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I was doing some troubleshooting in my Hyper-V cluster, and I had to remove a node from the Cluster and re-add it. While doing this, I came up with an error saying “The Computer “Clusternode.Domain” is joined to a cluster”, Here, “Clusternode” is my node name and “Domain” is my domain name. When I was doing this, […]

Fix Trust Relationship Issue without Domain Rejoining

Check and Repair Secure Channel with Netdom You can also use the netdom.exe tool from RSAT to reset the local computer password. Sign in failed machine with the local Administrator account (by typing, “.Administrator” to the logon window), open the elevated cmd.exe prompt, and run the following command:Netdom resetpwd /Server:DomainController /UserD:Administrator /PasswordD:Password Netdom resetpwd /Server:corp.mydomain.com /UserD:enroute /PasswordD:*

Upgrading Windows Hyper-V Cluster from Server_2012r2 to 2022.

Cluster transition states during Cluster OS Rolling Upgrade To ensure uninterrupted operation of cluster workloads during the Cluster OS Rolling Upgrade process, a technique is employed whereby a cluster workload is moved from a node running an older version of Windows Server to a node running a newer version. This is achieved through the utilization […]

Netstat Command

The netstat command, it can show details about individual network connections, overall and protocol-specific networking statistics, and much more, all of which could help troubleshoot certain kinds of networking issues. Netstat Command Syntax netstat [-a] [-b] [-e] [-f] [-n] [-o] [-p protocol] [-r] [-s] [-t] [-x] [-y] [time_interval] [/?] How to Read Command Syntax Netstat Command List Option Explanation […]

Microsoft Product Name Changes

Occasionally, Microsoft renames products and services to clarify their purpose, apply a consistent brand, or combine them into a single offering. Below is a list of recent product name changes that are part of (or are related to) Microsoft 365. Each entry has a link to the announcement, a link to the official product page, […]

UPGRADING SYSVOL REPLICATION TO DFSR

SYSVOL is a folder shared by domain controller to hold its logon scripts, group policies and other items related to AD. All the domain controllers in network will replicate the content of SYSVOL folder. The default path for SYSVOL folder is %SystemRoot%\SYSVOL. This folder path can define when you install the active directory. Windows Server 2003 […]

How to delete Service in Windows Server 2012

Syntax Copy Parameters Parameter Description <ServerName> Specifies the name of the remote server on which the service is located. The name must use the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) format (for example, \\myserver). To run SC.exe locally, omit this parameter. <ServiceName> Specifies the service name returned by the getkeyname operation. ? Displays help at the command prompt. Remarks […]

Force Active Directory replication on a domain controller

To force Active Directory replication run the command ‘repadmin /syncall /AeD’ on the domain controller.  Run this command on the domain controller in which you wish to update the Active Directory database.  For example, if DC2 is out of Sync, run the command on DC2. A = All Partitionse = Enterprise (Cross Site)D = Identify servers […]

Remove an old RDS from Server Pool (2012 R2)

First you have to install SQL Server Management studio on your RDS management/licensing server/all of your RDS connection brokers (if your have more than one, follow the below steps, rinse and repeat…):https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/ssms/download-sql-server-management-studio-ssms?view=sql-server-2017 Open up SSMS RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR and connect here:\\.\pipe\MICROSOFT##WID\tsql\query Open a query window, run this query: SELECT TOP 1000 [Id],[Name] FROM [RDCms].[rds].[Server] Look at the list […]