Failed to run PowerCLI command

You may see the following errors. “an assertion failure has occurred“ “The ‘connect-viserver’ command was found in the module ‘VMware.VimAutomation.Core’, but the module could not be loaded. For moreinformation, run ‘Import-Module VMware.VimAutomation.Core’.“ There are several possible reasons:

Headset Mute Button is Not Sync with Microsoft Teams

The hardware mute button on my Poly headset has not worked with the New Microsoft Teams for a while. I eventually figured out that there is an option Sync device buttons in the newer release of Microsoft Teams. Credit to Recent update to Teams causes beeping in headset when on mute – Microsoft Q&A

VMM does not have appropriate permissions to access the resource C:\windows\system32\qmgr.dll on the xxx server

The possible errors on System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2022 could be either of the following: VMM does not have appropriate permissions to access the resource C:\windows\system32\qmgr.dll on the xxx server VMM does not have appropriate permissions to access the resource ” on the xxx server VMM could not enumerate instances of class Msvm_VirtualSystemManagementService on … Read more

What is the time format in Bitbucket API?

I was trying to retrieve a report in a Bitbucket instance. The return from the API contains event dates. However, the value looks strange. It is something like 1680143775227. The format looks like Unix Epoch Timestamp. But it was converted to a far future time in any online converters. The .Net action [System.DateTime]::UnixEpoch.AddSeconds() threw an … Read more

Fixing Motor Unresponsiveness on Raspberry Pi Due to Grounding

The last time I wrote about Raspberry Pi was Connect to New Provisioned Raspberry Pi Less than $3, about six years ago. Time flies! Today, I will talk about a grounding issue.

Background and Troubleshooting

I recently purchased a powerful motor driver board. It supports two DC motors with encoders and other features. During the initial testing, I experienced weird behavior. As a cloud engineer, I find it interesting to learn about the physical world.

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Fixing ‘KDC Reply Did Not Match Expectations’ Error in Ansible for Windows Server

When you connect to a Windows server with Ansible, you may see the error message “KDC reply did not match expectations while getting initial credentials”. One possible reason is that the domain name that you used in the Ansible playbook command line doesn’t match the domain name that is configured in the Linux krb5.conf. The … Read more