Download the following : Microsoft Device Emulator 3.0, Windows Mobile Device Images (can be found HERE. The images will have a .BIN extension, PPC_USA.BIN, for example.) and Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (can be downloaded HERE) To test ActiveSync: Open a command window. Navigate to the c:\program files\microsoft device emulator\1.0 directory.Read More →
Check out this url to check if your virtualization platform supports a Microsoft application. For example Windows 2008 x64 running Exchange 2007 SP1 on vSphere :Read More →
Check out this post about vCenter Client Shortcuts or mirror : ShortcutsRead More →
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Come following reports familiar? These messages are caused by the management pack for SQL 2005. According to Microsoft this is not so neatly programmed and can generate these warnings. These messages can be so ignored and / or suppressed. enRead More →
Although I don’t think it’s necessary for error 80072EFD but it’s a magic cure for many – Stop Windows update services ; cmd net stop wuauserv (to stop Automatic updates service) Rename the “SoftwareDistribution” folder: a. Click Start, click Run, type %systemroot%, and then click OK. b. Right-click the SoftwareDistributionRead More →
I found a nicer method than the one I described in my post earlier, Resetting Health States in OpsMgr 2007. Create a new State View with the following options : Wait for the view to be populated, I didn’t take me a lot of time and then you canRead More →
When SCOM agents keep appearing in a variety of red and yellow states : Launch Health Explorer for the RMS and document any Yellow or Red monitors within the Root Management Server. Disable Monitors which are Red using an Override which applies only to the RMS server. Put the RMSRead More →
For those people not using the Enterprise Plus license for vSphere : Learn how to use vicfg-cfgbackup.pl — a RCLI command which could be found in the vMA. This utility will allow you to create a backup and restore a full ESXi configuration. The commands vicfg-cfgbackup.pl (esxcfg-cfgbackup.pl) allow you toRead More →
Although this issue has been resolved with vSphere 4 U1, for those of you that haven’t upgraded please be aware of a known issue with Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7 where the guest operating system can freeze for a long period of time. The issue is noted in VMwareRead More →