Month: October 2015

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 – Extend a Partition

October 14, 2015
HardwareMicrosoft Windows Server 2003Microsoft Windows Server 2008Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2Microsoft Windows Server 2012Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2

You may use the following commands to extend a partition in Windows Server 2008 R2. Open a command prompt diskpart list volume select volume (volume ID) extend (size) (if no size specified, it’s expanded to the maximum)

Microsoft Windows PowerShell – Starting a Service on a Remote Server

October 12, 2015
AutomationMicrosoft Windows PowerShellScriptingSupport

The following (2) commands may be used to verify the status of a service on a remote computer as well as start the service on the remote computer. Additionally, you may substitute the name value with the displayname value.   get-service -computername <<<INSERT>>> | where-object {$_.name -eq “<<<INSERT>>>”} get-service -name <<<INSERT>>> -computername <<<INSERT>>> | set-service -status…

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