Disk space filling up on Web Front End servers
I have several web front end servers in a SharePoint 2013 farm and disk space on the C: drive seems to get eaten quite quickly. By using TreeSize I was able to locate a temporary folder used by IE that…
SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 2 (SP2) – The installation of this package failed
I’ve just downloaded Service Pack 2 (SP2) for SharePoint 2010 and it failed to install. I ran oserversp2010-kb2687453-fullfile-x64-en-us.exe and it extracted the files OK but then returned this message: The installation of this package failed. Upon reading the %temp%\wss-x-none_MSPLOG.LOG file…
Creating a SQL Maintenance Plan to backup SharePoint content databases
In addition to regular SharePoint backups I have decided to create a SQL Maintenance Plan to backup the content database to a file each night. This will enable me to quickly and easily restore the database directly in SQL should I need to,…
Configure alerting for Health Analyzer rules
I don’t log in to Health Anaylzer on a daily basis so have decided to configure alerting for some of the rules to make sure I’m aware of any potential issues. I’m mainly interested in things like low disk space,…
Change SharePoint log retention period
If, like me, you’ve found that your SharePoint log files have become rather large then you can configure the retention period in order to reduce the amount of space they consume. This can be done with a few clicks in…
SharePoint Storage Metrics returns in Service Pack 1
Users of SharePoint 2007 will have noticed that Microsoft had removed the Storage Management page when SharePoint 2010 was released. Well, the good news is this has made a return in Service Pack 1 with a new look, showing the…
Installing SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1
SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 has been released. I am just about to install it for the first time and document the process. Note: before installing the Service Pack I have made sure I’m prepared for something to go wrong. …
SharePoint 2010 Service Pack 1 released
Microsoft has released Service Pack 1 for SharePoint 2010 and Office 2010. This contains all Cumulative Updates and Public Updates for 2010 that have already shipped as well as the following new features: Site Recycle Bin – This will enable…
Service Pack 1 for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010
Microsoft has announced that it will release Service Pack 1 for Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 at the end of June 2011. Initially available as a manual download it will be release through Windows Update 90 days after release. From…
Backing up a site collection from the command line
In addition to backing up my SharePoint site collection with Symantec BackupExec, I will occasionally use the command line tools to backup to file. This is quite easy to do in just a few steps: Logon to the SharePoint server…
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