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In Place upgrade from Server 2012 R2 with Hyper V Role installed to Server 2016(TP2)

In Place upgrade from Server 2012 R2 with Hyper V Role installed to Server 2016(TP2)

Hi,

We are planning to upgrade one f our stand alone server 2012 R2 hyper v host to server 2016..

Is it possible to do In place Upgrade?? Any one tried upgrading 2012 R2 Hyper V Host?? and it would be helpful if there is known issues or bugs doing in place upgrade ??

I dont see any document or link related to in place upgrade to 2016 ...

Any suggestions will be helpful..

Regards,

Kalai


Reply:

As stated in the Release Notes, upgrades to or from TP2 are not supported. Here is a link to the notes:
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn765470.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396

You will have to do a fresh install from here:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview

Thanks,
Jess Cunningham
Windows Beta Team


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Creating a lot of VMs - Shared/Community Script


I saw an intersting script in the following link: PowerShell Script to Create Lots of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Virtual Machines at Once - http://www.aidanfinn.com/2012/03/powershell-script-to-create-lots-of-windows-server-8-hyper-v-virtual-machines-at-once/ (by the way, cool script)

So, my need was a little different, so i´v customized a little bit, and there is!



## Based on "PowerShell Script to Create Lots of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V Virtual Machines at Once"
$parentpath = "C:\ClusterStorage\Volume1"
$baseVHDX = "\BASE.VHDX"
$vSwitchName = "EXTERNAL"
$VMName = "VM_"


foreach ($i in 1..200)
   {
$VHDXfilename = "$parentpath\$VMName$i.VHDX"
    New-VHD -ParentPath "$parentpath$baseVHDX" -Differencing -Path "$VHDXfilename"
    New-VM -VHDPath "$VHDXfilename" -Name "$VMName$i" -Path "$parentpath" -SwitchName "$vSwitchName"
    ## Start-VM "$VMName$i"
}


After some time, my M630 and its 256 GB of RAM was fully loaded with 200 sysprep´d VMs

Não esta mais habilidade o modo full screen nativo do mac.

Não esta mais habilidade o modo full screen nativo do mac.

Este era um recurso importante, pois neste movo a a minha dock fica livre com outros aplicativos aberto, agora ele encobre a minha dock..

Gostaria de pedir para que este recurso volte...

Atenciosamente...

Eliezer Organ..


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Please understand that this forum is mainly focus on English users. You can post a new thread to Portuguese forum:

https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/pt-BR/home


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Please explain in more detail what the issue is you are running into. There have been no changes to the full screen feature. 

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installing the server essentials experience on 2012r2

getting "an error occurred while configuring Windows Server Essentials. Please try again." at 71%.  I have looked at and added \ServerAdmin$ and \MediaAdmin$ to the group policy "log on as a service" and its not helping.  Cannot find any errors in the event viewer and the logs in c:\programdata\micrisoft\windows server\logs are not obvious on that the issue is.  Anyone have any ideas?
  • Changed type Still Grey Thursday, July 30, 2015 3:28 PM

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In addition in the error.log I am getting a single line:

FATAL: ConfigureRAMGroupsTask: ConfigRAMGroupFailed


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Reply:

Hello,

Can you check the events under: Application and Services logs -> Microsoft -> Windows -> Server Essentials->Deployement

Also, Please check if there is some unresolved GUID under the built-in Administrator group or the groups of which the user with which you are logged in to configure Essentials is member of.


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Is this a clean install or some form of migration, other DC's. 

scandisk

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

As well as memtest


Grey


  • Edited by Still Grey Monday, July 20, 2015 11:12 PM

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No unexpected events there, and no unresolved guid in any group of the AD

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This is a clean install on a fresh server 2012 (in an existing 2008 based domain). All come back clean.

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Can you also check Application events.

Do you see any Service Crashing event ?

There has to be something in event viewer.


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So you joined this server to the 2008 domain before you added the role and tried to configure it? You have not messed with certs or installed any roles other than the essentials role?

Grey


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Nothing indicating an error in event viewer. The only thing I get in can nfiguration logfiles in the message about the error configuring ramgroup

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Correct.

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Hi,

According to your description, my understanding is that it is failed to install Essentials Experience role on clean installed Windows Server 2012 R2(belongs to WS 2008 domain) with error "an error occurred while configuring Windows Server Essentials. Please try again." 

I want to confirm with you that if you want to add the Essentials Experience as a member server of WS 2008 domain. If so, make sure that the user account(which is necessary to entered in Administrator credentials section of Configure Windows Server Essentials wizard) is the member of the Enterprise Admin group, Domain Admin group and Local Admin group on the target server. 

Besides, you may check the blogs below for detailed information about Deploying Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard/Datacenter with Windows Server Essentials Experience role in an Existing Active Directory Environment:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2014/02/17/deploying-windows-server-2012-r2-standard-datacenter-with-windows-server-essentials-experience-role-in-an-existing-active-directory-environment.aspx

http://blogs.technet.com/b/sbs/archive/2014/02/21/deploying-windows-server-2012-r2-essentials-in-an-existing-active-directory-environment.aspx

Best Regards,
Eve Wang


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We had one doing similar here in the Lab at around 67% though the error was cert not config ram.  We decided there was corruption and did a fresh install

Grey


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Can you check SharedServiceHostManagementServiceConfig.log I hope the server fulfills the minimum requirements like OS drive should be minimum 60 GB and total space on the server 160 GB atleast.

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in that log I see the error: [916] 150723.032257.6909: ActiveDirectoryAdapter: Failed to get Sid for WSSGroupType RemoteAccess

the server meets the requirements.  OS drive is 300 GB and total Disk Space is 3.5 TB

Any suggestions about the above error?


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Here is another clue I just found... Every time I retry the configuration, it creates another group in AD called "WSERemoteWebAccessUsersXX" where XX is the number of the retry.


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Remove all the group with "XX" there should be only 1 WSERemoteAccessUsers group.

Check all the members of this group is there any unresolved GIUD in there ?

is the user part of this group?


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Just to update everyone... Turns out AD on the DC was fubar, and had been for some time.  Did not affect day to day stuff, but was preventing any other server from being promoted or changing large swaths of AD.  So we accelerated replacing the DC and migrated everyone to a fresh AD setup.

Unrelated, Forensit profile wizard is an awesome product and very reasonably priced... really saved a ton of time.


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Glad you got it sorted and a very BIG thank you for letting us know.

Was there anything you did in particular to determine the AD state so it may be saved here eternally :)


Grey


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I decided on a whim to start over and this time tried to promote the new server to be a dc. Errors out the wazoo. Called ms support and upshot was it was faster to just migrate from scratch to a new server since it was just serving files and not all that many users. Dcdiag was just a mess.

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Many "things" dont work

yesterday i upgraded win 8,1 to win 10 like many other people, everything fine. But then , today i had to upgrade driver booster to the newest version and as allways it downloaded advanced sistem care with that uninstaller program. i Removed them both and then some functions like winbutton stoped working like the store too. It appears that that uninstaller removed the store and other without my permission. I restarted my pc and still nothing, i dont want to refresh my computer but i think i´ll must do it in case you guys dont give me some opinions :/
So, What should i do?

Group Lifecycle Management Solutions

Hello,

Looking to find out what options are out there for a group lifecycle management solution.  Looking to get better control of the groups in AD.  What I would like out of this solution is a web interface to create / assign ownership to groups, web interface to add/remove members of groups by end users, and really the key piece is a lifecycle on the groups so that a group owner must confirm on a periodic basis that the group is still required.  I would also like to be a pretty much out of the box solution, I know FIM can do most of this but I am looking to investigate other products from other Microsoft Partners if possible.

Thank you for any assistance you may be able to offer.


installing ssms on sql 2012 cluster

I already installed management tools on both my 2012 nodes but I am unable to find ssms.

I tried downloading ssms manually and installing that as a new sql instance installation but It already sees that I have ssms installed.

any idea?


Reply:
That is strange, did you went to Start..all programs...SQL Server 2012. On what node are you checking ?

Please mark this reply as answer if it solved your issue or vote as helpful if it helped so that other forum members can benefit from it

My Technet Wiki Article

MVP


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planning to scale search at enterprise level multi server

Hi Team,

I am writing scripts to create Search Service Application in SharePoint 2013 at enterprise level with multi server in picture using powershell.

I have a small doubt with reference to New-SPServiceApplicationPool commandlet.

Does it creates the AppPool on all the servers in the farm or only on the current server. Why i am asking this question is I want to Create Search Service Application Pool and my search service Application will be scaled across multiple servers so do i need to run this across all server or running on one server is enough.


Thanks Basva

Every Windows Update KB##### should contain a Hyperlink to the corresponding support.microsoft page detailing the update. Please add this

Dear Microsoft developers/managers - if any of you ever come here.

I understand that you're making Windows 10 a service. Therefore, updates are "scary" and people shouldn't think or worry about them. However, this is the IT Pro forums.

I'm not installing a single update on my servers until I've had a chance to vet the update, wait a day or two to make sure it doesn't break anything. Knowledge is power, and right now you're really not making it easy to gain knowledge.

Right now on my Win10 insider preview VM, I see I have some updates available. If this was any other version of windows, there'd be a "support information" hyperlink that would take me immediately and directly to the support page, specifically for the update.

This is now gone. Just completely disappeared. I suppose I should consider myself lucky you haven't hidden KB numbers as well, as those might be "scary" for users and should be hidden too.

I have to copy that KB number, open up a browser, and paste it after https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/ in order to go where I want.

So, thankfully you still have the support pages we need. You just make it really hard to conveniently reach the information page right from the update. I don't want to have to spend the rest of my possibly-not-for-much-longer Windows-using life copying each KB number manually, and pasting it into a browser.

This doesn't make any sense. Why would you take this from us?

  • Changed type Carey FrischMVP Thursday, July 30, 2015 7:40 AM Question ---> Comment

Reply:

Hi,

Thanks for your feedback, this is indeed a bit inconvenient, Please be patient and wait for solution in the future.


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Thank you. I really hope that Microsoft comes to their senses here. Hiding or obscuring update changelogs should not be something that happens for server administrators.

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where is admin tools

I used to have the administrative tools in my Start menu back in Win7/8.x, how to get it back in Win10?

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Go to Start | All Apps | Windows System | Control Panel and Administrative Tools is listed there.  You can drag it to the Desktop or Taskbar or Start Menu from there.

steve


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Start --> All Apps --> Windows Administrative Tools


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I used to have the administrative tools in my Start menu back in Win7/8.x, how to get it back in Win10?

Right click at Start button > Control Panel > Admin Tools


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I've got a preview version I'm looking at, and that option isn't on the menu.  I guess I better look at the final.

steve


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I've got a preview version I'm looking at, and that option isn't on the menu.  I guess I better look at the final.

steve

Whom do you reply to ?

Both methods of accessing Admin Tools are applicable to Insider Preview and the "final" version.


  • Edited by david hk129 Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:53 PM

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How to implement saml logout from ADFS?

I have a problem with redirect page to my service after logout from ADFS server. I tried to use 

https://ADFS_IP/adfs/ls/?wa=wsignout1.0 but I stayed on this page and I tried to use https://10.246.105.236/adfs/ls/IdpInitiatedSignon.aspx but I must logout manually and I had redirect on signout page ADFS. How to implement redirect after logout and is it possible with ADFS server?

  • Changed type Amy Wang_ Monday, August 10, 2015 8:43 AM

Reply:

Hi,

Regarding ADFS specific query, I suggest you refer to experts from the following forum to get professional support:

Claims based access platform (CBA), code-named Geneva Forum

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/home?forum=Geneva

Thank you for your understanding and support.

Best Regards,

Amy


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Is there any way to fix the usability of Office 365?

Hi everyone,

I was wondering if there were some tweaks to make office 365 actually usable.  My eyes are pretty decent, but the colors (and even the darker themes) give me an insta-headache.  I need to use office.  The fonts for the headers and basically everything else is barely readable, despite the glaring whiteness.  Thin lines on an excessively white background do no help with ease of reading.  

In the meantime, I will see if I can do anything with my ease of access options on my computer and bide my time when I can return home to my installation disc of office 2010.  I am this close to just giving up on Microsoft completely and going with apple.  I have a iPhone and an iPad, and Microsoft is making staying with them seem less and less appealing.  Please help.  I'm so sick of this!

Building multi-platform application

Hi All,

My apologies if this is not the correct forum category.

I am trying to build a multi-platform analysis tool with Visual Studio. The idea is that the user can select the analysis criteria, and then the program will present the analysis information (i.e. charts, tables, maps, diagrams etc) based upon one or multiple databases. I am trying to build something interactive and engaging, although my programming experience is limited.

What are the best options, utilising Visual Studio, to support this project? 

Many thanks in advance. 


  • Moved by DuncanP Wednesday, July 29, 2015 5:38 PM
  • Moved by Tina-Shi Friday, August 7, 2015 11:53 AM not related to th VS general
  • Changed type Dave PatrickMVP Thursday, August 13, 2015 3:34 PM asking for design help, no forums
  • Moved by Dave PatrickMVP Thursday, August 13, 2015 3:34 PM

Reply:

Hi GEnx1B,

Thank you for posting in MSDN forum.

To help you further support this issue, could you please tell me what type project you create and build multi-platform in VS IDE?

What language you create the project in VS IDE?

As you said that you are trying to build a multi-platform analysis tool with Visual Studio, I suggest you could share me a screen shot about trying to build a multi-platform analysis tool with Visual Studio.

Best Regards,


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Hyper-V vs VMWare - The one and only reason why I still need VMWare

The one. And. ONLY. REASON. I still have to use VMWare Player over Hyper-V (spoiler alert: it's totally stupid). Is because I want to open an RDP session full screen across two, but not three, of my monitors. Since RDP does not allow for a full screen session with a subset of the total monitors available... the solution... use VMWare Player to run a VM across two (but not three) monitors, then within the VM... open an RDP session that is configured to "use all of my monitors for the remote session".

RDP advances over the last few years have been nice. I can create an RDP session using a specified resolution, a full screen, or all of my screens. But it does not allow for two of my three screens!

Why is this important?

Because I work remotely. And like any remote employee, I spend a lot of time in an RDP session. I also spend A LOT of time scouring the web for solutions to the day-to-day problems I'm faced with. Obviously I want the maximum amount of screen real estate for my remote desktop session I can afford, but I also want the best performance possible for my web browsing. Anyone who has ever tried to watch a YouTube video through an RDP session knows....not....to view a YouTube video through an RDP session. Therefore, to get the best of both worlds, my solution is this... dedicate two monitors to the RDP session, and keep one monitor for the local machine. That way I can do things like, I don't know.... watch a video, listen to music, browse the web without wanting to stab somebody, start a video chat... you know.... things otherwise impossible through an RDP session. RDP is great and all, and RemoteFX is really stepping up the game, but there's really no competing with the performance of a local session. The only way I know of at this point in time (7/29/2015 - Windows 10 launch day, and yes I tried this on Win10, and no, Win10 does not solve my problem) is to run a VM in the VMWare Player across two (but not three) screens, and connect my RDP session within the VM. The Hyper-V console provides no such options.

Microsoft gods.... please.... I beg you.... give me the ability to pick how many monitors I want to open my Hyper-V session in (or better yet... let me pick how many screens I want to open my RDP session in)... and I promise you... I will remove all VMWare software from my machine, and never look back. PLEASE!!

how to enable network discovery across vpn

Hi everyone,

I want to know wether there is a specific port number to allow a local computer to discover other computers in the same domain splitted by vpn. I'm working for symantec endpoint security software which uses the windows network discovery to search for computers in the network and deploy security clients to them. I have a customer whose using windows server 2008 r2. He is not able to search for a computer in the windows network but we are able to ping the computer even though it has a vpn inbetween, but if we search fir computer it dosent show it. I want know how to make the clients visible in the windows network search. Does it use any port number which he has to add to the firewall? Immediate reply would be helpful. Thanks

Revert back on defer windows update only for enterprise.

I am the IT Manager for a small company. I maintain the network and computers in the office and on the shop floor.

As it stands I can not upgrade to Windows 10 on any of my machines.

Being a small company and the only IT person for said company, I do not have time to constantly monitor and make changes to computers based on new features. I need feature updates to be deferred indefinitely as I only do refreshes on my boxes every 4 years.

Right now only large volume enterprise contracts get this option. This is simply not fair and a slap in the face to the SOHO community.

Windows update as a whole right now is a slap in the face to business and power users.


  • Edited by Tkaya Thursday, July 30, 2015 3:29 AM

Windows 10 - how to force a download

  • Changed type Carey FrischMVP Thursday, July 30, 2015 2:54 AM Question ---> Comment

Reply:

Hi Hanse,

Thank you for sharing your solutions and experience here. It will be very beneficial for other community members who have similar questions.


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Large Number of Lync Conference Session Failures Every 3 Minutes

I'm wondering if anyone has ever seen this issue before.  It's new to me.

A client of mine is experiencing extremely high conferencing session failures in Lync.  Once looking into the conferences in question, it looks as though one specific users conferences are in question.  A conference session for this users Lync meetings are attempting to be joined EVERY 3 minutes, 24 Hours a day with a Response Code of 486 and a Diagnostic Code of 34007.  Here is a ScreenShot of 10 Minutes worth of these attempts:

This user is not experiencing any problems in joining meetings on his own and he is the only user listed as having unexpected conference failures. 

My thought was to restart the AV Conferencing Service or reboot the Front End Servers but wanted to run this past some other first. 

Any thoughts?


John K. Boslooper | Lync Technical Specialist | MCITP

Project Leadership Associates

2000 Town Center, Suite 1900, Southfield, MI 48075

Phone: 312.448.2269 | Fax: 435.304.3335

www.projectleadership.net




Reply:

UPDATE:

It seems as though it was a hung up process with the AVCMU Agent on one of the Front-End servers.  A simple reboot over the weekend took care of the problem.


John K. Boslooper | Lync Technical Specialist | Project Leadership Associates Phone: 312.448.2269 | www.projectleadership.net


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Reply:

Hello John,

I am also seeing same issue with one of our user.

However no services RTCAVMCU hung on any FE. 

How did you resolve this issue?

How did find that AVMCU agent is hung..

Regards

Balu Ilag


Regards Balu Ilag MCSA, MCITP


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