When deploying a recent Skype for Business Server 2019 deployment, I came across an issue when installing monitoring reports on a server. In previous editions of SQL Server, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) was installed and configured by default. With the release of SQL Server 2017, this is now a separate download that only installs […]
During a test we could not fail over a Skype for Business Front End server with the following error: Invoke-CsComputerFailOver -ComputerName <Server FQDN> https://docs.microsoft.com/powershell/module/skype/invoke-cscomputerfailover WARNING: Invoke-CsComputerFailOver failed. WARNING: Detailed results can be found at “C:\Users\Administrator.RECORE\AppData\Local\Temp\2\Invoke-CsComputerFailOver-59928429-ed4f-4954-b5de-d69b11290780.html“. Invoke-CsComputerFailOver : Command execution failed: Insufficient number of computers (only 2 nodes would remain active) to maintain the minimum number of redundant data copies […]
Symptoms or Error https monitor bound to Exchange 2019 service is DOWN – time out during ssl handshake stage. Solution 1.Change following registry keys to 1 to downgrade security on Exchange server. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL] “AllowInsecureRenegoClients”=dword:00000001 “AllowInsecureRenegoServers”=dword:00000001 More details refer to: https://www.exchangelog.info/2020/02/netscaler-vs-exchange-2019-time-out.html 2. Or enable secure renegotiation in the SSL profile, or in global SSL parameters. Example […]
If you have a highly-available Microsoft Exchange environment, you have Exchange database availability groups. Database availability groups are the key to maintaining a highly-available and scalable set of Mailbox servers. In this tutorial, you will learn how to create and set up Exchange Database Availability Groups 2019 with the web interface and with PowerShell. You’ll also learn how to add […]
Summary: This document describes how to install SQL 2014 Standard Edition in a failover configuration. This configuration uses SQL servers in an active/passive mode. Audience: customers who have SQL server Standard Edition and wish to create a failover SQL cluster configuration. It is the full responsibility of the IT department to configure the SQL failover configuration. XMPie […]
I have been a huge fan of Synology for years! Back in the day, XPenology was a great way to have a virtualized instance of a Synology NAS that you could run as a virtual machine. Because of its extensive set of capabilities and ease of use, it was a no-brainer. Needless to say, I […]
In Today’s post, I would like to show you how to configure Microsoft Clustering across Virtual Machines with shared disk – so-called Cluster in a Box(CiB). Typical use case for Microsoft Cluster / Failover Cluster is to have cluster nodes with shared storage. Typical use case for Cluster in a Box is when you have to provide […]
Group Policy is a powerful tool that allows IT admins to configure policy across Windows PC in an enterprise environment. Every time a new setting is rolled out for Windows, the development team makes an ADMX template available that can be configured. The best part of this was ADMX or the Group Policy Settings is used to be […]