Create a Domain Controller with Windows 2008 R2 Server Core

The below details the steps required to add an existing domain controller as a replica to a domain. The below is based on the assumption that the following has been performed on the server core installation using the Server Configuration tool (sconfig.exe): * Rename the server * Set the IPv4/IPv6 address * Joined the domain … More Create a Domain Controller with Windows 2008 R2 Server Core

Unexpected error refreshing Server Manager: Exception from HRESULT:0x800F0818

I was attempting to install VMware vCenter Server in one of my test environments where the install would fail upon attempting to configure and install the pre-requisites required. On investigating the application log, I found the following error message: Product: VMware vCenter Server — Error 25073.The Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 SP1 installer returned an error code.  As … More Unexpected error refreshing Server Manager: Exception from HRESULT:0x800F0818

Duplicate Windows Roles, Role Services and Features on a another server

By using Windows Powershell and importing the Server Module this can allow for existing roles, role services and features to be duplicated on a destination server. By following the below steps: 1) In order to get the information regarding the installed roles, role services and features we will first need to import the ‘Server Manager’ module into the current … More Duplicate Windows Roles, Role Services and Features on a another server

Spotlight on SQL Server: Collection ‘Processes’ failed : WMI query ‘Win32_process’ failed : Out of memory.

When using Quest Spotlight on SQL Server, Server connections that are running the Windows 2008 R2 operating system may intermittently report WMI query failures with the following error message: “Collection ‘Processes’ failed : WMI query ‘Win32_process’ failed : Out of memory. [0x80041006]” This causes the server connection to not show performance data for the server … More Spotlight on SQL Server: Collection ‘Processes’ failed : WMI query ‘Win32_process’ failed : Out of memory.