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Vmware Horizon View – View Powercli Cmdlet Get-DesktopVM user_sid and user_displayname is blank

Posted on October 1, 2017 by BritV8Admin Leave a comment

I found the reason I could not see any user_sid or user_displayname data when running Get-DesktopVM.
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Windows 10 build 9926 Update breaks VMWare Workstation 10 NAT

Posted on January 27, 2015 by BritV8Admin Leave a comment

Just recently updated my laptop to the latest Windows 10 Technical Preview and it broke the network adapters on my VMs in VMWare Workstation 10 In the VM, the error was “Network Cable Unplugged”
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VMWare – Timekeeping Best Practices for Windows

Posted on November 3, 2014 by BritV8Admin Leave a comment

Little know fact, is that if you disable time synchronisation on the  Guest with VM Tools, there are still times when that time sync will occur! I found the issue when the AVVI backup agent for Backup Exec, tried to snapshot a VM that had been recently moved on to a new host. that Host […]
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Understanding Snapshots

Posted on August 10, 2014 by BritV8Admin Leave a comment

Ah Exchange 2013 server and snapshots. Let me tell you a story. I know someone who did snapshot and exchange server, as a precaution, prior to changing the Outlook Aanywhere settings. The change caused an issue, so he rolled back the snapshot… and the grief was still there. Exchange 2013 writes a bunch of stuff […]
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NetFlex3 VMs losing network connectivity and Emulex 10gb HP Blade servers

Posted on July 22, 2014 by BritV8Admin Leave a comment

I was at a unrelated training course and just happened to mention to the tutor about having just moved from E1000 to Netflex 3 adapters due to dropped packet issues. He said “You know about the dropped packet issues in netfex 3 don’t you? Err no? “You know about the dropped packet issues in your […]
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Reasons to upgrade your Windows 2003 environment to 2012 R2

Posted on July 22, 2014 by BritV8Admin Leave a comment

Really, if you are going to migrate off 2003 to a newer Microsoft platform , bypass 2008 , 2008 R2 , 2012 and go straight for 2012 R2. The Time you are going to invest in the migration, you may as well go directly to the stable product that is 2012 R2   Virtualisation Support […]
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VMWare Snapshot Basics

Posted on July 15, 2014 by BritV8Admin Leave a comment

The advent in virtualisation and snapshots  resulted in a exponential increase in lazy admins! You really need to think before you snapshot! A couple of good basic video tutorials on Snapshots 002 VMware Snapshot Basics 003 Snapshot Dangers Takeaways from them Snapshot is not a backup!
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