This is for SQL Resource Provider (RP) 1.1.24.0 which is now superseded by 1.1.30.0 literally the next day after I executed the install. The only reason for posting this blog is to give a baseline for my update SQL RP post. The exact same install process will work for any
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Adventures of a Cloud Operator: Highly Available App Service 1.4 on Azure Stack – Step 2: Deployment
You’re a cloud operator for an Azure Stack Integrated system and for whatever reason you have the task of deploying the App Services Resource provider… In this blog series, I’m going to take you through the considerations and deployment process of the App Services resource provider on an Azure
Read moreAdventures of a Cloud Operator: Setup your Cloud Operator environment – Quick Tip!
Quick tip for all potential Azure Stack Cloud Operators As you’d be aware, essentially the majority of the Azure Stack extended setup requires PowerShell. Not only does managing Azure Stack require PowerShell, it requires specific modules, tools and PowerShell profiles… Oh, did I mention Azure Stack management requires PowerShell? This
Read moreAdventures of a Cloud Operator: Registering Azure Stack as CSP
So, if you’ve found your way here you have got yourself an Azure Stack Integrated System and need to register it as a Cloud Solution Provider (CSP). Before we registered we needed to identify the type of subscription we want to use. The choice is a CSP or APSS subscription.
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One day I was working on our fabric and thought it would be nice to be able see which Logical Switch each VM was connected to. So I started to extend my good old datastores script and before I knew it, it had morphed out of control to include Logical
Read moreInstalling Azure Site Recovery Agent (i.e. running an exe/script) on a Hyper-V host using SCVMM
From time to time I have the requirement to deploy/update a basic app or run a script on my Hyper-V hosts. This is relatively simple using remote PS session or if you have SCCM managing your fleet. But sometimes you need to just push something out fast and luckily SCVMM
Read moreAnother S2D build blog… with a SCVMM twist (public draft)
WORK IN PROGRESS Editors Note: this is still a working document as my priorities have to be on other work right now, but in the interest of sharing I have made this available now… If you find any issues or errors let me know – thanks for reading! There
Read moreAzure Application Gateway with WAP and HTTPS using PowerShell
So over the last year or so I’ve had a lot of fun extending client environments to Azure. One of the methods I’ve used has been leveraging Azure Application Gateway (AAG) with Web Application Firewall (WAF) to protect these services. The AAG’s with WAF have been a very fast and
Read moreUnable to delete duplicate cluster resource for Hyper-V VM
Quick tip: You find yourself with duplicate HA roles for a virtual machine and you’re unable delete the problematic resource… Symptoms: Duplicate cluster roles for a virtual machine. When attempting to delete, you get the error: Error code: 0x8007012f The file cannot be opened because it is in the process
Read moreSMA Runbook to set VM custom property… (or run PS script)
A word… Having worked with many clients over the years, the commonality between many of them an under-utilization of automation. Even the biggest of Microsoft shops fall short when it comes to automation, regularly being confused about the options they have and often fear of introducing a new tool to
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