VMware Workstation – ‘Linked Clones’ from Templates
Jun05

VMware Workstation – ‘Linked Clones’ from Templates

 Linked Clones KB ID 0000953  Problem VMware Workstation, is a great test tool, if i need to take a look at some new software, or plan how I’m going to do a job, and I don’t have access to the ESX server, or test bench, it’s a great tool to have on my laptop. If you build machines form scratch, every time you need one it can take a while. To address that you can create a template and deploy machines from that. To...

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VMware – Replace the ESX Certificate
May07

VMware – Replace the ESX Certificate

ESX Certificate KB ID 0000974  Problem ESXi comes with a self-signed certificate, and for most people that’s fine, but some clients want to have a ‘Trusted’ certificate on theirs, and have their own PKI infrastructure for issuing them. Below I will generate a new certificate for my ESXi server using the Active Directory Certificate Services role on Windows Server 2012. Then replace the self-signed certificate with my new...

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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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Windows Server – Sysprep
Nov17

Windows Server – Sysprep

KB ID 0000729  Problem I don’t deploy large amounts of servers at once, so Windows Server sysprep is not as important as it is with the client operating systems I deploy. But I do need to create virtual machine templates, (mostly for testing), but some clients like to have server templates. I prefer to manually sysprep and shutdown a server then either convert or clone it to a template. Thankfully sysprep is in the same place as...

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Management Framework 5.1 Update Not Applicable
Sep30

Management Framework 5.1 Update Not Applicable

KB ID 0001599 Problem Seen while attempting to install Microsoft Management Framework 5.1 on Server 2012 R2, (to upgrade PowerShell). Windows Update Standalone Installer The update is not applicable to your computer Solution Well in the the end it turns out I was being a doofus! I was installing W2K12-KB3191565-x64.msu which is for Server 2012 (Not Server 2012 R2!) Look a bit lower, you need Win8.1AndW2K12R2-KB3191564-x64.msu. The...

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