Working as a Windows server administrator many times I found myself in a situation where I have to check 50+ Mb log file for only one e-mail address or some other term. Ofcourse, many of you are going to think: “Yeah, like that’s a problem, just press CRTL+F and type in the term 
” ,and you’re right. That way rocks when you have 10, or maximum 20 entries where that term is mentioned ( i.e some e-mail address) in the entire log file . But, what to do when you’re in a situation that a client wants to see the logs for his entire domain. All sent e-mail, all incoming e-mail, everything…then, it gets a little too much to do “crtl+f” and copy/paste the result in some other file which you are going to send to the client. Linux users have their way to do that, simply by : cat filename.txt | grep term > outputfile.txt . By starting to explore powershell, my first task was to find a similar command to do the same thing on a Windows server. Doing a little searching on the web I found the solution that is really simple and similar to linux command hooray for me
Archive for September, 2009
Microsoft has released the latest version of its free standalone server virtualization solution.
The new release, Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, can take advantage of greater computing resources compared with the first version. With R2, Microsoft increased the number of physical and logical processors supported. As well, the product now supports physical memory of up to one terabyte (see Table).
R2 works with various Windows client and server operating systems and can be downloaded here.
Comparing Hyper-V Server V1 vs. V2
| Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 | Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 | |
| Physical processor support | Up to 4 processors | Up to 8 processors |
| Logical processor support | Up to 16 | Up to 64 |
| Physical memory support | Up to 32 GB | Up to 1 TB |
| Live migration | No | Yes |
| High availability | No | Yes |
| Management options | Hyper-V MMC, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008/R2 | Remote Server Administration Tool (Free), Windows Server 2008 R2, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 |
Powershell?
Microsoft Windows PowerShell command line shell and scripting language helps IT professionals achieve greater control and productivity. Using a new admin-focused scripting language, more than 130 standard command line tools, and consistent syntax and utilities, Windows PowerShell allows IT professionals to more easily control system administration and accelerate automation. Windows PowerShell is easy to adopt, learn, and use, because it works with your existing IT infrastructure and existing script investments, and because it runs on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2003. Windows PowerShell is now included as part of Windows Server 2008 and can be evaluated in Windows Server 2008 Beta 3. Exchange Server 2007, System Center Operations Manager 2007, System Center Data Protection Manager V2, and System Center Virtual Machine Manager also leverage Windows PowerShell to improve administrator control, efficiency, and productivity.