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Monday, May 31, 2010

FTP does not work with UPN -with @ in the account

Oops! FTP might give an error 530 if you use UPN accounts (like zz@xx.yy) and if you moved Active Directory controllers to W2008 while your FTP is W2003.

You need a patch from Microsoft: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/956114

Friday, May 28, 2010

SCVMM 2008 - cannot remove missing VM

When you see in SCVMM Virtual Machine status "missing", it means scvmm sql db is corrupted, most probably due to cluster mis-operation.

Try to start migrate VM on another host. When you see the duplicate VM and one of them running correctly, then you may remove mising VMs:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;983839

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff641854.aspx


The state "missing" has a code 220, and "update failed" 107. You may need to modify script, since the code is hardcoded there:

dbo.tbl_WLC_VObject WHERE [ObjectState] = 220
vs
dbo.tbl_WLC_VObject WHERE [ObjectState] = 107

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Outlook 2010 direct resource booking

in Outlook 2010 direct resource booking does not work out of box:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982774

I learned this hard way, I was kicked out from the conference room when I was sure it was reserved by me. :)

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Xen editions differences

XenDesktop editions:
http://www.citrix.com/English/ps2/products/subfeature.asp?contentID=2300383

Windows VDA license

Microsoft® has announced the following licensing changes for virtual desktops that will come into effect on July 1st, 2010:
• Windows® Virtual Enterprise Centralized Desktop (Windows VECD) and Windows VECD for Software Assurance (SA) will no longer appear on the price list.
• Virtual desktop access rights will become a Windows Client Software Assurance benefit. Customers who intend on using PCs covered under SA will now be able to access their Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) desktops at no additional charge.
• Customers who want to use devices such as thin clients that do not qualify for Windows Client SA would need to license those devices with a new license called Windows Virtual Desktop Access (Windows VDA) to be able to access a Windows VDI desktop. Windows VDA is also applicable to third party devices, such as contractor or employee-owned PCs.

Thursday, May 20, 2010

TFTP GET from Cisco

If you see strange TFTP GET packets on your network then disable service config in your Cisco:

https://supportforums.cisco.com/docs/DOC-4668;jsessionid=0551B9C9734E97DBDD582F6090C88734.node0

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Gigabit

Spent few moments trying to figure out why server's giga NIC sets to 100MB only... Twicked cisco switch port, restarted interface few times, even tried different distro - ubuntu instead of centos - result zero! Finally went and changed a patch cable - surprise-surpise: 1GB! IT is used to blame OS or driver, but HW is equally important...

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Windows account lockout troubleshooting

Here is a native tool to troubleshoot Windows accounts lock out:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=7AF2E69C-91F3-4E63-8629-B999ADDE0B9E&displaylang=en


You can find a DC where account was locked, as well as you can to search all Event logs from all DCs:

EventCombMT.exe. Gathers specific events from event logs of several different machines to one central location.
LockoutStatus.exe. Determines all the domain controllers that are involved in a lockout of a user in order to assist in gathering the logs.

Monday, May 3, 2010

Sharepoint errors 5552 and 7888

To remove repetitive errors on the MOSS 2007, set a valid domain account for the web applications.

here is someone who had similar issue in the past: http://vspug.com/rlangley/2007/10/10/failure-trying-to-sync/

In meantime trying out this free and gret app: http://spi.codeplex.com/

It helps to decypher GUIS in the event viewer. I could see that these errors are coming MySite and SSP sites.

VLAN between HP Procurve and Cisco

http://www.tecnocael.it/ftp/docs/ProCurve_Cisco.pdf