On Premises NOT On Premise
Mar19

On Premises NOT On Premise

On Premises NOT On Premise KB ID 0001938 On Premises NOT On Premise: Problem Every IT vendor brochure, LinkedIn post, and half the blogs on the internet keep talking about “on‑premise solutions”. Which would be fine, if that phrase actually meant anything. It doesn’t. If you’re running servers in your own building, your own rack, your own broom cupboard, or your own nuclear‑hardened bunker, the correct term is on‑premises. Explanation...

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VMware: Fiber Channel HBA Reports Wrong WWN?
Apr13

VMware: Fiber Channel HBA Reports Wrong WWN?

KB ID 0001534 Problem I was building some new ESX 6.7 U1 (HPE) servers this week, they had Emulex Fiber HBA’s in them. When it came to ‘allowing’ them access to the SAN, I went to get the Port World Wide Name; And was presented with this; Not only is that 19 Characters long, and not 16 characters, but BOTH VMHBA’s WERE THE SAME! Like MAC addresses they should be unique? So I’m guessing this is a bug....

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Error Adding Office KMS Keys “0x80072F8F”
Nov17

Error Adding Office KMS Keys “0x80072F8F”

KB ID 0000584  Problem Seen when adding an Office 2010 KMS key on a Windows 2008 R2 KMS Server. Note: Using the Microsoft Office 2010 KMS Host License pack as per this article. An error occurred: 0x80072F8F To display the error text run the following: slui.exe 0x2a 0x80072F8F Solution 1. If you do run the command that they have asked you to, all you get is; Code: 0x80072F8F Description: A Security error occurred 2. Not very helpful,...

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