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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Migrating RD Web and RD Gateway Roles
Mar08

Migrating RD Web and RD Gateway Roles

KB ID 0001406 Problem I’ve got a job coming up to deploy some Duo two factor authentication into a clients RDS farm. To make things a bit easier for them I needed to migrate their RD Connection Broker. They had their Connection Broker, Gateway, and Web roles on one server, (which is not unusual, or incorrect). It turned out, that moving the Connection Broker, was going to be a major task, and it would be a lot easier to move the...

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Exchange Bulk Export / Import Mail Contacts
Sep22

Exchange Bulk Export / Import Mail Contacts

KB ID 0001349  Problem I had to do this today and realised, it’s been so long since I did it last, I’d forgotten how to do it. Before we go forward, please be clear, I’m talking about MAIL CONTACTS, these are Active Directory Objects that have an Email address, but DO NOT have a mailbox in your Exchange Organisation, and DO NOT have an Active Directory User. I point this out because you can have MAIL USERS that have...

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Cisco ASA – Converting IKEv1 VPN Tunnels to IKEv2
May29

Cisco ASA – Converting IKEv1 VPN Tunnels to IKEv2

KB ID 0001196  Problem We’ve had IKEv2 support on Cisco ASA for a while, (since  version 8.4). I tend to setup site to site VPN tunnels at command line, and on the rare occasions I’m using the ASDM I normally just ignore the IKEv2 settings. Like all techies I know a way that works, so I will keep doing it that way. What’s the difference between IKEv1 and IKEv2? IKE version 2 is a lot more efficient and has a smaller...

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VMware ESX Error “cmd addnode failed for primary node: Internal AAM error”
Nov17

VMware ESX Error “cmd addnode failed for primary node: Internal AAM error”

KB ID 0000298  Problem Seen in a Virtual Center HA environment – even after selecting “Reconfigure for HA” on the ESX host. Errors: cmd addnode failed for the primary node:Internal AAM error – agent could not start – Unknown HA error. Cannot complete the configuration of the HA agent on the host – See the task details for additional information. Other HA configuration error.   Solution 1. How...

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