Scenario: SQL01 – SQL 2016 RTM install (At this point in time I still recommend SQL2014 for DPM2016) DPM01 – Data Protection Manager 2016 RTM install When ‘check and install’ get the below error. Clicking on OK then closes the installer How did we get here? Install SQL
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SMA Runbook: SCVMM Logical Networks into HP OneView
This SMA Runbook will add any new or missing logical network definitions (i.e. VLAN’s) in SCVMM and to HP OneView appliance. As well as having a “working SMA deployment”, the prerequisites for this Runbook are 5 SMA Variables (Assets) which are: VMMServer HPOneViewAppliance HPOneViewUsername HPOneViewPassword HPOneViewLoginDomain We use Active
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Was cleaning out some old PS scripts recently and found this one in my toolkit. This one will appease some of those out there who came to Hyper-V from another virtualization technology and are familiar with the term datastore… We use SOFS storage so our VM paths are all SMB shares but I’ve
Read moreApplying updates (cab & msu) by batch file…
Another one from my toolkit.. Basically run this batch file from a folder with the required update files and it will install them all. Once it is finished it will prompt for any input to restart the server. Enjoy! Dan @ECHO OFF SETLOCAL ENABLEEXTENSIONS ENABLEDELAYEDEXPANSION FOR /R “%~dp0” %%A IN
Read moreHyper-V Cluster LBFO method for VM Guest switches – Hyper-V Port is best!
Just a quick note to share my experience in NIC teaming algorithm with 2012 R2 hosts and Hyper-V and hopefully dispel some myths.. Many documents/blogs recommend the load balancing algorithm to be Dynamic by default. In my experience this is not the optimal configuration. For NIC teams that are
Read moreRDS 2012 R2 and User Profile Disks… The SOFS way…
So… RDS is not one of my core competencies but there’s something about RDS that I just enjoy. Not sure what it is, delivering a good user experience? Who knows? Anyway… This has been a sitting as a draft for almost 2 years now but wanted to get this out
Read moreAzure Connector for WAP(Pheonix) fails to create VM “Error in CheckCheckVmCreation()”
Another quick one (becoming a habit..) In deploying and testing Azure Connector for Windows Azure Pack found here, deploying a virtual machine can sometimes fail with an obscure status message of: “Error in CheckCheckVmCreation()” This is because the parameters of the resource creation are rejected.
Read moreNVGRE Rebuild – Warning 26926
Had a quirky one recently where by a client was rebuilding a NVGRE gateway (as per this post) failed with the below warning. Warning (26926) Unable to set up Remote Access server to support multi-tenancy mode. (Remote Access server and the host are not configured for multi-tenancy.
Read moreHyper-V 2012 R2 NVGRE Gateways Rebuild
Fast publish… will revisit later Scenario: Existing NVGRE gateways manual deployed. Working fine for ages. NAT resources failed to come online HyperV Network Virtualization Gateway role failed FOCM below Cluster resource xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx of type ‘Nat’ in clustered role ‘HyperV Network Virtualization Gateway’ failed The Windows NAT Driver service
Read moreSCOM – Service Monitor & Remediation
How to create a custom service monitor and automatically restart it For this little demo, we will be using the Print Spooler service and targeting Windows Operating System This will target all version of Server and Client OS but I won’t go into rollups here
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