Migrating User and Password Objects between Active Directory Forests

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This post was originally published on this siteAs part of some internal lab work, I had to move the user objects with their passwords to a new forest. It was key to migrate the passwords to ensure that disruption to the users was minimized. To migrate the users, I used the Microsoft Active Direction Migration […]

Every Little Bit Counts: Helping Out While Working From Home

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This post was originally published on this siteWith many of us being in a “work from home” situation these days, it’s had all sorts of crazy impacts. Up in my neck of the woods, gas hasn’t been this cheap in a long time … possibly since the olden days of the 1990s. Pollution has also […]

Powershell snippet – text to secure string and output to XML file

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This post was originally published on this siteBelow is a quick Powershell command I use to convert passwords to secure strings and output to an XML file, I can encrypt that XML file locally on the machine where any scripts need to run from, and call it in another Powershell script. $secpasswd = ConvertTo-SecureString “VMware1!” […]

vRSLCM – vRA fails to update from 8.0 to 8.0.1 – LCMVRAVACONFIG90030

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This post was originally published on this siteWhen updating my vRealize Automation instance from 8.0 to 8.0.1, I ran into an issue; LCMVRAVACONFIG90030 Error Code: LCMVRAVACONFIG90030 vRA VA Upgrade Status Check failed. Upgrade prepare on vRA VA sc-dc1-vra001.simon.local failed with state error. To know more about the failure, run command “vracli upgrade status –details” on […]

Windows Server 2019 Evaluation – Activation fails

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This post was originally published on this siteI had issues converting one of my evaluation installations of Windows Server 2019 to a fully licensed copy. I’d extended the evaluation a few times using “slgmr /rearm” a few times, but had finally decided I was going to move this setup into production. The issue When going […]

Automated Tagging of VMware VMs & the Veeam Jobs that Use Them

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This post was originally published on this siteI tend to rebuild my home lab a few times a year; sometimes it is to try out a new process (e.g. scripted installs, upgrade paths, etc.), but more often than not it is because I have broken something so bad that it is just easier to restart. […]

Kubernetes basics – kubeadm token create –print-join-command

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This post was originally published on this siteRecently I’ve been using the fantastic resources to start learning Kubernetes (it’s the next big thing don’t you know). The course I’ve been following; Kubernetes Essentials by Will Boyd When running the command below, I lost connectivity to my master, which means I missed the print out of […]

Horizon on VMC – Consideration and setting up a lab environment

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This post was originally published on this siteA few months back, I setup a Horizon Environment running in our VMC environment used for lab purposes. Since then, I’ve been asked by several people to go through the setup. So, I’ve also decided to create a blog post on the matter. This blog post will cover […]

Introducing the VMware UK&I TAM Spotify playlist

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This post was originally published on this siteAs we find ourselves on reduced or zero travel thanks to the outbreak of COVID-19, we also find ourselves with reduced human interaction. Sometimes that can be a good thing (less chance to contract the virus in question), sometimes it cannot. Whilst chatting to a few of my […]

Join VMware & the Folding@Home project in the fight against COVID-19

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This post was originally published on this siteI won’t give a long written speech about the crisis we all face today. However I do encourage you to spend your spare CPU cycles from your devices, whether thats personal devices or home lab servers, or anything else you can run the software, to fight the virus. […]

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Migrating User and Password Objects between Active Directory Forests

Every Little Bit Counts: Helping Out While Working From Home

Powershell snippet – text to secure string and output to XML file

vRSLCM – vRA fails to update from 8.0 to 8.0.1 – LCMVRAVACONFIG90030

Windows Server 2019 Evaluation – Activation fails

Automated Tagging of VMware VMs & the Veeam Jobs that Use Them

Kubernetes basics – kubeadm token create –print-join-command

Horizon on VMC – Consideration and setting up a lab environment

Introducing the VMware UK&I TAM Spotify playlist

Join VMware & the Folding@Home project in the fight against COVID-19

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