VMware Disk Consolidation unable to access file since it is locked
I wanted to write up a quick post concerning an error I received recently with consolidating disks on a few VMs. Disk consolidation is needed when snapshot disks fail to…
Month: March 2017
Vembu BDR Suite Consistent Application Aware Backup and Restore
Vembu BDR Suite allows for application aware backups and restoration of application/transactional resources such as Microsoft Exchange, SQL Server, etc. This is a key feature of modern backup solutions as…
Sophos Home Edition Installation and Configuration
If you are looking for an enterprise class virus scan package for home for multiple pcs that is free, you may want to take a look at Sophos Home edition.…
Upgrading VMware NSX Manager to 6.3.1
With the release of VMware NSX 6.3, we now have NSX compatibility with vSphere 6.5a and higher. Recently released was the upgrade patch to upgrade to NSX 6.3.1 which is…
How to add Cisco NX-OSv in GNS3
In provisioning a quick lab scenario inside of GNS3, I wanted to use the NX-OSv image to simulate some real hardware. For those that may not know, as I wrote…
Restoring Hyper-V VMs with Nakivo Backup and Replication V7
Nakivo Backup & Replication V7 Beta introduced Hyper-V backups. I am very pleased with the initial showing of this feature in V7. Nakivo has extended their very powerful and robust…
VMware PowerCLI Add Harddisk and Attach to Paravirtual Controller
There are certainly performance benefits to using the VMware ParaVirtual controller, especially in extreme load conditions. According to VMware’s own documentation, the PVSCSI controller provides 8% better throughput at 10%…
Enable Windows Server 2016 Active Directory Recycle Bin
In our last post, we talked about the Active Directory Administrative Center in Windows Server 2016. ADAC is a great way to interface with Active Directory with a task oriented…
Windows Server 2016 Active Directory Administrative Center
A lesser known feature in Windows Server beginning with Windows Server 2008 R2 is the Active Directory Administrative Center that allows administrators what basically looks like Server Manager to administer…
SQL Server 2016 Upgrade Error Valid Database compatibility level
In updating a few SQL Server 2014 servers recently, I ran into an error with a new SQL Server 2014 Server running the upgrade to SQL Server 2016. It was…