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February 1, 2022February 1, 2022 kimconnectkimconnect

Virtual Machine Manager (VMM) Error ID: 1730

Symptom: $vmName='bad-guestvm' $vm = Get-SCVirtualMachine -Name $vmName Read-SCVirtualMachine -VM $vm Read-SCVirtualMachine : The selected action…
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January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 kimconnectkimconnect

T-SQL: Ad-hoc Commands to Backup All Databases

-- turn on Windows cmd shell EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1; GO RECONFIGURE; GO…
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January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Windows Get-EventLog vs Get-WinEvent

Get-Eventlog is the legacy Windows log querying command. Its advanced filtering is limited. Whereas Get-WinEvent,…
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January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 kimconnectkimconnect

Kubernetes Broken Due To Unknown Reasons

Problem 1: Admin User Unable to Login to Cluster via Controller (Master Node) # SSL…
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January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Add and Remove a Registry Key

How to Add a Registry Key # Add New Registry Key $regHive='REGISTRY::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\MSCRM' $keyname='OleDbTimeout' $value=600 Set-ItemProperty…
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January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 kimconnectkimconnect

How to Repair Windows Corrupted System Files

Check for Corruptions # Check for corrupted system files Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth [TESTWINDOWS001]: PS…
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January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Set Service Startup Mode

# setServiceStartupMode.ps1 # Set auto start and restart upon failures $computernames=@( 'TESTWINDOWS001', 'TESTWINDOWS002' ) $serviceName='windows_exporter'…
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January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Move Virtual Machine Storage Using VMM

# moveVmStorageUsingVmm.ps1 # Version 0.01 $vmNames=@( 'TESTVM0001', 'TESTVM0002', 'TESTVM0003' ) $storageLocations=@( 'C:\ClusterStorage\BLOB001', 'C:\ClusterStorage\BLOB002', 'C:\ClusterStorage\BLOB003' )…
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January 21, 2022January 21, 2022 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Add Windows NTFS Permissions to File or Folder

The re-usable function: $path='C:\Windows\servicing' $accountsToAdd='Administrators' $permissions='Full' function addNtfsPermissions ($path,$accountsToAdd,$permissions){ $acl = Get-ACL $path $accessRule=New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.FileSystemAccessRule($accountsToAdd,$permissions,"Allow")…
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January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 kimconnectkimconnect

Microsoft SQL Server Connection Timeout

Error Message: Resolution: a. Check SQL Server's Query Execution Timeout: SSMS > Login > Tools…
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January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 kimconnectkimconnect

Search for Windows computers in a certain subnet using Active Directory

# Search for Windows computers in a certain subnet using Active Directory $subnetQuery='10.10' $filterString='2016' $computers=Get-ADComputer…
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January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 kimconnectkimconnect

Remote Desktop Logon Error: ‘the user account used to connect to remote PC did not work

Symptom: The user account did not work error Resolution:In the instance that we've experienced, it…
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January 11, 2022January 11, 2022 kimconnectkimconnect

Microsoft SQL Server Replication Setup Error Number MSSQL_REPL2110 and Resolution

Symptom: The distribution agent failed to create temporary files in 'C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\130\COM' directory…
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January 10, 2022January 10, 2022 kimconnectkimconnect

Get Hyper-V Cluster Automatic Balancing Configurations

# getHyperVLoadBalanceMode.ps1 $clustername=(Get-Cluster).Name function getHyperVLoadBalanceMode($clustername=(Get-Cluster).Name){ $AutoBalancerLevel=[hashtable]@{ '1'='Low | Move when host is more than 80%…
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December 22, 2021December 22, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Quick Snippet to Remove Virtual Machine Snapshots in VMM

$vmNames=@( 'MACHINE1', 'MACHINE2' ) foreach($vmName in $vmNames){ $checkpoint = Get-SCVMCheckpoint -VM $vmName if($checkpoint){$checkpoint|%{Remove-SCVMCheckpoint -VMCheckpoint $_…
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November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

Intermittent Ping Request Time Out Due to An Outdated ARP Table Entry of a Ubuntu Server

Scenario: - Server A and Server B hardware are of the same model and capacity-…
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November 25, 2021November 25, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Create Hyper-V Guest VM From Virtual Disk (VHDX)

Part 1: Creating Hyper-V Guest VM From a Virtual Disk # createHyperVGuestVmFromDisk.ps1 # Version 0.02…
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November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Find Guest VMs Associated with a Certain Storage Path

# findGuestMvsByStorage.ps1 $storagePath='\\SMBSERVER009' function getAllGuestVms($clusterName){ try{ Import-Module FailoverClusters $clusterName=if($clusterName){ $clustername }else{ (get-cluster).name } $allHyperVHosts={(Get-ClusterNode -Cluster…
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November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Restart a Service on All Hyper-V Hosts of a Cluster

$serviceName='vmms' $clusterName='HyperV-cluster001' function restartServiceAllClusterNodes($service='vmms',$clusterName){ function restartService($serviceName){ $waitSeconds=40 $isValidProcess=try{[bool](get-service $serviceName -EA Stop)}catch{$false} if($isValidProcess){ try{ $process=Start-Process -FilePath…
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November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 kimconnectkimconnect

PowerShell: Find Hyper-V Host by Guest VM Name

# findVmHostByGuestName.ps1 $vmName='TESTVM' function findVmHostByGuestName($vmName){ try{ Import-Module Hyper-V Import-Module FailoverClusters $allHyperVHosts={(Get-ClusterNode | Where { $_.State…
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