It would seem Microsoft fixed the blunder that was MS13-061 that changed settings for the search infrastructure, placing the content index for all databases into a failed state. They have assured us that they “tested” this release. They have released...

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In this tutorial we will be setting up a Certificate Authority (CA) on a domain controller running Server 2012. In this lab the functional level of the domain and forest are set to 2012. Install the CA Role Begin by...

I was working with a client today on decommissioning an Exchange 2007 box after a successful upgrade to Exchange 2010. During the final phase of the project, I was uninstalling Exchange 2007 from the server and saw the processwas taking...

Recently I had an issue removing a .vmdk from an old Datastore. VSphere was not allowing the deletion to occur because the file was still in use. Odd. Using SSH to the host console and some *nix commands, I was able to...

Recently I encountered an issue with a client where VEAM backups were causing the DAG to fail over. This has led me to question whether or not VEAM is truly supported by Microsoft. I’ll need to scour for some Microsoft...

Error: “Could not get vmci driver version. The handle is invalid. you have an incorrect version of driver vmci.sys. Try reinstalling vmware workstation module devicepoweron power on failed” Resolution: Open up .vmx file for the virtual machine in your favorite...

THE VMRC CONSOLE HAS DISCONNECTED…ATTEMPTING TO RECONNECT. The vSphere 5 client is using an IE plugin that isn’t compatible with IE10 as of this date. As of yet I haven’t found anyway to use the legacy plugin. For now you...

I am almost certain that this has been covered elsewhere. If you have seen this before, then I am sorry I wasted a precious few minutes of your life. Recently I came back to work on a POC that I...

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