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Windows Server Licensing on VMware ESXi Host

July 30, 2018, 12:32 am
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Hello

I have a concern about Windows Server licensing on VMWare ESXi hosts. I have a requirement to deploy 6 x Windows Server Virtual Machines across 2 node VMware ESxi Cluster. 

So If the hardware servers have VMware ESXi installed how does this licensing comply? 

1. Can we just purchase 3 x Windows Server Standard licenses for comply above requirement? (For 6 x VMs - Windows Server Standard/2VMs)
2. If yes, How many core licenses should we purchase?

Please clarify.

Best Regards,
Dammz
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Microsoft Volume Licensing - Government Organisation

August 6, 2018, 12:28 am
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We are a Government Organisation and wish to renew our volume License Agreement.  We have just under 200 pc's in our organisation, to be precise 197 pc's.  We have an Open Value Subscription which is coming to an end on 30 September 2018.  We want to go out on tender for the renewal and I need some clarity on the Licensing.

The following OS are used on our pc's windows 8.1 and windows 10 Enterprise
We also use MS Office 2013 and Office 2016 Professional
We have 6 servers (4 are Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard and 2 are Windows Server 2012)

Here is what the Physical Server is used for:

1st Windows Server 2008 R2 - Active Directory, DHCP Server
2nd Windows Server 2008 R2 - WSUS Server
3rd Windows Server 2008 R2 - Server which had our Old Financial Management Software.No users connect to this Server.
4th Windows Server 2008 R2 -  Server that has VIP Payroll and HR Software. This has SQL 2008 R2 installed and 5 Users Connect to this Server to access the payroll and HR Software.
5th Windows Server 2012 - We have CIBECS Backup Software Installed All Users data from their PC's are backed up to this Server using the CIBECS AGENT SOFTWARE.
6TH Windows Server 2012 - BARN OWL RISK MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE Installed but no users connect to this Server.

I would like some clarity on what licenses I need to purchase for our government organisation to ensure we are compliant.

197 users are using the Microsoft Office Software.
5 Users are Connecting to the Server that has SQL 2008 R2
197 users are authenticating to the Active Directory

Please note we don't use any VM's

Your assistance will be appreciated since I am busy drafting the Tender Document for Resellers to Bid on.

Regards,

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Dcom errors server 2016

August 2, 2018, 8:12 am
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I fount this thread:

DCOM Errors on clean install Windows Server 2016

I tried to reply in that thread but the page just goes to the top and not even a messag why... .

But I want to know if I can use the script that is in that thread to be found for my issue,  I have the same issue but some differences:

it's not the system account but it's an user account that has these errors. Acturally after the user complains on that certain hour that his pc worked very slow (remote desktop connected), that an application took a lot of time just to print some reports (windows serve SQL is used too).

here are the SLCID:

The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Activation permission for the COM Server application with CLSID

{B52D54BB-4818-4EB9-AA80-F9EACD371DF8} and APPID {9E175B9C-F52A-11D8-B9A5-505054503030}

{D3DCB472-7261-43CE-924B-0704BD730D5F}  (same APPID as the SLCID)

{145B4335-FE2A-4927-A040-7C35AD3180EF} (same APPID as the SLCID)

After searching in regedit: these are the names I found in order:

Windows search platform

WS Discorvery Provider Class

and last one : value under name : (value not set)  and the APPID is not listed in regedit, only LaunchPrermissing and localserver


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WPAD Failover Reasons

August 6, 2018, 12:32 am
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Hi,

We are using Cisco vWSAs in our environment. We have 6 WSAs in 2 different locations with built in failover capabilities. Location 1 serves users in one country of residence and location 2 for the other country of residence.  However, in the event location 1 is lost we expect failover using a WPAD file to location 2 and vice versa.

We are currently seeing an issue where users in location 1 are failing over to location 2 when we know there are 6 available proxies for location 1 to select from.

So my question is this:

What exactly causes the machine to ask for another available proxy when browsing the internet?

I can't find any official documentation for this anywhere, i.e. is it due to a slow response time from your current proxy? If the load on that proxy is too heavy does it switch you?

Once we understand this we will hopefully find out what is the cause of this location failover.

**Other notes**

We are using IE 11 as the main browser fully patched.

The WSAs are configured with HA addresses to load balance within an environment, the statement in the wpad.dat file looks something like this:

// DEFAULT RULE: All other traffic, use below proxies, in fail-over order.

if (myseg==Math.floor(myseg/2)*2) {
        return "PROXY LOCATION A HA IP 1; PROXY LOCATION A HA IP 2; PROXY LOCATION B HA IP 1; PROXY PROXY LOCATION B HA IP 2";}

So location A HA ip has a cluster of 3 vWSAs and location A HA IP 2 also has the same.  So in theory 6 proxies should be attempted before moving location.

Hope this makes sense and that you can help.

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Error:0xC004F025 Access Denied: the requested action requires elevated priviliges

June 12, 2011, 7:34 pm
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hi all,

 

while typing this command to cmd (slmgr.vbs -rearm) to expand the expiration time of my windows server 2008 i got an error message: Error:0xC004F025 Access Denied: the requested action requires elevated priviliges.

have anyone encountered this? :D

thanks

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The service failed to stage a file for replication due to a sharing violation.

August 1, 2018, 11:57 pm
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HI All,

Why the file name change to numbers? 

The DFS Replication service has been repeatedly prevented from replicating a file due to consistent sharing violations encountered on the file. The service failed to stage a file for replication due to a sharing violation. 

Additional Information: 
File Path: E:\CorpData\Recruitment\data\11E93010 
Replicated Folder Root: E:\CorpData\Recruitment 
File ID: {BEA5DDF4-4AD9-4113-8B1C-19AADC882D68}-v27457472 
Replicated Folder Name: Recruitment 
Replicated Folder ID: 3DE6B7D1-72D7-4E99-A79E-2950D3B01832 
Replication Group Name: xxxx.com\corpdata\recruitment 

Replication Group ID: C7628A59-4189-4738-ABB7-1744CCB37090 

Member ID: 0D1E0EB7-E248-4DF9-9ED6-76D622926CF1

As

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KB4338815 KB4284815 KB4339093 KB4338824 vCenter Server 6.0 U2 Host Network Connection Failure

July 31, 2018, 9:35 am
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The week before we installed July 2018 MS patches on the vCenter server (runs on Windows 2012 R2). A couple of days later we encountered frequent disconnects of the hosts in our environment from the vCenter server that cited host network connection failure (host running vmware esxi 6.0). 

 

Based on vmware support recommendation we uninstalled KB4338815 only to find that KB4284815 was installed automatically during the uninstall of the first one. That did not resolve the issue. Instead it got worse. More frequent disconnects that would last for about 10 seconds. Then we proceeded to remove all the updates from July. After that we have not seen the disconnect for the past three days. Touch wood!


Please share your experience if you have witnessed the above and what resolutions were taken. I wanted this thread out there so that others in the same boat may find an easy fix by uninstalling the updates and that someone from MS would take notice. What a nightmare!

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transferring FSMO roles

July 30, 2018, 10:54 am
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we currently have two DCs a 2012r2 wich I was able to find instructions on upgrading from there to 2016 but I have not been able to find any guidance for the appropriate steps for the 2008r2 server can its FSMO roles transfer to a 2016 server directly or do we need to raise it to 2012r2 then 2016
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Disable outbound replication with Repadmin and password changes

July 30, 2018, 6:53 am
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I was wondering if I disable outbound replication with the repadmin tool for a schema update, does this stop password changes from being replicated to other DC's? I am disabling outbound replication on the PDC which is where password changes happen.
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Serve 2008 R2 Explorer.exe not responding

July 16, 2018, 12:59 pm
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Hello all,

I am logon to our client server a 2008 R2 server. 

Explorer.exe doesnt open.

I have to open Explorer.exe with task Manager file > New Task.

With Explorer open, when I click anywhere on the taskbar/Start button/Clock I get the error "Windows Explorer is not responding. If you close the program you might lose information."

Event Viewer show the following that began on 4/19/2018

Application log:

Event 1002: App Hang

The program explorer.exe version 6.1.7601.17567 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Action Center control panel.
 Process ID: 1b90
 Start Time: 01d41d303b3ebbc9
 Termination Time: 6
 Application Path: C:\Windows\explorer.exe
 Report Id: 86b18a35-8923-11e8-890c-000c2974a38a

KB2638018 was installed on 4/19/2018.

SFC /scannow:

PS C:\Windows\system32> sfc /scannow
Beginning system scan.  This process will take some time.
Beginning verification phase of system scan.
Verification 100% complete.
Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

Last reboot on 6/25/2018

I am stuck at this point.

Any assistant is appreciated.

Regards

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Windows Defender NIS signature age issue

August 7, 2018, 1:38 am
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I am facing issue with NIS signature age in windows defender in Windows server 2016 core version.

NIS signature Age showing default value i.e. 4294967295 and NISsignature last update is coming blank.

I have updated the full definition & NIS signature by downloading manually but still the issue is same.

Disabled & Enabled the protection also giving no luck.

If anybody having idea how to resolve the issue ,please help.

Thanks in advance

Sushil Verma


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Time Configuration in Active Directory via GPO - Windows 2012 R2 not working.

July 5, 2018, 3:39 am
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I followed the link "https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/nepapfe/2013/03/01/its-simple-time-configuration-in-active-directory/" to configure NTP via GPO however I did not find Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Windows Time Service. Instead I found Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\System\Enable Windows NTP Server\Windows Time Service which is not working. Does anyone aware of GPO configuration in Windows 2012 R2 about how to configure NTP server.

Shashi

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Windows Server 2016 Event 1000, Application Error Faulting application name: mmc.exe

July 31, 2018, 5:30 pm
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Faulting application name: mmc.exe, version: 10.0.14393.2097, time stamp: 0x5a820e5d
Faulting module name: GPOAdmin.dll, version: 10.0.14393.2068, time stamp: 0x5a7e7062
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00000000000be1d6
Faulting process id: 0x3a8
Faulting application start time: 0x01d428f2d03e703a
Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\mmc.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\System32\GPOAdmin.dll
Report Id: a87fb79e-672e-4311-b356-b574aa4c2245
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:
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Windows Server 2008 R2 Update fails due to system-protected font

July 18, 2018, 3:44 am
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Hello,

My windows Server 2008 R2 has been failing to install the

2018-07 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4338818)

every day for many days (it was already failing the preview of it, which I then declined on WSUS).

The only apparent problem I see in the WindowsUpdate.log is this (in bold below):

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2018-07-17    07:41:08:522     856    169c    Report    ***********  Report: Initializing static reporting data  ***********
2018-07-17    07:41:08:522     856    169c    Report      * OS Version = 6.1.7601.1.0.196880
2018-07-17    07:41:08:522     856    169c    Report      * OS Product Type = 0x00000007
2018-07-17    07:41:08:678     856    169c    Report      * Computer Brand = Dell Inc.
2018-07-17    07:41:08:678     856    169c    Report      * Computer Model = PowerEdge R210 II
2018-07-17    07:41:08:678     856    169c    Report      * Bios Revision = 2.8.0
2018-07-17    07:41:08:678     856    169c    Report      * Bios Name = InsydeH2O Version 03.70.452.8.0
2018-07-17    07:41:08:678     856    169c    Report      * Bios Release Date = 2014-06-24T00:00:00
2018-07-17    07:41:08:678     856    169c    Report      * Locale ID = 1033
2018-07-17    07:41:08:694     856    3b0    Handler    Post-reboot status for package Package_for_RollupFix~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~7601.24180.1.8: 0x80070020.
2018-07-17    07:41:08:694     856    3b0    Handler    WARNING: Got extended error: "POQ    Operation    HardLinkFile    OperationData   \SystemRoot\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-font-truetype-tahoma_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7601.24145_none_8e5c4f96a47869ce\tahomabd.ttf, \??\C:\Windows\fonts\tahomabd.ttf"
2018-07-17    07:41:12:640     856    3b0    AU    ###########  AU: Initializing Automatic Updates  ###########
2018-07-17    07:41:12:687     856    3b0    AU      # WSUS server: http://whiskey
2018-07-17    07:41:12:687     856    3b0    AU      # Detection frequency: 22
2018-07-17    07:41:12:687     856    3b0    AU      # Approval type: Scheduled (User preference)
2018-07-17    07:41:12:687     856    3b0    AU      # Scheduled install day/time: Every day at 6:00
2018-07-17    07:41:12:687     856    3b0    AU      # Auto-install minor updates: Yes (User preference)
2018-07-17    07:41:12:687     856    3b0    AU      # Will interact with non-admins (Non-admins are elevated (Policy))
2018-07-17    07:41:12:750     856    3b0    AU    Setting AU scheduled install time to 2018-07-18 09:00:00
2018-07-17    07:41:12:750     856    3b0    AU    Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2018-07-17    07:41:12:750     856    3b0    AU    Initializing featured updates
2018-07-17    07:41:12:750     856    3b0    AU    Found 0 cached featured updates
2018-07-17    07:41:12:750     856    3b0    AU    Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2018-07-17    07:41:12:750     856    3b0    AU    Obtained Post reboot hr from Agent:80070020
2018-07-17    07:41:12:781     856    3b0    AU    WARNING: Post-reboot install failure, error = 0x80070020
2018-07-17    07:41:12:781     856    3b0    AU    AU setting pending client directive to 'Forced Reboot'
2018-07-17    07:41:12:796     856    3b0    AU    Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2018-07-17    07:41:12:796     856    3b0    AU    Triggering Offline detection (non-interactive)
2018-07-17    07:41:12:796     856    3b0    AU    Successfully wrote event for AU health state:0
2018-07-17    07:41:12:796     856    3b0    AU    AU finished delayed initialization

...

2018-07-17    07:44:49:528     856    104c    Report    REPORT EVENT: {3A6776D8-A21A-42AA-BED5-F975A6DE086E}    2018-07-17 07:41:12:640-0300    1   182    101    {1C930EAB-7B7E-4616-B5B5-D6E4A723BC71}    200    80070020    AutomaticUpdates    Failure    Content Install    Installation Failure: Windows failed to install the following update with error 0x80070020: 2018-07 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4338818).
2018-07-17    07:44:49:528     856    104c    Report    REPORT EVENT: {34F70FF8-C07D-4190-AC13-E7B3CFAFEA9F}    2018-07-17 07:41:12:750-0300    1   202    102    {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}    0    0    AutomaticUpdates    Success    Content Install    Reboot completed.

That font (tahomabd.ttf) is a system-protected font, so I suppose the update fails as it cannot overwrite it.

I've found a similar issue that required a fix, but for Vista and Windows Server 2008 (not R2):

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/980248/some-font-files-that-are-marked-as-system-protected-cannot-be-updated

Any hints on how I can complete this update?

Thanks!

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Windows Server 2008 R2 stuck in recovery mode after power failure

November 22, 2010, 1:16 pm
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I have a server 2008 R2 that took a power outage and now it's only booting in Recovery mode.  What are the best steps to restoring this server to production? 

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70-740 Prep Materials

August 7, 2018, 10:01 am
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Hello all, 

What exam prep materials seemed to be the most complete? I understand that i'll need several books/vids, but just wondering what worked best for those who passed. 

Thanks in advance.

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Updates download and install but back out of conffiguration

August 7, 2018, 11:08 am
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2018-07 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4338818) & Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer 11 for Windows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems (KB4339093)

 

They download and install but require a reboot. On reboot, it gets to about 85% configured then reverses and backs out of changes. I have reinstalled the update agent, installed the standalone installer, run the update trouble shooter, run the Update readiness tool, run DISM\scanhealth (No errors), checked the Checksur.log and found no errors, renamed the software Distribution folder, tried installing updates manually from the MS software distribution catalog.

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Logon/logoff scripts

July 9, 2011, 7:09 am
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Hi,

      I want to known users logon & logoff time(in client machine) is there is any batch file to do so.

 

Thanks in advance,

Jeriesh

Cheers : Jeriesh
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Roll-up KB4338818 Fails in Server 2008 R2 SP1

July 17, 2018, 8:32 am
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I am unable to install KB4338818 on three different 2008 R2 SP1 servers in three different networks.  Error 80070020.

Any help?

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LAPS - how to login to workstation when a computer is expired or deleted from AD for months?

August 3, 2018, 9:13 am
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We are going to implement LAPS in our environment. We have thousands of Windows 7 and Windows 10 workstations. There are times that remote workstations haven't connected with domain controllers for months. Then the only way to login to these machines is to use local admin password. After switching to LAPS we would look up the workstations unique password in AD. How would we login to a machine that is expired or deleted from AD for months?
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