almost daily tech ramblings
robert So i just happen to check the time on one of my ESXi hosts, and noticed that the time was way off, by like hours. I checked the NTP service on the host, and it was not running. So updated and stated to check the other hosts. However, I didn’t feel like logging into each … Read more
So I pretty much lost a day and half trying to sort out certificates for one of my vCenter clusters. I’ve read through many VMware KB’s different blogs and articles on how to have a valid certificate for my vCenter servers, but didn’t quite find a definitive one. So I’m hoping that what I did … Read more
Just a n FYI that the following Microsoft products will be end of life “relatively soon” July 9, 2019 – MS SQL Server 2008/ 2008 R2 – July 9, 2019January 14, 2020 – MS Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2 After these dates, extended support will end and the affected products will no longer have … Read more
Last year introduced PDQ as way to easily deploy applications to desktops. In the past, applications were either installed in the master clone, thinapp’d or manually installed by remotely connecting to the VM and installing it locally. This is where I did a POC and proved that this was a time saver and pretty much … Read more
The other day, I was asked how to change the NTP Server on a Windows Server 2008 R2 VM. I responded with a dumbfounded look, and replied with, “You don’t, the Server talks back with an AD server that with PDC Emulator role and syncs with that server…” Of course, my storage guy only asked … Read more
The other day I need to “mass deploy” an application to our users at the hotels. Normally, pushing applications using PDQ is straightforward, however, the installation needed some user inputs such as server name, username and install feature. Luckily, the installer was an MSI, and was able to create a transforms file to automatically answer … Read more
My storage engineer recently approached me about a couple of VMs that were failing to backup because it could not quiesce. We were seeing: My storage engineer recently approached me about a couple of VMs that were failing to backup because it could not quiesce. We were seeing: “An error occurred while saving the … Read more
For the few of us using Full Clones in their Horizon View environment, we’ve always run into the issue of not being able to reuse computer names like you can in a Linked Clone pool. However, I came across a VMWare KB that explains how to do this. I’d advise you fully read the KB … Read more
nothing like ending the week on a high note. Been running RecoverPoint for VM for the past few weeks with lack luster results with the same level of support. Replication was painfully slow along with a UI that was severely lacking in features. However, after setting up Zerto, which took about 15 minutes or so, … Read more
I’ve recently built a new W7 VM for AppVolume provisioning, however, when trying to install windows updates, I get the following For whatever reason, my new Windows build couldn’t contact the MS Windows Update servers. After some Googling, I ran into a post saying to add windowsupdate.microsoft.com to the list of trusted sites. After … Read more
