Quick Tip: Install Windows Features with PowerShell in bulk Using my current favourite PowerShell feature, Out-GridView, we can easily and quickly install windows features with a little gui.. The command: Get-WindowsFeature | Out-GridView –passthru | Install-WindowsFeature You will get an ogv window with the ability to select items to
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Deleting Virtual Network fails due to assigned IP address – SCVMM
Had a request today where a tenant was trying to delete a virtual network but they received an error saying there were dependent IP addresses but they have no IP addresses listed in the network. Using my current favourite PowerShell feature, Out-GridView, we can quickly script the revocation of the
Read morePhysical, Logical & Virtual Networks in a Microsoft Cloud OS Environment
I had to give an overview of our Cloud OS network topology to our support and engineering guys to help them understand at high levels how it all fitted together. The below diagram hopefully demonstrates the 3 layers – physical, logical and virtual – and more importantly how the fit
Read moreAdding existing VM’s to WAP Subscription using PowerShell
Edit: added Cloud parameter to the script. Deploying WAP for clients, they start creating new clouds, plans and subscriptions which is great!! But how do they add existing VM’s to new users in WAP? Easy….. you guessed it…. PowerShell! So I can’t take the credit here, my sources are found
Read moreMigrate multiple VM’s from one Hyper-V cluster to another Hyper-V cluster with different Logical Switch using PowerShell.
Another fast publish! (I really should get back and clean these up…) Recently upgraded one of our Hyper-V clusters and had to migrate workloads to a new Hyper-V cluster. The naming conventions of our logical switches etc were different so when migrating a VM using Hyper-V manager we were prompted
Read moreChange default PHP settings in Windows Azure Pack (IIS WebFarm)
Had a user try to upload a theme to a WordPress site they had published using Windows Azure Pack but were getting a file exceeded size limit error as exampled below. “The uploaded file exceeds the upload_max_filesize directive in php.ini” Typically you would just go into the php.ini located on
Read moreImport subscribers into SCOM via PowerShell
Quick post A client had an existing monitoring system and exported the subscriber address list to CSV. They wanted some names updated to reflect the DC and existing name, also some subscribers had multiple addresses in the form of an array so I had to get a little creative with
Read moreVM Template network settings for WAP
Quick scribble: add images and detail 3 steps 1) Template > NIC > Set Connected > Set static IP & Static MAC > OK 1) Template > NIC > Set No Connected > Confirm static IP & Static MAC > OK 1) Template > NIC >
Read moreSCVMM 2012 R2 – Refresh Host Cluster – Error (25122)
Fast publish (this is becoming a common phrase) so be kind… When refreshing host cluster in VMM, for some reason we started to see the below error in VMM: Error (25122) The specified address ((AllocatedIPAddressData#e449) { id = 6ea8ddba-b8a7-43f6-856e-0a4d35076681, LastUpdatedTimestamp = 3/24/2015 5:55:17 AM }) is already allocated by
Read moreLive Migrating VM’s with Powershell from VMM to VMM with different Logical Switch
Another quick & dirty fast publish: When live migrating a VM from one Hyper-V to another Hyper-V when the virtual switch names are different, using the GUI you get a prompt to select the swtich on the target host. Using Powershell “Move-VM” fails and there is no
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