Samsung SSDs seem to jump into a strange firmware mode. This procedure trues to recover the drive, but sadly the data will be lost.
Use this version:
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Samsung(R) SSD Magician DC Version 2.0
Copyright (C) 2015 SAMSUNG Electronics
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Backup Exec Exchange backups hanging
Backups hanging and never completing at random place during Exchange backups, despite having been working for a long period previously.
On the Exchange server, add the following registry entry…
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameter
Key:
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Move Exchange Mailboxes
Lots of reasons for moving, often because you want to delete one of the mailbox databases.
User Mailboxes
new-moverequest "joe bloggs" -TargetDatabase "Mailbox Database"
Get-MoveRequest | Get-MoveRequestStatistics
Arbitration Mailboxes
Get-Mailbox -Arbitration | New-MoveRequest -TargetDatabase
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Installing ESXi 8 on old CPUs
Boot from USB in normal way.
At the initial ESXi Boot menu, press SHIFT-O (letter o)
Type: <space>allowlegacycpu=true and hit enter
Now, although you’ll be prompted during the install that the CPU is unsupported, it will let you continue.
Note – ESXi 8.0.2 will fail to install if
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Installing Windows 11 tips
Unsupported hardware:
In Windows 10, mount the Win11 ISO, open elevated command prompt, change to mounted ISO drive letter:
setup.exe /product server
Use local account, rather than MS account:
When prompted for MS account, just make up a random local account name such as AdminUser and it will
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Creality Print on ESXi VM
Creality Print needs OpenGL 4.1 in order to show the model view. By default, although it slices and uploads to printer fine, you cannot see, thus modify, the model.
In VM settings, enable 3D Support, and set 3D memory to 1GB (1GB is Vmware’s recommendation for Win7 and later):
For it to
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VMware: Failed to leave the domain . The user or group named ‘\esx^admins’ does not exist.
Sometimes when ESXi loses its trust relationship with Active Directory, you cannot log in with your AD account, and attempts to remove the ESXi server from AD result in an error:
Failed to leave the domain <Domain Name>. The user or group named ‘<AD>\esx^admins’ does not
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