TLDR; Convert the VHD (GPT disk) into a VHDX and it will work The journey: Just did a disk export of a Azure VM generation V2 disk. The VHD format of the exported disk won't boot in Hyper-V. The Azure portal says it's a V2 VM (This was lifted and shifted from a...
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Windows 2019 Server Azure Ad Connect Fails
Failing to install on a Domain Controller which his a fresh install of Windows 2019 Server This could be due to no support for TLS 1.2 being enabled. Uninstall Azure AD Connect and then run the enable TLS 1.2 script and reboot and then re-install. Worked for me....
Performing a reverse (PTR) Lookup with NSLOOKUP
Syntax is: nslookup ip_of_host_to_lookup ip_of_dns_server Example of successful lookup returning server name to IP mapping PS C:\Users\ja> nslookup 10.73.2.21 10.73.2.9 Server: TGN-DC03.TOGGEN.LOCAL Address: 10.73.2.9 Name: srv01.toggen.local Address: 10.73.2.21...
Windows 11 Pro VMWARE WORKSTATION HOST AND WINDOW 11 Pro GUEST RUNNING WSL USING NESTED VIRTUALIZATION
Can you run a Windows 11 Pro Host running VMWare Workstation Pro 17.5.2 running a Windows 11 Pro Guest set to auto-start when the Host boots? Yes! However there are caveats: Unfortunately you can't run Hyper-V and VMWare Workstation Pro the Windows 11 Pro VM Guest on...
Downloading VMWare Workstation Pro
I have a license (less than a year old) for VMWare Workstation Pro I migrated my account from VMWare.com to broadcom.com but my license keys, entitlements, downloads are not appearing in the support dashboard. I tried to raise a support ticket but it says I need a...
Windows 11 Enterprise host running VMWare Workstation Pro and Windows 11 pro Guest WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR
So I've got the latest version of VMWare Workstation Pro 17.5.2 and running on Windows 11 Enterprise Version 23H2 (OS Build 22631,3880) Host Trying to run a Windows 11 Pro guest encrypted VM results in a consistent "WHEA_UNCORRECTABLE_ERROR" blue screen in the...
Get a list of remote desktop sessions via Command Line
qwinsta # or query session
Robocopy exclude Directories
Just trying to copy everything except a couple of directories from a drive to my NAS This is the secret incantation of robocopy when running in a Power Shell Terminal on Windows 11 robocopy d:\ \\mynas\toggen\DATA\ *.* /XD 'D:\$RECYCLE.BIN' 'D:\.Trash-1000' /E /Z From...
Create a Bootable Windows 11 Installation USB Drive on MACOS
Format the USB using the MacOS Disk Util with MSDOS (FAT) Format and Master Boot Record Scheme Secret sauce https://wimlib.net wmlib-imagex split /Volumes/path/to/sources/install.wim /Volumes/WIN10USB/sources/install.swm Youtube Video...
Synology DS1522+ Link Aggregation with Unifi UDM
Synology Configuration Plug in as many network cables between your Synology and Unifi Switch as you want to be in the bond. Each Network Interface on the Synology will receive an IP address via DHCP from the UDM. Login to your Synology using one of the IP addresses it...
Two companies I’ve had good Service buying Synology devices From
https://www.computeralliance.com.au RS422+ This was a seamless transaction https://www.centrecom.com.au DS1522+ Couldn't supply all the disks I needed and this caused a delay but alls well that ends well. Prices were better than elsewhere (Mwave, Scorptec, Computer...
What to buy if you need a Mobile Data Internet Backup Gateway
https://teltonika-networks.com/products/gateways These guys sell 4G LTE gateways... Note to self when I need a backup device.
Read a Windows registry Hive from Linux CLI
Just had to find the operating system of a remote computer so I copied the C:\Windows\System32\config\software.sav (the software hive file is locked by the OS so used the .sav instead) file to Ubuntu 2024 Linux and used hivexget to read the "ProductName" sudo apt-get...
Get Motherboard model without opening the case
wmic baseboard get product,Manufacturer,version,serialnumber Manufacturer Product SerialNumber Version Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. B450M PRO-M2 MAX (MS-7B84) JC17042885 2.0
Stop being prompted for ssh passphrase when trying to sync repo with github in VS Code
The Problem: You have cloned your repo with the SSH URL. Whenever you go to push to GitHub. You might be asked to enter a passphrase repeatedly for your SSH key... Before Fix git remote -v origin [email protected]:toggenation/cakephp-live-test-sxs.git (fetch) origin...
List local disks
GET-CimInstance -query "SELECT * from Win32_DiskDrive" DeviceID Caption Partitions Size Model -------- ------- ---------- ---- ----- \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 WDC WD60EZAZ-00ZGHB0 0 6001172513280 WDC WD60EZAZ-00ZGHB0 \\.\PHYSICALDRIVE2 Seagate One Touch w/PW SCSI Disk Device...
Create ISO using Powershell
Usage New-IsoFile -NewIsoFilePath C:\tmp\Hyper-V.iso-sources -ImageName Hyper-V -SourceFilePath 'C:\tmp\Hyper-V' New-IsoFile -NewIsoFilePath C:\tmp\W2K3SP2CD1.iso -ImageName W2K3SP2CD1 -SourceFilePath 'C:\tmp\Windows 2003 Server R2 Std Edition SP2 CD1' New-IsoFile...
Synology Compatibility list and RAID Calculator
When deciding on Synology models and disks the following links are handy Synology compatibility list https://www.synology.com/en-au/compatibility How much disk space will you get from SHR-1 / SHR-2 volumes...