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Windows Server 2022 in-place upgrade to 2025 keeps failing "Windows setup failed"
My windows server upgrade keeps failing and i don't know why. I have tried a lot of solutions online but nothing works. Here is my setuperr.log file incase anyone can help me debug where and why it's happening. setuperr.log
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License activation in Mexico
i have a question, i have a customer that they new to buy the licenses of windows server 2019 can you confirm that a license bought here in the USA is allowed to be ACTIVATED in a server in Mexico? I’ve had an issue in the past with Windows software…
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Storage spaces direct windows with SSD and HDD
Good morning, I am considering moving to Hyper-V and Storage spaces direct, from vSAN and I was possible if the following scenario is possible. I have two servers, each with 3 HDDs and 3 SSD and one server that would be used as a Quorum and management.…
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Upgrade Windows Server 2016 DataCenter to Server 2019 Datacenter -> Upgradepath not supported
How can I upgrade Windows Server 2016 Datacenter to Windows Server 2019 DataCenter. I have mounted the original DVD image, starting setup result in " This upgradepath is not supported...." Any ideas? Reagrds Michael
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Could not retrieve an OCSP response.
Hi, We have 1 MS 2022 CA server, and have noticed on our DC`s the following error message EventID 36928 Source Schannel Could not retrieve an OCSP response. The Failure Reason is: REASON_OCSP_RESPONSE_RETRIEVAL_ERROR The OCSP Url is: The…
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Signed WDAC policy going into boot failure with Secure boot
I'm trying to activate a signed policy with secure boot enabled. But it goes into uefi settings screen or boot failure after a second reboot. Without secure boot, the policy seems to be activated though. I tried enabling unsigned policy rule in the base…
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Does anyone know how to migrate the MDT server on Windows Server 2012R2 Std to a new server in Windows Server 2022 Std without loss of functionality?
Dear experts, I am looking for a procedure to migrate my MDT server with Windows Server 2012R2 std to a new server in Windows Server 2022 std, I would appreciate any help
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Windows Server Backup fail
Dear All, I am trying to take one of the server standard 2016, windows server backup on the network share drive. but i am getting error " the specified file path does not exist or is not on a locally attached disk". I have full rights on…
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What's the fastest way to copy large folders from one server to another?
I am using robocopy to copy data from an old server to a new server. We have three very large folders that get thousands of new and modified files every day. What is the fastest way to robocopy the new and modified files from the three folders? Open…
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wbadmin: The server threw an exception
I migrated (all) my server disks to a new system, including an external USB-connected HDD used for backups. That went (mostly) well, but I have a problem with Windows Server Backup. When I start the wbadmin console, under Local Backup I get the…
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Converting Trusted Azure VMs to Standard VMs
I have created a Windows Server VM with Trusted Launch Virtual Machine and am unable to add it to Azure Site Recovery. Is there a way to convert the running VM to a standard VM? Additionally, I am unable to add backups to a standard backup policy.
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How access is granted by domain local groups
@Anonymous @Anonymous Let me put my question in simple words. During a normal migration, The source file system resource is secured by two Domain Local Groups, Source\Resource-Read (sid 1-1) and Source\Resource-Write (sid 1-2).…
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Access Token related query
@Anonymous I have general query regarding Access Token. I hope you guys will answer and explain it. So during Active Directory migration, servers(containing resources) have been migrated from source domain to target domain. Source Domain Local…
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Recreate Windows Server Essentials 2016
I have a Windows Server Essentials 2016 machine that is not installing cumulative updates. I have exhausted many hours trying to get Windows Update fixed to no avail. I am at the point of starting from scratch. What's the best way to approach this. Is it…
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Issue to server
Hi, I cannot apply new Windows update to Win 2016 server. Which is the relevant Windows update for it?
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Migration of Windows 2012 Essentials (non r2) to Essentials 2016 or 2019 (futureproof)
Hi, I've looked through the forums/QA regarding my topic and since i couldn't find any i'm hoping someone can help me here. A client of mine currently has a Windows 2012 Essentials server running 10 users and 15 devices connected to it. Next to…
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Windows Server Essentials 16 external backup drive erased when 55% full
I have a 8 Tb external drive for backing up Windows Server Essentials 2016 locally. Server does not have much data on it. When external drive was 80% full, server erased it and restarted backups fresh even though the drive was only growing 1% per day. …
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PKI: can a SubCA be signed by another RootCA than the original?
Hi, Can an existing Enterprise Subordinate CA be signed by a new Root CA? This SubCA will be revoked by the original Root, as it will no longer be part of the current hierarchy. Our client may want to have the SubCA continue running without having to…
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Issue with HELO value
Hi, Can you help with details to resolve issue below against my Windows server? -Q The forward DNS lookup (domain name to IP address) of your IP should match the HELO value set in your server. Forward and rDNS should resolve in public DNS…
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Microsoft Always-On VPN: IKE failed to find valid machine certificate
I set up an Always-On VPN configuration and I'm testing it - I followed Microsoft's guide at https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/remote-access/vpn/always-on-vpn/deploy/always.... After I got it all set up and I'm at the point…
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