Microsoft

Attempting to download Lync Server 2013 topology throws the error: “Cannot open database "xds" requested by the login. The login failed.Login failed for user 'someDomainsomeAdmin'. —> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open database "xds" requested by the login. The login failed.Login failed for user 'someDomainsomeAdmin'.”

Problem You’re logged onto the Lync Server 2013 server and attempt to use Topology Builder to download the Lync topology: … but receive the following error: Cannot open database “xds” requested by the login. The

Read More...

Unable to delete Exchange Server 2010 mailbox database with no arbitration mailboxes shown

Problem You attempt to remove a mailbox database but receive the following error: The mailbox database ‘<Mailbox Database Name>’ cannot be deleted. ——————————————————–Microsoft Exchange Error——————————————————–The mailbox database ‘SomeName – Mailbox Database’ cannot be deleted.SomeName –

Read More...

Enabling TLS for Exchange Server 2010

I’ve recently been asked to troubleshoot why TLS wasn’t working for an Exchange 2010 server even though the obvious settings have been configured.  What I’ve found was that most administrators tend to perform only 1

Read More...

Attempting to P2V a Windows 2003 SBS Server with VMware Converter fails with: “FAILED: An error occurred during the conversion: ‘BlockLevelVolumeCloneMgr::CloneVolume: Detected a write error during the cloning of volume WindowsBitmapDriverVolumeID=[04-D4-91-3A-00-20-D8-07-00-00-00-00]. Error: 67109009 (type: 1, code: 4194313)’”

A colleague of mine recently called me during a P2V operation using the VMware Standalone Converter on an older Dell Tower with Windows 2003 SBS server.  He noticed that the cloning process would briefly start

Read More...

Installing SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Tools fails with the error: “Another version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 has been detected on this system that must be updated to SP1. Please update all Visual Studio 2008 installation to SP1 level, by visiting Microsoft Update.”

Problem You attempt to install SQL Server 2008 R2 Management Tools on a server or desktop: but notice that it fails with the error: Another version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 has been detected on

Read More...