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SCVMM 2012r2 Cannot place VM on Host in New Cluster – Storage Issue
We are running System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012r2 to manage our environment. Currently we have about 200 VMs operating on 5 hosts. We recently ran into an issue with VMM that requires us to build a new cluster and remove the old one. In an effort to streamline things, I also wanted to take […]
Fortinet Firewall Training
I was looking around at different firewalls and realized that Fortinet is one that I don’t know a whole lot about. After doing some digging, I uncovered quite a few YouTube training videos that could help those if you interested, and those of you that could use a refresher course. I hope the below helps […]
MDT customsettings.ini Switches
I have spent a lot of time working with MDT and figuring out quite a bit of command switches in order to manipulate the deployment outcome. I listed them below. I will keep adding to this list, and if anyone has any that they do not see, please feel free to send it to me […]
“A fatal error occurred while trying to sysprep the machine” error – Fix
Windows has a limitation of only allowing a machine to be sysprepped 3 times until you have to redeploy the operating system clean. I have spent a greater part of the past few years creating images, so I have run into this multiple times. After some research and testing, I have found that they below steps […]
System Center Orchestrator High-Availability Patching
I was recently asked about patching in regards to Microsoft System Center Orchestrator because I was able to demo how to automate certain processes in regards to patching, and I was asked “Well, what about if I wanted to automate patching my Orchestrator servers”, which of course got the wheels spinning. I did some searching […]
Building an Environment for Demonstrating Lync 2013
Mobile technology such as laptops, tablets and phones has increased demand for more unified communications solutions. Enter Microsoft Lync 2013. In an effort to increase my understanding of the platform, as well as the infrastructure that is required to support it, I’ve decided to build out a demo environment geared toward demonstrating Lync 2013 and […]
Add VMware NIC drivers to your SCCM boot image
With the expansion of Hyper-V and Virtual Machine Manager, I have worked with quite a few people that are either mixing their virtual environment with VMware and Hyper-V or moving off of VMware all together. Intermixing System Center products does not usually pose any type of problems when they work together, but I recently ran […]
Mapping the iSCSI Initiator with PowerShell
I recently wanted to create a task sequence in MDT that would build all of my Hyper-V hosts and map the iSCSI connection and connect the storage on its own. After digging around and testing several methods, I thought that the best way to do this would be that I could add a small PowerShell script into the […]
Backup and Restore your System Registry
Back up the registry Windows 8.1 and Windows 8 Swipe in from the right edge of the screen, and then tap Search. Or, point to the upper-right corner of the screen, and then click Search. In the search box, type regedit.exe, and then press Enter. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, […]