Yet Another IT Professional Blog

CoreDNS Docker Deployment & systemd-resolved configuration for port 53

2021-07-31T07:12:00.001-04:00

Recently, I'm so much into Docker & Kubernetes world. Coming from a purely "Microsoft" background, I have to tell you, I'm having a lot of fun. Because, to learn Kubernetes, you need to first learn Docker. You don't have to but if you want to understand well Docker, you need to understand Linux and it's runtime environments, in some cases, same goes for Windows as well. And when you start

GitHub SSH Configuration (permission denied)

2020-05-08T12:36:00.001-04:00

This one is a bit obvious and straightforward but I keep seeing in different posts that people who start using github or the curious ones are struggling at the beginning on how to setup their git environment to get started with and this question comes back often. "I can't clone a repo from Git and I receive permission denied (public key) error!" Well, the issue is, like the error message states

NGINX Directory Browse Configuration on Windows

2020-04-01T11:08:00.000-04:00

NGINX is a great web engine and very easy to get started with. In case you need to share files or make them available trough a web interface, all you need to do this, download the latest version of nginx and run it! It's that simple... For a particular case, I needed to make some folders on my windows machine available so I could share these folder structures on the network (usually I use SMB

warning: Win32API is deprecated after Ruby 1.9.1; use fiddle directly instead - Chef Development Kit Update

2019-08-28T12:15:00.000-04:00

Today, I needed to do some tests with a newer version of the Chef Client and test my cookbooks. To version 14.12.9-1 to be precise. I also upgraded my ChefDK on my workstation to the 4.2.0 version. I believe that upgrades Ruby version as well and now I have ruby version 2.6.3p62 Right after the upgrade, I tried with a basic knife node list command to see if I needed to reboot or anything

System.Messaging.MessageQueueException (0x80004005): A workgroup installation computer does not support the operation (Public Queue create issue)

2019-08-14T10:33:00.004-04:00

This is a weird issue that I don't fully understand why it would happen. But the symptoms are very persistent as we're able to reproduce these behavior easily. Issue: The MSMQ (Microsoft Message Queuing) fails to create Public Queues and throws "the System.Messaging.MessageQueueException (0x80004005): A workgroup installation computer does not support the operation" exception. Users

Excel - Merge Tables with Index and Match Formulas

2019-06-05T11:50:00.002-04:00

A lot of the times, I find myself having multiple Excel or CSV files with different tables & data that at some point, I need to merge them... Here is a not to myself! Use Index and Match formulas. Index Function The INDEX function returns a value or the reference to a value from within a table or range. Match Function The MATCH function searches for a specified item in a range of cells,

Assassin's Creed Games doesn't lunch!

2018-12-03T15:55:00.001-05:00

Although I don't consider myself a real gamer, I do enjoy playing games from time to time. Since, I've started working at Ubisoft, I'm trying to take advantage of the games available to me. One does not simply work for one of the greatest gaming companies in the world and simply refuse to play their games ;) So after installing uPlay on my computer, I downloaded & installed huge packages of

Veeam Backup Error : Failed to prepare guest for hot backup. Error: VSSControl

2018-06-28T14:16:00.000-04:00

Problem Description; I had this issue on one of my backup jobs recently and I was able to fix the issue with the solution explained below. After a quick google search, I realized that I'm not the only one and neither you are :) Full Error Description; Failed to prepare guest for hot backup. Error: VSSControl: Failed to prepare guest for freeze, wait timeout 900 secError: VSSControl: Failed to

Windows 10 Sysprep Error

2017-10-24T13:44:00.000-04:00

Almost all of the obvious bugs and errors are all related to Microsoft new environment and the APPs... Recently, I was trying to prepare a VM Template but I was stuck at the Sysprep process with the following error. Error SYSPRP Package Microsoft.NET.Native.Runtime.1.0_1.0.22929.0_x86__8wekyb3d8bbwe was installed for a user, but not provisioned for all users. This package will

Get-VMHostFirmware Internal Error - Can't Backup Hypervisor Configuration

2017-10-04T23:52:00.000-04:00

If you're getting an internal error while trying to run the Get-VMHostFirmware command with vSphere PowerCli, chances are the problem comes from a corrupt scratch directory on the hypervisor. The Get-VMHostFirmware command is one of my favorites if I'm doing any maintenance on the hosts. It saved me hours of configuration multiple times... Very handy! But recently, I needed to run the command on

HOW TO IMPORT / EXPORT ActiveDirectory User List with Properties (French Characters – UTF8)

2017-04-27T16:47:00.001-04:00

HOW TO IMPORT / EXPORT ActiveDirectory User List with Properties (French Characters – UTF8) 1- Export Users to a CSV file from an OU with the following command. (Don’t forget to “import-module ActiveDirectory” when you start PowerShell) Get-ADUser -Filter * -SearchBase "OU=Administrateurs Systeme,OU=Utilisateurs,dc=domain,dc=com" -properties * | Export-Csv C:\AdminSysteme.csv -Encoding

Server 2016 - PerfNet Application Error Event ID 2006

2017-04-08T08:48:00.000-04:00

Server 2016 is out and although it's still a baby, I've decided to slowly put it in production as a secondary storage/backup server. I was testing on a Dell PowerEdge T320 server with 10GB & 1GB nics and other than some iscsi configuration, everything else was at default settings on the system. Please note that this is a physical machine and not a VM! Server 2016 is great and I have to

Veeam Backup Warning - SQL VSS Writer is missing: databases will be backed up in crash-consistent state

2017-03-08T14:24:00.000-05:00

Problem: When Veeam backup job is running for a SQL server VM and the "application aware processing" is activated on the job Veeam is not capable of using the VSS Writers to backup the databases. Instead, Veeam will proceed with a full backup. The disadvantage is when you need to restore backups in crash-consistent state, you won't be able to recover just the application items (databases,

Windows Update 80070000E Error

2016-06-09T19:26:00.000-04:00

If you're getting a 80070000E issue when trying to update a Windows 7 follow the steps below to solve the issue. Download and install IE11 (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/internet-explorer-11-for-windows-7-details.aspx) Restart your computer. Download and install KB3102810 update and install it (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=49542) Restart your computer

BES Express 5 Web Page Issues because of KB3061518 Windows Update

2015-06-15T12:41:00.000-04:00

Windows 10 is coming and Microsoft is pushing out its updates to prepare our computers for this fresh operating system from Microsoft. But do they really need to be that aggressive so that our existing services stops working? Frustrating monday! We have a BlackBerry Express Server 5for our older models of BlackBerry smartphones (yes, we are still a proud Canadian company who trusts Blackberry :

iSCSI Storage Performance & Benchmarking with IOMeter

2015-04-22T14:52:00.002-04:00