How to Convert Windows SSL certificate PFX Format to PEM Format #WINDOWSSERVER #MVPHOUR @Digicert
Today, I am going to show you how to convert Windows SSL certificate PFX format to PEM format via free DigiCert GUI tool.
Category: Server
How to Activate Windows Server 2019 Evaluation Edition with VLSC MAK key or Retail key #WINDOWSSERVER #MVPHOUR
When you try to activate Windows server 2019 from evaluation version, do you always get an error message “the product key you entered didn’t work. Check the product key and try again, or enter a different one. (0x80070490)”?
Today, I am going to show you how to install license key to activate Windows Server 2019 from Evaluation version. Let’s follow steps to activate your windows server 2019 (it also can be use for activating Windows Server 2016).
Note: you cannot use slmgr /ipk command with VLSC MAK key or Retail to activate evaluation edition server directly.
FIX Access Denied Error in Demote DC server #Active Directory #WINDOWSSERVER # #MVPHOUR
Today, I was trying to remove an old windows 2003 R2 DC server in our domain, when I run DCPROMO command to demote it, I received the following error message:
The operation failed because: The attempt at remote domain controller DC2016 to remove domain controller CN=DC1,CN=Servers,CN=Default-First-Name,CN=Sites….from the forest was unsuccessful. “Access is Denied”
Hyper-V PART 3 Virtual Disks and Snapshots, A Quick Explanation
Hello there GDM fans and today we are going to be talking a lot more about Hyper-V servers! Basically, we are going to be talking a little bit more about… Read more »
VEEAM TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS – ERROR CODE 32768 FAILED TO CREATE VM RECOVERY SNAPSHOT #VEEAM #MVPHOUR #WINDOWSSERVER
We built a new Windows Server 2016 S2D Cluster last week and moved all VMs from Windows 2012 R2 Cluster to new Windows 2016 S2D Cluster and Standalone Windows 2016… Read more »
WINDOWS SERVER 2019 NOW AVAILABLE IN PREVIEW TODAY #MVPHOUR #WINDOWSSERVER #MICROSOFT #AZURE #MICROSOFT
What a wonderful day today! Windows server 2019 available in preview now.
As we know the Windows Server 2016 is fastest adopted version of Windows Server, it has lot of features like as Hyper-converged infrastructure, Storage Spaces Direct…etc., Windows Server 2019 is building in the strong foundation of Windows Server 2016.
MINIMAL DOWNTIME MIGRATION OF WINDOWS SERVER ROLES – PART 3
t’s time to demote existing Windows server 2003 and migrate all Windows server roles to new Windows server 2012 R2, there are no down time for Part1 steps and Part2 steps, but we need to schedule down time for Part3 steps to cut over all services.
MINIMAL DOWNTIME MIGRATION OF WINDOWS SERVER ROLES – PART 2
After done for Active Directory Preparation, now we need to install a new Windows Server 2012 R2, export data from existing windows server 2003 and then import to new Windows… Read more »
MINIMAL DOWNTIME MIGRATION OF WINDOWS SERVER ROLES – PART 1
As we know Windows Server 2003 was end support on July 14, 2015, but there are some customers still using it for some reasons. Today, my customer asked me to… Read more »
Windows 2016 Server mysterious shutdown issues
Do your Windows 2016 Servers have mysterious shutdown issues? Today, I tried to troubleshooting windows 2016 mysterious shutdown for my client, I found it was NT Authority\System that shutdown the… Read more »
VEEAM TROUBLESHOOTING TIPS – ADD WINDOWS SERVER 2016 CLUSTER TO VEEAM BACKUP & REPLICATION
As we know, Veeam Backup and Replication Software is a powerful and easy-to-use for backup and availability solution, I would like to share a troubleshooting tip with you today. You… Read more »
UPDATE MELLANOX NIC FIRMWARE AND DRIVER FOR NON-RDMA STORAGE SPACE DIRECT CLUSTER SERVERS #STORAGEPACEDIRECT #POWERSHELL #WINDOWSSERVER #MVPHOUR #STEP-BY-STEP #MELLANOX
Today, let’s talking about how to step by step to update Mellanox NIC firmware and driver for non-RDMA Storage space direct servers. You can easy to do it via follow… Read more »
HOW TO IN-PLACE UPGRADE 2003 WEB SERVER
My customer asked me to upgrade their Windows 2003 web server last week, as we know, Windows Server 2003 extended support ended on July 14,2015, Microsoft will no longer issue… Read more »
HOW TO EXPAND WINDOWS SERVER 2003 SYSTEM VOLUME SPACE
Today, my customer asked me that is it possible to expand system volume disk space for their Windows Server 2003 virtual machine? The answer is Yes, we can do it without any 3rd party tools. You just need a Windows Server 2008 or up to help this. Let’s follow the step by step to do it.
CONVERT DE-DUPLICATED MBR DATA VOLUME TO GPT DATA VOLUME WITH FREE TOOL
As we know, one of the benefits of deduplication is that by reducing the used space on a data volume, it makes backing up that volume faster, which enables longer… Read more »
NON-RDMA STORAGE SPACE DIRECT STRESS TEST STEPS and RESULT
Today, I am going to do stress test for NON-RDMA Storage space direct servers, the customer use their existing Cisco Catalyst 4500-x for Storage space direct servers, as we know, it doesn’t support DCB and PFC function, so, we will focus on stress test result for Storage space direct servers without enable RDMA and see how’s the performance.
Here we will use VMFleet and DISKSPD tools to test the performance, VMFLeet is a basic collet bunch of PowerShell scripts to easy create VMs and run stress tests. Let’s follow the steps to do.
DHCP SERVER FAILOVER CLUSTER WITH CISCO CALLMANAGER /IP PHONE
Today, let’s talking about how to configure DHCP Cluster with Cisco Call manager service (TFTP services). DHCP server failover cluster feature provides the ability to have two DHCP servers provide… Read more »
DHCP Migration – Windows Server 2003 (2008) to Windows Server 2012 R2
Microsoft was ending support for the Windows server 2003 operating system on July 14, 2015, but still have some customer are using Windows server 2003 and need us to migrate… Read more »
DEPLOY A SERVER AS A DR DOMAIN CONTROLLER AT AZUER
It’s time to know how to deployment a domain controller server as a DR DC at Azure. I assure you have an Azure VM with windows server 2016 already. If don’t, just go to my previously posts and follow steps to build a new one.
