Tag: Windows Server 2012 R2
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Resolving Windows Server DirectAccess Network Location Server DNS Scavenging Issue.
A few weeks after deploying DirectAccess in my infrastructure environment, I encountered an issue where DirectAccess stopped working . My first step was to check the Operational Status of DirectAccess in the Remote Access Management console of the DirectAccess server. The Network Location Server status was flagged as Critical as indicated in the screen shot.…
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Configuring Azure Site to Site VPN to my On-Premise Infrastructure using the Azure Classic Portal.
I’ve been exploring the requirements for extending my on premise infrastructure to the Microsoft Azure IaaS public cloud. Azure Site to Site IPsec VPN is a key part of achieving that objective.There are two deployment models in Azure; the Azure Service Manager(Using the Azure Classic Portal) and the Azure Resource Manager (the new Azure Portal).…
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Force Disable of Azure Replication from Orphaned On Premise Hyper-V Virtual Machine.
After successfully stopping and removing protection for one of my replica virtual machines in Azure Site Recovery, I observed that the on premise primary virtual machine replication status changed to a failed state. This would be normal behavior considering that replication settings at the Azure target had been removed. My attempts at disabling replication at…
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PowerShell Script to Bulk Update UPN (UserPrincipalName) Suffix in a Single Non-Routable Domain.
As part of the Office 365 Configuration and migration project, we’ve had to define and create an alternate upn (UserPrincipalName) suffix for an internal Active Directory domain that is not publicly routable. Updating the upn for every user in the Active Directory Domain could be a tedious task if done manually. Following is a screen…
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Error Deleting Logical Switch from System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012R2 (SCVMM2012R2)
I recently encountered an error trying to remove a Logical Switch in SCVMM2012R2 . The SCVMM2012R2 error prompt was that the Switch still had a dependency and I had to remove the dependency before successfully removing the switch. I checked the Logical Switch dependency and it showed the switch to be attached to one of…
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Resolving System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 Error 1602.
My System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 R2 lab deployment crashed on me a while ago. Any attempt to log on prompted the following error ID 1602 : I restarted the SCVMM Service and the SQL Service successfully, but each time I tried to start the VMM Console, the SCVMM service stopped with the same…
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Resolving Cluster Shared Volume “Redirected Access Mode” Error.
A while ago, I encountered a Cluster Shared Volume error in my lab. I logged into the Failover Cluster Manager and noticed multiple error status messages in the Cluster Events log. The System Log Event ID 5125 kept showing up every three minutes: Error Event id 5125 with details: Cluster Shared Volume ‘Volume1’ (‘Cluster Disk…
Chinny Chukwudozie, Cloud Solutions. 