Hyper V: Add a VM as a Cluster Resource
KB ID 0001390 Problem If you have a Hyper V cluster, then you should add virtual machines with ‘Failover Cluster Manager’ but if someone does not, (i.e. they add them directly to a host), then you wont see them in the list! So how do you add them in? Solution In Cluster Failover Manager > Right Click the failover node > Configure Role. Next. Scroll down and select Virtual Machine > Next. Non clustered VM’s...
Windows Server 2016: Active Directory Recycle Bin
KB ID 0001389 Problem To be honest we have had the capability to recover deleted active directory objects for ages. It’s just in Windows 2016 things look a bit neater. Enable Active Directory Recycle Bin From Server Manager > Tools > Active Directory Administrative Center ,> {Domain-Name} > Enable Recycle Bin. OK Note: You may need to restart ADAC before you will be able to see the option greyed out. Enable Active...
IBM Storwize 3700 Recover Lost IP Address
KB ID 0001388 Problem While repurposing an IBM Storwize V3700 SAN, it became apparent that I didn’t know the IP addresses and they had been ‘misplaced’ by the client. Solution Arm yourself with a FAT32 formatted USB drive, and create a file on it called satask.txt. Pop your USB into the controller, and the fault light will flash for a few seconds. Now on your USB drive theres should be a file...
Hyper V: Live Migration Error 0x80071008
KB ID 0001387 Problem When attempting to perform a ‘live migration’ of a virtual machines storage, this happened. Error Invalid Parameter Code 0.80071008 Solution Oddly I had already moved one of the virtual machines drives to another cluster, before this happened, so I was a little confused. To get the migration to work, I needed to ‘unmount’ the parent VMs mounted .ISO file. The set the migration going again....
Hyper V: Get All The Guest VM IP Addresses
KB ID 0001386 Problem Getting the IP address for an individual guest VM is easy enough, but if you have a lot of guest VM’s then you need some PowerShell. Solution To get the IP’s of all the Guest VM’s on an individual Hyper-V host, use the following syntax; Get-VM | Select-Object -ExpandProperty NetworkAdapters | Select-Object VMName,IPAddresses | Format-Table -Auto Note: The entries with no IP, are either powered...