Sysprep Validate (fails)
Sysprep Validate KB ID 0001934 Problem Seen whilst running sysprep on a Windows machine. System Preparation Tool 3.14 Sysprep was not able to validate your Windows installation. Review the log file at %windir%\system32\Sysprep\panther\setupact.log for details. After resolving the issue use Sysprep to validate your installation again. Solution: Sysprep Validate Fails Well it’s telling us to review that file, the easiest way to...
Directory Partition Has Not Been Backed Up
Directory Partition Has Not Been Backed Up KB ID 0001933 Problem Seen recently when running dcdiag. A warning event occurred. EventID: 0x80000829 Time Generated: xx/xx/xxxx xx:xx:xx Event String: This directory partition has not been backed up since at least the following number of days. You are seeing this error because dcdiag interrogated the event log and found an Event ID 2089 Log Name: Directory Service Source:...
Best Practice: Demoting a Domain Controller
Demoting a Domain Controller KB ID 0001932 Problem I was having a conversation with some colleagues this week, the conversation was about the placing of an RDS license server, and somebody had recommended putting it on the domain controller, I pointed out that this wasn’t a perfect idea, because in four or five year’s time somebody’s going to demote and take that to my controller off-line and forget all about the fact that...
Windows Server LBFO with Cisco IOS
LBFO with Cisco KB ID 0001931 Problem: LBFO with Cisco In Windows LBFO (Load Balancing Fail Over), commonly referred to as Teaming, is a method of combining multiple physical* NICs into one logical NIC (Team). *Note: It is possible to team virtual NICS in a VM, but redundancy and failover in a hypervisor environment are usually handled by virtual switches. Solution Common Sense Check and Tech Tips Remember, if you are not at the same...
Windows Server Cannot Rename NIC
Rename NIC KB ID 0001930 Problem: Rename NIC I had a strange problem. I needed to rename a NIC on one of my Windows 2025 Servers, but despite my selecting rename, nothing happened. Solution Where there’s a will, there’s usually some PowerShell, so launch an administrative PowerShell window and get a list of your network cards with the following command. Get-NetAdapter Then use the following command to rename the NIC of your choice. ...
VMware Alternatives
VMware Alternatives KB ID 0001927 Problem With uncertainty surrounding VMware’s future, many IT teams are actively reassessing their virtualisation strategies. On platforms like Spiceworks and Reddit, professionals are sharing their experiences and recommendations as they explore alternatives. VMware Alternatives What the Community Is Saying Proxmox VE is gaining serious traction. One user noted: “Already upskilling in Proxmox and...
Cross Hypervisor Migrations Using Veeam
Cross Hypervisor Migrations KB ID 0001925 Problem At a time where a large slice of the community is moving away from VMware, my employer finds itself with a situation where it needs to migrate TO VMware (from Openstack KVM. We need to retire this platform and the customers we have on it, we are hoping will move to our VMware/NSX based IaaS platform. In recent years we have faced challenges with potential customers who were on...
Veeam Invalid NFS Path
Invalid NFS Path KB ID 0001924 Problem When trying to setup a Veeam repository that is an NFS Share, I got the following error. After about 35 minutes of trying different combinations and back slashes and forward slashes I gave up. Solution : Invalid NFS Path I knew I’d seen this before, and annoyingly I’d not written anything down! Turns out I’m old (and blind), the answer is staring me in the face. THERE SHOULD BE...
Exchange Update Failed
Exchange Update Failed KB ID 0001923 Problem While attempting to install an Exchange CU update, (CU15 for Exchange 2019), I got this error. Error: The following error was generated when “$error.Clear(); # # O15# 2844081 – Create PartnerApplication “Exchange Online” in DC and On-Premise # $exch = [Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.SystemConfiguration.WellknownPartnerApplicationIdentifiers]::Exchange; $exchApp =...
Bulk Creating Users For Your Test Network
Bulk Creating Users KB ID 0000784 Problem Update Jul 2025: Feel free to use this Bulk-Create-AD-Users-Script (Just remeber to change the domain details in the “Global Variables’ Sections to give you 10o0 users, with sensible names addreeses etc. Having a test network, is great for both learning, and testing. I’ve got some major migrations coming up in the next few months, so I’m in the process of running up some new...