You would think that a company like Microsoft could come up with a better answer for a search on an error than: We’re sorry There is no additional information about this issue in the Error and Event Log Messages or Knowledge Base databases at this time. You can use the links in the Support area… Continue reading “We’re Sorry”?
P2V fails at Copy Hard Disk
I have been trying to get a P2V of a production system to use in our DR plan. I have limited opportunity to do this, because I am not allowed to impact performance during production hours for this system, and the definition of production hours is fairly broad. I have been trying for a couple… Continue reading P2V fails at Copy Hard Disk
Hyper-V certificate expiration and resolution
If you see this: ‘VMName’ failed to initialize. Could not initialize machine remoting system. Error: ‘Unspecified error’ (0x80004005). Could not find a usable certificate. Error: ‘Unspecified error’ (0x80004005). Then this could be your answer: Symptoms and resolution: § You may be unable to start or connect to virtual machines running on Windows Server 2008 or… Continue reading Hyper-V certificate expiration and resolution
DPM does not remove expired recovery points
I have been using DPM for about 7 months now. (I tested with it for a few months before that.) I never installed 2006, but 2007 seems to be working ok. I have a few complaints, but I have complaints about all the backup software that I have ever used. None of it really makes… Continue reading DPM does not remove expired recovery points
Remove DPM agent from the DPM agent console
I blogged about this last year, but when I moved my blog, I lost part of the post (the picture) so I just deleted the post. Then I noticed that Google is still sending people here to find the answer, so… If you have DPM Protected Computer that goes away before you uninstall the agent,… Continue reading Remove DPM agent from the DPM agent console
New Features in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
Of the new features coming in the R2 versions of Windows Server 2008 and SCVMM, I think these two are the obvious winners: Support for Live Migration: With Windows 2008 R2 adding support for Live migration, it’s now added as a new migration option in VMM R2. Live migration requires the source and destination host… Continue reading New Features in System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
Windows Live Writer fails to open
I use Windows Live Writer to create most of the posts for my Blog(s). I recently updated to the latest version and I do think it is a good product, and seems to work very well with my WordPress blogs. (I contribute to 3, but this is the main one.) I have occasionally had trouble… Continue reading Windows Live Writer fails to open
Cluster Maps or WorldMaps
I was roaming around looking for an answer to a question (didn’t find the answer, and I don’t remember the question), when I happened upon a site that had a Cluster Map, like the one I use, and also something called a worldmap. introducing worldmaps See where your website visitors are from with WorldMaps. WorldMaps… Continue reading Cluster Maps or WorldMaps
HyperV Integration Services: Fatal error during installation
I managed to convince the “powers that be” that we didn’t need to have a dual quad-core server with the capacity for 32GB of RAM to and connectivity to our SAN sitting around doing nothing until they occasionally use it for upgrade testing… So I did a P2V (Physical to Virtual conversion) and shut down… Continue reading HyperV Integration Services: Fatal error during installation
Uninstalling Forefront from Server Core
The best way to uninstall any program from Server Core, is to go into the registry to HKLM\software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall . In there, you will see GUID for the various programs that are installed. If you select the GUID and look at the right had side you will see some good information: One of the REG_EXPAND_SZ… Continue reading Uninstalling Forefront from Server Core