My Firefox tabs have filled up again, some of these tabs have been open since the start of 2014!!! So time to share!!! First off, proud to announce that Cisco asked me to produce a blog post, and decided it was good enough to release into the wild on their site!!! Get Certified, or get … Continue reading More Blogs and sites I’ve been reading and sharing
VMware have finally released a patch to fix the Major CBT bug that causes your backups to be corrupted because the changed blocks are reported incorrectly. Within the release notes for the 5.5 latest patch, its kind of hidden away to the point that I missed it the first time. When you use backup software … Continue reading Patch Released – Major bug in VMware’s CBT function. KB2090639
On a Server 2008 R2 machine, I had an issue demoting from being a Domain Controller, after moving the FSMO roles onto a new machine. This was after a second domain controller died. I am not sure of the previous history of where the FSMO roles were for this client. Two new DC’s were created … Continue reading DCPromo Fails – The directory service is missing mandatory configuration information
VMware released a free course around Network Virtualization Fundamentals, which maps to the first steps on the ladder for all things NSX. It is also recommended by VMware to take the course before taking on the VCA-NV. I urge anyone looking into NSX to take this course, you can’t argue with the price after all!!! … Continue reading Revision notes from VMware Network Virtualization Fundamentals Course
So the other day I was using the Veeam Backup Extractor Tool, located in the installation folder, when I noticed another .exe file that I hadn’t paid attention to previously. Veeam.Backup.Validator.exe This a CLI based tool, and does exactly as the name suggests, validates backups. You can access it by running command prompt; CD “C:\Program … Continue reading Veeam Hidden Feature – Backup Validator