Where I work, we have been using Microsoft Virtualization since Virtual Server was in Beta. Of course, we don’t necessarily use all of the functions and features of all the software we have, but one feature that I have used a good bit is the “Convert physical server” action in System Center Virtual Machine Manager. … Continue reading SCVMM and P2V Adventures
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A fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the machine.
Today, while getting ready to deploy an updated Citrix farm for a set of Line of Business applications, I got an error during the sysprep process. The machine in question is a 2008 64 bit machine. It has Citrix and all the applications installed. It is also a Hyper-V VM. I created an answer file… Continue reading A fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the machine.
My 5 seconds of fame…
So this week, I am at MMS 2010. I try to come to MMS every year, because it gives me a chance to get away from the office (if not really away from work), and allows me to get some time to look at, learn about, and hopefully gain insight into what Microsoft is thinking… Continue reading My 5 seconds of fame…
“netvsc” error in Hyper-V guest
We use Citrix Presentation Server for a number of applications, and lately we have had a significant increase in issues with one set of our Citrix servers. We have 3 main sets of Citrix servers and the problems have only been happening on one set. One of the sets doesn’t have this error, but wouldn’t… Continue reading “netvsc” error in Hyper-V guest
Not recognized as a cmdlet…
I have been working on a simple little script to copy a file and then launch a program. I am sure that there are a lot of ways to do it, but I decided to use PowerShell, and this is what I came up with: $CheckForFile = "H:\custom.ini" $FileToCopy = "c:\IT\custom.ini" $CopyFileTo = "H:\" $PathTest… Continue reading Not recognized as a cmdlet…
TechNet wiki…
So a TechNet wiki is coming, as stated by Keith Combs here: three big things we focus on for all TechNet scenarios are Content, Discoverability, and Participation. We really want to invite participation from everyone and what better way to combine that with discovery and content than to use Wiki technology? Later this year TechNet and… Continue reading TechNet wiki…
Influencers Blog
So the System Center guys have provided a place for people who work with System Center products to see a conglomeration of posts from various professionals who have registered to Blog about System Center products. How fun… Blog Posts by System Center Influencers Get the feed. Below are the most recent posts from several of… Continue reading Influencers Blog
An online pack already exists…
Situation: I have a 32bit file server running Windows Server 2003. I have a new 2008 R2 (x64) file server running on Hyper-V. Did I mention that the R2 server is on Clustered hosts? This is all simple. Just drop the LUNs from the file server, give them to the cluster and assign them as… Continue reading An online pack already exists…
Error installing Integration Services on Hyper-V VM
I was trying to change from a “Legacy Network Adapter” to a “Network Adapter” on one of my Hyper-V VMs. I added the “Network Adapter” and removed the “Legacy Network Adapter”, and started the machine up. When the machine came up, it wouldn’t connect to the network. Having seen this before I knew exactly how… Continue reading Error installing Integration Services on Hyper-V VM
Error installing DPM 2010 Beta
I was installing the DPM 2010 Beta (finally) and had an issue trying to get the SQL 2008 to install. Finally figured out that I had the install files stored too deeply in a network share. I figure this out by running the SQL install directly and when it when to check prereq’s it had… Continue reading Error installing DPM 2010 Beta