Category Archives: Servers

Windows : Plesk 11 setup is missing an installation prerequisite

Plesk 11 for Windows install might return the following error : MSI: Error! Setup is missing an installation prerequisite: -Microsoft SQL Server 2012 System CLR Types. To continue, install SQL Server 2012 System CLR Types from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=116207 and then run the Setup operation again Failed to install ‘C:\ParallelsInstaller\parallels\PANEL-WIN_11.0.9\thirdparty-msi-Windows-any-x86_64\sqlsmo_x64.msi’: Fatal error during installation. (Error code 1603)… Read More »

Windows : Plesk Auto-Installer fail to start

Plesk Auto-Installer (ai.exe) execution pop-up and close preventing any further action on Windows Server 2008. UAC (User Account Control) must be disabled in order to install Plesk. To disable UAC, go to : – Control Panel > User Accounts > Change User Account Control settings

Hardware : HP Proliant DL160 chipset driver

Chipset driver for Windows Server on HP Proliant DL160 might appear as “Unknown device” in the Device Manager and listed as : ACPI\HPQ000B\0 ACPI\HPQ000B *HPQ000B The proper driver on HP Web site will be listed as : HP Proliant Management Controller Driver (Device ID: HPQ000B)

Linux : Device br0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.

You might encountered the following message after creating a bridge interface and try to bring it up on RHEL/CentOS Linux : ifup br0 Device br0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization. The common error in such case is usually because you mistype the ” TYPE= ” parameter, bridge must start with a… Read More »

Linux : How to create a bridge interface on RHEL/CentOS

A bridge interface is actually a virtual interface handled by a config file on your Linux system. Creating a bridge is quite simple, just follow those steps and you’re all set! 1. Create the bridge interface configuration file : vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0 Add the the following parameters : DEVICE=br0 TYPE=Bridge BOOTPROTO=static ONBOOT=yes STP=on IPADDR= NETMASK= GATEWAY=… Read More »

Qmail : Create a catch-all account with vpopmail

On the latest vpopmail release, there is a bug with the Web interface that prevent creating a catch all mail account for non-existent recipients. When pressing the catch-all button, a blank page is returned. Here is the steps to create the catch-all manually instead of using the WebUI. This example assume that your domain name… Read More »

Linux : This account is currently not available

You might noticed this error trying to log into a Linux/Unix system through SSH or SFTP : This account is currently not available. The two main possible causes : – The shell does not exist or have been removed; – Typo error when entering the shell path at the user creation. Have a look at… Read More »

Windows DHCP Server : The unique Identifier you have entered may not be correct

Using the Windows DHCP server, you might noticed this message trying to do an IP reservation with the MAC address on your DHCP scope : The unique Identifier you have entered may not be correct. Do you want to use this Identifier anyway? And then : The DHCP server received a message from a client… Read More »

Linux : How to install source rpm on RHEL/CentOS

Here is a quick tutorial regarding how to install a source RPM on RHEL/CentOS Linux. 1. Prepare the build environment and get the dependencies. Do those following command under your root home directory : yum install rpm-build redhat-rpm-config gcc make mkdir -p ~/rpmbuild/{BUILD,RPMS,SOURCES,SPECS,SRPMS} 2. Put the source rpm file at the root of your home directory… Read More »

Windows : How to disable Last Access Time Stamps on NTFS

NTFS filesystem store a lot of information that might not be required all the time and can significantly improve the I/O performance when disabled, especially under a virtualized environment. To disable Last Access Time Stamp on Windows, you need to manually edit the registry. 1. Open the registry editor : Start > Run > regedit.exe 2.… Read More »