There are some situtaions where we fail to move Linux based Guest VMs to Hyper V from VMware. If you haven’t figured it out already, the basic problem here is that the Linux VMs (that came from the VMware environment) don’t have the Hyper-V drivers configured because they weren’t needed at installation (again, on VMware), but the…
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Troubleshooting Windows Fail-over Clusters and CSV
Generating the comprehensive Cluster Diagnostic Report; Get-ClusterDiagnosticInfo The above command Gets diagnostics for a cluster a cluster that contains VMs and produces a zip file containing the data. Example: PS C:\> Get-ClusterDiagnosticInfo -WriteToPath “C:\Users\MyUser\HealthTest\” This cmdlet enables you to view the state of your CSV. Understanding the state of your CSV is useful in troubleshooting failures…
Resetting the MS SQL sa Password – The Correct Way
If the user forgets the SQL password, then the user can ask the SQL SA (system administrator). It is because the SQL SA can easily reset the user’s password. But, what need to do if the administrator forgot the password? Here is how to Resolve the issue; Step 01 Try to Login into SQL Server…
Set up a Free SSL Certificate on a Windows Server
Lets Encrypt: https://github.com/PKISharp/win-acme Windows Client: https://github.com/PKISharp/win-acme/releases
How to Unlock vCenter SSO Domain Accounts from the Command Line
We will require to confirm the existing Domain Name & Site Name as the first step. Then only we will be able to reset the SSO Domain Account. The Steps are as follows; Step 01 – Identifying the Domain Name & Site Name Begin by SSH to your VCSA. Discovering your SSO Domain Name: /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli…
How to Get SID of user
In Windows environment, each user is assigned a unique identifier called Security ID or SID, which is used to control access to various resources like Files, Registry keys, network shares etc. We can obtain SID of a user through WMIC USERACCOUNT command. Below you can find syntax and examples for the same. Get SID of…
Troubleshoot Hyper-V using the Event Log
Hyper-V logs a lot of useful information if you need to diagnose a problem, so I thought I would put together a little post explaining where you should be looking. The first thing to know is that all Hyper-V event logs are stored in the Event Viewer under “Applications and Services Logs”, “Microsoft”, “Windows”: There…
Isolate and resolve problems in Oracle – an Easy Way
As DBA, we have to isolate the problem and then resolve the issue in Databases. When working with Oracle, we face several issues if the Oracle Enterprise Manager is not installed on the Operating System. This tool is a good replacement for Oracle Enterprise Manager. This tool consists of below features; View enterprise-level performance at…