June 2009 - Posts

Completly Unrelated to SharePoint But Bought a New Motorcycle Today CBR1000RR Fireblade
16 June 09 06:02 PM | gregmcb | 0 Comments   

This bike is awesome at 160 Horses. http://cid-732d673e5904257f.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/FirebladeCBR1000RR/Fireblade%2008.jpg I am so excited.... Read More...

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Important TSQL, Databases & Tables for Troubleshooting
05 June 09 11:09 AM | gregmcb | 0 Comments   

IMPORTANT - DIRECT MODIFICATION OF ANY SHAREPOINT DATABASE IS UNSUPPORTED. This doesn't mean you can't peak though. Important Tables I have found usful for troubleshooting. I will publish as I define more. Contentdb ImmedSubscriptions / SchedSubscriptions Read More...

Importing Publishing Sites To Different Levels Unsupported
02 June 09 11:32 AM | gregmcb | 1 Comments   

So if you move a site from a SPWeb to a SPSite and it is a publishing site you should expect an array of problems and unpredictability. In otherwords don't make a subweb a top level site. THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NOT DO THIS! IT IS UNSUPPORTED! http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/968483 Read More...

MOSS SP2 Upgrade Process - Step By Step
02 June 09 11:29 AM | gregmcb | 1 Comments   

MOSS SP2 Upgrade Process: As defined and cleansed by http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263467.aspx#section1 Database Maintenance: 1. Run MOSS BPA and resolve any problems defined 2. Stop the www service and disconnect any users 3. Run DBCC Read More...

IOPS
02 June 09 11:16 AM | gregmcb | 1 Comments   

Because I get asked so often about what are the best practices for IOPS. I thought I would summerize from our article: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc850692.aspx Type RAID level Spindles Optimization TempDB [RAID 1+0] - 10% of total database Read More...

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