Upgrade Server 2012 (In Place)
Oct11

Upgrade Server 2012 (In Place)

Upgrade Server 2012 KB ID 0001802 Server 2012 End Of Life Note: Also See In Place Upgrade of Window Server Windows Server 2012 (and Windows Server 2012 R2) will go end of life on October 10th 2023. Start planning to migrate your productions workloads off this platform as soon as you can. I’ve mentioned before on the site, I’m not a fan of ‘in place’ upgrades, you get to migrate all the ‘broken bits’...

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ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 1
Apr25

ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 1

KB ID 0001305 Problem I’ve not used ADMT for ages, I’ve got a domain migration to do soon, so I thought I’d get on the bench and have a reminder. Although ADMT 3.2 was ‘re-jigged’ to support Server 2012 R2, I’m still going to install it on Server 2008 R2. I’ve got a test domain built to migrate from, and a new domain setup ready to migrate into. Old/Source Domain: olddomain.com Old/Source...

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Event ID 1026
Nov17

Event ID 1026

KB ID 0000118  Problem  “Windows Cannot load extensible counter DLL MSSQLSERVER in the first data section.” Solution Locate every instance of the following file sqlctr80.dll (its usually in the binn directory) Right click >properties > security > Grant Everyone Read and Execute.   Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links...

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Deploying VMware View 5 -Part 4 Installing and Configuring SQL 2008 R2 and VMware Composer
Nov17

Deploying VMware View 5 -Part 4 Installing and Configuring SQL 2008 R2 and VMware Composer

KB ID 0000600 Problem Note: This is an old post for VMware view version 5, you might want to read Deploying VMware Horizon View instead. In Part 3 we ran through manual pools, if you want to deploy automated pools using ‘Linked Clones’, then you will need VMware Composer. Composer installs on your Virtual Center Server. It also requires a database, the following is a step by step guide to installing SQL Server 2008 R2 and...

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Set Up the VMware View 5 (and Horizon View) Event Database
Nov17

Set Up the VMware View 5 (and Horizon View) Event Database

KB ID 0000856 Problem Below I’ll configure SQL 2008 R2, insofar as I will setup a new database for the View Events, create a user for that database, then finally connect the View 5 Horizon View Connection Server to that database. Solution 1. Firstly, I’m assuming you have a SQL Server setup and ready to create database on, If you do not rather than reinvent the when follow my instructions in the article below. Deploying...

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