Failed to register Azure Migrate appliance
The easiest way is Azure Migrate. This article introduces how to fix failed to register Azure Migrate appliance.
Password is incorrect when access admin$ or c$ on Windows
There are default shares for administration purposes on Windows. You can access it by //computer name/admin$ or //computer name/c$. I faced a problem on some machines that it cannot access the shared paths.
Quick Notes: Windows lost network every 20 minutes
You may see a Windows machine lost network connectivity every 20 minutes, or the Windows machine lost network when you are connecting it via RDP.
Quick Note: Modify PowerShell Execution Policy in Registry
Firms usually leverage Active Directory Group Policy to control security settings on Windows. PowerShell execution policy is the one most company ITs would restrict.
How to Manage Windows Servers With Ansible on CentOS 8
This article will focus on the quick configuration in the lab environment to get Ansible ready for Windows automation.
Quick Note: Mouse Jumps Around in VMware Workstation
I just upgraded a testing machine to Windows 10 1909. And installed VMware Workstation 15 latest version on the testing machine. Somehow the mouse jumps around in VMware Workstation when the mouse pointer is grabbed by a VM. This is very annoying. I only observed this issue when run VMware Workstation in remote desktop session. … Read more
OneDrive Can’t Add Your Folder Right Now!
This post is nothing related to servers. I post that since I couldn’t find anything on the internet about this issue. This “OneDrive Can’t Add Your Folder” spent me quite a while to figure it out. I only found an article talks about IRM after I figured the issue out. So I think it’s maybe … Read more
[Quick Note] Failed to install pywinrm on CentOS 8
You may see error message “Running setup.py install for pykerberos … error” when install pywinrm on CentOS 8. The additional errors are “unable to execute ‘gcc’: No such file or directory” and “command ‘gcc’ failed with exit status 1“. The reason because gcc dependence is missing on the machine. You need to run following command … Read more
Balanced Memory Configuration for ESXi Servers
Background ESXi servers are fundamental infrastructure. The underly hardware performance has a butterfly effect on the upper layer virtual machines and applications. Since there is less than 10% performance overhead on the virtualization layer. So it’s valuable to get full performance on the hardware layer. Memory is a big player in hardware performance tuning. Balanced … Read more
MAC Address Conflict with ESXi vmkernel NIC on Cisco UCS Blades
This guide will show you some tips of how to troubleshooting MAC address conflicts on ESXi and Cisco UCS level.