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HPE ProLiant ML350 Gen9 BIOS P92 v2.30 introduces 2+2 Redundancy Power Supply...
The latest Service Pack for ProLiant (SPP) Version 2016.10.0 introduced an important BIOS Upgrade for ML350 Gen9 Server when using four power supplies. With the older BIOS Version, the Redundant Power...
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How to upgrade HPE Storevirtual VSA to version 12.6
This blog post is a step-by-step guide how to upgrade an existing HP StoreVirtual Infrastructure to LeftHand OS 12.6. What’s new with version 12.6? One enhancement of the latest version is, that you...
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General report generation exception fault on real-time performance tab
A user with the permission to view the performance tab of a VM gets the following error when switching to the real-time view: „General report generation exception“ The user has no problems to view the...
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Lost connectivity to HP microSD Enterprise USB Kit
In this blog post MicroSD card RAID 1 as VMware ESXi boot device I wrote about the HP dual-microSD card module. This small piece of hardware provides data redundancy through a mirrored RAID 1...
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HPE DL380 Gen9 “Starting drivers Please wait” after deploying BIOS P89 v2.40...
After deploying BIOS P89 v2.40 (02/17/2017) and/or ILO Firmware 2.50 (09/23/2016) an HP DL380 Gen9 Server stops during early BIOS boot sequence at the following message: “Starting drivers. Please wait,...
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Virtual machine with OS Server 2008 R2 “Bootmgr is missing” error
A virtual machine with operating system 2008 R2 shows the following error during startup: „BOOTMGR is missing Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart“ It is relatively easy to fix this error – here is a short...
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Active path information (I/O) is missing after patching an ESXi host
In the storage path Information window, you normally find a list looking like below. It shows “Active path” and “Active Path (I/O)”: If you are missing the “Active path (I/O)” Information after...
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Cannot extend VMware datastore as available unused space is not listed
You want to extend a VMFS datastore using vCenter, but the available unused space on the datastore is not listed in the wizzard? The reason for this is that vCenter Server applies filters to prevent...
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HPE DL380 Gen9 “Starting drivers Please wait” (P89 BIOS v2.4x in combination...
Note: This issue can have various causes – the following sources will help you: “Starting Drivers. Please wait” after deploying HPE SPP07/2017 or SPP04/2017 to an HP DL380 Gen9 Server with an installed...
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How to monitor eventlog for ReFS error ID 133
If you use ReFS for your Veeam repositories it makes sense to monitor the Windows Event Log for error ID 133 (“The file system detected a checksum error and was not able to correct it. The name of the...
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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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