Newsletter: October 24, 2020

Hello all, I hope this finds everyone well? Things are OK here. COVID-19 is spiking something fierce in Canada so my wife and I are in locked down mode as much as we can. My lab is coming along, but the new firewall I got had been configured already and so I could not use … Continue reading Newsletter: October 24, 2020 →

Could not copy owner or primary group

Hello all, An odd problem / solution to share today, and while I suspect no one will ever see it, I need to share it just in case. I was migrating files between Windows file server locally hosted shares to a DataGravity appliance. This should be easy as pie. But, after one share worked fine, … Continue reading Could not copy owner or primary group →

Connecting vSphere 6 VCSA to Active Directory

Hi again, We got our lab working using this article, but we need to connect it to Active Directory to make it more useful. So lets get started. This process is sort of like in the past, meaning we used the VCSA VAMI UI to join a domain and then used the vSphere Web Client … Continue reading Connecting vSphere 6 VCSA to Active Directory →

Use Active Directory to install an MSI that needs a transform

Hello there, I showed you how to distribute an MSI file to computers via AD in this article. In that case it was to install the DataGravity Intelligence Service. That was an application that had no real choices as part of the install so it worked well. The outlined process would work with other software … Continue reading Use Active Directory to install an MSI that needs a transform →

How to distribute your cert via AD

Hi all, I recently updated the cert on my storage array - still a self signed one but one that had all the correct info. I manually added the cert to my local Windows and I was able to connect to the array without any of the silly prompts. But how could I add that … Continue reading How to distribute your cert via AD →

Configuring Time in Active Directory

Hello all, I was talking with someone about this subject recently and realized I should write some of it down. To make sure that all of your Windows machines - virtual or otherwise - have the same time the process below will help. Remember that AD will tolerate only about a five minute difference - … Continue reading Configuring Time in Active Directory →