vSphere 5 on HP DL380 G7 with hardware warning status

After installing the latest HP Offline bundle my server returned a hardware warning status, so the investigation started. Before upgrading the HP drivers there was no error so i had to be something in the driverpack from HP. In my setup the affected server is a HP DL380 G7 with a P410i Arraycontroller. The affected offline bundle is: hp-esxi5.0uX-bundle-1.4-16.zip Solution: …

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Printers shortcut with printer location (Classic layout)

In Server 2008R2 and Windows 7 you have a link in your start menu to Devices and Printers, but this new layout isn’t showing the printer comment and location. Solution: Create a new shortcut to printers Create a new shortcut and copy / paste to following line %windir%\explorer.exe /e,::{2227A280-3AEA-1069-A2DE-08002B30309D} Name it Printers. You can even change the icon which points …

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VMware tools on Windows Server 2012 Core

The Windows Server 2012 Core gives you just a basic command prompt window, so where do you click to install the VMware tools? You don’t! Just click on the Install/Upgrade VMware Tools option in your menu and type the following command : D:\setup64.exe /S /v"/qn REBOOT=R" In my lab, the server did not automaticlly reboot, but i really think that …

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How to Add/Remove the GUI in Windows Server 2012

With Windows Server 2012 you have the ability to add and remove Graphical User Interface of your installation. You can configure the basics with Server manager and afterwards remove the gui so the server is core only! There are three layers to be added from core to full GUI: Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure Server Graphical Shell Desktop Experience So …

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Exchange 2010 and Microsoft Entourage 2008, make it work!

When you’re upgrading to Exchange 2010 you shouldn’t forget to check the mac users. Some of them are using Apple mail, Microsoft Entourage 2008 or Microsoft Outlook 2011. But when it comes to Entourage you have some requirements you need to meet before Exchange 2010 is implemented! Go to http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads Check to see what the latest updates are for Office 2008 and …

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Exchange 2010 – Mailbox Move Request Error property expression isn’t valid

Performing the actual migration is often a moment to cross your fingers … and of course you will receive some errors when you start moving the first mailboxes. Error: Property Expression isn’t valid Luckely, this one can pretty easy be fixed. Solution: Follow the following steps: Start the Exchange Management Console Go to Recipient Configuration, Mailbox and find the affected …

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