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Upgrading vCenter Appliance (vCSA) and ESXi 6.5 to 6.7

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:July 2, 2018
  • Post category:ESXi/IT/vCenter/VCSA/VMware/vSphere

This article is for upgrading vCenter Appliance and ESXi 6.5 to 6.7 on internet disconnected environment. Login to https://my.wmware.com/    and download the following two files: VMware-VCSA-all-6.7.0-8546234.iso VMware-ESXi-6.7.0-8169922-depot.zip Always upgrade the…

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Copying a file from host OS to Hyper-V VM

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:June 21, 2018
  • Post category:Hyper-V/Hypervisor/IT/Windows Server/Windows Server 2012

To easily copy a file which is not an ISO from host OS to Hyper-V VM, do the following: 1. Right-click on the virtual machine, and choose the Settings command from…

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Exchange 2013 fails to deliver mail to a DL

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:June 18, 2018
  • Post category:Exchange 2013/Exchange 2016/IT/Windows Server

I have an application server auto-generating reports and emailed to a distribution list with external users. Earlier, application server was relaying directly to the customer mail server, but it was…

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Upgrading Exchange 2013 CU10 to CU20

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:April 24, 2018
  • Post category:Exchange 2013/IT/Microsoft/PowerShell/Windows Server 2012

My Exchange 2013 is running CU 10 which is unsupported build. I have started testing to bring up to the latest build. It has to go through a multi-step upgrade…

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Install CA certificate for application in Red Hat

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:April 16, 2018
  • Post category:IT/RedHat

 Create a directory under an app/site  in Red Hat server /path/cert Download a root CA certificate and copy to the above folder. Check the certificate expiration openssl x509 -text -noout…

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Domain Admin Accounts locked out of DCs after implementing GPO

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:March 21, 2018
  • Post category:Group Policy/IT/Microsoft/Windows 10/Windows 7/Windows Server/Windows Server 2012

While testing implementing RMF security controls vulnerability ID V-63877 - Deny log on locally user right on workstations to Enterprise Admins and Domain Admin group via GPO, I basically logged…

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Microsoft March 2018 updates

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:March 14, 2018
  • Post category:IT/Microsoft/Windows 7/WSUS

I could not pull the updates on the WSUS this morning since the air gap internet access was down. I test the patches rigorously before I bring over and apply…

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SQL 2014 backup using HPE Data Protector 10.0 : SQLVDI error

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:February 21, 2018
  • Post category:IT/SharePoint 2016/SQL 2014

While trying to backup SQL using HPE Data Protector, it failed with error :t On the SQL server event log, error logged as : As per the SQL server event…

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SharePoint 2016: Adding banner on the top

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:February 20, 2018
  • Post category:IT/Microsoft/SharePoint 2013/SharePoint 2016/Uncategorized/Windows Server/Windows Server 2012

Create a custom CSS containing the following script: Here is how to enable and upload custom CSS to Alternate CSS URL. https://www.bomzan.com/2018/02/08/sharepoint-2016-disable-newsfeedonedrivesites-from-the-in-the-ribbon/

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DistributedCacheService keeps crashing

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:February 16, 2018
  • Post category:IT/Microsoft/SharePoint 2016

SharePoint 2016 and Windows Server 2016. It crashes frequently throwing the following error: Log Name:      Application Source:        Application Error Event ID:      1000 Task…

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I am a goal-oriented Infrastructure System Engineer and Information System Security Officer with over 10 years’ of experience in planning and implementation of network, servers, virtualization and security technologies . Background includes hands-on experience with multi-platform, LAN/WAN environments, assessing and implementation of security controls in using ODAA and RMF guidance. Demonstrated record of success in migrating, troubleshooting Servers and increasing efficiency.

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