Easy one Uninstall VCenter Server from Windows Copy/Backup and Remove C:\ProgramData\VMware\VMware VirtualCenter\SSL Reinstall same Virtual Center that was installed before. Or you can follow this great blogg from Zlatko Mitev http://vbuffer.com/vcenter-selfsigned-certificates/ Some notifcation from me: OpenSSL 0.9.8 is requried http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/openssl.htm Deploying and using the SSL Certificate Automation Tool 5.5 http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&docTypeID=DT_KB_1_1&externalId=2057340 #When you are running openssl... Continue Reading →
Windows 2008 R2 cleanmgr.exe how to fix without reboot.
If not have desktop expirence installed and want to clean up C: on Windows 2008R2. Then copy below files the you are able to run clenmgr whitout reboot. Yo need to overwrite, because the old files will be there. C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_none_c9392808773cd7da\cleanmgr.exe to C:\windows\system32\ C:\Windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-cleanmgr.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_6.1.7600.16385_en-us_b9cb6194b257cc63\cleanmgr.exe.mui to C:\windows\system32\en-us\ The you can run cleanmgr.exe
Schedule backup on DataCore nodes. Email,copy the backup job
Create Backup.ps1 file on every datacorenode. Under C:\backup Create backup.bat file on every datacorenode. Under C:\backup Schedule a task in Datacore to run below powershell script and the backup.bat on every node. The Powershell needs only on one node. The script solves that for you. Backup.bat net use \\1.1.1.1\h$ /user:user password copy C:\Backup\* \\2.2.2.2\h$\Datacore\... Continue Reading →
Upgrade Datacore manually
How to manually upgrade Datacore. Download the Datcore Software Do you have DCSAdmin Password? If you don't, get it. If you have lost that password another blogpost is about to be done to explain howto change that. Connect to both nodes 1. Check System Health 2. Check version. Server Group DataCore Servers Version: 10.0.PSP5 Update... Continue Reading →
Two NVme disk with same ID. Datacore only see one NVME
Datacore with Samsung NVme disk, that are seen with the same ID. This must be a bug from Samsung. If you have two NVme disks with the same ID You only se one disk at the time. For Datacore this is not good. You want to mirror thoose NVme disk in Datacore. Workaround, if you... Continue Reading →
Install Windows 10 on a external media and run it.
UPDATE!! If you have ISO file with version 1809 it wont work. Tried several times in many ways but same issue...BSOD points to wpprecorder.sys... If you install 1803 and then upgrade to 1809 you will get the same problem. I did anyway. My setup is that I am running Ubuntu on the XPS 13... Continue Reading →
Locate firmware and disk model Ubuntu
apt-get install smartmontools smartctl --xall /dev/nvme0n1p2 smartctl 6.6 2016-05-31 r4324 [x86_64-linux-4.18.6-041806-generic] (local build) Copyright (C) 2002-16, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, http://www.smartmontools.org === START OF INFORMATION SECTION === Model Number: PC401 NVMe SK hynix 512GB Serial Number: ES82N134010102J61 Firmware Version: 80003E00 PCI Vendor/Subsystem ID: 0x1c5c IEEE OUI Identifier: 0xace42e Controller ID: 1 Number of Namespaces: 1... Continue Reading →
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