IT – Page 8 – Technology Ramblings

Copying a file from host OS to Hyper-V VM

Post author:admin
Post published:June 21, 2018
Post category:Hyper-V Hypervisor IT Windows Server Windows Server 2012

To easily copy a file which is not an ISO from host OS to Hyper-V VM, do the following: 1. Right-click on the virtual machine, and choose the Settings command from…

Exchange 2013 fails to deliver mail to a DL

Post author:admin
Post published:June 18, 2018
Post category:Exchange 2013 Exchange 2016 IT Windows Server

I have an application server auto-generating reports and emailed to a distribution list with external users. Earlier, application server was relaying directly to the customer mail server, but it was…

Upgrading Exchange 2013 CU10 to CU20

Post author:admin
Post published:April 24, 2018
Post category:Exchange 2013 IT Microsoft PowerShell Windows Server 2012

My Exchange 2013 is running CU 10 which is unsupported build. I have started testing to bring up to the latest build. It has to go through a multi-step upgrade…

Install CA certificate for application in Red Hat

Post author:admin
Post published:April 16, 2018
Post category:IT RedHat

Create a directory under an app/site in Red Hat server /path/cert Download a root CA certificate and copy to the above folder. Check the certificate expiration openssl x509 -text -noout…

Domain Admin Accounts locked out of DCs after implementing GPO

Post author:admin
Post published:March 21, 2018
Post category:Group Policy IT Microsoft Windows 10 Windows 7 Windows Server Windows Server 2012

While testing implementing RMF security controls vulnerability ID V-63877 - Deny log on locally user right on workstations to Enterprise Admins and Domain Admin group via GPO, I basically logged…

Microsoft March 2018 updates

Post author:admin
Post published:March 14, 2018
Post category:IT Microsoft Windows 7 WSUS

I could not pull the updates on the WSUS this morning since the air gap internet access was down. I test the patches rigorously before I bring over and apply…

SQL 2014 backup using HPE Data Protector 10.0 : SQLVDI error

Post author:admin
Post published:February 21, 2018
Post category:IT SharePoint 2016 SQL 2014

While trying to backup SQL using HPE Data Protector, it failed with error :t On the SQL server event log, error logged as : As per the SQL server event…

SharePoint 2016: Adding banner on the top

Post author:admin
Post published:February 20, 2018
Post category:IT Microsoft SharePoint 2013 SharePoint 2016 Uncategorized Windows Server Windows Server 2012

Create a custom CSS containing the following script: Here is how to enable and upload custom CSS to Alternate CSS URL. https://www.bomzan.com/2018/02/08/sharepoint-2016-disable-newsfeedonedrivesites-from-the-in-the-ribbon/

DistributedCacheService keeps crashing

Post author:admin
Post published:February 16, 2018
Post category:IT Microsoft SharePoint 2016

SharePoint 2016 and Windows Server 2016. It crashes frequently throwing the following error: Log Name: Application Source: Application Error Event ID: 1000 Task…

Installing SharePoint 2016 on Windows Server 2016

Post author:admin
Post published:February 14, 2018
Post category:IT Microsoft SharePoint 2016 Windows Server

Most of the installation prerequisites and windows features are similar to SharePoint 2016 on Windows Server 2012 R2 but some of them are deprecated in Windows Server 2016. To enable…

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