I used the capabilities of Hyper-V 2012 to create a test environment that mirrors production systems (including a Domain Controller). I couldn’t get the other computers in the environment to use the replica for authentication. After a little more testing, I figured out that I couldn’t open AD DS on the DC. Lots of searching… Continue reading Hyper-V Replica DC not working
Error after upgrading Orchestrator to 2012 R2
After upgrading from System Center Orchestrator 2012 sp1 to 2012 R2, my Runbooks weren’t running via my scheduled tasks. After some digging, I figured out that I couldn’t open the Orchestration Console, because I kept getting this error: Error executing the current operation. [HttpWebRequest_WebException_RemoteServer] Arguments: NotFound Debugging resource strings are unavailable. Often the key and… Continue reading Error after upgrading Orchestrator to 2012 R2
Failed to power on with error the process cannot access the file
I have been moving some of my Hyper-V installs from 2008 R2 to 2012. Because of the large number of VHD’s attached to a particular VM, I elected to disconnect the disk from the old host and connect them to the new host, and then do an import. I did this on a few smaller… Continue reading Failed to power on with error the process cannot access the file
SQL Auto Protection Fails
Using DPM 2012 had an error with SQL Auto Protection. In the error, it says to run “AutoProtectInstances.ps1” When I did that, I got this error: Start-DPMAutoProtection : DPM could not enumerate SQL Server instances using Wi ndows Management Instrumentation on the protected computer <ComputerName> . (ID: 965) Please make sure that Windows Management Instrumentation… Continue reading SQL Auto Protection Fails
Error (415) adding a host to SCVMM 2012 sp1
I kept having errors adding hosts to a VMM server, even though all of the prereqs were met. I received the following errors every time I tried to add the hosts: Error (415) Agent installation failed copying C:\Program Files\Microsoft System Center 2012\Virtual Machine Manager\agents\I386\3.1.6011.0\msiInstaller.exe to \\<hostname>\ADMIN$\msiInstaller.exe. The specified network name is no longer available Recommended… Continue reading Error (415) adding a host to SCVMM 2012 sp1
Using SCOJobRunner
We have started using System Center Orchestrator (2012 SP1) to do some automation. Most of what we have done so far could be done outside of Orchestrator pretty easily. Having it in Orchestrator makes it easier to keep track of all the automated tasks that we have. ( A central repository in theory.) I have… Continue reading Using SCOJobRunner
Which time wasting manager type are you?
I am the “Firefighter”… http://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/the-4-types-of-time-wasting-bosses.html?nav=next
Script to fix “unknown” power state in Xen Desktop
After an unpretty Hyper-V cluster failover, several machines in our Xen Desktop deployment were showing an “unknown” power state. After a call to Citrix, they gave my coworker a few commands to use to fix it. This has to be done from the Xen Desktop controller: Load the Citrix PSSnapIn: Add-PSSnapIn Citrix.* This gets… Continue reading Script to fix “unknown” power state in Xen Desktop
Import .msg files into Outlook using Powershell
We have some old email database backup files that we extracted messages from. The purpose of this was to be able to expire the backups and do away with them, while keeping the messages in our Journal for e-discovery purposes. There are better ways to do what we did, than the way we did this,… Continue reading Import .msg files into Outlook using Powershell
Citrix Worker Groups
Lately, we have been deploying XenApp servers using Citrix Provisioning Services. This is a great tool, that we have only just started using. In our current process, we are creating a group of machines using PVS. When they come up, the join the farm and by virtue of the AD OU they are in, they… Continue reading Citrix Worker Groups