tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-159168952025-10-19T09:43:35.348+08:00Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger279125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-30247690177392033492017-04-10T22:43:00.001+08:002017-04-10T22:43:42.083+08:00

  Encountered the following error when trying to install Windows update on one of my Windows Server 2008 R2 server. Code 8007002   Windows Update encountered an unknown error. I tried the resolution in https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/910336/windows-update-error-0x80070002-or-0x80070003. I followed step 1 to step 3. Stop Windows Update Service. Delete all files/folders

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-62752502670345630182016-01-16T15:32:00.001+08:002016-01-16T15:32:48.987+08:00

A user gotten a new laptop and tried to open an Access 2003 database copied from his old laptop.  Much to his dismay, the Access 2003 database failed to open with the following error message. You do not have the necessary permissions to use the ‘C:\Demo\Test.mdb’ object.  Have your system administrator or the person who created this object establish the appropriate permissions for you.

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-85517977286421673182015-05-05T22:48:00.001+08:002015-05-05T22:48:40.514+08:00

We had migrated an ASP.Net web application hosted in a Windows 2003 server to a new Windows 2008 R2 server.  Everything went smoothly until someone test a data upload function.  The data upload function takes a CSV data file and upload the data in it to a SQL Server.  When trying to execute the upload function, the following error pop-up. After tracing through the source code, I

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-55693989876061469132015-01-11T23:19:00.001+08:002015-01-11T23:19:41.399+08:00

We are moving from Microsoft Office Communicator 2007 R2 to Cisco Jabber.  The bad news is that we were told that contacts in our OCS will not be migrated to Jabber.  We were asked to re-create our contacts in Jabber.  With 100 over contacts to recreate, I started to look for solution which I can do it at the client’s side but without any luck. But I do notice that Jabber has the

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-21381313969539973032015-01-04T14:24:00.001+08:002015-01-04T14:24:15.873+08:00

My first mission on the first day of 2015 was to rescue my wife’s 2TB portable harddisk.  She was not able to access her 2TB portable harddisk using her laptop.  To rule out that it is cable or USB port issues, we have tried using different cables and tried on a few laptops but still no luck. Windows is able to detect the harddisk but it will freeze the whole Windows.  Meaning

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-37591342801289050112015-01-03T21:58:00.001+08:002015-01-03T21:58:57.082+08:00

Few months back, I led a project to upgrade an in-house application to a newer version running on new hardware.  New ESXi hosts with better configuration were added to the existing cluster and new Virtual Machines were created for the new version of the application. One of the objectives of the upgrade is to increase the performance of the application based on the fact that the new VMs will

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-51936389947645285002014-03-29T19:32:00.001+08:002014-03-29T19:36:23.346+08:00

Need to swap your Excel rows to columns or vice verse, watch this video produced by my guest author.

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-83768545509639054312013-11-03T12:24:00.001+08:002013-11-03T12:24:18.041+08:00

I had recently setup a Citrix Licensing Server 11.11.1 (build 13012).  It is a VM running on ESXi 5.1.  The installation gone through smoothly with the license file imported. I restarted the Citrix Licensing Server after the completing the setup which is my usual practice to make sure things still work after a reboot. After the reboot, I launched the Citrix License Administration

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-44782528759308280222013-09-16T21:56:00.001+08:002013-09-16T21:56:45.440+08:00

Last night I was trying to convert a physical server to a virtual machine using VMware vCenter Converter.  However, one of the disk from the source is not showing up in VMware vCenter Converter. The disk in question is a dynamic disk spanning across two LUNs.  The following two lines appeared in the VMware Converter Agent log/ [#1] [2013-09-14 14:21:26.749 07216 warning 'App'] Failed

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-43687159350996132222013-09-15T11:37:00.001+08:002013-09-15T11:37:45.939+08:00

After procrastinating for many months, I finally scheduled my PMP (Project Management Professional) exam in June.  I did not have much choice on the date and needed to get it done before November.  Lesson learnt, schedule your exam earlier.  So I scheduled to take my exam on the 9th September. My study materials: Rita Mulcahy's PMP Exam Prep 7th Edition PMBOK Guide 4th Edition PM

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-7593823644997432692013-07-09T21:36:00.001+08:002013-07-09T23:37:24.616+08:00

I was trying to create a Disk Storage in Symantec Backup Exec 2012 pointing to a Dell DR4000 CIFS share.  I go through the steps in creating Disk Storage in Symantec Backup Exec 2012. I chose Disk-based storage for the type of storage. I chose Disk storage for the type of disk-based storage. Provided a name for the disk storage. Enter the UNC path to the Dell DR4000 CIFS share. Symantec

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-81468619713747498312013-07-08T16:58:00.001+08:002013-07-08T23:10:28.992+08:00

In my previous post Migrating VMware vCenter With Veeam Backup & Replication, I talked about the challenges I faced in migrating a vCenter VM across vCenter Datacenter managed by the vCenter itself. Towards the end of the previous post, I mentioned that after successfully migrating the vCenter VM using Veeam Backup and Replication, I faced another issue.  The VMware VirtualCenter Server

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-25488585117167861002013-07-03T23:06:00.001+08:002013-07-05T21:26:35.296+08:00

I have a vCenter managing two Datacenter (DC1 and DC2).  The vCenter is a virtual machine in DC1 Datacenter.  There is no shared storage between the two Datacenters.  I need to migrate the vCenter from DC1 to DC2 due to storage performance issue in DC1.  In DC1, there is only vSphere Standard Switch (VSS) so the vCenter is connected to VSS.  In DC2, vSphere Distributed

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-72042706898490995512013-07-01T21:28:00.001+08:002013-07-01T21:28:59.762+08:00

One of my ESXi host was having “Monday Blue” (let’s call it blue host) this morning and decided to play a trick on me.  After logging on to vCenter, I saw many virtual machines were migrating off from the blue host to another ESXi host.  I clicked on the Summary tab of the blue host and was shocked to see the CPU usage and Memory usage showing 0 MHz and 0.00MB respectively.  There

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-6567167751604594762013-06-13T23:59:00.001+08:002013-06-13T23:59:20.867+08:00

I logged a case with Symantec Technical Support regarding Backup Exec Remote Agent crashing when I tried to backup SharePoint 2010 Server Farm in early April. After a few attempts of verifying the configuration and troubleshooting, I was given a temporary workaround to bypass the SharePoint backup so that I can backup the content databases.  I have described how to do it in Bypassing

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-20571245593186031652013-06-11T17:17:00.001+08:002013-06-11T17:17:38.336+08:00

In the entry Bypassing Symantec Backup Exec 2012 SharePoint backup, I mentioned that I am not able to backup my SharePoint 2010 farm and as a temporary workaround, I am backing up the content databases.  Symantec has been working on my case and I received a second debug binary from them yesterday to test it out. After putting in the debug binary version of ndmpsrvr.dll into all my SharePoint

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-26896230088834402013-06-09T23:11:00.001+08:002013-06-10T23:24:20.766+08:00

My family had a holiday trip to Osaka Japan last week.  Just a day before flying off, we started searching information of pre-paid data SIM card in Japan so that our mobile devices can connect to Internet to make video/voice calls and for navigation.  Initially, we set our eye on b-mobile Visitor SIM pre-paid card which costs ¥3,980 for 14 days but realized that we do not have a

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-68886065853215832832013-06-02T15:22:00.001+08:002013-06-02T15:22:25.870+08:00

I was asked to configure a Microsoft Surface Pro for office use.  The Microsoft Surface Pro running Windows 8 Pro is powered by 3rd generation of Intel i5 processor.  It weighs about 900g which is about 240g heavier than the Dell Latitude 10.  The dockable keyboard sold separately is an useful accessory to have.  There is no SIM slot for Microsoft Surface Pro so WIFI is needed

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-67676843954066695302013-06-02T14:29:00.001+08:002013-06-02T14:29:31.116+08:00

I was given the opportunity to get my hand on a demo unit of Dell Latitude 10 Tablet installed with Windows 8 Pro.  The tablet is powered by Intel Atom Processor Z2760 and weighs 660g.  There is no dockable keyboard like the Microsoft Surface.  There is a docking station for the tablet where I can connect up keyboard but I find the docking connector a bit flimsy.  The

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-64305839079304067702013-05-28T22:54:00.001+08:002013-05-28T22:54:26.781+08:00

Last week I have received two Symantec Backup Exec V-Ray Edition licences which also comes with one year of maintenance support.  Thanks to Matt Stephenson for informing me about the deal.  Also thanks to Iesa Behbehani for the help in getting the licences. If you are a VMware vExpert, VMware Certified Professional or VMware Certified Instructor, you can get the free licences by

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-23473135357150857492013-05-07T23:34:00.001+08:002013-05-08T23:08:00.648+08:00

I deployed VMware vCenter Operations Manager 5.7 (vCOPS) standard edition two weeks ago and saw that the Health badge having a score of 98.  Further drilling showed that vCenter was having an issue with an event status of vCenter Health Service–Health information is missing. So I checked the vCenter Service Status and noticed com.vmware.converter had an alert with the following message.

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-59565817167137315002013-05-05T00:06:00.001+08:002013-05-05T00:06:44.715+08:00

It started when an iPhone 4 (not mine) accidently dropped into somewhere with water (ahem, I should not name it) and was damaged.  First mistake by the owner was to try powering it on but I can understand the anxiety to make sure the iPhone is still working.  However, doing so will just cause damage to the electronic parts.  She should have let the iPhone to dry up and there are

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-26621546482810173672013-04-28T21:08:00.001+08:002013-04-28T21:08:14.776+08:00

If your vCenter Server login domain user account is associated with a large number of domain groups and multiple domains are configured as SSO identity sources, then you might not be able to logon to vCenter Server via the vSphere Web Client/vSphere Client after upgrade. For more information check out this VMware Knowledge Base. http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-26660165247434751672013-04-22T16:46:00.001+08:002013-04-22T16:52:13.670+08:00

I am problem backing up my new SharePoint 2010 Farm using Symantec Backup Exec 2012 for the past few weeks and have been working Symantec support to resolve it.  The remote agent on the SQL Server crashes and the backup will fail.  The problem has yet to be resolved as Symantec Engineers are still analyzing the collected logs. All my SharePoint and SQL servers are virtual machines

Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15916895.post-13431399805588033802013-04-12T09:27:00.001+08:002013-04-12T09:27:09.837+08:00

After a few months of tolerating with the bad wireless signal and speed performance from using the wireless router given by my local ISP, I decided to get it replaced.  I have quite a number of wireless devices at home ranging from laptops running Windows OS, MacBook, iOS devices, Androids devices, Blackberry devices.  Out of all these devices, iOS devices and MacBook have the worst

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