Recently I encountered some VM refresh issues in View I felt would be helpful to share. Using the View administrator I attempted to refresh a couple of linked clones manually. Some of the refresh operations completed successfully, but some did not. Upon investigating the recorded View events I found the Read more…
What is route summarization and why to use it? In large internetworks, hundreds, or even thousands, of network addresses can exist. It is often problematic for routers to maintain this volume of routes in their routing tables. Route summarization (also called route aggregation or supernetting) can reduce the number of Read more…
As of vSphere 5.5 when you create VMs the default hardware version is 8. However, there is an option to upgrade the virtual hardware to version 10. While I’m sure there are benefits to version 10 over 8, I’m only advising you that in upgrading VM hardware version you will Read more…
In the past several days I’ve been getting a lot of calls about users not being able open Microsoft Office files such as Word, Excel, etc. This only appears to be affecting Office 2010 users running Windows 7. If you are experiencing the same issue and your Microsoft Office 2010 Read more…
If you’ve encountered SYSVOL on a domain controller runnings Server 2008 and later you’ve probably encountered JRNL_WRAP_ERROR before. If you hadn’t or are unsure how to resolve the issue avoid following the steps listed in the records Windows event as a first measure. Doing so usually ends up causing more Read more…
When you install ESXi on flash media you will likely see the error “System logs on host are stored on non-persistent storage” as shown below below. The fix is pretty easy. Browse to an attached datastore, and create a folder naming it as you see fit. If you are using Read more…
If you use the vCenter appliance, and also use the vSphere Web Client this is a must read. As of the latest vCenter appliance build 5.1.0.10000-1065184 there is a pretty big issue with certificate regeneration. The problem all starts once you turn it on, and reboot. If you do not Read more…
If you are receiving the message “Your Browser is no longer supported” when you use any of Google services you’re not alone. Apparently in the latest round of browsing bashing Google has flagged even the latest version of Internet Explorer as being outdated and unsupported even if your computer is Read more…
Recently I did an Exchange upgrade to Exchange 2013 and needed to confirm the Exchange PowerShell command to set the autodiscover URLs. I didn’t want to just issue the Exchange 2010 commands blindly and hoped they worked.. Below is the command. Just set the SERVERNAME to the name of the Read more…
If you try to install an OEM branded Windows operating system you will likely have issues activating or installing because it cannot check the BIOS/hardware make. This is pretty common with HP, Dell, or IBM branded media. To resolve this issue you will need to add “smbios.reflecthost=”TRUE”.” to your .vmx Read more…