Here is how to turn on user automatic logon for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Windows 7 : Both options are available (using the GUI or directly modifying the registry as for Windows Server 2008). – Start > Run – Type “control userpasswords2” – Then click OK [x] > [ ] Uncheck the box… Read More »
Lost your root password? Well, this is very unfortunate! This tutorial will show you how to reset ESXi root password. There is no supported method to “reset” the root password, VMware suggest to boot from ESXi installer disk and select “Install ESXi, preserve VMFS datastore” option. This will overwrite the current installation (fresh install, overwriting… Read More »
Got this issue trying to register/enter the license key in the R1Soft Backup Manager Web interface? java.net.UnknownHostException: <SERVER_NAME>: <SERVER_NAME> Not unique in ID space [Page dCJQ_]: activationWindow This mean the server host name do not match the IP address you specified in your license pool at the R1Soft Customer Portal. Create or set the A… Read More »
Getting this error while trying to run a backup policy on R1Soft server? Error replicating device (F0CC90E5CC90A77E) An exception occurred during the request. Unable to parse ‘C:\Program Files\Idera Server Backup\conf\disksafe-keys\5265aa4b-e25d-4d05-91d4-e6bca778f4b7.xml’; unable to open primary document entity ‘C:\Program Files\Idera Server Backup\conf\disksafe-keys\5265aa4b-e25d-4d05-91d4-e6bca778f4b7.xml’ Agent reported error during requested operation. This is probably because your DiskSafe is encrypted and… Read More »
If like a lot of sysadmin, you manage servers in a remote location and usual clean shutdown dosen’t work but you still have console access, there is a workaround to send an interrupt that will do exactly the same as you push the reset button. Since a reset on a heavy used server is never… Read More »
By default, Exchange will set the smtp banner to the local name into the Active Directory. However, this can cause serious issue when communicating with other mail servers on the Internet. The banner need to be changed on the “ReceiveConnector” through the Exchange Management Shell. 1. Get the current ReceiveConnector name : Get-ReceiveConnector This should… Read More »
You might ran into this error running AutoInstaller for Plesk 11 for Windows : Unable to install the “plesk-11.0.9.noarch” package. The following could cause the installation failure: 1) plesk-11.0.9.noarch: No suitable solutions were found for the “IIS” dependency. 2) The dependency for “IIS” required by the “plesk-11.0.9.noarch” package could not be resolved. This mean you… Read More »
The latest update of Dell OpenManage for package srvadmin-omcommon-7.2.0-4.459.1 failed, ending with the following error : cp: cannot stat `/opt/dell/srvadmin/etc/openmanage/wwwroot/oem/data/ini/*ini’: No such file or directory Error in PREIN scriptlet in rpm package srvadmin-omcommon-7.2.0-4.459.1.el5.x86_64 error: %pre(srvadmin-omcommon-7.2.0-4.459.1.el5.x86_64) scriptlet failed, exit status 1 error: install: %pre scriptlet failed (2), skipping srvadmin-omcommon-7.2.0-4.459.1.el5 The updater is looking for some ini file… Read More »
If you get the following message booting a VMware guest machine : Your CPU does not support long mode. Use 32bit distribution. This mean Virtualization Technology is disabled in the BIOS. Simply enable VT and boot your VM again.
Having slow network performances, packet loss and noticed this message in the logs or dmesg output under heavy load on your Linux box? ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet This is because you reach the limit set for connection tracking. To display the current usage, use the following command : wc -l /proc/net/ip_conntrack In such case,… Read More »