Microsoft Windows Server 2016

The in-place upgrade of an operating system refers to the process of installing a newer version of the operating system on the same physical hardware such as a PowerEdge server. The upgrade allows for the use of newer features available in the new operating system, retains existing roles and features, server settings, and data.

This document outlines symptoms customers may encounter when installing Windows Server 2016 or 2019 on Dell PowerEdge servers with AMD Rome and Milan CPUs. The steps to successfully install Windows Server are detailed and provided below.

How to perform a metadata cleanup in Active Directory to remove references to domain controllers that no longer exist in the domain.

Learn how to shrink Microsoft SQL Server transaction logs using SSMS or TSQL. Fix log file bloat, avoid disk issues, and maintain optimal database performance.

Process Monitor is an information collection tool designed to gather registry and file activity within Microsoft Operating System environments. The information below explains how to setup Process Monitor to run automatically at specific times aiding in troubleshooting application and operating system failure events. How to set up and automate the Microsoft Process Monitor for Windows to simplify application and system troubleshooting. Learn Process Monitor capabilities, setup steps, and how to manage log files for streamlined issue resolution.

This article describes how to enable the Amazon Appstore Preview on Windows 11.

The install stops at the Windows Splash screen on Server startup when installing a Windows Update package.

This article provides the steps necessary to transfer Flexible Single Mast Operation (FSMO) roles between domain controllers. Also, learn how to move FSMO roles, change the schema, and manage all FSMO roles efficiently to ensure a continuous Active Directory.

How to expand a CSV or VirtualDisk in S2D using Powershell and Windows Admin Center (WAC).

This article details the steps required to use WinRE to load drivers for a network card and connect to a network share to backup files from an unbootable server.

How to capture a Storport trace to help with troubleshooting storage latency issues.

This is a brief demonstration of how to use logman, relog, and typerf to collect performance logs useful in troubleshooting slow performance conditions.

This article details the procedure to enable the Windows Display Driver Model graphics drivers on the NVIDIA Quadro, Tesla, and GRID GPUs on PowerEdge Server running Windows Server.

This article gives the steps for resetting the 120-day Remote Desktop Services licensing grace period in Windows Server.

This article explains how to collect performance logs from all nodes of a cluster with PowerShell.

This article explains how to convert an evaluation edition of Windows Server to a fully-licensed edition. The conversion must be performed before the operating system (OS) can be activated using its product key. Attempting to activate an evaluation edition is a common cause of activation error 0xC004F050.

How to repair No Boot Missing or Corrupt BCD on Windows OS.

This article shows a way to repair a no-boot Microsoft Windows operating system (OS) with registry corruption.

Use the BOILER Tool to Analyze CBS/DISM logs to provide suggestions on a resolution.

This article provides information about Wi-Fi 6E not supported on client Linux Operating System (OS).

Explore this article to troubleshoot wireless networking for your home network on Windows 11. Also, for help with setting up, connecting, sharing files, photos, music, and troubleshooting your wireless network see the appropriate section.

This article contains instructions for testing LDAPS connectivity on a Windows domain controller and how to enable LDAPS for use with Dell products.

If you commit a PowerPath Migration Enabler handle of an mscd-type cluster migration and move the respective application/group/resource to the non-migration node, that non-migration node will log an Event Id 1568 Warning from Microsoft-Windows-FailoverClustering. This is expected behaviour. No action is required.

How to recover PowerPath Migration Enabler (PPME) from setup, if the PPME cluster resource is missing [PPME error(82)]

Vulnerabilities in GRUB (Grand Unified Bootloader) may allow Secure Boot bypass.

This article provides guidelines on using the NTttcp tool to troubleshoot network-related performance issues in Windows Server.

The log files in the %systemroot%\Logs\CBS folder should be automatically compressed into .cab files when they reach a certain size. If this compression fails, the logs can grow large. Further, the failure of the compression utility causes other large log files to be generated, resulting in a large amount of disk-space consumption.

A write-protected disk in Windows prevents changes to any data on the disk. This article shows how to correct this.

The management pack suite provides Dell-specific views that you can use to observe and examine the system inventory, status, and performance in a network.

What is a common Network Partition and Teaming Mode mistake that may result in unexpected network issues.