Tag Archives: Layer-8

Seriously off topic: creating a semi-circle in Visio 2010

Posted on November 22, 2011 by

I wanted to depict the CS and MV as two halves of a circle (coloured differently) and I really couldn’t work out how to do it.  I found reference to the Fragment command but that is nowhere to be seen … Continue reading →

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Failed to connect to the specified database or Forefront Identity Management Service #1

Posted on October 21, 2011 by

I was testing a configuration migration in a customer environment and, when importing the FIM MA, I hit the good old error: Failed to connect to the specified database or Forefront Identity Management Service. Please check the specified database location, … Continue reading →

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SQL Server aliases

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

(a.k.a. Honestly…My top Layer-8 issue of 2010) SQL Server aliases: they need to be created on all clients that use them, not just the SQL Server! How do we create them?  Two primary ways: CLICONFG.EXE (%systemroot%\system32\cliconfg).  Native to Windows, the … Continue reading →

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Querying AD DS 64-bit integer (date time as ticks) using LDP (or anything else)

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

I hacked together a .NET command line application for a customer yesterday that basically resets the password of all users within scope to two random passwords.  Such functionality was required because we’d P2V’d a production DC into the lab.  I … Continue reading →

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Setting Boolean attributes using LDP

Posted on August 12, 2011 by

Quick and gentle reminder.  LDP expects you to replace a Boolean attribute with either TRUE or FALSE.  True, False, true or false don’t cut it… If you try and use True, False, true or false you’ll get this error: ***Call … Continue reading →

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The little things we sometimes forget when installing FIM

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

Note to self .  When building a new environment don’t forget to delete the out-of-box (OOB) Management Policy Rule (MPR) “Users can create registration objects for themselves” with an action type of “Create, Modify”.  As per kb978864 Update 1 (build … Continue reading →

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A gate plugin exception was encountered while running the Password Reset application

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

Scenario You attempt to invoke the self-service password reset (SSPR) process and get the error: A gate plugin exception was encountered while running the Password Reset application. Error Text: An error occurred while calling SetDisplaySettings. Error Code: 50001. A screenshot … Continue reading →

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Change control

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

Today I’m working hard in a FIM test lab for a customer. I’m building a proof of concept as it happens. I’m doing several things at once and have been for a couple of hours. I spin up the FIM … Continue reading →

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The Forefront Identity Manager service has not started yet. Please wait one minute and try again

Posted on June 29, 2011 by

Scenario You browse to the FIM Portal and click the link to Register for password reset. The password reset registration wizard opens and immediately the error “The Forefront Identity Manager service has not started yet. Please wait one minute and … Continue reading →

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Microsoft.MetadirectoryServices.ProvisioningBySyncRuleException: The partition filter criteria for management agent do not include an object with DN and object classes .

Posted on June 27, 2011 by

Scenario You synchronise the FIM Service management agent (MA) and get an sync-rule-flow-provisioning-failed error (status of the management agent operation is completed-sync-errors). If you click the GUID in the Flow Errors column (next to the sync-rule-flow-provisioning-failed error listed in the … Continue reading →

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