There is a big list by Microsoft I went through – https://technet.microsoft.com/itpro/windows/manage/manage-connections-from-windows-operating-system-components-to-microsoft-services#BKMK_WiFiSense , Microsoft also provides a DISA STIG Baseline ( here ) however I have gone […]
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VMware Licensing – vSphere Enterprise will not be available
Recently VMware announces some changes to their licensing policy for vSphere – http://www.vmware.com/files/pdf/products/vsphere/VMware-vSphere-vSOM-Pricing-FAQs.pdf.The main change is that vSphere Enterprise will not be available after June 30, 2016. […]
Flapping Cisco Switch Ports
Checklist : Check the times of disconnect , are they every 10-20 seconds the same ( could be timers ) show interfaces gigabitethernet 2/0/23 check for ErrorsWas this switch […]
Outlook Intermittent Disconnections – Exchange 2010
This is part 2 of my troubleshooting weeks where we were facing issues with Outlook losing connections to Exchange intermittently AND Database copies losing synchronization as well. […]
Change Owncloud Directory in OpenSuse
You need to change /etc/apache2/default-server.conf DocumentRoot “/srv/www/htdocs/owncloud” systemctl stop apache2.servicesystemctl start apache2.service
Inbound and Outbound 365 SMTP Filtering Mailguard
What you need to do to enable Mailguard Filtering and Office 365Login to 365 Portal Inbound Filter by IPThis forces all internal mail to only be accepted by […]
VM Phantom Snapshot Files Solarwinds ( False Positive )
We can suggest some steps, which may help. Please stop Orion Collector Service and run following query on the Database Manager:DELETE FROM VIM_SnapshotsDELETE FROM VIM_DiskFilesDELETE FROM VIM_SnapshotDiskFileMappingStart […]
Cannot login to Veeam One Reporter ( Veeam One Business Reporter works )
After installing Veeam One , login to Veeam One Business View worked , however Veeam One Reporter with the same login details came back with The specified username […]
How to restore PostgreSQL Database from Veeam backup without a Dump ( flat file )
Unzip your backup dir somewhere convenient where you have full read/write permission as your normal user account.
VMware LUN Path Selection Policy ( PSP )
When provisioning a new VMware host important things to configure1) NTP Server2) IP of Management with DNS Name3) Portgroup Names4) Syslog Server5) SNMP Trap for monitoring6) Renaming […]