August 14, 2023

Repair a Windows Server

Open the command prompt as Administrator and run the following commands:

dism /online /cleanup-image /scanhealth

dism /online /cleanup-image /checkhealth

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth

Mount the Windows Server 2016 ISO as a drive (E: in this case) and run the following command. Please check the WIM version before selecting it.

dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth /source:WIM:E:\sources\install.wim:1 /limitaccesssfc /scannow

Check Windows Update and install any pending updates.

Reboot the server.

To check the WIM version for various versions of OS, run the following command:

dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:E:\sources\install.wim

wim:1 – Windows Server 2019 Standard Installation: Server Core
wim:2 – Windows Server 2019 Standard (Desktop Experience)
wim:3 – Windows Server 2019 DataCenter Installation: Server Core
wim:4 – Windows Server 2019 DataCenter (Desktop Experience)

August 7, 2023

Register SPN for Windows Server

Suppose - 

The server name is - Server1
Alias name is - App1
AD Domain name is - company.local
  • First, create a CNAME record for App1 against Server1 in DNS.
  • Let it replicate properly.
  • Once replication is done, login to Server1 and run the following commands in elevated mode:
netdom computername server1 /add:app1

netdom computername server1 /add:app1.company.local
  • restart server1.