I recently received an error message while deploying the FIM 2010 R2 Password Registration website that I could not get much information on so I thought I’d drop a note regarding the resolution. After installing the FIM 2010 R2 Password Reset and Registration website the Reset website work perfectly while the Registration website kept prompting [...]
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Simple Little Sync Rule – inbound mailNickname
In a series of sync rule examples I played yesterday with a deployment that required the alias to be extracted from the mail address. This is achieved with the user of both the IsPresent and Word functions. IIF(IsPresent(mailNickname),mailNickname,Word(mail,1,”@”)) The logical IIF function will serve as the basis as always with IIF(Condition, True, False). IsPresent will [...]
READ MORE »Building a SQL 2012 Always-On Cluster – Part 2
In my previous article “Building a SQL 2012 Always-On Cluster – Part 1” we examined the deployment of a SQL Server 2012 by deploying the first cluster node. The idea was to explore both the process of SQL Server 2012 clustering for a failover cluster, but also to see how different the installation process might [...]
READ MORE »Building a SQL 2012 Always-On Cluster – Part 1
Over the past few weeks I have been involved in a major SQL cluster roll-out and as such got my hands dirty with getting SQL 2008 R2 clusters built. With the release of SQL Server 2012 I decided I might just was well contrast the two builds for the fun of it. As it turns [...]
READ MORE »Multi-valued attribute mv-constraint-violation error
While struggling with a strange multi-valued direct flow rule today I discovered something I did not know before I kept on getting a “mv-constraint-violation” error, but only on certain of the multi-valued attribute flows. Doing by research I found two rules that apply here: All members within the multi-valued attribute have to be unique Each [...]
READ MORE »“app-store-import-exception” error remains
Playing around in the schema of FIM 2010 R2 RC the other day I came across the previously documented error “app-store-import-exception” which relates to an inconsistence schema between the FIM service and the FIM MA. The error is easily fixed by doing a FIM management agent refresh. I was hoping this “error” would be more [...]
READ MORE »Element not found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×80070490) – SQL Server 2008 R2
When using any SQL Server 2008 or later version there is a possibility of getting the following error: Element not found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0×80070490) – SQL Server 2008 R2 This appears right after feature selection (with the installer failing – or the installer hangs). There are no specific logs that provide adequate information as [...]
READ MORE »Implementing a Windows 2008 R2 NLB cluster using Powershell
I recently implemented a two host NLB cluster for IIS using only powershell. I thought I would share the process to achieve this. The first step is to install the NLB features on your two web servers.This can be achieved by using the ServerManager module in powershell. Import-Module ServerManager Add-WindowsFeature NLB, RSAT-NLB Import-Module NetworkLoadBalancingClusters Once [...]
READ MORE »“WmiPrvSe.exe process is not controlled by…”
This morning when applying SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1 i came across the following error during the installation “Check File In Use” page: The ‘WmiPrvSE.exe’ process is not controlled by the update wizard. You have to manually stop this process to avoid a computer restart. There where two theads being identified by the SQL SP1 [...]
READ MORE »MSDTC Cluster “No Storage available”
One of the primary requirements for a proper Microsoft SQL Server environment is MSDTC (Microsoft Distributed Transaction Coordinator). When installing a SQL Server clustered environment it is required to add this clustered resource before installing you SQL Server instances. To procedure to do this: To start the Failover Cluster Management program, click Start, Programs, Administrative [...]
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