How to create failover plans with Veeam Cloud Connect
When using Veeam Cloud Connect replication, to protect your critical VMs and initiate a smooth full site failover, you need a failover plan in place. This blog outlines the steps and configuration needed to create the failover plan on the customer’s Backup & Replication console. First, navigate to the ‘Backup & Replication’ tab and then […]
Outlook 2016 Autodiscover Workaround
Outlook 2016 is part of the new version of Microsoft’s Office application collection, and you may find that it causes some issues when adding your mail account. This is due to your Autodiscover not being configured correctly. This can range from the CNAME for Autodiscover.yourdomainname not being present, or using a prefix that Outlook doesn’t […]
Extend CentOS partition with no reboot
(Additional 5GB disk in this example) First create a new disk in VMware and attach it to the server, then on the server run the following commands: df – find the partition you want to increase in size. lvdisplay – locate the partition, underneath should be the volume group, make a note of it. run […]
Resolve Temporary profile Errors on Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2
You may find that when you logon to your PC or Terminal Server, your saved items and personalized settings have disappeared. You may also be greeted with one of these messages in the bottom right hand corner: Don’t panic as the resolution is only a few clicks away. If possible, logon with another Administrator account […]
Installing SCOM agent on Linux Servers
A blog by Ryan Barlow, Support Engineer at virtualDCS. I was tasked with installing Microsoft SCOM agents on some Linux servers that we have. They were sat behind a gateway server. This is not as straight forward as I originally thought. I decided to put down the method that worked for me into this step […]
Microsoft® DirectAccess for Windows Server
After deploying DirectAccess a corporate network this week, I thought doing a blog would be a good way to close the project. Windows Server 2008 R2 first introduced DirectAccess in 2009 as a “seamless” and “always-on” remote access feature for domain-joined Windows clients. It has grown significantly bigger and more advanced with the latest release […]
How to extend Disk Space on a Server
A blog by Matthew Sharpe. You sometimes need to extend your VM’s disk space – this can be done in a matter of minutes, with no server downtime, as long as you take the correct precautions e.g. snapshots. The instructions below demonstrate the easiest and safest way to extend Disk Space on a Server for a Windows Server 2008 […]
Terminal Services Printing issue
This FAQ guide solves the two most common terminal services printing issues, these are when: The printer doesn’t respond or print The printer just prints random characters Step one: The first step is to check the driver on your local computer, you can do this by going to the ‘devices and printers’ setting, if you don’t […]
Configure Microsoft Office Groove 2007 with SharePoint 2010
Microsoft Office Groove is the predecessor of SharePoint Workspace, it is a desktop application allowing remote users to access SharePoint files and collaborate on documents. Follow the screenshots below to add your SharePoint files to the Groove client. Creating a Groove account is a requirement before the installation can begin. Enter your details into the […]
SharePoint continuously asks for Username and Password
When logging onto or downloading any files in SharePoint you will be prompted to enter a Username and Password. Follow the steps below to add your SharePoint site to the local intranet zone of Internet Explorer and avoid this annoyance. Open your SharePoint site e.g. yoursite.com:987 Select Tools then Internet Options in Internet Explorer From […]
