Proxmox Replace failed disk in ZFS mirror

This guid assumes the following /dev/sda is the FAILED disk and /dev/sdb is the HEALTHY disk Get status of pool by running: zpool status Copy partition table from /dev/sdb to /dev/sda by running:sgdisk /dev/sdb /R /dev/sdasgdisk -G /dev/sda2 Now we need to actually replace the failed disk but we need to get the ID for […]

Forgotten PGP Server Admin Password

To reset admin password you will need physical access to server You should now be able to login with the newly set password and be prompted to create a new password

Exchange Install/Upgrade complains about a pending reboot

Have you restarted the machine before installing the Exchange management tools and it keeps repeating even post the restart, check what is causing the restart on the machine – any updates which needs to be completed, any software/application which was installed recently requires a restart? As a workaround, delete the registry key PendingFileRenameOperations in the […]

Outlook uses Roaming Signatures

We’ve seen this behaviour aswell with the Office365 Click-to-Run Outlook version due to the Roaming Signature feature that was introduced. You can disable this within the registry of the current user. Hive: HKEY_CURRENT_USERKey Path: Software\Microsoft\Office\16.0\Outlook\Setup\Value Name: DisableRoamingSignaturesTemporaryToggleValue Type: REG_DWORDValue Data:1

Windows boots to black screen with Cursor after cloning to SSD

When the computer boots to a black screen with only the mouse cursor visible try the following: Connect old disk via USB (Make sure the system is set to boot from new disk. With the old disk connected the PC should boot now but you will notice it has loaded windows from the old disk. […]

Hyper-V Console does not connect to guests

So the other day I had an issue when connecting to hyper-v guests using Hyper-V console on Windows Server I would just be given the error “cannot connect to the virtual machine try to connect again” looking around and scouring the internet yielded no solution until I had an “ah-ha” moment and realized the machine […]

Convert from RAID/IDE mode to AHCI

It’s not uncommon to find a system on which RAID drivers have been installed and something like the Intel Rapid Storage Technology package is handling storage devices, but where an SSD might require AHCI operation for more optimal performance or configurability. In these cases, there is in fact a way to switch operation from either […]