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Dell Firmware Update Fails With “Creation of Dynamic Partition Failed.”
When attempting to run a Dell firmware update you receive the error “Creation of Dynamic Partition Failed.” In order to resolve the error reset the Dell iDRAC from the command prompt. Open a command...
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Missing Search Results In SharePoint 2013 When Using A Content Enrichment Web...
Users reported that they couldn’t find a few specific documents when searching within SharePoint 2013. Checking the crawl log showed documents with the error “The item failed due to an error occurring...
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WSUS Integrated With SCCM 2012 R2 Fails To Start
On SCCM 2012 R2 with WSUS integrated for software update deployments I was unable to open the WSUS console. The WSUS service had stopped and the event log showed event ID 507 Windows Server Update...
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SharePoint 2013 Save Document Library As Template Missing
If you view a document library settings page and “Save document library is a template” is missing try this work around. Take the document library settings page URL, e.g....
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SCCM 1610 stuck in downloading state
The 1610 update for SCCM had been stuck in the downloading state, with a last update time of three days ago. There’s a note within the SCCM console that if an update is stuck in the downloading state...
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DPM services fail to start following an upgrade to Windows Server 2016
I had SCDPM 2012 R2 running on Windows Server 2012 R2 with SQL Server 2012. I followed the instructions here to upgrade to SCDPM 2016 UR 2 running on Windows Server 2016 with SQL Server 2016....
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Remotely disable Network Level Authentication (NLA)
If you try to RDP to a machine, but can’t because you receive the error below, you can use PSExec to remotely disable the requirement for NLA. “The remote computer that you are trying to connect to...
View ArticleWindows 10 April 2018 Update (1803) fails to install with error 0x87D0070C
When deploying the Windows 10 April 2018 Update (1803) via SCCM the update fails to install with error 0x87D0070C. In Event Viewer you see the error “Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the...
View ArticleMirrored SQL Databases Stuck In Recovery Mode
Following a server restart, two of three SQL Server databases in a SQL Server Database Mirroring configuration were stuck in recovery mode on the primary server. Running sys.dm_tran_locks showed a...
View ArticleWorking with Azure tags in Power BI
Using tags in Azure is a great way to logically organise resources by categories. Combining tags with the Power BI Microsoft Azure Consumption Insights connector should offer a powerful way to analyse...
View ArticleRenaming Azure automation accounts
As of Aug 2018 it’s not possible to rename an Azure automation account, but this is the next best thing. There are number of limitations to this approach, including the requirement to recreate...
View ArticleMonitor Azure events with Logic Apps
In this post I’ll provide a starting point for monitoring Azure with Logic Apps whereby an email is sent when a successful change is made within an Azure subscription. To start with, check the Event...
View ArticleOffice 365 ProPlus installation detection with System Center Configuration...
Microsoft have a good guide showing how to deploy Office 365 ProPlus with System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM), see here. Within the guide there’s a section showing the detection rule to use....
View ArticleMonitor Azure events with Logic Apps – follow up
Following on from my earlier post “Monitor Azure events with Logic Apps” I’ll now show how to add additional control within the Logic App to only alert on events related to virtual machine changes and...
View ArticleSQL Server backup performance on Azure Premium Storage
In this post I’ll show the results of some basics tests I carried out to identify the optimum number of SQL Server backup files to use when backing up to an Azure Premium Storage P30 disk with two...
View ArticleWindows 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...
View ArticleSharePoint 2013 – Sorry, something went wrong
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...
View ArticleSQL Server log truncation fails with Veeam Backup & Replication
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...
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