Find Domain Schema Version
Jul29

Find Domain Schema Version

Find Domain Schema Version KB ID 0000025  Problem You want to upgrade or find out your current Schema version, or check that an” adprep / forestprep” command has worked correctly. Solution Find Domain Schema Version: PowerShell Use the following sytax Get-ADObject (Get-ADRootDSE).schemaNamingContext -Property objectversion Post Server 2016 Find Domain Schema Version The value is populated with Server 2016 again. If you...

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Certificate Services 0xc8000202 Error
Jan18

Certificate Services 0xc8000202 Error

KB ID 0001639 Problem You will see this error if you are migrating a Certificate Services Server from Server 2008, (NOT Server 2008 R2) to Windows Server 2016, (or newer). Version of log file is not compatible with the Jet version 0xc8000202 (ESE: 514 Jet_errBadLogVersion) You will also see the following events logged; Event ID 17 Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-Windows-CertificationAuthority Date: xx/xx/xxxx xx:xx:xx Event...

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VMware vSphere Hot Add and Hot Plug
Oct10

VMware vSphere Hot Add and Hot Plug

KB ID 0000527  Problem I was trying to hot add some memory to a VM the other day, and found the option grayed out. Normally I’d just down the VM, add the memory, then bring it back up. But it was a production server and I was pretty sure the OS supported it. A quick Google search told me why it was grayed out, but it also transpired there was little to no information on what version of Windows hot add and hot plug would work...

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PowerShell: Bulk Enable / Disable Users
Sep11

PowerShell: Bulk Enable / Disable Users

KB ID 0001469 Problem I needed to work out how to bulk disable some domain users from a .CSV file this week, so I thought I’d write it up. Disable Domain Users in Bulk from CSV Well firstly, you need to have your users in a CSV file. For the live job I just exported all the SamAccountNames to a CSV, but here for testing I just loaded a few in manually; Then execute the following two commands; Import-Module ActiveDirectory ...

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Deploying VMware View 5 -Part 4 Installing and Configuring SQL 2008 R2 and VMware Composer
Nov17

Deploying VMware View 5 -Part 4 Installing and Configuring SQL 2008 R2 and VMware Composer

KB ID 0000600 Problem Note: This is an old post for VMware view version 5, you might want to read Deploying VMware Horizon View instead. In Part 3 we ran through manual pools, if you want to deploy automated pools using ‘Linked Clones’, then you will need VMware Composer. Composer installs on your Virtual Center Server. It also requires a database, the following is a step by step guide to installing SQL Server 2008 R2 and...

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