Plesk : No suitable solutions were found for the “IIS” dependency

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 »

Linux : Dell OpenManage update srvadmin-omcommon failed

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 »

Windows : BSOD 0x0000007B [inaccessible boot device]

If your computer briefly show blue screen “A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent any damage to your computer” with stop code “0x0000007B” and then reboot, this usually mean your boot device is inaccessible. To troubleshoot and hopefully fix this, you need to access the “System Recovery Console” include in your… Read More »

Windows : Add entire subnet in a batch

Adding a bunch of IP to windows through the GUI is a nightmare! Fortunately, you can enter a single command that will add them in a second. Simply open the command prompt and type the following command : FOR /L %I IN (<IP_START>,1,<IP_END>) DO netsh interface ip add address “Local Area Connection” <IP_SUBNET>.%I <IP_NETMASK> Let’s… Read More »

Linux : ip_conntrack: table full, dropping packet

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 »

Linux : How to create swap area on a live system

This article is about how to create swap space on a live RHEL/CentOS Linux system. However you can still follow that procedure in case you messed up your filesystem and swap is now non-existent (e.g.: swap show 0M). First, use fdisk to edit the partition table and create a partition (this step might be skipped… Read More »

Linux : Installing R1Soft backup agent from YUM repo

Installing R1Soft agent using YUM is pretty straight forward. Simply do the following steps. 1. Edit the R1Soft YUM repo file : /etc/yum.repos.d/r1soft.repo 2. Append the following : [r1soft] name=R1Soft Repository Server baseurl=http://repo.r1soft.com/yum/stable/$basearch/ enabled=1 gpgcheck=0 3. Install the agent : yum install r1soft-cdp-enterprise-agent 4. MISC : You might see the following output message once the… Read More »

Linux : How to install DirectAdmin

Here is a quick how to install DirectAdmin under your Linux/BSD server. Unlike other control panels, DA support various operating systems such as CentOS/RHEL, FreeBSD, Debian and Ubuntu. Make sure your system is a fresh install and up to date before starting the process. If you are performing the installation remotely, I strongly recommend you… Read More »

Linux : How to install cPanel

Here is the easy way to install cPanel on your RHEL/CentOS Linux server. Please note that cPanel require a fresh OS install. The installation might take around 30 minutes depending on your hardware. If you are performing the installation remotely, I strongly suggest that you run the installer under a “screen” session to avoid any… Read More »