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In 16 months Windows and SQL 2008 and 2008 R2 will no longer be supported, what’s your plan?

Posted on August 12, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Let’s not kid each other, you or someone you know is still running Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, or SQL 2008, 2008 R2 in production. I’m not trying to say…

Serial Consoles FTW like its 1978!

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

A little history If you’re older than me I need not explain what a serial console is, but if you are younger than me then let me give you a little…

Zerto Alert – The default Microsoft SAN Policy may …

Posted on July 13, 2018 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

Have you seen this SAN Policy alert? If you use Zerto to replicate Microsoft Virtual machines that have multiple hard drives you have probably seen this warning in the GUI.…

Remote Desktop Error: CredSSP encryption oracle remediation

Posted on June 6, 2018 by Justin Paul | 2 Comments

Lately, I’ve been having trouble using Remote Desktop to get into machines in my lab. The error is always the same: What is CredSSP and why it is an issue?…

Moving a SQL Cluster – The really easy way

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Justin Paul | 0 Comments

A while ago (like 5 years ago) I wrote an article about how I migrated a virtualized SQL cluster from an old SAN to a new SAN. It is still…

MS SQL AlwaysOn Availability Groups, a better way to cluster

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Justin Paul | 3 Comments

I’ve done posts before about how much I hate Microsoft Clusters, mainly because of their shared disk requirements. While VMware does support a virtualized Microsoft cluster with shared disks, the…

How-To: Migrate MS SQL Cluster to a New SAN

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Justin Paul | 34 Comments

During a recent SAN installation I ran into a Microsoft SQL cluster that needed to be migrated from an old SAN to a new SAN. After doing a bunch of…

Accelerating Branch Office File Sharing with MS BranchCache

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Justin Paul | 11 Comments

I’ve done a bunch of articles about how to save your bandwidth when you are trying to replicate backups and virtual machines to your disaster recovery site, however I don’t…

Microsoft Licensing in a Virtual World

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Justin Paul | 4 Comments

I have thought about touching this topic several times, and each time I start to write the post I find myself stopping. I think it’s mostly because this debate is…

Remote Desktop Connection Manager

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Justin Paul | 8 Comments

This morning while wasting some time before the baby’s doctor appointment I was browsing around on Microsoft Connect. I had never heard of it before and thought I would see…