I found myself in a situation recently where a Windows Server 2012 R2 instance suddenly began suffering from high CPU utilisation. Briefly watching process CPU usage in Task Manager showed the Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI)
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Fixing “The trust relationship between this workstation and the primary domain failed.”
Top tip when using Active Directory: always keep the credentials for a local administrator in a password manager somewhere disconnected from your main environment. When the day comes (and it will come) that you’re greeted
Read more“Duplicate SID” When Joining Active Directory Domain
I’ve been doing some fairly large scale labbing at work recently and came across a problem I’ve somehow dodged until now. I’d created a fully patched Windows Server 2012 R2 VM with a few things
Read moreFinding VMware vSphere Update Manager Build Numbers
With the recent discovery of both Meltdown and Spectre I’ve been dispatched to do some patching. This has led to more than a few compatibility and interoperability checks- fun times indeed. I then realised I’ve
Read moreUpdate VUM SQL Server Credentials
I’ve been going through my lab and changing generic passwords to much stronger, randomly generated passwords for each service. One service posed a problem: VUM. I updated the ODBC Data Source but vCenter still reported
Read moreInstalling VUM – Some Caveats
I recently had the the great, great pleasure of discovering VMware Update Manager or VUM but as with most things in my environment, it wasn’t a straightforward install. VUM is only made for Windows but
Read moreDeploying a Website on IIS Server
IIS or Internet Information Services is a powerful service on Windows operating systems used for hosting websites. It is particularly useful for hosting ASP.net applications. I’ve been playing with various editions of Windows Server 2012
Read moreCustom Error Pages on IIS Server
Custom error pages are a good way of adding the final professional touches to a site. In IIS this is (unlike customisation in most Microsoft products!) a straightforward task. Open IIS Manager. From here, you’ll need
Read moreSMTP Relay on IIS Server
I’ve being doing some tidying up on my home lab and thought it would be a good opportunity to set up something every geek should have: an SMTP relay. Setting up a Simple Mail Transfer
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