Monday 18 March 2013

Can not RDP/access/login to a VM in hyper-v, heartbeat: no contact

If you can not login to a VM in hyper-v and also can not RDP to a VM. shows HeartBeat: no contact.

use the following procedure to resolve.

1)Restart the effected VM.
2)Press F8 to enter/log in safe mode.
3)Login to the VM with local admin Or try any other user if possible.
4)From the effected VM window Go to Action-->insert integration services setup disk.
5) Now Double click on CD/DVD icon in effected VM.
6) Open root folder, here you will see, the setup file. double click on it.
it will install the HAL on your VM.
7)Restart the VM.
that's it. now should be able to access/RD it..

Saturday 9 March 2013

How to configure SSL in NLB


(1) First you have generate CSR from one server in NLB,
(2) Generate SSL certificate from your CA or online SSL provider (Digicert, Godaday etc).
(3) Copy your SSL certificate to your server from which CSR was generated and install it.
(4) Now you have to export this certificate from this Server.
(5) Copy this exported certificate to the other node in NLB.
(6) Import this (exported) Certificate to the other node in NLB.

Now that's it.

But
If you have published the required URL through some firewall (ISA etc), then you also have to import the exported certificate on your ISA server.

How to import??

On ISA server Start--> Run-->mmc--->add snaf-in and certificate, certificate-->personal--->import Browse the certificate which was exported form from NLB server.

after that open the required URL policy rule in ISA managment window. Right Click-->properties-->listener--properties--certificate-->select
ceritficate----here you will see the new certificate,, select that new ceritificate and click new.
thats it..all done.

 

Friday 8 March 2013

how to download FCS updates manualy

search in Google "mpam-fe", it will go to Microsoft updates site, from there you can download latest updates according to your infrastructure(32bit OR 64 bit).after completion of update (mpam-fe), just double click on this (mpam-fe) and FCS updates will be installed,