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Overview This issue occurred after changing the certificate on vCenter server due to the certificate expired. Renewing the Vcenter certificate broke the Hosting connections in Citrix Studio. Step to fix. Running this Powershell command to grab the current Connection and SSLTumbprints: Get-ChildItem XDHyp:\Connections | Select-Object HypervisorConnectionName,FullPath,SslThumbprints Browse the vcenter WEB UI(using https://). You will see the certificate being used. Save / export to a .CER file. Import the exported CER certificate file to Machine / Computer account Certificate-> Trusted People Do this on Delivery Controller Server!...

Overview Veeam version 12 introduces to use PostgreSQL as the Database Engine. To ensure the database engine is keep updated, and any potential vulnerabilities, you need to manually update the PostgreSQL to the latest version periodically. Check current PostgreSQL version To check the current PostgreSQL version: Using Powershell Open Powershell on Administrative task, and run: postgres.exe --version Result: postgres (PostgreSQL) 15.1 This method requires the PostgreSQL to be registered on Windows Environment Variables...

Overview Switch Embedded Teaming (SET) is technology used for network interface card (NIC) teaming in Windows Server with utilizing the HyperV networking stack. Here is the comparataion of the Switch Embedded Teaming (SET) with LBFO (Load Balance and Failover) mode. Switch Embedded Teaming (SET) Introduced in: Windows Server 2016. Purpose: Designed specifically for use with Hyper-V and Software Defined Networking (SDN) environments. Features: Integration with Hyper-V: SET is deeply integrated with the Hyper-V Virtual Switch, allowing virtual NICs (vNICs) for VMs to directly use the teaming capabilities....

Overview Microsoft announced that the classic Teams for VDI will reach the end of support on October 1, 2024, and end of availability on July 1, 2025. After that date, users won’t be able to use classic Teams but instead be prompted to switch to new Teams. We recommend you update to new Teams today. These steps are specific only for Citrix environment! New Teams Requirement Requirement Version Windows Windows 10....

Overview Backup Procedure. Here is the backup procedure to backup the database on PostgreSQL. Using PgAdmin. Launch PgAdmin UI. Enter the Credential. Select the Veeam Database. Right click, and choose Backup. Enter the FileName, browse the path where you want to save the backup. Format keep default Custom. By default postgreSQL backups the DB as .SQL format. Click Backup, and see the progress. Using Powershell Open Powershell Go to Postgres bin folder....

Overview Due to the SQL 2016 has reached End-Off-Life (EOL), switching the SQL database on Veeam to PostgreSQL, or upgrading the SQL express version to 2022 is crucial to make sure the database engine version is updated. If you prefer to switch the database to PostgreSQL, you can follow This Link. However, if you are more comfortable, stick with SQL server, you can use the following procedures for upgrading the underlying SQL software to the latest 2022 version....

Overview Microsoft announced that the classic Teams for VDI will reach the end of support on October 1, 2024, and end of availability on July 1, 2025. After that date, users won’t be able to use classic Teams but instead be prompted to switch to new Teams. We recommend you update to new Teams today. Note: New Teams for VDI is now generally available for customers in public clouds, GCC, GCC High and DoD government cloud....

Overview Today, I experienced Active domain controller replication issue after the primary domain controller (DC that hold the PDC roles) was suddenly went back to 1879. This situation caused the replication break as the Primary domain controller was tagged as tombstone. Server environment ServerName FSMO Role DC01 Schema master, naming master,PDC, RID pool manager,Infrastructure master DC02 Secondary Domain Controller and DNS DC03 Secondary Domain Controller and DNS Issue All replication from DC01 to DC02 and DC03 or vice versa breaks with Tombstone reason as the following:...

Overview To create a Windows firewall rule that blocks all .exe files located within a specific folder, you may use the following powershell command: Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\Program Files (x86)\Apps" *.exe | Select-Object Name,FullName | ForEach-Object ` {New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Block $($_.Name) Inbound" -Direction Inbound -Program "$($_.FullName)" -Action Block; New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName "Block $($_.Name) Outbound" -Direction Outbound -Program "$($_.FullName)" -Action Block}

Overview If you are planning to migrate the Sophos security software to another security product, you have to plan how to remove this Sophos software from all of the workstation. Here are the procedures for removing the Sophos Security software from all workstation via script and Active Directory GPO. Before you begin. Find the uninstall string. Sophos use the same software strings for the endpoint agent downloaded on the same version or tenant, but use a different string for different version....