I used to see two common errors on the new created Microsoft Failover Cluster. “DNS bad key” and CNO update error. Cluster network name resource ‘Cluster Name’ failed registration of one or more associated DNS name(s): DNS bad key or Cluster network name resource failed registration of one or more associated DNS names(s) because the … Read more
Computer cannot contact Microsoft update service to upgrade latest patches if it’s managed by SCCM policy. Sometimes we may need to keep latest patch for testing, security or other purpose, such as when you create a golden image, you always want to keep the system up to date.
A few days ago a user report to me that he cannot mounts ISO image to virtual machines on SCVMM 2012 R2. The error message is the following: The reason is the communication between SCVMM and Hyper-V servers are blocked due to certification on SCVMM application is expired. The default expiry date of SCVMM certification … Read more
Today I got a special problem I want to share with you. I tried to install SCVMM 2012 SP1 console on my Windows 7 VM to do some troubleshooting, but I get error message “Generic Trust Failure” when I click Install button in SCVMM 2012 SP1 installer, it mentioned something related to Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 … Read more
First, I would like to recommend DELL M4800 for small home lab, I spent lot of time to looking for a solution for my lab, I need some hardware low noise, low weight, and it is better portable. I checked out HP mini server, Apple MAC mini, Mac book pro…etc. They are nice products to … Read more
