Trying to upgrade Vcenter 6.5 to 6.7 , The following error comes up

Cannot validate target appliance configuration as not enough information from the source appliance can be collected. For more details check out the server logs

Fix

SSH into new 6.7u1 applicance:

“software-packages install –url –acceptEulas”

and then

“shutdown reboot -r “patch reboot””

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Powershell Script to Export Exchange mailboxes in 20GB PST allotments for upload to Mimecast

Import-Module activedirectory

$TargetUserName="jsmith"
$Useremail="jsmith@domain.com
$Location = "\\10.1.10.18\ArchiveExport\"

$FirstEmail = Get-MailboxFolderStatistics $TargetUserName -IncludeOldestAndNewestItems | ? {$_.OldestItemReceivedDate} | Sort-Object OldestItemReceivedDate | Select -ExpandProperty OldestItemReceivedDate -First 1
$FirstEmail = $FirstEmail.ToString("MM/dd/yyyy")

$finish = $FirstEmail

#The end date of when the last email wants to be exported , if using Mimecast this will be the date of enabling archiving
$startdate = Get-Date

$startofmonth = Get-Date $startdate -day 1 -hour 0 -minute 0 -second 0

$endofmonth = (($startofmonth).AddMonths(1).AddSeconds(-1))

$pstnumber = 1

do {
$startvalue = Get-Date -format d -Date $startofmonth

$endvalue = Get-Date -format d -Date $endofmonth

New-MailboxExportRequest $TargetUserName -ContentFilter "((Received -gt '$startofmonth') -and (Received -lt '$endofmonth'))" -FilePath $Location$Useremail".pst" -Confirm:$false

$ExportStats = Get-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox $TargetUserName
$ExportStatus = $ExportStats.Status

Do{
Start-Sleep 10
$ExportStats = Get-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox $TargetUserName
$ExportStatus = $ExportStats.Status
} while ($ExportStatus -eq "Queued" -or $ExportStatus -eq "InProgress")

Start-Sleep 30

Get-MailboxExportRequest -mailbox $targetusername -Status "Completed" | Remove-MailboxExportRequest -Confirm:$false

Start-Sleep 30

if((Get-Item $Location$useremail".pst").length -gt 20gb) {
Rename-Item $Location$Useremail”.PST” $Location$Useremail”.“$pstnumber”.PST”
$pstnumber++
}

$startofmonth = (($startofmonth).AddMonths(-1))

$endofmonth = (($startofmonth).AddMonths(1).AddSeconds(-1))

Start-Sleep 30

}

while ($startofmonth -ge $finish)

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# Revoke tokens in Azure AD, existing application and browser windows with access token needs to be terminated to revoke the access token

Get-AzureADUser -SearchString user@domain.com | Revoke-AzureADUserAllRefreshToken

Set-User -Identity user@domain.com -AuthenticationPolicy "Allow Basic Auth for ActiveSync" -StsRefreshTokensValidFrom $([System.DateTime]::UtcNow) 

Set-User -Identity user@domain.com -AuthenticationPolicy "Disable Basic Auth" -StsRefreshTokensValidFrom $([System.DateTime]::UtcNow) 

 

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Recently trying to install the Mimecast mimecast synchronization engine on an Server with Exchange 2013 Machine , since Exchange 2013 ,

1. Made sure impersonation was setup https://community.mimecast.com/docs/DOC-1734
2. Made sure OWA was working with the Mailbox

Error exchange mailbox validation failed, code: MailboxUnreacheable

EWS restricts you running API requests locally by default.

Try running this software from another machine

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Recently trying to login to the PRISM gui for the Nutanix after a new setup brought the error

Account locked due to too many failed attempts.

Logging in via SSH to the CVM IP worked with the same username and password.

I waited 10 minutes for the account to auto unlock, however in the end I had to restart the Node to be able to log back in again

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File Dates Provided By The Operating System

These are added to a file when the Operating System accesses it for the first time of makes a change. This will get reset when it gets copied to a new computer

 File Dates Embedded in Metadata Of Files via Application

These Dates are added to the file via the Application like Microsoft Word

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Recently a user kept getting the above happen on Adobe Acrobat. Turns out its an incompatibility with Intel and Adobe Acrobat to do with Scaling

1. Right Click on an empty space on your Desktop and go to Intel Graphic Settings
2. Go to Display Settings > Advanced display settings
3. Click on “Display adapter properties for Display #” (Choose the affected screen in case you have two monitors or do the following steps for both monitors).
4. In the adapter properties, go to “Intel HD Graphics Control Panel” tab
5. In the “Scaling” setting choose “Maintain Aspect Ratio”
6. Save settings if it gives you the option or just close out.

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1. Upgrade existing Datacollectors
2. Upgrade existing Storefront
3. Add New Datacollectors to Cluster
4. Add new Existing Storefronts to Replication Group
5. Use DigiCert SSL tool to export and import Certificates from Old SF to New SF
6. On a server change the DNS entry via localhost of the load balanced DNS Address point at one of the new SF Servers and test all working
7. Move Storefront to new servers

8. 

9. Move Delivery Controllers to new servers
   
   
   

   

10. Change Internal Load Balancer
    
    Add a new Service group with new SF servers and make sure all Green

11. 
    
    Bind this to the new Virtual Server
    
    

    

12. Change STA Servers for External

13. 

14. 

    Similarly the NetScaler itself is configured with the STA details. 

    

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Trying to upgrade Zerto and the error came up 

“Element not found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070490)”

Run the program as Administrator 

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We just got asked from our Distributor for a customers Microsoft Lan Number , which we had no idea to get!

Here is how: 

Login to your VLSC Center as the customer or reseller and bring up the customers Open License Account

Your “Parent Program” number listed below is your MS Lan Number and the last four digits at YYMM which should you when the Account is valid till

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