VMware Converter ‘Unable to Connect to the Network Share’
KB ID 0001583 Problem I don’t think, Ive ever run the VMware Standalone Converter, without at least one error message or popup complaining about something! Today I was trying to convert a clients old Windows Server 2003 document management server, when trying to deploy the agent this happened; Unable to connect to the network share ‘{Sever-name-or-IP} \ADMIN$’. Solution It’s a pretty descriptive error, can you...
Event ID 7000
KB ID 0000136 Problem Event ID 7000 The Network Load Balancing service failed to start due to the following error: The service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with it. Even when Network Lo aad Balancing (NLB) is not currently installed, some NLB registry keys may be present in the registry. Microsoft has identified this as a problem in Windows 2000 Advanced server. The...
Event ID 2937
KB ID 0000448 Problem Event ID 2937 Process edgetransport.exe () (PID=6156). Object [CN={mailbox database name},CN=Databases,CN=Exchange Administrative Group (FYDIBOHF23SPDLT),CN=Administrative Groups,CN={domain},CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration,DC={domain},DC=com]. Property [PublicFolderDatabase] is set to value [{domain}.org/Configuration/Deleted Objects/Public Folder Store (EXCH2K3)...
Resizing Windows Volumes / Drives in VMware vSphere / ESX
KB ID 0000381 Problem This article is primarily geared towards making your guest virtual machines hard drives LARGER, If you want to SHRINK or make the drive smaller then see the following article. Resizing Guest Hard Drives using the VMware Converter Solution Re sizing a Guests Hard Drive (Make it larger) 1. On the properties of the VM select the hard disk in question and locate its size. 2. Enter the new size and hit OK. Note:...
Windows Server – Migrating DHCP Scopes
KB ID 0000447 Problem Normally you can just create a new scope on your new DHCP server, but if you have a lot of reservations that you don’t want to have to recreate (for printers network devices etc), then it’s a better option to migrate/copy the scope to the new server. Solution 1. Copy all the DHCP settings to a text file with the following command; netsh dhcp server export C:\dhcp.txt all 2. Stop and disable the DHCP...