How to remove vmkdump files in ESXi 5.5 To remove the coredump files you need to connect to an ESXi host. After you have connect runt he following command esxcli system coredump file list Only the owner of the .dumpfile can remove it. We need to find the owner of the file. vmkfstools -D /vmfs/volumes/…/xxxx.dumpfile… Read More »
How to keep current in IT while living in the Midwest Good morning, afternoon, and evening to all the blog readers. I was challenged by Eric Wright and the #vDM team to do two things. First was to write 30 blogs in 30 days. This seems to be working out, The second was to step up… Read More »
Windows Server Manager 2012 – unable to manage role & feature I have come across this issue a couple of time. It looks like the release of WIndows 2012 R2 this issue has been remediate. This is for all the people that are still running Windows 2012 pre R2. Open Powershell in admin mode Run… Read More »
VMware restart Agents services I have had to do this a couple of times in the last couple of week on ESXi 5.1. ESXi 5.5 seems to keep these services in line a little better. Here is just a quick walk though. Log into the vsphere through SSH Service mgmt-vmware restart Wait for… Read More »
Brocade VDX 6740 A couple of weeks ago I start the process of upgrading our current virtual environment to 10GB ethernet. These switches will not be used for a converged infrastructure. We currently have a 8GB Fiber Channel storage backbone. Next year we are upgrading the hardware controllers cards in the hosts to 16GB. The… Read More »
IBM DS3500 SAN Staging – Array Configure This is a short walk through on how to stage an IBM 3500 SAN. The default IP addresses of the IBM DS3500 SAN are 192.168.128.101 and 192.168.128.102. These IPs are the #1 Ethernet port on each controller. Make sure to change the name of the SAN. Keeping the… Read More »
VEEAM V7 upgrade to V8 VEEAM v8 was released on November 6th. The current version of VEEAM I have installed is 7.0.0.871. This was the latest patch before the V8 release. Requirements: Downloaded copy of VEEAM V8 Valid License (Trial License would be needed for a full install) Ok let us get started. Open the… Read More »
MCS vs NLB Microsoft Cluster Service (MCS) This is a list of Pros and Cons for Clustering and Network load balancing. A couple of months ago, the company I work for was looking to provide HA/redundancy for web servers. This was the list I complied of Pros and Cons. Each of these services has their… Read More »
Disable SMB NULL on Windows 2012 Last Monday we got our PCI penetration test back from our PCI auditor. They have exploited a vulnerability for SMB NULL share on a domain controller. On Windows 2008 Server is was easy. You made a couple registry changes and everything was good. Here are the Windows 2008 registry… Read More »
Detect SMB NULL on Windows 2012 Here is how to detect if you have SMB NULL enabled on your servers. In a command prompt type: net use \IP_AddressIPC$ “” /u:”” Replace the IP_Address with the IP of a server or desktop. You will see this. Notice that I run net use again. If you see… Read More »