SBS or Windows Backup Fails with SearchPoint server VSS Writer

The Windows Backup fails with an issue creating a volume shadow copy of a volume. VSSAdmin listed teh SharePoint search as in a inconsistant state.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2011/07/06/potential-issues-after-installing-sharepoint-foundation-2010-sp1.aspx

How to determine which version of SQL

A brilliant post listing each SQL server build number and it's corresponding patch levels

http://sqlserverbuilds.blogspot.com/

http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2007/09/21/3403958.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/b/jmayans/archive/2006/09/07/454716.aspx

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332063(EXCHG.80).aspx#Scenario4

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc178996.aspx

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2028193

Extend a partion

With the Dell expart tool

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&releaseid=R64398&formatcnt=2&fileid=83929

OpenDNS Web Filtering

For small business and home users, http://www.opendns.com

Provides webfiltering and content protection based on DNS.

SBS Official Migration Portal

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sbs/gg981878

Microsoft tool to change disk ID's.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-nz/sysinternals/bb897436.aspx

Alternatively, you can use “diskpart” “select disk x” “uniquieid disk set=12341234”, then boot from a recovery CD which will fix up the boot loader configuration.