Process and restart your Windows DNS servers with a batch file.

If you are like me and have multiple Windows DNS servers to manage, you find that it gets tiresome to constantly update, clear the cache and restart the DNS Server service.  Scripting to the Rescue! Here is a batch file Continue reading Process and restart your Windows DNS servers with a batch file.

Using ShadowSpawn and Robocopy to copy in use files over a low bandwidth connection.

I had a Mail Server that needed to be moved from one location to another without interrupting service. The new server and the old server are in two different locations separated by many miles. The only connection between the two Continue reading Using ShadowSpawn and Robocopy to copy in use files over a low bandwidth connection.

Batch file to Suspend, Backup and Start a VM under VMWare workstation

To backup a VM running under VMware Workstation, you have to manually shutdown or suspend the VM, manually run a backup and then manually restart the VM. I hate manual labor! So I set out to fix the problem the best Continue reading Batch file to Suspend, Backup and Start a VM under VMWare workstation

Batch script to restart IIS services. Can be modified for other purposes.

If you have ever had a server that is has difficulty with the iisreset command, this may help.  In my testing it works on everything from Windows 2000 to 2008R2.  Your mileage may vary. We use this to automate resets on a Continue reading Batch script to restart IIS services. Can be modified for other purposes.