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Veeam Extract Utility
In specific situations, you may need a possibility to access and restore VMs contained in backup files fast and easily. The Veeam Extract Utility enables you to manage this task even without any Veeam...
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Consideration: All systems down! Recover your Veeam Backup & Replication server
In this short thought experiment, I try to outline possible first steps how you can recover from a disaster described as follows. It is partly based on a real-world scenario I was told about at a VMUG...
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Active Directory Query: list locked user accounts
Are you looking for a quick and easy way to find all locked user accounts? You can reach this goal with an Active Directory Query. Just follow this short step-by-step guide: Active Directory Query:...
View ArticleUseful scripts to upgrade the virtual hardware of VMs from a list
If you plan to upgrade the virtual hardware (vHW) of a large number of virtual machines from a list, the following PowerCLI scripts may be useful for you. All code-snippets are processing the virtual...
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How to forcibly stop a dedicated Veeam job stuck in „stopping“ status
It may happen that a Veeam Backup Job stucks in “stopping” status. If you search for a resolution you will stumble upon Veeam KB 1727. Unfortunately, the provided solution will terminate ALL jobs and...
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HPE ProLiant Server End of Service Life (EOSL) and Retired Matrix
As far as I know, HPE is not offering any publicly available lifecycle matrix for their HPE ProLiant Server family. So I have tried to put together the “Retired” and “End of Service Life” dates for HPE...
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Error: The destination host is not compatible with the hardware version to...
I scheduled a large number of VMs (find the script here) to upgrade the virtual hardware to the latest version. Unfortunately, one VM ran into an issue and it was not possible to perform a vMotion or...
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VMware VCSA error: 503 Service Unavailable Failed to connect to endpoint
Today I struggled with the following error when trying to login to my VMware VCSA: 503 Service Unavailable Failed to connect to endpoint: [N7Vmacore4Http20NamedPipeServiceSpecE:0x00007f975808ee30] It...
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How to remove invalid VMs from vSphere webclient
Because of removing storage devices in my homelab for DR tests, some VMs became “invalid” in the vSphere webclient. A remove/delete of these VMs was not possible as all options were greyed out. The...
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Veeam Backup for O365: failed to export item to .pst file
Short blog post as this error was tricky and costs some time… Veeam Backup for O365 allows the export of selected items to a .pst file. Usually this works like a charm. But recenty the export always...
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