Windows cannot install required files error 0x80070570
I recently encountered an issue where a server wouldn’t install any Windows Updates, whether directly from Microsoft, or if downloaded from the Windows Update Catalog. The error message received was...
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Following some work on SharePoint, users were encountering the error “Sorry, something went wrong. The context has expired and can no longer be used. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80090317)” Searching...
View ArticleAzure IaaS Cost Optimisation
When talking to people about Microsoft Azure one of the biggest concerns is cost management and how to avoid runaway spend. In this post I’ll share my tips for optimising Azure expenditure. In my...
View ArticleSharePoint Service Pack 1 – Installation of this package failed
When installing SharePoint 2013 service pack 1 on a SharePoint farm, the extraction of the service pack kept failing on one web front end. When clicking on the...
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When using Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5 to backup SQL Server 2012 databases the transaction log was failing to be truncated for one database. The database was using the full recovery model and...
View ArticleSSIS Package Incompatible in SSDT and Visual Studio 2017
Having installed Visual Studio 2017 Professional with the SQL Data Tools component I tried to open a SSIS package. This failed to load and was listed as incompatible and that the application wasn’t...
View ArticleAzure N-series VM BSOD
When creating an Azure NV6 VM with Windows 10 the VM blue screened when installing the NVIDIA GRID drivers (411.81) either through the Azure extension, or manually as per the guidance here. The blue...
View ArticleAzure Backup File – iSCSI Error
When using the file recovery feature of Azure Backup I encountered an error when trying to mount the recovery point. I ran the exe from the Azure Portal using an elevated command prompt, but received...
View ArticleA significant part of sql server process memory has been paged out.
Looking through the SQL Server log shortly after the server started I saw: A significant part of sql server process memory has been paged out. This may result in a performance degradation. Duration: 0...
View ArticleSSIS Script Task – The Script Task is corrupted
Having moved an SSIS package to a new server it was failing to run with the errors below. %Script Task Name%:Error: There were errors during task validation. %Script Task Name%:Error: The Script Task...
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