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Issue Backup Exec Server 16 (V-Ray Edition), running on Windows Server 2008R2 logs following warning after backing up Windows Server 2016 Domain Controller: V-79-57344-38747 – Backup Exec was unable to prepare Microsoft Active Directory resources for Granular Recovery Technology (GRT) operations.…
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Find what’s preventing Mac from sleeping
If Mac is failing to go to sleep or is waking up unexpectedly, you can run pmset -g log | egrep ‘\b(Sleep|Wake|Start)\s{2,}’ in terminal to inspect last sleep/wake events
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Enable Anonymous Relay on Exchange 2016
Open Exchange Admin Center and Navigate to Mail Flow > Receive Connectors Create a new Receive Connector with following settings: Role: Fontend Transport Type: Custom
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Remote Desktop requires old user name after account rename
Issue User account name was changed in via Control Panel > User Accounts > Change Your Account Name. While local login screen shows new user name, Remote Desktop Connection only works when the old login name is provided.
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Installing Mac OS – An error occurred while preparing the installation…
Issue Installing Mac OS X on iMac’s blank formatted hard drive. Installation runs for 5-10 minutes and then fails with following error: An error occurred while preparing the installation. Try running this application again. Tried installing OS X El Capitan…
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Backup live data using PowerShell, DiskShadow, and RoboCopy
Robocopy is my go-to tool for quick file-level backups. Unfortunately it doesn’t deal well with locked files (live databases, pst files, etc.). In those instances I deploy another great tool – DiskShadow that allows to tap into functionality of Volume Shadow…
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Incorrect time on a Domain Controller running inside Hyper-V VM
Computer clocks withing whole domain run 5-6 minutes behind. Normally, authoritative time source for the whole domain is a Domain Controller (DC) that holds PDC Emulator FSMO role in the forest root domain. You can find which DC holds this role…
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Symantec DLO – can’t add storage location – specified path is invalid
Issue Cannot create a new Storage Location in Symantec Backup Exec Desktop and Laptop Option. When trying to add an existing local or remote folder following error is displayed: Warning htlps://www.veritas.com/support/en_US.htmlThe specified palh is invalid.Unable lo create the directory ‘D:\Backups\DLO’…
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.NET Framework 3.5 Feature Installation Fails – Source Files Could Not Be Found
Issue Installing .NET Framework 3.5 Feature (via Roles and Features Wizard) on Windows Server 2012 fails with error: Installation of one or more roles, role services, or features failed.The source files could not be found. Try installing the roles, role…
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Send emails are not saved to Office 365 / Exchange shared mailbox sent items
Issue Emails sent from a shared mailbox (users have full access and send as permissions) are saved only in user’s sent items folder, but not in shared mailbox sent items. Resolution Connect of Office 365 via PowerShell and run following command:…
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Installing Ubiquiti UniFi Controller on CentOS Docker Container (Plesk)
This tutorial shows how I installed and setup Ubiquiti UniFi Controller on 1&1 CentOS 7 VPS web server using Docker Container. Login to Plesk Control Panel, open Docker, search for jacobalberty/unifi, and Run latest version. Uncheck Automatic port mapping and remap ports that are…
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MS Outlook Signature Editor Squishes HTML Signatures in Narrow Column
Issue HTML signatures that contain tables get squished inside Outlook 2016 signature editor. They look normal when opened inside a browser or in Outlook email editor.