Citrix Kaviza – No Support for ESX 5 as of 10/9/2011

As of 10-9-11, Citrix’s Kaviza appliance will not run on ESX 5.0. Don’t waste your time. Stick with ESX 4.1

Tunnel Vision – Troubleshooting syndrome

Experience has shown that less-experienced admins have a higher propensity for going “heads down.” Heads down occurs when you are troubleshooting a problem and you either get tunnel vision or lose perspective on time. Tunnel vision is the trap of not considering external factors that might be causing your problem.   Taking on troubleshooting as [...]

Cisco ASA 5510 Cheat Sheet

VPN Remote Access. Three steps. 1. Tunnel Policy – Network Tunnel 2. Route Routing 3. NAT Exempt commands: sh run nat – to view nat config. nat 0 indicates nat exempt sh run

Remote Logins Are Currently Disabled

  Rebooting your server with the datastore during the same period as the others cause the other servers to come back online with their logons disabled. Make sure to stagger the reboots if this is the case. Gain console access and Run this command: CHANGE LOGON /ENABLE. http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX107149

How to check which Exchange Transaction log files are not committed

In the Exchange Management Shell execute.. eseutil /mh <path/databasefilename> In the output concentrate on the Status Field and “Log Required” Field. If status is in a “Dirty Shutdown” state note the “Log Required” value. Navigate to the log file directory, sort by date modified and then move all log files after the  the log file name noted [...]

Configure QOS on Cisco Router – Basic for Voice

These are the basic steps: Build ACL List router (config)#ip access-list extended 100 router (config-ext-nacl)#permit ip hohost x.x.x.x host x.x.x.x Build Class-Map router (config)#class-map match-any MapName-Voice router (config-cmap)#match access-group 100 router (config-cmap)#match dscp Build Policy-Map router (config)#policy-map QOS router (config-pmap)#class MapName-Voice router (config-pmap-c)#priority 2000 router (cofnig-pmap-c)#set ip dscp ef  Assign to Interface (Assign) router (config-if)#service-policy output QOS [...]

Fix Active Directory DNS issues.

Fix Active Directory DNS issues. Use the Windows Support Tool and run these command: dcdiag /fix netdiag /fix ipconfig /flushdns ipcofnig /registerdns net stop server net start server Reboot server. If this is not an option, go into Services and start any automatic services that are stopped. *** If the Active Directory DNS records do not [...]

Extend Data Volume

The steps are… 1. Install Drive 2. Use ACU to EXPAND the Array 3. Use ACU to EXTEND your logical drive(s) 4. Use DISKPART for your D: drive 5. Use 3rd party for your C: Drive or use 3RD PARTY for both drives. (Diskpart does not work on system drives- only data drives) How to [...]

How to Sysprep in Server 2008

Is not on DVD. Is installed automatically in c:\Windows\System32\Sysprep\sysprep.exe Choose ‘Generalize’ to create new SID.

Move VMs to new datastore

Use vmkfstools to clone vmdk disk. (faster, allocates full space thus reducing fragmentation) Use cp command to copy files. Example: esxhost1<root>: vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/datastoreold/vmfolderold/vmold.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/datastoreNEW/vmfolderNEW/vmNEW.vmdk (make sure you include the new vmdk file name or you will get an error ‘file already exist’) Highly recommended that you power-down the vm first. Otherwise do a snapshot [...]