out
I had to phone them. I had 6-7 reboots (+/- 30 minutes each) and at least 4 activations needed to switch back all those register modifications recommended in error.

And why does such a "wizzard" need to be published seperately and ain't it integrated in server management ?

As a final problem, my SBS server now blocks FTP (just like 2 years ago; but then it was MS fault; at the time it was silently fixed, don't know what's the problem now !!)

Thanks Microsoft for another good  programming job !!

BTW It did not recommend any fix for my shadowcopy that did not work anymore after a partition re-allocation.

Gert Gremmen
Mariette Knap User is Offline
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10/25/2007 02:48 PM  
Gert,
 
Something else must be wrong, that tool can't hose your server. BSOD's occur when something is wrong with your hardware, drivers or a 3rd party program. Windows 2003 server does not crash under normal circumstances. I am wondering what hardware you use as this is the second time you needed to activate your server.
Mariëtte Knap Smallbizserver.Net AdministratorMission accomplished. We have joined the branch office to our SBS 2003 Headquarters and have the same user experience on the branch office as we have on our local  network at the Headquarters. Want to know how? Signup up for a subscription and get instant access to the article series 'How to add an additional Domain Controller from a remote office to the SBS domain'
Gert Gremmen User is Offline
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10/25/2007 03:02 PM  
Well Mariette,

It was not the tool, it was the recommendations about offloading and chimney things. After modifying 4 registry keys the BSOD started to happen After setting them back, no crashes since 4-5 days.

But now the FTP is broken. What’s funny is, that one of the topics on your site actually is involved in the same registry keys when solving FTP problems.

And Yes, I had frequent extremely slow network problems. (30-45 seconds waiting for browsing file system)

Unfortunately no upgrade drivers exist for the network card, so I need to swap it out and buy a new one ….

I hesitate to change a network card, because experience has learned that SBS does not like ANY change in hardware, not to forget Microsoft and their activation maniacs.

Another story:

When installing SBS the first time the wizard recommended me to reserve a large partition for the operating system, and to create other partitions for use data etc. I did. I exaggerated. I reserved 5 times the required disk space for installation ( 12 GB)

2 years later , you got it. Out of disk space.

Got server version of partition manager and shifted around with the size of the partitions. Had the stupid idea to leave some free space behind the 20 GB I reserved for the OS (C: ) (you never know )

Well SBS recognized that space and assigned a letter to it (not that it is accessible !) but renamed the other
partitions. You can imagine the trouble I got.

That’ s MS software.
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10/25/2007 03:23 PM  
Gert,
 
You did not answer my question...what hardware is that?
Mariëtte Knap Smallbizserver.Net AdministratorMission accomplished. We have joined the branch office to our SBS 2003 Headquarters and have the same user experience on the branch office as we have on our local  network at the Headquarters. Want to know how? Signup up for a subscription and get instant access to the article series 'How to add an additional Domain Controller from a remote office to the SBS domain'
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10/25/2007 03:33 PM  
I did not take it as a question, but as a remark...

I run on a MSI KT6V standard main board having a VIA Rhine II and a ADM 983 network card. Enough RAM (1G) plenty of HDD

Standard SBS 2003 (not R2); updated.

I want to emphasize that it has run without errors for years and FTP worked fine since the SP2 problems in 2005. (but for the quirks that came with upgrading and experimenting with websites)

Lately some slow file performance made believe that some upgrades interfered with my hardware. There is where the BPA came in.

Gert
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10/25/2007 03:40 PM  
That board is not qualified to run Windows 2003 server.
Mariëtte Knap Smallbizserver.Net AdministratorMission accomplished. We have joined the branch office to our SBS 2003 Headquarters and have the same user experience on the branch office as we have on our local  network at the Headquarters. Want to know how? Signup up for a subscription and get instant access to the article series 'How to add an additional Domain Controller from a remote office to the SBS domain'
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