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I ran into some problems usingthe VC Client Update Manager. After checking the .ZIP update file it came with an error. The solution, download the .ZIP upgrade file, extract it and copy it to your ESXi server using winscp or VC storage browse Go to the directory where you placed the files and do the […]
I install my ESXi servers with a pre-compiled version with ESXi with SSH access already enabled. But for the people who don’t, this is how you enable (unsupported!) SSH access to ESXi. Logon to the console (you don’t have SSH access, so this is the only option) Press ALT-F1 and type unsupported (you don’t see […]
I ran into a problem with one virtual machine, when creating a snapshot for backup (Veeam and/or VMware datarecovery) : After some troubleshooting i found that stopping the following services did the job : Microsoft Software Shadow Copy Provider” and “Volume Shadow Copy” The specific server is an webserver so these VSS services are not […]
Sometimes it can be handy to export and import your DNS records. This can easily be done. When you are using an Active Directory integrated DNS server (and who isn’t :-)), then you can acomplish this as follows: Change your DNS scope settings to not Active Directory integrated Go to c:\windows\system32\DNS Edit or copy/paste the […]
This is just a quick note to describe how you can easily change the vlan ID of the service console in ESX. To remove the vlan id completely, just set it to 0 (in case you have set it by accident on an access port) esxcfg-vswitch vSwitch0 -v 0 -p “Service Console” To set a […]
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I’ve got this question several times from customers, friends, co-workers etc. Suppose now it’s time to make a small blogpost of it. (Also handy for VCP/VCDX exams) A WWPN (World Wide Port Name) is physically assigned to a part in a Fibre Channel device, such as a FC HBA or SAN. It is the equivalent of […]
When using several VMFS 3 datastores, there is no need to use the VMFS 2 driver. You can unload the driver with the following command : vmkload_mod -u vmfs2 Also, if you are not using (or planning to use) NFS datastores, you can also unload the NFS driver with the following command : vmkload_mod -u […]
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I found here information about running ONTAP 8.0.7. on ESX. (mirror : Use Ontap807 on ESX) […]
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A customer complained about Snapmanager for Exchange (NetApp) not working. The following error was in the eventlog: Microsoft says the following about this: Probably so rights issues on the mailbox. On the internet I found a script that the Mailbox GUID turnover to the user. Download this script here : MbxGUIDtoMbxName Give the GUID and […]
Gabe has a good blog post with VMware vSphere 4 default settings. Don’t agree with all settings although… read it here […]
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By default Outlook 2003 doesn’t support encryption towards the Exchange server. Enable it using the mail settings or disable encryption traffic on the exchange server : […]
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The last time I ran into a few problems with Activesync and Exchange 2010. First, Activesync with Exchange 2010 doesn’t work when you have an admin account. You get a strange error (HTTP Options not allowed). Remove your account from the domain admins group for example and it should be working fine. Activesync still not […]
Check it out here (mirror : Configuring Exchange 2010 Certificates ) […]
Found it here (PDF:MailboxMoveInExchange2010) […]
This is how to move your DHCP settings from one server to another : use cmd.exe to issue the following command : netsh dhcp server [ip address] dump >dump.txt use notepad and the search/replace option the change the source IP address into the destination IP address. Save the file and import the settings with : […]
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Today I found a simple way to bypass today’s firewalls, e-mail filters etc. You need a) funny picture of some kind and b) some files (any kind) to store within that funny picture. The secret commando : copy /b JustAPicture.jpg + SecretFiles.rar SecretInside.jpg Now the files are inside the JPG picture and you can extract it […]
Check it out at : http://xtravirt.com/vsphere-client-rdp-plug-in […]
Use the following commando to disable OWA and Activesync for everyone : get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited| set-CASMailbox -ActiveSyncEnabled:$False -OwaEnabled:$False You can then create an CSV to enable OWA and Activesync for specific users : Create a CSV with one column named UserPrincipalName and below it the users defined for which it needs it be active: import-csv […]
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