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Mark Gladson

Mark Gladson has written 17 posts for IndyCloudCover.com

App Volumes Capture Error 2755

Had another weird App Volumes 2.15 error recently. I have a few Windows 10 LTSC 2019 capture machines (1809) and was getting error 2755 unable to detect the file whenever the installer would try to start a .msi file. I tried rebuilding, I tried disabling UAC, Windows Firewall, anything I could think of. After a […]

App Volumes Database Password issue

Recently I encountered a strange issue with App Volumes and the ODBC connection. Whenever I would install App Volumes Manager, it would accept my DB entry and credentials. However, when we try to access App Volumes Manager, it would give an error stating Login Failed. The SQL logs also stated “password mismatch”. I tried to […]

VM Deployment with PowerCLI Part Two

In my last post I presented you with the main deployment script I have been using. What it did not include are all the little tweaks and prerequisites that allow it to work. The first thing we need before running the script is a Template. As previously mentioned, I built a vm from the corporate […]

VM Deployment With PowerCLI part one

Tedious, repetitive processes are the number one factor in deciding whether to write a new script. In my current position, we are asked to deploy new VMs on a pretty regular basis and in some cases it may be upwards of 20 in one batch! The standard way we accomplish this is through the following […]

VMware tools and PowerCLI part 1

Recently I noticed a few servers did not have VMware tools installed. Needing to see how big of a problem this was, I turned to a few old standbys: RVtools and PowerCLI. Of course, RVtools was able to provide the info relatively quickly, it was cluttered with extraneous information. I could have chosen to pair […]