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Updated Release: Server Specification Information (Jan 08, 2012)

Bitzie — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:03:26 GMT

•Server Specification Information : Adds Server Specification as reporting in SBS 2003 reports into SBS 2008 Security page and daily reports.

Released: Server Specification Information (Jan 08, 2012)

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:03:26 GMT

•Server Specification Information : Adds Server Specification as reporting in SBS 2003 reports into SBS 2008 Security page and daily reports.

Updated Release: FSE Extension Adds number of attachments scanned (Jan 08, 2012)

Bitzie — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:01:56 GMT

•FSE Extension : Adds number of attachments scanned, cleaned and deleted by FSE into SBS 2008 Security page and daily reports

Released: FSE Extension Adds number of attachments scanned (Jan 08, 2012)

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:01:56 GMT

•FSE Extension : Adds number of attachments scanned, cleaned and deleted by FSE into SBS 2008 Security page and daily reports

Updated Release: Automated Deletion of WSUS Logs (Oct 30, 2010)

theisdept — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:53:36 GMT

To deploy this automation

Download zip file to servers desktop

STEP I

Extract it, that will create an install folder called AutoWSUSlogdeletion on your desktop.
Open the folder

STEP II

You will need to right click and select edit on the enclosed xml file "WSUS Log file cleanup.xml".
Find the line <Author>DOMAIN\adminuser</Author>
and replace DOMAIN with you domain name ALL CAPS
then replace ADMINIUSER with you domain administrator account
Then do the same for the line
<UserId>DOMAIN\adminuser</UserId> 14 lines down
DO NOT ADD ANYTHING ELSE TO THE EML FILE - IT WILL CAUSE ERRORS

STEP III

Now open the Task Scheduler
and in the left colum under the Microsoft - Windows folders, create a new folder called WSUS Cleanup.
Select that folder in the left colum and then in the far right colum click import
Then navigate to the folder "C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\WSUS Log File Cleanup"
Now select the "WSUS log file cleanup.xml" file and click open
Adjust the settings to your prefered configuration, times and day/date to run.

STEP IV

Now next step is to edit the powershell file to match your folder names in the C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles directory
In the AutoWSUSlogdeletion folder on the desktop right click on the "DeleteOldFiles.ps1" file
Select Open to open in notepad to edit
OR
Select Edit to edit with the Powershell GUI editor
In the file you will find a Function section for each folder that exists
They each begin Function DeleteOldLogFileinFolder1 - Number 1 - 8
In each of the section you need to edit the line
$TargetFolder = "C:\inetpub\logs\LogFiles\W3SVC1"
To match the name of your folders (these are all crated with random names by WSUS install.

STEP V - Last step

Then right click on the install.bat and run as administrator. It will create a directory and copy the files
you've just edited, for the automated task
to - "C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\WSUS Log File Cleanup"*_

And you finished.

Released: Automated Deletion of WSUS Logs (Oct 30, 2010)

Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:53:36 GMT

To deploy this automation

Download zip file to servers desktop

STEP I

Extract it, that will create an install folder called AutoWSUSlogdeletion on your desktop.
Open the folder

STEP II

STEP III

STEP IV

STEP V - Last step

Updated Release: Automated Deletion of WSUS Logs (Oct 30, 2010)

theisdept — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:52:17 GMT

To deploy this automation

Download zip file to servers desktop

STEP I

Extract it, that will create an install folder called AutoWSUSlogdeletion on your desktop.
Open the folder

STEP II

STEP III

STEP IV

STEP V - Last step

Then right click on the install.bat and run as administrator. It will create a directory and copy the files needed for the automated task
at - "C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\WSUS Log File Cleanup"*_

And you finished.

Created Release: Automated Deletion of WSUS Logs (Oct 30, 2010)

theisdept — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:30:30 GMT

To deploy this automation

Download zip file to servers desktop

STEP I

Extract it, that will create an install folder called AutoWSUSlogdeletion on your desktop.
Open the folder

STEP II

STEP III

STEP IV

STEP V - Last step

Then right click on the install.bat and run as administrator. It will create a directory for the task files to be stored at
"C:\Program Files\Windows Small Business Server\WSUS Log File Cleanup"

And you finished.

Released: Automated Deletion of WSUS Logs (Oct 30, 2010)

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:30:30 GMT

To deploy this automation

Download zip file to servers desktop

STEP I

Extract it, that will create an install folder called AutoWSUSlogdeletion on your desktop.
Open the folder

STEP II

STEP III

STEP IV

STEP V - Last step

Updated Release: Shutdown_reboot.cmd to speed up the rebooting (Jan 14, 2010)

bitzie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:34:41 GMT

This is a batch file to shut down and reboot the SBS server.

Put in the system32 directory so they're on your path

You will also need to download the shut down exchange script from
http://sbs.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=38792 and http://sbs.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=38794 that download site to complete the script.

@echo off
@REM ****************************************************************
@REM Batch file to shut down and reboot the SBS server. For when it's
@REM mis-behaving. Calls stopexch.cmd, then uses shutdown -r -t 5
@REM
@REM Requires a separate stopexch.cmd and sleep.exe from the
@REM Server 2k3 RK.
@REM
@REM Possible enhancements:
@REM Use command line parameters to control wait times and
@REM shutdown warning commands.
@REM
@REM Modified: 23/04/2009 -- pick up server name from env
@REM : 27/10/2009 -- second date/time stamp after exchange
@REM
@REM ****************************************************************

@REM Ignore any sleep errors if you don't have a copy of sleep on this
@REM machine. It's not critical, just for neatness.
@REM

SET LOGFILE=C:\Shutdown.log
SET WARNING=5
SET SLEEP=2
SET STOPEXCH=%WINDIR%\system32\stopexch.cmd

@echo Automatic reboot %COMPUTERNAME% initiated...
@echo.

echo ===================================================================== >> %LOGFILE%
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo Automatic reboot of %COMPUTERNAME% initiated at: >> %LOGFILE%
date /t >> %LOGFILE%
time /t >> %LOGFILE%
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo Calling exchange shutdown script to speed things up >> %LOGFILE%
@echo Calling exchange shutdown script first...
@echo.

@REM The exchange shutdown is quiet. Probably too quiet.
sleep %SLEEP%
call %STOPEXCH% 1>&2 >> %LOGFILE%

echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo Exchange should be stopped now... >> %LOGFILE%
@echo Exchange should be stopped now, initiating final shutdown...
date /t >> %LOGFILE%
time /t >> %LOGFILE%
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
@echo.
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo Now, shutting down the server using the command: >> %LOGFILE%
echo 'shutdown /r /t %WARNING%' >> %LOGFILE%
@echo Shutting down in %WARNING% seconds...
shutdown /r /t %WARNING% >> %LOGFILE%

Released: Shutdown_reboot.cmd to speed up the rebooting (Jan 14, 2010)

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:34:41 GMT

Created Release: Sleep.exe file needed for shutdown (Jan 14, 2010)

bitzie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:33:29 GMT

This is the last part of the shut down script that you'll need to reboot your servers faster.

Combine this with http://sbs.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=38791 and http://sbs.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=38792

Released: Sleep.exe file needed for shutdown (Jan 14, 2010)

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:33:29 GMT

Updated Release: Shutdown_reboot.cmd to speed up the rebooting (Jan 14, 2010)

bitzie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:23:26 GMT

This is a batch file to shut down and reboot the SBS server.

Put in the system32 directory so they're on your path

You will also need to download the shut down exchange script from
http://sbs.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=38792 that download site

@echo off
@REM ****************************************************************
@REM Batch file to shut down and reboot the SBS server. For when it's
@REM mis-behaving. Calls stopexch.cmd, then uses shutdown -r -t 5
@REM
@REM Requires a separate stopexch.cmd and sleep.exe from the
@REM Server 2k3 RK.
@REM
@REM Possible enhancements:
@REM Use command line parameters to control wait times and
@REM shutdown warning commands.
@REM
@REM Modified: 23/04/2009 -- pick up server name from env
@REM : 27/10/2009 -- second date/time stamp after exchange
@REM
@REM ****************************************************************

@REM Ignore any sleep errors if you don't have a copy of sleep on this
@REM machine. It's not critical, just for neatness.
@REM

SET LOGFILE=C:\Shutdown.log
SET WARNING=5
SET SLEEP=2
SET STOPEXCH=%WINDIR%\system32\stopexch.cmd

@echo Automatic reboot %COMPUTERNAME% initiated...
@echo.

echo ===================================================================== >> %LOGFILE%
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo Automatic reboot of %COMPUTERNAME% initiated at: >> %LOGFILE%
date /t >> %LOGFILE%
time /t >> %LOGFILE%
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo Calling exchange shutdown script to speed things up >> %LOGFILE%
@echo Calling exchange shutdown script first...
@echo.

@REM The exchange shutdown is quiet. Probably too quiet.
sleep %SLEEP%
call %STOPEXCH% 1>&2 >> %LOGFILE%

echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo Exchange should be stopped now... >> %LOGFILE%
@echo Exchange should be stopped now, initiating final shutdown...
date /t >> %LOGFILE%
time /t >> %LOGFILE%
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
@echo.
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo Now, shutting down the server using the command: >> %LOGFILE%
echo 'shutdown /r /t %WARNING%' >> %LOGFILE%
@echo Shutting down in %WARNING% seconds...
shutdown /r /t %WARNING% >> %LOGFILE%

Created Release: Stopexch.cmd shut down Exchange to speed up reboot (Jan 14, 2010)

bitzie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:20:17 GMT

This is the separate batch file that shuts down Exchange

@echo off
@REM ****************************************************************
@REM Batch file to shut down Exchange 2007 on SBS
@REM Expects to be called by a separate shutdown script,
@REM
@REM
@REM Modified: 23/04/2009 -- modified to do Exchange 2007
@REM
@REM ****************************************************************

@REM - these net stops are in order, but the /y will override anyway
@REM if I got it wrong.

net stop "Microsoft Exchange Transport Log Search" /y
net stop "Microsoft Exchange Transport" /y
net stop "Microsoft Exchange Service Host" /y
net stop "Microsoft Exchange Search Indexer" /y
net stop "Microsoft Exchange Replication Service" /y
net stop "Microsoft Exchange Mail Submission" /y
net stop "Microsoft Exchange Mailbox Assistants" /y
net stop "Microsoft Exchange File Distribution" /y
net stop "Microsoft Exchange Anti-spam Update" /y
net stop "Microsoft Exchange Active Directory Topology Service" /y
net stop "Microsoft Search (Exchange)" /y
net stop "Microsoft Exchange Information Store" /y
net stop "Microsoft Exchange System Attendant" /y

Released: Stopexch.cmd shut down Exchange to speed up reboot (Jan 14, 2010)

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:20:17 GMT

Created Release: Shutdown_reboot.cmd (Jan 14, 2010)

bitzie — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 07:18:56 GMT

This is a batch file to shut down and reboot the SBS server.

@echo off
@REM ****************************************************************
@REM Batch file to shut down and reboot the SBS server. For when it's
@REM mis-behaving. Calls stopexch.cmd, then uses shutdown -r -t 5
@REM
@REM Requires a separate stopexch.cmd and sleep.exe from the
@REM Server 2k3 RK.
@REM
@REM Possible enhancements:
@REM Use command line parameters to control wait times and
@REM shutdown warning commands.
@REM
@REM Modified: 23/04/2009 -- pick up server name from env
@REM : 27/10/2009 -- second date/time stamp after exchange
@REM
@REM ****************************************************************

@REM Ignore any sleep errors if you don't have a copy of sleep on this
@REM machine. It's not critical, just for neatness.
@REM

SET LOGFILE=C:\Shutdown.log
SET WARNING=5
SET SLEEP=2
SET STOPEXCH=%WINDIR%\system32\stopexch.cmd

@echo Automatic reboot %COMPUTERNAME% initiated...
@echo.

echo ===================================================================== >> %LOGFILE%
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo Automatic reboot of %COMPUTERNAME% initiated at: >> %LOGFILE%
date /t >> %LOGFILE%
time /t >> %LOGFILE%
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo Calling exchange shutdown script to speed things up >> %LOGFILE%
@echo Calling exchange shutdown script first...
@echo.

@REM The exchange shutdown is quiet. Probably too quiet.
sleep %SLEEP%
call %STOPEXCH% 1>&2 >> %LOGFILE%

echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo Exchange should be stopped now... >> %LOGFILE%
@echo Exchange should be stopped now, initiating final shutdown...
date /t >> %LOGFILE%
time /t >> %LOGFILE%
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
@echo.
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo. >>%LOGFILE%
echo Now, shutting down the server using the command: >> %LOGFILE%
echo 'shutdown /r /t %WARNING%' >> %LOGFILE%
@echo Shutting down in %WARNING% seconds...
shutdown /r /t %WARNING% >> %LOGFILE%

Created Release: Audit alert for logon failure (4776 event) (Nov 30, 2009)

bitzie — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:31:10 GMT

You will need to adjust the audit events to log for audit failures.

To deploy the custom alert

SBS 2008 SDK

Copy this XML file in this release to the %programfiles%\Windows Small Business Server\Data\Monitoring\ExternalAlerts directory on the computer that is running the Windows SBS 2008 operating system.

Released: Audit alert for logon failure (4776 event) (Nov 30, 2009)

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:31:10 GMT

Updated Release: Alert for log on failure (Nov 30, 2009)

bitzie — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 07:27:26 GMT

Ensure that you adjust the group policy for the default domain controller to audit for failures as well as successes before you deploy this alert.

To deploy the custom alert

SBS 2008 SDK

Copy this XML file in this release to the %programfiles%\Windows Small Business Server\Data\Monitoring\ExternalAlerts directory on the computer that is running the Windows SBS 2008 operating system.

Since this file will come from the Internet you may need to right mouse click and indicate it is safe.

Restart the Windows SBS Manager service.

To restart the Windows SBS Manager service
Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services.

Right-click the Windows SBS Manager service, and then click Restart.