Nov 02
I had to update some workstation of a customer to SP 3 (if it ain’t broke don’t try to fix it
) so he was able to upgrade his Internet Explorer to version 8 (IE version 9 is not possible with windows XP).But when the installation starts it stops with the error message:
Service Pack 3 has been cancelled because XP SP3 cannot be installed over RDP 6.0 MUI pack (update for Windows XP(KB925877)). Before you can continue, you must Uninstall KB925877.
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Oct 30
This blog is part two of three of how you can make a back-up and more importantly of how you can recover items from a mailbox. In part one I described which setting to set for a exchange 2010 back-up job. In this part I will explain how to configure the virtual lab and application group that are necessary for restoring exchange items from a specific mailbox. I will also show how to make a surebackup verification job. The virtual lab and application group are part of the surebackup option of Veeam.
SureBackup is technology in Veeam Backup & Replication which can be used to have a automate and simplify backup verification process. Within surebackup the virtual machine runs directly form the back-up in a isolated environment and I will test if all the depended services are up and running. For exchange it will test if all ports are are up and running like port 25 for example. Within the surebackup section of the software you can make a job to test the back-up automatically. In the picture below you see the the SureBackup section and below this there is a member called Jobs here is where you will make the testing job.
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Oct 14
This blog is going to be be part one of three of how you can make a back-up and more importantly of how you can recover items from a mailbox. Part one will describe how to configure the backup job. Part two will describe how to configure the virtal lab that is necessary for restoring exchange items from a specific mailbox. Part two wil describe how to configure the recover item(s) from a mailbox. In this series I made the assumption that you have Veeam Back-up and replication (enterprise) installed if not you will manage!
The scheme below gives an overview of my Exchange environment

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Oct 06
When using Business view the typical thing you want to do is categorize you virtual machines by user groups. This is usually done by the Import /Export function under Configuration but it also can be done by grouping expressions. First the Wizard way

Veeam Business View Configuration overview
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Sep 22
In this weak economic time most of us will have their cash flow closely monitor and will attempt to not have any part of the month left at the end of their money! We all know that there must be a balance between income and expenditure Actually there must be more income than there is expenditure. But who is keeping track of the US spending? I m glad I am not responsible for the household spending of the US despite the nice website with overview. Click on the picture to see the current status.

Sep 19
I thought this was a very known issue but assumptions are the mother of all …. So here some (old news). When deploying a virtual machine from a template within vCenter while using customization specification and within the customization specification it indicates that the system should be placed in a particular domain. Sysprep will try but is not able to do this.
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Sep 16
When installing Veeam business view server with a existing database server i got a error when the installation is trying to configure the SQL Database.
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Sep 14
When you get a Ping error in your sure back-up Job like below. Static IP settings that were configured on the source server where not retained on the resulting virtual machine in sure backup!
This is a screen shot form the real-time statists in sure backup. You can see this screen when you right click the sure backup job.
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Sep 12
After the installation of Veeam business server I login in and expected a popup to configure the business view program.
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