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Comment on Configure D-Link DIR 625 for Cisco VPN by sajanmani

sajanmani — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:19:28 +0000

Awesome, finally after 2 days it worked, whew – [thanks to smsalv71, since that needs to be done to my firewall settings to get it working]

thanks everybody

Comment on Powershell Restore to New SQL Server Database by auoda

auoda — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:32:07 +0000

Hi Jown,

Thanks for the script, it is great!
One thing I can’t get working is restoring to another database at the same server, something like “duplicating” database. I tried to change LogicalFileName and PhysicaFileName properties, but during $Restore.SqlRestore($smo) restore files are wrong.

Could you please suggest any idea?

-Alex

Comment on Restore All SQL Transaction Logs using Powershell by Clive Richardson

Clive Richardson — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 16:06:23 +0000

I’m in the process of doing the same kind of things as you’ve presented here using PowerShell. One major snag I’ve got is the time it takes to do SMO backups of SQL Server databases. SMO backup via Powershell seems to work fine on smaller databases but takes way too long on the larger databases compared to standard SQL Backup. We don’t have huge databases but a 50Gb database backed up to a network drive that normally takes around 10 minutes using standard backup will take over an hour. The entire backup duration on one of our production servers is around 20 minutes so just one database taking an hour plus using Powershell/SMO is totally impractical. I wondered if you have noticed any backup duration issues using Powershell/SMO?

cheers,
Clive

Comment on Configure D-Link DIR 625 for Cisco VPN by JohnSWood

JohnSWood — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 03:16:33 +0000

Thanks! I did not realize that there were so many smart people ou there with the same name. I am getting closer…not quite there…here is what my log says…any (more) help appreciated!

Initializing the connection…
Contacting the security gateway at 64.71.80.6…
Contacting the security gateway at 64.71.80.4… (balancing)
Authenticating user…
Contacting the security gateway at 64.71.80.4…
Negotiating security policies…
Securing communications channel…
Secure VPN Connection terminated locally by the Client.
Reason 442: Failed to enable Virtual Adapter.

Connection terminated on: Aug 24, 2011 22:14:20 Duration: 0 day(s), 00:00.00
Not connected.