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“Certificate Alias” setting for Avaya Application Enablement Services and...
I recently completed a Lync Server 2010 to 2013 migration and found that setting up RCC integration between Lync Server 2013 and Avaya AES (Application Enablement Services) was exactly the same as Lync...
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Location of the “TrustModelData: registry key for the Lync 2013 Client
Those who are familiar with the certificate warning message:Lync cannot verify that the server is trusted for your sign-in address. Connect anyway?… that is presented by the Lync 2010 client when...
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Logging onto a vCenter 5.1 server configured in Linked Mode throws the error:...
While this is probably not going to be a common problem to many administrators out there, I figure I’d blog this issue I encountered today in case I come across it again.You have just completed...
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Joining an existing vCenter Single Sign-On (SSO) installation fails with the...
ProblemYou have an existing vCenter deployed in your environment and you would like to deploy a second node in LinkedMode so you proceed with the install of SSO on the second node:Select Join an...
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Installing vSphere 5.1 vCenter Single Sign On service fails with: “Error...
While I’m sure there are probably plenty of reasons that could cause the following error:Error 29120. Database schema already existsI’ve encountered this error twice while installing vSphere 5.1 (Build...
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Installing vCenter Server 5.1 to join a VMware vCenter Server group using...
While I’m sure not everyone is going to run into the same issue as I did here but because this issue almost got me to pick up the phone to call VMware support until I made one last attempt on something...
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Creating VMware vCenter 5.1 SQL database and ODBC DSN Connection
As with my previous posts for creating vCenter 4.1 and 5.0 databases, this post serves to demonstrate how to set up the database for vCenter 5.1. Before I begin, it’s important to note that the script...
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Setting up the Microsoft SQL Server database for VMware vSphere 5.1 Single...
I have to say that I wasn’t too satisfied with the documentation available setting up the database for installing the VMware vSphere 5.1 Single Sign On component independently:… rather than using the...
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Deploying VMware vSphere 5.1 Single Sign On, Inventory Service and vCenter...
As I had to deploy 2 new instances of vCenter over the weekend in Linked Mode, I took the opportunity to document all the steps so I could write a blog post demonstrating the steps for the deployment....
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Deploying an additional VMware vSphere 5.1 vCenter Server configured for...
To follow up on my previous post:Deploying VMware vSphere 5.1 Single Sign On, Inventory Service and vCenter Server http://terenceluk.blogspot.com/2013/02/deploying-vsphere-51-single-sign-on.html… this...
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Setting up a Windows Server 2008 R2 as a KMS Server
I’ve written a post in the past to demonstrate how to set up a Windows 7 desktop as a KMS server and have received a few requests from various administrators to write one for a Windows Server 2008 R2...
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Early Lync 2013 and Skype Federation Tests
I have had quite a few clients who continually ask me as to when the Skype and Lync federation details are going to be available and it was not until a week ago when Microsoft officially released a...
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Manually deleting orphaned and/or stale virtual desktops in VMware View...
Administrators of VMware View 4.x and 5.x would know that View Manager would from time to time fail to complete operations with virtual desktops in pools and eventually leave orphaned or stale virtual...
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Setting up HP Virtual Connect Manager 3.70 for RADIUS authentication with...
One of the issues I’ve been tackling with over the past week was trying to get HP Virtual Connect Manager version 3.70 to authenticate with a Microsoft NPS (Network Policy Server) server as a RADIUS...
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XenDesktop 5.6 and XenApp 6.5 throws the error: “The Group Policy Client...
ProblemI was recently asked by a client to look into an issue where he had a specific user who would receive the following error when launching any Citrix XenApp 6.5 published applications:The Group...
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Manually removing orphaned Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 DDC (Desktop Delivery...
ProblemYou noticed that you have an orphaned Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 DDC (Desktop Delivery Controller) that no longer exists in your environment but is shown in Desktop Studio with a red X:Since the...
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Exporting Lync Server 2010 Archive Database IM logs throws the error:...
ProblemYou attempt to export the IM logs from a Lync Server 2010 archive database with the cmdlet:Export-CsArchivingData -Identity "ArchivingDatabase:svrsql200801.contoso.internal\lyncarc" -StartDate...
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Removing a Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 DDC (Desktop Delivery Controller) in Desktop...
ProblemYou attempt to remove a Citrix XenDesktop 5.6 DDC (Desktop Delivery Controller) in Desktop Studio:but receive the following error: The requested name is valid, but not data of the requested type...
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Creating a new Citrix XenDesktop 6.5 catalog throws the error: “The naming...
ProblemYou attempt to create a new desktop catalog but receive the following error while going through the Create Catalog wizard:The naming scheme “DesktopName-###” is already in useSolutionWhile there...
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Lync Server 2010 or 2013 IM (Instant Messaging) conference no longer works...
I’ve been called a few times in the past to look at the issue where Lync Server 2010 or 2013 IM (Instant Messaging) conference no longer works when RCC (Remote Call Control) is configured with a PBX...
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