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IT related tech tips since 2006Running Proxmox 8.2.2 NESTED IN VMWARE Workstation Pro IT’s Turtles all the way Down
Yes it works, but I couldn't get VLANs to work despite tweaks as follows You need to check the Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or AMD-V/RVI I have a AMD Ryzen 5 3600 6-Core Processor ( 6Core / 12 Threads ) Added to allow Proxmox VLAN'ing ethernet0.noPromisc = "FALSE"...
Migrate Windows 2003 Server VMWare Guest to Proxmox
I am trying to migrate two remaing Windows 2003 Server VM's off a VMWare VSphere 5.5 environment. Disclaimer: Yes I am aware W2K3 is _many_ years past it's support date but not every company keeps up-to-date with fully patched and supported software and I can't magick...
You cannot run VMWare WORKSTATION PRO 17.5.2 INSIDE A WINDOWS 2022 Server HYPER-V VM RUNNING ON WINDOWS 11 WORKSTATION Enterprise
TLDR; I couldn't get nested virtualization i.e. VMWare Workstation Pro inside a Hyper-V VM working. The journey: So I have a Physical Workstation running Windows 11 Pro/Enterprise with the Hyper-V Role installed The workstation is running a AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core...
DMARC Reports Viewer
If you have enabled DMARC, DKIM & SPF and are getting DMARC Aggregate Report emails sent to yourself which contain the gzipped XML attachments. You can view them in a nicely formatted GUI by uploading them to Dmarcian https://dmarcian.com/xml-to-human-converter/...
Disk Export from Azure to Hyper-V boot failure
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...
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...