Load a vhd on Windows Server 2012?

All the engines look up the wrong thing.
I have a .vhd I want to load on my windows 2012 server(Hyper-V non-gui machine loaded by support co.) so I can run it to demonstrate software contained in the vhd. The OS of the vhd is Server 2008 r2 but that is not important methinks.
I downloaded Microsoft Virtual PC to the server 2012 but get an error when I try to install it.
How do I load or run a VHD on my Server.

Virtual PC is a dead product and does not run on Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012.
"windows 2012 server(Hyper-V non-gui machine loaded by support co.)"
Need clarification here. It's either Windows Server with the Hyper-V role installed or it is Hyper-V Server - they are two different products.
And we need to know what is on the VHD. Is it just an application or is it a bootable operating system instance? (Hopefully it is not a bootable Windows OS as that would most likely be illegal). If it is just an application, within Disk
Management you can attach a VHD and then it works just like any other disk. If it is a bootable operating system environment, then you call up the Hyper-V Manager console and create a VM (hopefully the provider provided configuration instructions for
networking, memory, etc.) that points at the VHD as its system disk.
.:|:.:|:. tim

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I am participated in custom Windwows Software backup/restore project development that requires load of Windows SOFTWARE/SYSTEM registry hives from target OS system drive connected to Windows system.
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How to convert VHDX to VHD file format on windows 8 / Windows server 2012?

Here is an article to describe how to convert virtual hard disk VHDX file format to VHD
http://anuraggawande.blogspot.in/2012/10/vhdx-to-vhd-conversion.html

Hi,
Thanks for sharing the web link!
You help other community members who facing similar problems.
Thanks for your contribution to Windows Server Forum!
To convert VHD format, you can also use Convert-VHD comlet. The Convert-VHD cmdlet converts a virtual hard disk file by copying the data from a source virtual hard disk file to a new virtual hard disk file of a specified format and version type. The format
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Convert-VHD
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/hh848454.aspx
Windows Server 2012: Convert VHD to VHDX using Hyper-V Manager
http://blogs.technet.com/b/aviraj/archive/2012/05/06/windows-server-2012-convert-vhd-to-vhdx-using-hyper-v-manager.aspx
Using PowerShell to Convert a VHD to a VHDX
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2012/10/03/using-powershell-to-convert-a-vhd-to-a-vhdx.aspx
PS - Convert VHD
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Windows Server 2012 R2 - ADFS/Windows Network Load Balancing Converging Issue

Hello,
My name is Brandon. We have started upgrading our servers to Windows Server 2012 R2. We have some powerful servers for running ESXI 5.5 as the OS with the Guest Operating Systems as Windows Server 2012 R2. As far of our migrations/upgrades we have configured
ADFS 2012 R2 into a Server Farm with Windows Network Load Balancing to add redundancy in the event a server goes down.
I have been having issues with a Node with the Cluster getting stuck in the Status of Converging. The only way I have been able to get it back up is to restart the virtual server completely and it is temporary. When I first configure the Cluster the two
virtual servers get added to the Node with no problems and fully converge. However, after some time a node will end up in Converging and this takes Authentication for ADFS down as the nodes can not be contacted over Port 443.
Error: Host: server.domain.com Unable to connect to "server name"
System
Provider
[ Name]
Microsoft-Windows-NLB
[ Guid]
{F22AF71F-C4C3-425D-9653-B2F47B85DD30}
EventID
21
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Static ARP Entry for Cluster IP Address has been added to our Layer 3 switch.
Physical Server 1:
ESXI 5.5 HOST
1 NIC CONNECTED (shared with virtual guest)
IP ADDRESS: 192.168.0.5
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
DGW: 192.168.0.1
Virtual Server 1 (Guest OS)
Physical Server 2:
ESXI 5.5 HOST
1 NIC CONNECTED (shared with virtual guest)
IP ADDRESS: 192.168.0.6
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
DGW: 192.168.0.1
Virtual Server 2 (Guest OS)
Virtual Servers
Virtual Server 1
MS SERVER 2012 R2 (VIRTUAL)
NLB NODE 2
VIRTUAL NETWORK ADAPTERS
VNIC1 IP ADDRESS 192.168.0.10
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
DGW: 192.168.0.1
VNIC 2 (NLB)
IP ADDRESS: 192.168.0.11
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
Virtual Server 2
MS SERVER 2012 R2 (VIRTUAL)
NLB NODE 2
VIRTUAL NETWORK ADAPTERS
VNIC1
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SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
DGW: 192.168.0.1
VNIC 2 (NLB)
IP ADDRESS: 192.168.0.21
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
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CLUSTER PROPERTIES CLUSTER IP: 192.168.0.30
CLUSTER SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
FULL INTERNET NAME: FS.DOMAIN.COM
CLUSTER OPERATION MODE: MULTICAST
PORT RULES:
CLUSTER IP ADDRESS
START
END
PROTOCAL
MODE
PRIORITY
LOAD
AFFINITY
ALL
80
80
BOTH
MULTIPLE
EQUAL
NONE
ALL
443
443
BOTH
MULTIPLE
EQUAL
NONE
CLUSTER NODES:
1.) SERVER1.DOMAIN.COM
a. IP: 192.168.0.11
2.) SERVER2.DOMAIN.COM
a. IP: 192.168.0.21

Hi,
According to your description, my understanding is that：2 ESXI 5.5 physical devices (192.168.0.5 and 192.168.0.6), each of them has a virtual WS 2012 R2(192.168.0.10 and 192.168.0.20). Cluster the 2 virtual servers successfully, but they corrupt with event
ID 21, and a restart of virtual device will resolve this problem temporarily.
Event ID 21 means that NLB failed to converge due to inconsistencies in the port rules between this host and cluster host. This will occur if the number of port rules or the type of port rules are different between hosts.
Ensure that all NLB hosts have identical port rules. Detailed steps you may reference:
Event ID 21 — NLB Port Rules Configuration
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd364034%28v=ws.10%29.aspx?f=255&MSPPError=-2147217396
Best Regards,
Eve Wang
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Windows Server 2012 R2 - Windows Network Load Balancing Converging Issue

Hello,
My name is Brandon. We have started upgrading our servers to Windows Server 2012 R2. We have some powerful servers for running ESXI 5.5 as the OS with the Guest Operating Systems as Windows Server 2012 R2. As far of our migrations/upgrades we have configured
ADFS 2012 R2 into a Server Farm with Windows Network Load Balancing to add redundancy in the event a server goes down.
I have been having issues with a Node with the Cluster getting stuck in the Status of Converging. The only way I have been able to get it back up is to restart the virtual server completely and it is temporary. When I first configure the Cluster the two
virtual servers get added to the Node with no problems and fully converge. However, after some time a node will end up in Converging and this takes Authentication for ADFS down as the nodes can not be contacted over Port 443.
Error: Host: server.domain.com Unable to connect to "server name"
System
Provider
Name]
Microsoft-Windows-NLB
Guid]
{F22AF71F-C4C3-425D-9653-B2F47B85DD30}
EventID
21
I have tried using 1 & 2 Virtual NICs on the machines and still receive this error even if only 1 VNIC is assigned to the virtual machine. Could someone assist me with why I am having this issue? Has anyone had experience with a similar configuration
and how were you able to make it work?
Below is my configuration.
Static ARP Entry for Cluster IP Address has been added to our Layer 3 switch.
Physical Server 1:
ESXI 5.5 HOST
1 NIC CONNECTED (shared with virtual guest)
IP ADDRESS: 192.168.0.5
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
DGW: 192.168.0.1
Virtual Server 1
Physical Server 2:
ESXI 5.5 HOST
1 NIC CONNECTED (shared with virtual guest)
IP ADDRESS: 192.168.0.6
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
DGW: 192.168.0.1
Virtual Server 2
Virtual Servers
Virtual Server 1
MS SERVER 2012 R2 (VIRTUAL)
NLB NODE
2 – VIRTUAL NETWORK ADAPTERS
VNIC1
IP ADDRESS 192.168.0.10
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
DGW: 192.168.0.1
VNIC 2 (NLB)
IP ADDRESS: 192.168.0.11
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
Virtual Server 2
MS SERVER 2012 R2 (VIRTUAL)
NLB NODE
2 – VIRTUAL NETWORK ADAPTERS
VNIC1
IP ADDRESS 192.168.0.20
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
DGW: 192.168.0.1
VNIC 2 (NLB)
IP ADDRESS: 192.168.0.21
SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
Cluster Configuration/Properties
CLUSTER PROPERTIES
CLUSTER IP: 192.168.0.30
CLUSTER SUBNET: 255.255.255.0
FULL INTERNET NAME: FS.DOMAIN.COM
CLUSTER OPERATION MODE: MULTICAST
PORT RULES:
CLUSTER IP ADDRESS  START END PROTOCAL MODE   PRIORITY LOAD  AFFINITY
ALL    80 80 BOTH  MULTIPLE  ..  EQUAL  NONE
ALL    443 443 BOTH  MULTIPLE  ..  EQUAL  NONE
CLUSTER NODES:
1.) SERVER1.DOMAIN.COM
a. IP: 192.168.0.11
2.) SERVER2.DOMAIN.COM
a. IP: 192.168.0.21

Thank you for your response. It took me a while to figure it out, but the whole issue was related to the type of Virtual Network Adapter I was selecting.
I changed the network adapter from E1000 to VMXNET 3 and have not had a single error in the event logs or Windows NLB.
I read somewhere that VMXNET 3 is preferred for Windows Server 2012 R2.
https://communities.vmware.com/thread/433792
Leyuka       May 23, 2013 6:14 AM
"Just a help for everyone with this problem :
After 10 days of research for our virtual datacenter behind a vcloud as iias , i found a solution .
I only run windows 2012 server .
Install vmware tools , remove e1000 network card after a vm stop, add a card same vswitch etc BUT with a vmxnet3 TYPE . DONT USE DEFAULT CARD
Start and enjoy this solution . E1000 and E1000e are just unstable in windows8 / windows 2012 , the network card reset randomly with or without heavy IO. No log in windows , and as a vcloud user i don"t have esxi logs (damn i don't like cloud) and provider
don"t know why ..."

File systems available on Windows Server 2012 R2?

What are the supported file systems in Windows Server 2012 R2? I mean the complete list. I know you can create, read and write on Fat32, NTFS and ReFS. What about non-Microsoft file systems, like EXT4 or HFS+? If I create a VM with a Linux OS, will
I be able to acces the virtual hard disk natively from WS 2012 R2, or will I need a third party tool, like the one from Paragon? If I have a drive formated in EXT4 or HFS+, will I be able to acces it from Windows, without any third party tool? Acces it,
I mean both read and write on them. I know that on the client OS, Windows 8.1, this is not possible natively, this is why I am asking here, I guess it is very possible for the server OS to have build-in support for accesing thoose file systems. If Hyper-V
has been optimised to run not just Windows VMs, but also Linux VMs, it would make sense to me that file systems like thoose from Linux or OS X to be available using a build-in feature. I have tried to mount the vhd from a Linux VM I have created in HyperV,
Windows Explorer could not read the hard drive.

Installed Paragon ExtFS free. With it loaded, tried to mount on Windows Explorer a ext4 formated vhd, created on a Linux Hyper-V vm, it failed, and Paragon ExtFS crashed. Uninstalled Paragon ExtFS. The free version was not supported on WS 2012 R2
by Paragon, if Windows has no build-in support for ext4, this means this free software has not messed around anything in the OS, I guess.
Don't mess with third-party kernel-mode file systems as it's basically begging for troubles: crash inside them will make whole system BSOD and third-party FS are typically buggy... Because a) FS development for Windows is VERY complex and b) there are very
few external adopters so not that many people actually theist them. What you can do however:
1) Spawn an OS with a supported FS inside VM and configure loopback connectivity (even over SMB) with your host. So you'll read and write your volume inside a VM and copy content to / from host.
(I personally use this approach in a reversed direction, my primary OS is MacOS X but I read/write NTFS-formatted disks from inside a Windows 7 VM I run on VMware Fusion)
2) Use user-mode file system explorer (see sample links below, I'm NOT affiliated with that companie). So you'll copy content from the volume as it would be some sort of a shell extension.
Crashes in 1) and 2) would not touch your whole OS stability.
HFS Explorer for Windows
http://www.heise.de/download/hfsexplorer.html
Ext2Read
http://sourceforge.net/projects/ext2read/
(both are user-land applications for HFS(+) and EXT2/3/4 accordingly)
Hope this helped :)
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Windows Server 2012 - Hyper-V - iSCSI SAN - All Hyper-V Guests stops responding and extensive disk read/write

We have a problem with one of our deployments of Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V with a 2 node cluster connected to a iSCSI SAN.
Our setup:
Hosts - Both run Windows Server 2012 Standard and are clustered.
HP ProLiant G7, 24 GB RAM, 2 teamed NIC dedicated to Virtual Machines and Management, 2 teamed NIC dedicated to iSCSI storage. - This is the primary host and normaly all VMs run on this host.
HP ProLiant G5, 20 GB RAM, 1 NIC dedicated to Virtual Machines and Management, 2 teamed NIC dedicated to iSCSI storage. - This is the secondary host that and is intended to be used in case of failure of the primary host.
We have no antivirus on the hosts and the scheduled ShadowCopy (previous version of files) is switched of.
iSCSI SAN:
QNAP NAS TS-869 Pro, 8 INTEL SSDSA2CW160G3 160 GB i a RAID 5 with a Host Spare. 2 Teamed NIC.
Switch:
DLINK DGS-1210-16 - Both the network cards of the Hosts that are dedicated to the Storage and the Storage itself are connected to the same switch and nothing else is connected to this switch.
Virtual Machines:
3 Windows Server 2012 Standard - 1 DC, 1 FileServer, 1 Application Server.
1 Windows Server 2008 Standard Exchange Server.
All VMs are using dynamic disks (as recommended by Microsoft).
Updates
We have applied the most resent updates to the Hosts, WMs and iSCSI SAN about 3 weeks ago with no change in our problem and we continually update the setup.
Normal operation
Normally this setup works just fine and we see no real difference in speed in startup, file copy and processing speed in LoB applications of this setup compared to a single host with 2 10000 RPM Disks. Normal network speed is 10-200 Mbit, but occasionally
we see speeds up to 400 Mbit/s of combined read/write for instance during file repair
Our Problem
Our problem is that for some reason all of the VMs stops responding or responds very slowly and you can for instance not send CTRL-ALT-DEL to a VM in the Hyper-V console, or for instance start task manager when already logged in.
Symptoms (i.e. this happens, or does not happen, at the same time)
I we look at resource monitor on the host then we see that there is often an extensive read from a VHDX of one of the VMs (40-60 Mbyte/s) and a combined write speed to many files in \HarddiskVolume5\System Volume Information\{<someguid and no file extension>}.
See iamge below.
The combined network speed to the iSCSI SAN is about 500-600 Mbit/s.
When this happens it is usually during and after a VSS ShadowCopy backup, but has also happens during hours where no backup should be running (i.e. during daytime when the backup has finished hours ago according to the log files). There is however
not that extensive writes to the backup file that is created on an external hard drive and this does not seem to happen during all backups (we have manually checked a few times, but it is hard to say since this error does not seem leave any traces in event
viewer).
We cannot find any indication that the VMs themself detect any problem and we see no increase of errors (for example storage related errors) in the eventlog inside the VMs.
The QNAP uses about 50% processing Power on all cores.
We see no dropped packets on the switch.
(I have split the image to save horizontal space).
Unable to recreate the problem / find definitive trigger
We have not succeeded in recreating the problem manually by, for instance, running chkdsk or defrag in VM and Hosts, copy and remove large files to VMs, running CPU and Disk intensive operations inside a VM (for instance scan and repair a database file).
Questions
Why does all VMs stop responding and why is there such intensive Read/Writes to the iSCSI SAN?
Could it be anything in our setup that cannot handle all the read/write requests? For instance the iSCSI SAN, the hosts, etc?
What can we do about this? Should we use MultiPath IO instead of NIC teaming to the SAN, limit bandwith to the SAN, etc?

Hi,
> All VMs are using dynamic disks (as recommended by Microsoft).
If this is a testing environment, it’s okay, but if this a production environment, it’s not recommended. Fixed VHDs are recommended for production instead of dynamically expanding or differencing VHDs.
Hyper-V: Dynamic virtual hard disks are not recommended for virtual machines that run server workloads in a production environment
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee941151(v=WS.10).aspx
> This is the primary host and normaly all VMs run on this host.
According to your posting, we know that you have Cluster Shared Volumes in the Hyper-V cluster, but why not distribute your VMs into two Hyper-V hosts.
Use Cluster Shared Volumes in a Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj612868.aspx
> 2 teamed NIC dedicated to iSCSI storage.
Use Microsoft MultiPath IO (MPIO) to manage multiple paths to iSCSI storage. Microsoft does not support teaming on network adapters that are used to connect to iSCSI-based storage devices. (At least it’s not supported until Windows Server 2008 R2. Although
Windows Server 2012 has built-in network teaming feature, I don’t article which declare that Windows Server 2012 network teaming support iSCSI connection)
Understanding Requirements for Failover Clusters
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771404.aspx
> I have seen using MPIO suggests using different subnets, is this a requirement for using MPIO
> or is this just a way to make sure that you do not run out of IP adressess?
What I found is: if it is possible, isolate the iSCSI and data networks that reside on the same switch infrastructure through the use of VLANs and separate subnets. Redundant network paths from the server to the storage system via MPIO will maximize availability
and performance. Of course you can set these two NICs in separate subnets, but I don’t think it is necessary.
> Why should it be better to not have dedicated wireing for iSCSI and Management?
It is recommended that the iSCSI SAN network be separated (logically or physically) from the data network workloads. This ‘best practice’ network configuration optimizes performance and reliability.
Check that and modify cluster configuration, monitor it and give us feedback for further troubleshooting.
For more information please refer to following MS articles:
Volume Shadow Copy Service
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee923636(WS.10).aspx
Support for Multipath I/O (MPIO)
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc770294.aspx
Deployments and Tests in an iSCSI SAN
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-US/library/bb649502(v=SQL.90).aspx
Hope this helps!
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Windows 8.1 Pro cannot log into RemoteApp running on Windows Server 2012 R2

I have setup a vm running Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard and have enabled multiple RemoteApps. Everything is setup correctly and I can use RD Web Access to access the portal and connect to the remoteapps from any computer except my own. I am
running Windows 8.1 Pro and when I log into the RD Web Access portal, click on one of the apps, it looks like it's loading the session, but gets stuck on Preparing Windows. Everything else up to that point looks like it loads correctly, (i.e. -
Applying Group Policy Settings, applying desktop, etc...). When I log into my Windows 7 dev machine, I can access and run everything just fine. So there must be something between the Windows 8 and 2012 that isn't working quite right.
I have tried logging into the portal as myself and test users...same result.
any ideas?
Jon Wooten

i think there is something in your GPOs or collection settings causing an issue
this happens with any remote app, built-in stuff like notepad or just third party apps?
try not doing any kind of printer/device redirection from that host
you can also do winlogon logging to get a better idea of what's going on during the logon operation
you can also use the verbose logon messages GPO to get detailed login status info
if all else fails I think you need to isolate it by creating a test collection and test user with the bare minimum options

CryptDecrypt function failing on Windows Server 2012

Hi,
I have a sample program which does encryption / decryption.
This program works on Win7 and Win8.1 but fails on Windows Server 2012.
Please can somebody help me on resolving this issue?
const char KEY_FILE[255] = "C:\\key.txt";
In Constructor:
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hSessionKey = 0;
cbBlob = 0;
pbBlob = NULL;
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memset(pbBlob, 0, cbBlob + 1);
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if (fp) {
fread(pbBlob, 1, cbBlob, fp);
fclose(fp);
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free(pbBlob);
pbBlob = NULL;
if (!CryptAcquireContext(&hProv, NULL, MS_DEF_PROV, PROV_RSA_FULL, 0))
dwResult = GetLastError();
if (dwResult == NTE_BAD_KEYSET)
if (!CryptAcquireContext(&hProv, NULL, MS_DEF_PROV, PROV_RSA_FULL, CRYPT_NEWKEYSET))
dwResult = GetLastError();
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return;
} else {
dwResult = GetLastError();
return;
if (pbBlob) {
if (!CryptImportKey(hProv, pbBlob, cbBlob, 0, 0, &hSessionKey))
dwResult = GetLastError();
MessageBox("Error [0x%x]: CryptImportKey() failed.", "Information", MB_OK);
return;
} else {
if (!CryptImportKey(hProv, PrivateKeyWithExponentOfOne, sizeof(PrivateKeyWithExponentOfOne), 0, 0, &hKey))
dwResult = GetLastError();
MessageBox("Error CryptImportKey() failed.", "Information", MB_OK);
return;
if (!CryptGenKey(hProv, CALG_RC4, CRYPT_EXPORTABLE, &hSessionKey))
dwResult = GetLastError();
MessageBox("Error CryptGenKey() failed.", "Information", MB_OK);
return;
//{{AFX_DATA_INIT(CCryptoEncryptionDlg)
m_cipher = _T("");
m_clear = _T("Encrypt me");
When I click on Encryption Button:
UpdateData();
unsigned long length = m_clear.GetLength() +1;
unsigned char * cipherBlock = (unsigned char*)malloc(length);
memset(cipherBlock, 0, length);
memcpy(cipherBlock, m_clear, length -1);
if (!CryptEncrypt(hSessionKey, 0, TRUE, 0, cipherBlock, &length, length))
dwResult = GetLastError();
MessageBox("Error CryptEncrypt() failed.", "Information", MB_OK);
return;
m_cipher = cipherBlock;
m_clear = "";
free(cipherBlock);
UpdateData(FALSE);
When I click on Decrypt button:
UpdateData();
unsigned long length = m_cipher.GetLength() +1;
unsigned char * cipherBlock = (unsigned char*)malloc(length);
memset(cipherBlock, 0, length);
memcpy(cipherBlock, m_cipher, length -1);
int retVal = CryptDecrypt(hSessionKey, 0, TRUE, CRYPT_DECRYPT_RSA_NO_PADDING_CHECK, (BYTE*)cipherBlock, &length);
if (!retVal)
dwResult = GetLastError();
MessageBox("Error CryptDecrypt() failed.", "Information", MB_OK);
return;
dwResult = GetLastError();
m_clear = cipherBlock;
m_cipher = "";
free(cipherBlock);
UpdateData(FALSE);
The source is from http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/11578/Encryption-using-the-Win-Crypto-API
I just got the source code from above link and compiled in VS2012. The same code works as-is in Win8.1 but fails in loading itself in Windows Server 2012.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Raj

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Windows Server Backup scheduled task run successfully but backup do not start (not running) on Windows Server 2012

Hi,
A backup job has been setup on Windows Server 2012 (Platform: Win32NT; ServicePack: ; Version: 6.2.9200.0; VersionString : Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0) via Windows Backup Software UI (Local Backup 1.0).
It is appearing as a scheduled task "\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Microsoft-Windows-WindowsBackup" belonging to user 'nt authority\system' in task scheduler.
The problem is that the Backup job never start despite the scheduled task running and completing successfully (when run automatically or manually)!
Would you be able to explain why and assist in resolving that issue?
Here is what we know:
When the backup is run manually via the Windows Backup Software UI, it works fine.
When the backup is run via command line (as set in schedule task) in a cmd command prompt (as local/domain 'administrator' or as 'nt authority\system' which is possible by running command prompt via 'PsExec.exe -i -s cmd'), something like "%windir%\System32\wbadmin.exe
start backup -templateId:{f11eb3aa-74e7-4ff4-a57b-d8d567ee3f77} -quiet", it works fine.
If you manually run the preset scheduled task while logged in as administrator, the task run and complete successfully but the backup job does not start.
Idem if you schedule task is run automatically at scheduled time.
The schedule task run and complete successfully but the backup job does not start.
It is confirmed by running the following in a command prompt as 'nt authority\system':
schtasks /run /tn "\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Microsoft-Windows-WindowsBackup"
SUCCESS: Attempted to run the scheduled task "\Microsoft\Windows\Backup\Microsoft-Windows-WindowsBackup".
Despite success result, the Backup job does not start running...
No errors or warning appears anywhere in Event Logs (Microsoft > Windows > Backup or Task Scheduler) nor in the scheduled task History tab. The schedule task complete successfully but no Backup job is run...
If scheduled task automatically set by Windows Backup software is duplicated (copied) and set manually it runs fine as 'administrator' and as 'nt authority\system' (subject that 'nt authority\system' is added to the 'Backup Operators' AD group).
Here is an export of the current pre-set schedule task, is there any settings that need to be changed to make it works?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<Task version="1.4" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/windows/2004/02/mit/task">
<RegistrationInfo>
    <Author>MYDOMAIN\SERVER1</Author>
    <SecurityDescriptor>D:AR(A;OICI;GA;;;BA)(A;OICI;GR;;;BO)</SecurityDescriptor>
</RegistrationInfo>
<Triggers>
    <CalendarTrigger id="Trigger 1">
      <StartBoundary>2014-07-14T21:00:00</StartBoundary>
      <Enabled>true</Enabled>
      <ScheduleByDay>
        <DaysInterval>1</DaysInterval>
      </ScheduleByDay>
    </CalendarTrigger>
</Triggers>
<Principals>
    <Principal id="Author">
      <UserId>S-1-5-18</UserId>
      <RunLevel>HighestAvailable</RunLevel>
    </Principal>
</Principals>
<Settings>
    <MultipleInstancesPolicy>Parallel</MultipleInstancesPolicy>
    <DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>true</DisallowStartIfOnBatteries>
    <StopIfGoingOnBatteries>false</StopIfGoingOnBatteries>
    <AllowHardTerminate>true</AllowHardTerminate>
    <StartWhenAvailable>true</StartWhenAvailable>
    <RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>false</RunOnlyIfNetworkAvailable>
    <IdleSettings>
      <StopOnIdleEnd>false</StopOnIdleEnd>
      <RestartOnIdle>false</RestartOnIdle>
    </IdleSettings>
    <AllowStartOnDemand>true</AllowStartOnDemand>
    <Enabled>true</Enabled>
    <Hidden>false</Hidden>
    <RunOnlyIfIdle>false</RunOnlyIfIdle>
    <DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>false</DisallowStartOnRemoteAppSession>
    <UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>false</UseUnifiedSchedulingEngine>
    <WakeToRun>false</WakeToRun>
    <ExecutionTimeLimit>P3D</ExecutionTimeLimit>
    <Priority>7</Priority>
</Settings>
<Actions Context="Author">
    <Exec>
      <Command>%windir%\System32\wbadmin.exe</Command>
      <Arguments>start backup -templateId:{f11eb3aa-74e7-4ff4-a57b-d8d567ee3f77} -quiet</Arguments>
    </Exec>
</Actions>
</Task>
Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Once again, the issue is not to run the backup manually from the command line but to have it run via the scheduled task setup by the Windows Backup software.
By default, the schedule task is to be run as NT Authority\System, and when run under this account, the backup does not start (even though account is member of Backup Operators) and job can manually be run via elevated command prompt. This is not a normal
behavior and constitute a major bug in Windows Server 2012.
From my understanding the NT Authority\System account is a built-in account from Windows that should by default be part of the Administrators group (built-in) even though it does not explicitly appears like it in AD by default.
This account shall have by default Administrators rights and Backup Operators rights (via the Administrators group) without being explicitly added to those groups (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/ms684190%28v=vs.85%29.aspx). By design
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As said previously and as you confirmed, currently by default NT Authority\System on Windows 2012 server cannot start backup manually via an elevated command prompt unless it is manually added to Backup Operators (or Administrators) group. But wouldn't that
constitute a bug of Windows Server 2012?
Our server has not yet been restarted since I added NT Authority\System account to the Administrators group explicitly manually so I cannot yet confirmed it would sort the issue. Indeed it is heavily in use so cannot easily be restarted. Will confirm when
done.
We also have an additional problem where after a while of last reboot, part of the Exchange ECP can no longer be properly loaded in the web browser due to compilation error (compilation is done via NT Authority\System account which seems to no longer have
sufficient right to compile .NET code). What is strange is that it works at first and then stop working at some point... I am hopeful that adding NT Authority\System to the Administrators group would sort this issue as well but once again, that shall not be
needed!!!
Could a Windows Server 2012 update introduced some security policy changes or else that prevent NT Authority\System to have full power?

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Hello,
we are currently migrating from Windows Server 2012 to 2012 R2 and are not able to get the new Direct Access Service up and running. Our goal is to establish DirectAccess connection for a handful of clients using the IPHTTPS-adapter on the default port 443.
Errors:
There is actually no error showing up. It seems the infrastructure tunnel cannot be created but none of the IPv6-transition adapters is connecting (teredo and 6-to-4 are down) and the IPHTTPs adapter gives no informations about a problem:
>Get-DAConnectionStatus
Status : Error
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>Get-NetIPHttpsState
LastErrorCode : 0x0
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Setup:
Our setup is a virtualized Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard running on Hyper-V. It is located behind a NAT having the Port 443 mapped to the server. The only role installed after the basic install is RRAS including DirectAccess and VPN. The assistants completed
successfully (running the configuration for DirectAccess and VPN). Operation Status says everything is green und working (for multiple days in the meanwhile). A previous direct access installation (on a different machine running Windows Server 2012) has
been removed before installing the new server. The new installation is using a different router, so this might also be the cause of a problem.
The client is a Windows 8.1 notebook located outside the company network accessing the internet through another NAT-device. The client has been able to connect to the previous DirectAccess setup but has never been able to establish a connection after the
setup of the new Direct Access server. The device has no outbound constraints concerning the NAT-device and is only running the integrated Windows Firewall.
Diagnosis:
So far I've done some basic DNS and connectivity checks. The DNS-name can be resolved correctly and the router even responds to pings. The port forward is working and HTTPs connections are generally possible (temporarily routed the port to
access the NLS-Website located on the server, which worked fine).
Network monitor shows that both computers are communicating, traffic on the expected Port 443 is incoming on the server and responses from the server reach the client.
Opening the IPHTTPs-url and in an endless page load. Sometime the browser page closes but I've never seen any result. Using telnet on the port shows that the server is accepting connections. I've even build a small test application that does a GET-Request
on the URL returning HTTP-200 and no content.
I'm currently running out of ideas what to do and since no error occurs this is kind of a bit frustrating. Any help appreciated.
Regards
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Hi,
In addition, have you disabled the DA client components on the DA client? If no, please also check
the settings on the Name Resolution Policy Table.
More information:
DirectAccess
Client Location Awareness – NRPT Name Resolution
In addition, error 0x4C9 means the remote computer refused the network connection. It may be due to the invalid
registry or corrupt drivers. For more detailed information, please refer to the link below:
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I have a new Windows Server 2012 Remote Desktop environment for about ten users (not R2) with the latest Office 2013 Pro installed.
The users all have an add-on word template in Word for Office 2013. That add-on was installed as administrator and ONLY works as administrator.
When any other user (even if they are local administrators, domain admins, etc.) opens Word, they are immediately prompted with the following message:
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Hi,
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Click on start->control panel->programs and features->right click on the Office 2013 program->click on change->add or remove features-> click on the drop down arrow which is before the Microsoft Office->click on Run all from my computer->Continue.
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Hello,
I have a VB.NET exe application created in Visual Studio 2010 that prints a crystal report directly to the printer. On Windows Server 2008 it worked fine but it does not work on Windows Server 2012. The report was originally created in Crystal Reports 2011. I have read elsewhere that in order to run a Crystal Report on WS 2012 that it needs to be created using Crystal Reports for Visual Studio. So I installed the developer version of Crystal Reports for Visual Studio (v. 13.0.8.1216). I opened the report in Visual Studio and saved it. I then installed the CRRuntime_64bit_13_0_8.msi on the WS 2012. My vb.net exe has the CrystalDecisions assemblies shown below. When I try to run the exe I get the error below. Does anyone have any idea as to what I am doing wrong? Thank you for your input.
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gine.ReportDocument' threw an exception. ---> CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.LoadSaveReportException: An error has occurred while attempting to load the Crystal Reports runtime. Either the Crystal Reports registry key permissions are insufficient,
or the Crystal Reports runtime is not installed correctly. Please install the appropriate Crystal Reports redistributable (CRRedist*.msi) containing the correct version of the Crystal Reports runtime (x86, x64, or Itanium) required. Please go to http://
www.businessobjects.com/support for more information.
   at CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument.CheckForCrystalReportsRuntime()
   at CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument..cctor()
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine.ReportDocument..ctor()

Hi Thomas
First the info re.;
I have read elsewhere that in order to run a Crystal Report on WS 2012 that it needs to be created using Crystal Reports for Visual Studio.
is incorrect. CRVS will run all reports down to CR 9 without issues. And even reports created in older versions will, for the most part, work just fine.
The error is rather strange as it normally indicates that an incorrect runtime has been installed. However in your case as you are using CR 13.0.8.1216 and the 64bit_13_0_8.msi that does not look to be the case. I would like you to double check the CR references in the project. Say, crystaldecisions.crystalreports.engine. It should be version 13.0.2000.0.
If that is confirmed, then we may be at the permissions mentioned in the error. And I'd use Process Monitor for that. Filter ProcMon for the app exe and run the app. Look at the logs for "Access denied" messages. In the log, look for CrystalDecisions.CrystalReports.Engine, see what the exe is doing with it. Where is it trying to load it from? Etc., etc.
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