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When running / installing Google Sync you might encounter error -2147319779 when trying to sync with your google calendar.

Try this to fix it.

Start > RUN > Regedit

Search for: Computer/HK_CLASSES_ROOT/Typelib/{00062FFF-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}

Make sure Outlook and Google Sync of stopped.

Rename 9.3 and/or 9.4 to anything i.e 9.3old / 9.4old.

If this does not work. Export the key and delete it form the registry.

(In my case Windows 7, Outlook 2007 9.4 had to be deleted, rename did not to the trick)

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In Windows 2012, the usual Remote Desktop window is not easily visible. To launch the Remote Desktop window, there are two methods: Command Line and Graphical User Interface.

Command Line

1. Move your mouse to bottom right of the screen and you would see a bar, Charm Bar. Or to the left bottom to the windows logo.
2. Enter CMD.
3. In command prompt window, type SystemPropertiesRemote and hit Enter
4. The above command would launch the System Properties windows.
5. Select the appropriate option under Remote Desktop and click OK.

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1. Wait for the array to become healthy (not degraded).
2. Add the replacement disk and configure it as a dedicated spare.

• Physically pull the global spare and wait for the system to start using the dedicated spare disk.
• Replace the global spare disk. It will show up as ‘leftover’ (LEFTOVR).
• Clear the metadata on the leftover disk (Menu: top level: Tools: ‘Clear disk metadata’).
• Re-add the disk as a global hot spare (Menu: Top level: Provisioning: ‘Manage Global Spares’).

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I found out when installing the agent for a management card for theR5500 XR UPS from HP, with agents running on Hyver-V 2008 R2. There can be a situation that an a certain time all hosts in the management interface in the UPS management card (fw 2.1.11) are crossed red.

This issue comes forward when a host from the Hyver-V servers still does have it’s firewall turned on.

After disabling the firewall you won’t see this issue again.

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1. Check your environment (in my case an EVA4400 without any GB of data, both controllers failed, system down)
2. DO NOT (I repeat) DO NOT TOUCH the EVA. (Leave all Disks as they are.)
3. In my case HP was called by the customer.
4. Go to the field-service page (that is still on the original CVE port)
5. Go to command line
6. Enter the given commands from HP support. (I will not mention them, but know them). At the time I went into the field-service page the EVA was gone from the CVE en in the Uninitialized part of the Service Tab. The situation was the 5 disks had failed within 1 day). Probably 2 in the sam e RSS set at the same time.
7. Reseat the faulty disks.
8. Again run command within field-service and restart CVE service.
9. There your EVA is back again.

EVA back from the death of from a short coma?

What so ever. If you have 1 (ONE) problem. Do NOT pull, replace or what-so-ever on the EVA until you know you should. You are likely to introduce  more problems you can handle.

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Below document ID: c03571575

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03571575&lang=en&cc=us&taskId=101&prodSeriesId=3664763&prodTypeId=12169

A critical issue has been discovered to potentially occur on HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) 4400/6400/8400 and HP EVA P63x0/65×0 systems running controller software version XCS 11001000. The potential for this issue is only on systems running software version XCS 11001000 and that are using VAAI functionality enabled on VMware ESX 4.1/ESX 5.x hosts.

To ensure current and future systems will function as expected with VAAI enabled, XCS controller software version 11001000 is being retired and will be listed as Inactive in the HP controller software support matrix. Contact your HP Services representative for more information on the issue and to schedule an upgrade to the latest controller software that resolves this issue.

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HP Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) family with VMware vSphere 4.0, 4.1 and 5.0 Best practices
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Running VMware vSphere 4 on HP LeftHand P4000 SAN Solutions
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Best Practices for deploying VMware and vSphere 4 with VMware High Availability and
Fault Tolerance on HP P4500 Multi-Site SAN cluster
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HP P4000 LeftHand Solutions with VMware vSphere Best Practices (incl. vSphere 5)
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3PAR Utility Storage with VMware vSphere
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HP P2000 Software  Plug-in for VMware VAAI
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HP 3PAR Storage and VMware vSphere 5 best practices
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Alle LUN’s standaard op Round-Robin zetten:

esxcli storage nmp satp set --default-psp VMW_PSP_RR --satp VMW_SATP_ALUA

Op alle LUN’s welke op Round-Robin staan de IOP’s op 1 zetten:

for i in `esxcli storage nmp device list | grep naa.600` ; 
do esxcli storage nmp psp roundrobin deviceconfig set -t iops -I 1 -d $i; done

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Q: Why does my ProxySG access logs show many requests for http://www.msftncsi.com/ncsi.txt?

A: Windows Vista and 7 system includes a Network Connectivity Status Indicator (NCSI) check. What this workstation will do is make a request for http://www.msftncsi.com/ncsi.txt . If the OS gets a response, then it assumes that the PC has internet connectivity. If it cannot reach http://www.msftncsi.com/ncsi.txt, then the OS will assume that internet connectivity is down.

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