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Veeam – Script finished execution with unexpected exit code: 126

This Issue When using Veeam if you use Pre/Post freeze scripts for application aware processing, these scripts must reside on the VBR server, which uploads to the virtual machine you are protecting. I hit an issue when running a job that I received the error; Error: Script finished execution with unexpected exit code: 126 The … Continue reading Veeam – Script finished execution with unexpected exit code: 126

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vRSLCM – vRA fails to update from 8.0 to 8.0.1 – LCMVRAVACONFIG90030

When updating my vRealize Automation instance from 8.0 to 8.0.1, I ran into an issue; LCMVRAVACONFIG90030 Error Code: LCMVRAVACONFIG90030 vRA VA Upgrade Status Check failed. Upgrade prepare on vRA VA sc-dc1-vra001.simon.local failed with state error. To know more about the failure, run command “vracli upgrade status –details” on the vRA VA sc-dc1-vra001.simon.local. If the prepare … Continue reading vRSLCM – vRA fails to update from 8.0 to 8.0.1 – LCMVRAVACONFIG90030

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Windows Server 2019 Evaluation – Activation fails

I had issues converting one of my evaluation installations of Windows Server 2019 to a fully licensed copy. I’d extended the evaluation a few times using “slgmr /rearm” a few times, but had finally decided I was going to move this setup into production. The issue When going through the settings UI to activate, I … Continue reading Windows Server 2019 Evaluation – Activation fails

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Join VMware & the Folding@Home project in the fight against COVID-19

I won’t give a long written speech about the crisis we all face today. However I do encourage you to spend your spare CPU cycles from your devices, whether thats personal devices or home lab servers, or anything else you can run the software, to fight the virus. You can do this anonymously, or join … Continue reading Join VMware & the Folding@Home project in the fight against COVID-19

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VeeamPN 2.1 – Configure static IP for Network Hub

Today I decided to deploy VeeamPN between two sites. This is a free VPN solution which is optimized for performance. Veeam produced this tool for their customers to be able to easily setup networking between their production site and DR site, so ensure continuity during a disaster or failover situation. Below is a diagram of … Continue reading VeeamPN 2.1 – Configure static IP for Network Hub