If you are having problems logging on to computers or servers through a Microsoft Remote Desktop Gateway Server you may want to check if you have KB2592687 installed. This update upgrades Remote Desktop Connection from 7.1 to 8.0. If it is installed it will appear as if you are connecting Read more…
Recently I found myself looking back to a VMware View environment I setup to roll out another. I felt it would be helpful to take some of the general steps or considerations I used as a baseline to help others create View Environments. My recommendations are easy and helpful, but may Read more…
Out of the past 3 upgrades I performed to VMware vCenter Server Appliances services began to fail thereafter. The upgrade was to 5.1.0.5300 Build 947940. Periodically every few days, or hours the appliance is reachable, but you will not be able to login to it via the vSphere client. You will see the Read more…
If you’re one of the many people being faced with Mac wifi disconnects recently I have a quick tip that may help. Restart your Mac and then hold down the keys Command+Option+P+R during the restart. You will hear the Apple boot sound, and then the system will reboot again. Once Read more…
Recently I had an issue migrating a Windows Server from a physical system to a VM that had smaller than 2 TB volumes but the disk were configured as GPT. Additionally the systems was using EFI firmware. Below is the VMware KB confirming that you cannot use the VMware converter to P2V Read more…
What is route filtering and why to use it? In the context of network routing, route filtering is the process by which certain routes are not considered for inclusion in the local route database, or not advertised to one’s neighbours. Route filtering is particularly important for use on large networks Read more…
What is route filtering and why to use it? In the context of network routing, route filtering is the process by which certain routes are not considered for inclusion in the local route database, or not advertised to one’s neighbours. Route filtering is particularly important for use on large networks Read more…
I’ve been using Server 2012 for sometime now, but I’ve just recently setup Hyper-V on a few of those systems. I think over all Hyper-V’s offering really hasn’t changed much, but the addition of Replica certainly is a big one. I think it’s a great, low-cost solution for disaster recovery. I Read more…
I’ve run into a number of worms over the years but typically I see them in a network or two here and there. I’ve run into W32.Changeup several times in the past few days and I expect to see it a few more. It can get into your network via removable Read more…
Recently I needed to monitor a network segment of a client’s network. They were relatively small but were having over utilization issues. Using Cacti, which is a free Linux based SNMP monitoring/graphing program I was able to track network performance metrics such as bandwidth and throughput of switches and firewalls. Read more…