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Windows Server 2019 Template Issues

I experienced this issue when working on a particular platform, it was a weird one so thought I would document it. The Issue I had a Windows Server 2019 template that I had created and tested deploying within vCenter, no issues at all. I then proceeded to create a blueprint in vRA (vRealize Automation) to allow Windows Server 2019 VMs to be built. Tested a build and failed (timed out and deleted). Windows was just…

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vRealize Automation (vRA) 7.x NSX XaaS Resource Actions Issue

I experienced this issue when working on a particular platform, it was a weird one and took some trial and error to fix so thought I would document it. The Issue When trying to view a NSX XaaS provisioned item it would just display a blank white page. Also if a resource (day 2) action was attempted on the provisioned item a red ‘internal error’ box would be displayed and so the resource (day 2)…

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Sysprep Fails on Windows 2008 R2 with PowerShell 5.0 Installed

I experienced this issue when working on a particular platform, it was a weird one so thought I would document it. The Issue I tried to deploy a VMware VM from a Windows 2008 R2 Template which had PowerShell 5.1 installed – Windows Management Framework (WMF) 5.0, however OS customisation would not complete. I tried to manually run sysprep within Windows too but that failed. Looking at the sysprep logs showed the error… “Sysprep_Generalize_MiStreamProv: ****…

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vRealize Automation (vRA) 7.x Remote Console Issue

I experienced this issue while working on a particular platform. It was a weird one so thought I would document it. The Issue Trying to remote console to a VM using the vRealize Automation (vRA) portal would fail with the message… Cannot establish a remote console connection , verify that the machine is powered on if the server has self-signed certificate, you might need to accept certificate, then close and retry the connection. I found…

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