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- Jan 11, 12Do not manually delete AVHD files it is not a good idea.
Watch this video for an explanation here.
But before you do here is the nugget of information that I was looking for and if you found my article you will be happy you did too.
The one thing Virtual PC guy forgot to say even though he explains the do's and don'ts very well about NOT manually deleting .AVHD files.
Virtual PC guy forgot to tell us what to do if you notice the AVHD file is not deleted after you delete the snapshot via the HyperV manager console.
So what do you do with the AVHD file if it is still there after delete the snapshot?
These steps apply to HyperV Server 2008 and R2 and Windows 2008 and R2 with HyperV.
The three steps to deleting a snapshot are as follows:
1. The obvious one delete the snapshot via the Hyper-V Management Console
2. Turn off the VM because the snapshots only merge when your VM is turned off. Not the Shutdown VM machine option like I did the first time!
3. The VM needs to remain powered off long enough for the merge process to complete. Monitor the Status column till it reaches 100%.
If you look in the Hyper-V Management Console on the far right there "Status" column , keep and eye on this and it will notify you when a merge is actively happening.
I hope this help I found it very frustrating to have to deal with this when I was in the middle of testing some SharePoint workflows I had to setup 2 hours later I can continue…
Resources searched:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/hyper-v-virtual-machine-snapshots-faq.aspx
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverhyperv/thread/9a64aa3f-cc24-4535-95d8-ff088a885d1f - Jan 05, 12Event Type: ErrorEvent Source: Office Server SearchEvent Category: GathererEvent ID: 2424Date: 05/01/2012Time: 13:03:29User: N/AComputer: TEST01Description:The update cannot be started because the content sources cannot be accessed. Fix the errors and try the update again.Context: Application 'SharedServices1', Catalog 'Portal_Content'Okay so you have checked and you have Search account (SP_Search) and the Content account (SP_Content) setup or you have decided to use the Search account to double up as the content account. But you still get the above error?I double, triple and quadruple checked the Search account it had the correct access and it worked in my dev and live environments so why was it not working in the staging environment. But I was doing it from my own local machine and it worked fine.Well remember to old adage of going back to basics. The search crawl happen from the server. When I went onto the server and tried to access the site I could not do it!!!Oh dear someone forgot to add the Loopback fix !!As always it’s a simple answer to a very annoying issue ;-)Loopback fix on the server.To set the DisableLoopbackCheck registry key, follow these steps:
- Set the DisableStrictNameChecking registry entry to 1. For more information about how to do this, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
281308 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/281308/ ) Connecting to SMB share on a Windows 2000-based computer or a Windows Server 2003-based computer may not work with an alias name - Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK.
- In Registry Editor, locate and then click the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa
- Right-click Lsa, point to New, and then click DWORD Value.
- Type DisableLoopbackCheck, and then press ENTER.
- Right-click DisableLoopbackCheck, and then click Modify.
- In the Value data box, type 1, and then click OK.
- Quit Registry Editor, and then restart your computer.
Do it via powershellNew-ItemProperty HKLM:\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa -Name "DisableLoopbackCheck" -Value "1" - Set the DisableStrictNameChecking registry entry to 1. For more information about how to do this, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
- Jan 23, 12How do we monitor the resources running of Hyper V Server?How do I check how many CPUs are being used at present?How do I check how much memory is being used at present?You could go and read this insightful MS article belowOr many other and I am sure all you IT Pro's will understand it given the chance to sit down and read it but if you are like me and you are juggling system, network, development and project management tasks we don’t have the time unless its one of our expert disciplines.All we want to know is if the Core HyperV Server is working okay and all the resources are not reaching critical mass.Not exactly the best interface for our simple requirements.Do not fear after hours and hour over research over a space of a week I found the perfect product that delivers the above requirements and its FREE!!Enter 5Nine manager for hyper V to save the day. http://www.5nine.com/5nine-manager-for-hyper-v-free.aspxNow on the left hand side column I can see the Health, Processor, Memory, Storage, Network (tab in collapsed state) all in one place. Just what I was after.The foot print of this install is 1MB guys and it uses up hardly any resources. Well worth install on Core and normal Windows 2008 HyperV Servers ;-)I would advise you to watch the 6 minute video on this page by David Davis, director or Train Signal who give a great run down of the product.Please have a look at the other products 5Nine offer they are definitely worth a look. Well done 5Nine!
- Jan 23, 12The difference with this article compared to all the rest is.
I will explain the steps required not only how to install MOSS 2007 with SP2 but also Accumulative update June 2011 and the correct order you should perform particular tasks when join the frontend webserver to a MOSS farm. I will refer to my new frontend web server as MOSS02.Prep your base install of Windows 2003 R2- Install Windows Server 2003 R2
- Install IIS 6.0
- Install .Net 2.0 and .Net 3.0
- Fully patch the server with the respective service packs and security updates
- In Internet Information Services Manager remember to allow ASP.Net in the Web Service Extensions section.
- Join the server to the domain where the rest of the farm belong to, if you haven’t already done so
- Add the MOSS installation account to the local administrators group.
- Install using the MOSS installation account
- Start MOSS Setup, enter your license key and accept the license agreement
- Select Advanced and Complete install.
- You have now installed MOSS 2007 + SP2. DO NOT run the SharePoint Product and Technologies Configuration Wizard just yet!!
- Apply the Accumlative updates that match your central admininistration install. In my scenario this happened to be June 2011.
- Next apply the WSS June 2011 update. Again DO NOT run the SharePoint Product and Technologies Configuration Wizard just yet!!
- Next apply the MOSS June 2011 update.
- Okay NOW run the SharePoint Product and Technologies Configuration Wizard
- Connect to an existing farm
- Enter the MOSS database server end click Retrieve Database Names. The Database Name and Username fields are automatically populated. Enter the password and click Next
- In Advanced Setting make sure that this server will not host the Central Administration site and click Next
- Wait till the install has completed.
- Now go to Central Administration and make sure all the web application service on you new webserver are functioning correctly and all you website and application pools have been copied to your new webserver.
Central Administration > Farm Topology > Services running stating > Not configured
In my experience I had to go through this setup three time once in our development environment then staging and lastly production. The first installs went fairly smoothly but yes you guest it the production install decided to throw me a curve ball.
Central Administration > Farm Topology > services running stating > Not configuredWhen I navigated to the Central Administration home I expected to see under the Farm Topology section my newly installed front end web server name with the services running stating "Windows SharePoint Services Web Application" but instead I got the dreaded "Not configured" status.
One of the obvious symptoms of this problem was the fact that no website and application pools were being creating on MOSS02.
During my investigation the timer job status log proved to be useful:
Central Administration > Operations > Timer Job Status
It told me the Application Server Administration Service Timer Job had failed so I restarted this service on MOSS02. This still did not help.So I knew something was not right and somehow MOSS02 has got stuck somewhere. After a fair bit of time googling (1 hour at least) I found the answer. In my scenario.
I had to go to MOSS02 server and kick start the following service SPWebService
Applied the following command:
stsadm -o provisionservice -action start -servicetype SPWebService
(Go the answer from here)
Voilà! After a few minutes to Websites and app pools were create and all was well on the production environment whew!
Hope my other peers find this experience of use. - Jan 23, 12Excellent article about what you can do with proper private hosted solution via fpweb.net. Wipes the floor with the half baked MS offering of SP 2010 online with its laborious and long winded approval process for any kind of major customisations. Well done Jeremy for help the educating and helping the community.How we did it - The Beginning of NothingButSharePoint.com - End User - NothingButSharePoint.com
- Jan 23, 12Steven Summone: "I connected Blogger to my http://flavors.me page - http://flavors.me/ssummone". Because I do a lot of work with a digital branding company at present. I have started to learn a lot more about the users experience. One of the magazines I found everyone reading was Web designer, www.webdesginermag.co.uk and there was an award section SXSW 2010 Interactive and they had a spot about Flavour.me fantastic simple but affective personal websites built in less than 10 minutes. So I thought I would give it a test run. Also Web designer has some great HTML 5 tutorials worth checking out and priming their reader forwhat to come in the next year. See what you think.
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- SharePoint Consultant at ArtHausInformation Technology and Services | Glasgow, United Kingdom, GBSummarySharePoint consultant with substantial web technology experience. We specialise on public facing corporate websites.
My job is to advise businesses in choosing the correct technologies to allow them to take advantage and help them prosper.
Focus on Sharepoint 2010, Office 365, Virtualisation, Cloud and Security.Specialties: Sharepoint, Cloud, Virtualisation and IT security.EducationAdditional Information-
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Honors:Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator on Windows ® 2000 Microsoft Certified Professional in Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure Microsoft Certified Professional in Managing a Windows 2000 Network environment Microsoft Certified Professional in Windows 2000 Professional Microsoft Certified Professional in Windows 2000 Server Microsoft Certified Professional in Windows NT Server 4
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Interests:New technology, boxing, keeping fit, my family.
