Thursday, March 29, 2012

Veeam Replication Error "can't find datastore in vm configuration"

 

Thursday, March 29, 2012

12:20 PM

Installed Veeam 6 and set up a replication job.

The job would fail with the error "can't find datastore in vm configuration"

Looked at the log files for Veeam (%allusersprofile%\veeam\backup) but found nothing helpful.

Finally found a forum for an unrelated issue that suggested running a snapshot.

They said that if the machine could not snapshot, then replication would fail also.

I ran a snapshot on the machine and then deleted the snapshot.

Restarted the replication and it succeeded.

 

 

 

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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Delete User Profile in Windows 7 and Server 2008

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/947215

 

 

To resolve this problem yourself, follow these steps:

1.     Delete the profile by using the Computer Properties dialog box. To do this, follow these steps:

1.     Click Start, right-click Computer, and then click Properties.

2.     Click Change settings.

3.     In the System Properties dialog box, click the Advanced tab.

4.     Under User Profiles, click Settings.

5.     In the User Profiles dialog box, select the profile that you want to delete, clickDelete, and then click OK.

2.     Click Start
, type regedit in the Start search box, and then press ENTER.

3.     Locate and then expand the following registry subkey:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList

4.     Right-click the SID that you want to remove, and then click Delete.

5.     Log on to the computer and create a new profile.

 

 

SID Finder bat: (author unknown)

 

@echo off

reg query "HKLM\software\microsoft\windows nt\currentversion\profilelist" /s >>"%temp%\reg_sid.txt"

Rem to find a specific user profile, change the %username% to the name of the profile

findstr /n /i %username% "%temp%\reg_sid.txt">>"%temp%\sid_number.txt"

for /f "tokens=1 delims=:" %%i in (%temp%\sid_number.txt) do set line_num=%%i

set /a line_num=%line_num% - 2

for /f "skip=%line_num% tokens=7 delims=\" %%i in (%temp%\reg_sid.txt) do set sid=%%i & goto :continue

:continue

for /l %%i in (1,1,12) do echo.

echo %sid:~0,-1%

for /l %%i in (1,1,11) do echo.

pause

del "%temp%\reg_sid.txt"

del "%temp%\sid_number.txt"

 

 

Access Database Multi-User

 

 

By default, an Access database should allow multiple users. If not, check to see if the database has been opened Exclusive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tuesday, March 27, 2012

How to Create a VPN

 

 

How to Create a VPN

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

2:57 PM

Your computer at work must be turned on, connected to the network, and have Remote Desktop Connection enabled

 

 

 

At Home:

Click on the Start Button and type rasphone

 

 

 

You may get a warning that the phone book is empty

Click ok.

 

Choose Workplace VPN

 

 

Fill in the information below:

 

 

 

Your VPN will be created. Now to configure.

Click on properties

 

Click the security tab and choose PPP point to point

 

Click on the networking tab, Internet protocol Version 4, properties

 

 

 

Click advanced

 

Under IP settings, uncheck "use default gateway on remote network"

Click OK three times to get back to this screen

 

 

Click connect

 

Your username and password should be saved at this point.

If not, re-enter them here.

 

 

Click connect again.

 

 

It will say, verifying username and password

Then Registering on network.

 

You can verify you are connected by clicking the little computer

 

Next click on start again and type "mstsc"

 

 

Type the IP address of your work desktop:

 

Click on options

And then save as

 

Call it whatever you would like and save it to your desktop

 

 

Now that you have VPN and the Remote Desktop connection set up, you can click here to connect the VPN

 

 

Click Connect

 

Then double click on the icon that you called work computer

It will come up to a Control + Alt + Delete Screen

Log in as usual.

 

 

 

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RPC Server Not Available

 

 

RPC Server Error

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

 

Had users that could not log into the Terminal Server. After entering credentials, they would get “No RPC Server Available” error.

Restarted this service. It was stopped.

 

 

 

Monday, March 26, 2012

Change HAL in Vmware server 2003

 

 

Change HAL in Vmware server 2003

Monday, March 26, 2012

Have a server 2003 configured to have four vCPU's. However, when you look at task manager, only one CPU is listed. Vmware even warns about this in the configuration.

 

 

 

 

When you look in device manager, you find that this virtual has a single processor HAL

 

 

Trying to update the driver reveals that only a single processor HAL is loaded on this machine.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No Multi-PC HAL listed.

 

To upgrade the HAL from single to Multi-PC, insert the Server 2003 install disc and reboot. (Hint - if you are using a Vmware virtual, restart the server while you have the cursor in the console session. As soon as the server resets, start pressing F2 to bring up the Vmware Bios settings. Change the boot order to boot from CDROM)

 

 

 

 

When you see the message "Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or Raid Driver" start pressing F5

 

 

 

 

Press enter

 

Agree to the license (F8)

 

Then, R=Repair

 

 

The repair will continue…

You will need your product key to finish the repair.

 

When completed, the server will reboot. When you log in, the HAL should be set to Multiprocessor PC

 

 

 

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Friday, March 23, 2012

FW: Vmware VM won't boot with 2 IDE drives

Vmware VM won't boot with Two IDE drives
Friday, March 23, 2012
Had a 2003 server that I virtualized. I added a second IDE drive while the VM was running (Vmware licensed for Enterprise).
After shutting it down, it would not boot. I discovered that the drive with the OS had become drive 2 so Windows picked it up as drive D instead of Drive C.



I removed the drive 1 and rebooted.
I went back in and added the second drive as a SCSI drive.
Vmware will pick up the IDE drive before the SCSI drives, thus avoiding the original problem.