by edward | May 16, 2013 | Windows Server 2012
Today I am busy upgrading all my windows licenses and when trying to activate a Windows Server 2012 DC I ran into the following: “Changing this Windows edition is not supported online for a domain controller” Pretty straight forward, MS don’t support...
by edward | Jan 23, 2013 | Windows Server 2012
After letting IPAM do its discovery for 3 days the only problem I picked up was that the status below was still showing as blocked even though the firewall rules were adjusted and the IPAM server was part of the correct security groups. The data is refreshed once a...
by edward | Jan 22, 2013 | Windows Server 2012
So Microsoft introduced this cool feature on Windows Server 2012 called IPAM (IP Address Management). To install this make sure it is not on a Domain Controller. Installation is pretty simple, open up server manager, Add new features and select IPAM. Here are a few...
by edward | Jan 9, 2013 | Windows Server 2012, DPM 2012
Today I moved my DC System State backups to DPM 2012. After running the first initial sync the status goes to a green OK and then immediately to a red “replica is inconsistent”. Made sure that space was not an issue as this can cause problems but the...
by edward | Dec 21, 2012 | Windows Server 2012
As part of my cleanup and decommission of Small Business Server 2003 I installed RRAS on my Windows Server 2012 DC. First thing I did was to give the server a bit more memory, being a virtual server quite easy to do. Second thing was to add additional NIC’s to...
by edward | Nov 13, 2012 | Windows Server 2012
Today while busy with SCCM and SCOM 2012 installations the feature Dotnetframework 3.5 needs to be installed. Initially by selecting the feature and choosing install it fails at 50%. Quick fix is the point to an alternative location and choose the DVD where the files...
