Having a solid backup and restore software for your server virtualization hypervisor setup is highly essential to protect business-critical virtual machines and important data. Easy backup/restore is one of the main advantages of having a private cloud (virtualization environment) at the datacenter than physical servers. Selecting the suitable and best backup software for the Microsoft […]
[Fixed] Agent Not Reachable in DPM 2012 R2, Untrused Domain, WorkGroup Backup
Here we are going to show a way to fix the error or warning message ‘Agent Not Reachable’ in DPM 2012 R2 which prevents backing up guest virtual machines on Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V. This will be applicable for physical servers too. The backup of Windows server/computer will stop when the DPM server lose the […]
How to Do P2V in SCVMM 2012 R2, Convert Physical to Virtual in Hyper-v 3
P2V (Physical to Virtual) conversation option has been removed from SCVMM 2012 R2 for some reasons. I’m sure you will be searching this option if you have upgraded System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 to 2012 R2 version. Microsoft has removed it, therefore we need to do P2V in SCVMM 2012 R2 in different ways. […]
[Fixed] Exchange 2013 Emails Stuck in Drafts After Failed CU or SP Update
Recently I faced an issue with Exchange 2013 server in production environment. After a failed update of Exchange 2013 to CU5 the mail flow stopped working and sending emails stuck in drafts folder. Even though I managed to recover Exchange application and user mail boxes, but mail flow of internal and external did not work.Even […]
[Fixed] Unknown StartTrace Error (183)- Exmon on Exchange Server
Microsoft Exchange Server User Monitor (Exmon) is a great tool which helps to identify and troubleshoot basic issues on an Exchange server 2003, 2007, 2010 and 2013. It collects very informative data in real time about the user activity, mailbox access, incoming requests and more details to locate the possible cause of the server issues. […]
[Guide] Install VMware vSphere 5.5 on Windows 7 and 8 Using VMware Workstation
vSphere 5.5, the server virtualization software from VMware had come up with several exciting features. They have tweaked the hardware compatibility and scalability which can almost match up with Windows 2012 R2 hyper-v. The newly introduced virtual hardware version 10 is having plenty of improved and extended hardware support for virtual machines. If you are […]
Convert (Export) Virtual Machine from VMware to Hyper-V with SCVMM 2012 Without vCenter
When you are migrating your virtual machines from VMware ESX hypervisor to Microsoft Hyper-V by using SCVMM 2012 without VMware vCenter, you will face a slight issue. Without VMware vCenter (which should have connected to Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012) you can’t move virtual machines from VMware to Hyper-V by selecting ‘virtual to […]
Download Windows Server 2012 R2 VHD and Run It on VirtualBox or VMware Workstation
Do you want to try Windows server 2012 R2 VHD on VirtualBox or VMware?, this guide is for you. Using pre installed virtual hard disks always ease our job by avoiding ISO download, installation and configuration. You can find out more information about download link of Windows 2012 R2 server VHD and how to attach […]