Category Archives: Windows server

Microsoft PowerShell Windows server

Expired SCVMM certificate

The BITS client job failed to succeed for \srv-scvmm\c$\asd\SW_asdC_STD_MLF_X22-74300.ISO when attempting Start-BitsTransfer resource with following error: The date in the certificate is invalid or has expired

Restart BITS service and try the operation again. Also make sure that the client has permissions on the source and the destination.

ID: 24366

Possible resolution:

Restart BITS (Background Intelligent Transfer Service)

Delete the expired certificate from the VMM server’s Personal Store and create a new one:

[PowerShell]:

$credential = get-credential

Get-VMMManagedComputer -ComputerName “VMM-Server.domain.com” | Register-SCVMMManagedComputer -Credential $credential

You will now get a new certificate which is valid for 5 years.

try
Get-SCVMMServer if command not recognized.

Microsoft Remote Desktop Services RemoteApp Tips & tricks Windows server

Remote App error

Error message:”The computer can’t verify the identity of the RD Gateway. It’s not safe to connect to servers that can’t be identified.”

Are you getting the error code: “The computer computer can’t verify the identity of the RD Gateway. It’s not safe to connect to servers that can’t be identified”? You most likely setup Remote Desktop Web Access (RDweb) with a self signed certificated.

The reason why you are getting this error is your machine doesn’t trust and can’t verify the identity of the RD Gateway.

To allow your machine to trust the RD Gateway and get RD Web Access working you will need to import the Cert from the website and put it into the “Trusted Root Certification Authorities” store

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Microsoft Windows server

OEM Windows Server 2016 Core Licensing Calculator

Below you will find a link to the OEM licensing calculator for Windows Serer 2016 Standard and Datacenter.

OEM Windows Server 2016 Core Licensing Calculator (.XLSX)

Microsoft Windows server

How to setup Active Directory (AD) In Windows Server 2016

Windows server 2016 is the upcoming server operating system from Microsoft scheduled to be release sometime around the 3rd quarter of 2016. In this tutorial I will go through step by step on how to install the Active Directory ( AD ) role on Windows Server 2016. If you are setting up the server for production is recommended to set a static IP address on the server before you start the AD installation. Also before you start the AD installation, rename the server now if you need to, once you have installed the AD role on the server, it is not easy to change the name without breaking a lots of things.

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Backup MySQL Security SQL Tips & tricks Tutorials web services Windows server

Schedule Mysql Backups to Amazon S3 in Windows server 2008 R2

1 – Access Amazon Services, S3
2 – Create a New Bucket if there’s no one.
3 – Create credentials in  IAM Amazon Services
4 – Download the tool s3.exe for windows, from s3.codeplex.com

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Microsoft Windows 8 Windows server

Change product key in windows server 2012 or windows 8

1. Use slmgr

  • Open an elevated command prompt and type the following commands:
  • slmgr -upk
    This will remove the key first
  • slmgr -ipk xyzyx-xyzyx-xyzyx-xyzyx-xyzyx
    This will add your key. Of course replace the xyzyx-xyzyx with your own real key.
  • Activate Windows (you will probably have popups already during this process)

2. Use slui.exe

  • Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. Or, if you are using a mouse, point to the lower-right corner of the screen, and then click Search.
  • In the search box, type Slui.exe 0x3.
  • Tap or click the Slui.exe 0x3 icon.
  • Type your product key in the Windows Activation window, and then click Activate.

3. You can also use the Volume Activation Management Tool (VAMT) 3.0 to change the product key remotely, or if you want to change the product key on multiple computers.

The last two methods can be  found referenced in this KB: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2750773

 

Windows server

Windows Server 2008 Workstation Converter

Convert Windows Server 2008 to Workstation Manual

If you don’t want to configure all options to convert Windows Server 2008 to a Workstation manually, sawo now made it possible to use a tool for this. He has done a great job by creating this converter to automate all steps of the manual!

Get the Windows Server 2008 Workstation Converter

  • Download Serv08Convert12.zip (13.2MB)
  • View previous versions.

http://converter.win2008workstation.com/

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Microsoft Windows server

Windows HPC Server 2008

Windows HPC Server 2008, released in September 2008, is the successor product to Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003. Like WCCS, Windows HPC Server 2008 is designed for high-end applications that require high performance computing clusters. This version of the server efficiently scales to thousands of cores and includes features unique to HPC workloads: a new high-speed NetworkDirect RDMA, highly efficient and scalable cluster management tools, a service-oriented architecture (SOA) job scheduler, and cluster interoperability through standards such as the High Performance Computing Basic Profile (HPCBP) specification produced by the Open Grid Forum (OGF).

In June 2008, a system built collaboratively with the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and Microsoft ranked #23 on the Top500 list, a ranking of the world’s fastest supercomputers, with a LINPACK score of 68.5 teraflops.

In the November 2008 rankings published by Top500.org, a Windows HPC system built by the Shanghai Supercomputer Center achieved 180.6 teraflops, a peak performance that placed the so-called Dawning 500A system at #10 on the list of the world’s fastest supercomputers.

homepage: http://www.microsoft.com/hpc