Category: Microsoft

List Running Processes Test Failed in Cluster Validation


If the Windows 2008 cluster validation failed to list the running process on some nodes, you can try to restart the process that has high handle counts. Use the PowerShell command to list the handlecounts in order - gwmi win32_process –computer localhost | sort handlecount | select name, handlecount In my example, the the CcmExec.exe … Continue reading List Running Processes Test Failed in Cluster Validation →

VSS Issues on Windows 2003 Servers


Using VSS backup against the SQL server that is on Windows 2003 servers looks to me is always problematic. Here are some good articles talking about how to troubleshoot. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/940032 http://sql-blogs.com/2012/01/17/troubleshooting-vss-writer-issues/ http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlserverfaq/archive/2009/04/28/informational-shedding-light-on-vss-vdi-backups-in-sql-server.aspx

TSM 6.3: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.


ISSUE TSM for SharePoint backup job failed with error message: (Type) Site Collection (Path) Error message: Build content file error:System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. CAUSE DocAve can’t call SharePoint API to discover this user from user information list to backup if the corresponding user is moved from SharePoint site. … Continue reading TSM 6.3: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. →

TSM 6.3: (Type) Site Collection (Path) Error message: An error occurred while backup a list. Id:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, Url:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000.Object reference not set to an instance of an object.


ISSUE TSM for SharePoint backup job completed with exception: (Type) Site Collection (Path)  Error message: An error occurred while backup a list. Id:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, Url:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000.Object reference not set to an instance of an object. CAUSE DocAve agent does not have full control on user profile service application. SOLUTION REFERENCE https://www-304.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21567334

Windows Critical Problem Management Workshop Day 1


‘Windows Critical Problem Management Workshop’ is a 2 days course. The objective is to learn how to effectively identify and troubleshoot critical problems with Windows.The learning material is ‘Windows Internal Book’  On day 1, the trainer mainly introduced the Windows architecture and some useful troubleshooting tools. Here are my notes. The starting point is to … Continue reading Windows Critical Problem Management Workshop Day 1 →