The official ISO download link for Windows Server 2016 ISO (final release) is: http://care.dlservice.microsoft.com/dl/download/1/6/F/16FA20E6-4662-482A-920B-1A45CF5AAE3C/14393.0.160715-1616.RS1_RELEASE_SERVER_EVAL_X64FRE_EN-US.ISO   Welcome to BackupChain, the Server Backup Software for IT Professionals! While you are waiting for your download, check out BackupChain, our Server 2016 backup software that is specifically made for IT pros. Among the many unique features you also benefit […]

Cause of Hyper-V Error 10178 If you encountered a backup error in the Hyper-V VMMS event logs with ID 10178, it may show several related error messages, such as: “Failed to fix-up absolute VHD paths in configuration of virtual machine ‘Accounting’: Account restrictions are preventing this user from signing in. For example: blank passwords aren’t […]

If you ran into this type of VSS error “MSMQ Writer”, the fix below might work for you: Symptoms The Event Viewer logs on the host and inside the virtual machine, at the time of backup, might show the following entries. The VSS writer MSMQ Writer (MSMQ) failed with status 8 and writer specific failure […]

These commands should help mount the ISO to a drive letter so you can install applications or operating system upgrades directly on the host. To map an ISO to a drive use the command line: PowerShell Mount-DiskImage -ImagePath \”C:\myIsoFolder\MyIsoFile.iso\”   When you are done, use: PowerShell “Get-Volume X | Get-DiskImage | Dismount-DiskImage”   Backup Software for […]