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VMware
Snapshot The features supported by the processors in this machine are different
Recently, I ran into a catch 22 of sorts with a VM that was running a snapshot in a development environment. ย The VM had a snapshot created for a quick “rinse and repeat” set of operations where we needed the…
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Virtualization
ESXi 6.0 Install Can’t Have a Partition Outside the disk
This past week in working with a Supermicro lab host filled with 12 4TB drives, I ran into an issue with the ESXi 6.0 installer that was a bit peculiar – Can’t have a partition outside the disk. ย The storage…
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Virtualization
VMware vSphere 6 available memory resources in the parent resource pool are insufficient
Recently, I ran into an odd issue with a VM that was configured in a three node VMware vSphere 6 cluster. ย The cluster housed about 30 other VMs that were functioning properly and had no issues. ย After powering off one…
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Virtualization
AppAssure vCenter Permissions for Exporting Virtual Standby VMs
In working recently with AppAssure in exporting VMs for Virtual Standby purposes, I found a lack of documentation in AppAssure or on the net surrounding permissions required in vCenter to export VMs as Virtual Standbys. I wanted to share with…
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SQL
SQL 2014 Setup Failed Analysis Services
Recently in building up a SQL 2014 Standard edition VM running on Windows Server 2012 R2, I ran into a peculiar issue with the SQL install with Analysis Services relating to permissions. ย The SQL installation went all the way through…
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SQL
OLE DB provider SQLNCLI11 for linked server unable to begin distributed transaction
Today in working with a new virtual machine that was spun up with Windows Server 2012 R2 and SQL Server 2014, I was asked to troubleshoot an issue where distributed transactions were not working from this particular VM and other…
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SQL
SQL Server local SQL authentication error logged in locally
Guys, so I have run into a really weird situation with a development SQL Server local SQL authentication error logged in locally. ย Local SQL authentication succeeds if you login remotely via SQL Server Management Studio. ย However, using SSMS, the login…
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Virtualization
AppAssure export to free ESXi version error
For those of you out there using AppAssure as your backup and restore mechanism in your server environment, you may have ran into an issue with exporting a restore point to ESXi when it is in its free license state.…
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Windows
Setup iSCSI Napp-it Windows Server 2012 R2 Cluster
In playing around recently in my home VMware lab, I set about created a Windows Server 2012 R2 cluster with iSCSI storage. ย I have used many products over the years as opensource NAS appliances such as OpenFiler and others out…
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Windows 8
Makewinpemedia Diskpart Format ErrorLevel -2147212243
In working with Windows 8.1ย WADK in a client environment recently, the need arose to create a USB key to boot from for PE environment on a workstation. ย There is a new command in the WADK Deployment and Imaging Tools environment…
