Dcpromo Error: No Other Active Directory Controllers?
Aug04

Dcpromo Error: No Other Active Directory Controllers?

KB ID 0001453 Problem I was trying to demote a domain controller yesterday morning, it was a 2008 R2 Domain controller, (in fact it was SBS 2011). I’d already added a nice new Server 2016 Domain Controller to the domain, and transferred all the FSMO roles, so I was surprised when I tried to gracefully demote the old DC and got this; You did not indicate that this Active Directory domain controller is the last domain controller...

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Veeam Repository: ReFS with 64 KB Block Popup
Jul28

Veeam Repository: ReFS with 64 KB Block Popup

KB ID 0001452 Problem When adding a ‘Backup Repository’ to Veeam you may see one of the following; The file system on the specified volume does not support fast cloning. We recommend using ReFS volume formatted with 64 KB cluster size. Proceed anyway? The specified ReFS volume is formatted with 4 KB cluster size. We recommend formatting the volume with 64 KB cluster size. Proceed anyway? Solution Without going into what...

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Exchange: “BuildToBuildUpgrade” Error
May12

Exchange: “BuildToBuildUpgrade” Error

KB ID 0001436 Problem In the middle of an Exchange upgrade I got a bit stuck with the following error; “Setup previously failed while performing the action “”BuildToBuildUpgrade” You can’t resume setup by performing the action “Install”. There are a couple of variations on this error as well, you can also see either of the following; “Setup previously failed while performing the action “Install” You can’t resume...

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FreeRDP Error: 0x2000D
Mar24

FreeRDP Error: 0x2000D

KB ID 0001416 Problem The day after I had deployed some RDP Web access servers, I got the call that all the Linux (Intel NUC Thin clients), could not connect to the RDP farm, all the windows machines were fine? Error [08:19:16:178] [21254:21255] [ERROR][com.freerdp.core.transport] – BIO_read returned a system error 14094438:SSL routines:ssl3_read_bytes:tlsv1 alert internal error [08:19:16:178] [21254:21255]...

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Hyper V: Live Migration Error 0x80071008
Jan18

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....

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