My new server is a member of Dell’s 12th server generation. A lot has changed over the years. 20 or 25 years ago, servers were pretty much the same as desktops. Well, they were the same as tower desktops, which usually spent their life on the floor under the desk. The first … [Read more...]

Figuring that the new server is faster and probably more reliable than the other domain controller, I transferred all the fmso roles to it. I checked with netdom, and it looks good: By the way, here’s a good how-to on transferring fmso roles: … [Read more...]

I installed the Windows Server Backup feature on the new server and did a backup to the Synology 1812+. I backed up the DHCP configuration on the main DHCP server and restored it to the DHCP server on the new server, then stopped the service so there would be only one DHCP … [Read more...]

When Dell set up the new computer, they split the mirrored solid-state disk into to approximately equal partitions of about 45 GB each. I eliminated the data partition and expanded the OS partition to take up all the available space. I did another bit of housekeeping that can … [Read more...]