February 2019

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Veeam Error – The Specified item was already backed up or backup was not completed

Environment: Veeam 9.5 Update 4 Virtual Machines: Windows Server 2012 R2 Problem Hopefully this will help others. I received the following error when performing a backup of two VM’s.  At this point nothing had changed and typically a retry or active full will resolve the issue. Not in this case Processing <vm> Error: the specified item was already backed up or backup was not completed. Failed to download disk. Reconnectable protocol device was closed. Failed to upload disk. Agent failed to process method {DataTransfer.SyncDisk} Error: the specified item was already backed up or backup was not completed. Failed to download disk. Reconnectable protocol device was closed. Failed to upload disk. Agent failed […]


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Windows Server 2016 Core Build Notes

Lasted Updated: March.29.2019 This post will document my settings for a fresh Windows Server 2016 Core Build These notes will hopefully serve as the basis for complete automation in the future Building a new Windows Server 2016 Virtual Template Begin the installation process by creating a new virtual machine instance using vCenter Web Client and booting into the Windows Server 2016 installation media. Login to the vCenter Client or Web Client – Select Home\Inventory\VMs and Templates view Expand and select <vCenter>\<datacenter>\<Folder>\1.Templates\ folder Right-click, select New Virtual Machine, select Custom, and click Next Type Virtual Machine Name: TMPL-Windows 2016 STD Core, click Next Select Host\Cluster location: CLUSTER01, click Next Select Root of […]


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Windows 2016 – GISvc service not starting

Problem After deploying some new Virtual Machines based on Microsoft Windows 2016 i noticed the following error in the Server Manager Dashboard Resolution This turned out to the new VMware AppDefense that is found within VMware Tools 10.3.2 Since i am not using AppDefense i simply uninstalled that module