VMWare: Virtual Machine Disks Consolidation Needed
May08

VMWare: Virtual Machine Disks Consolidation Needed

KB ID 0001430 Problem You may see a ‘warning triangle’ over one of your VM’s, and on its summary page you see the following;   Virtual machine disks consolidation is needed. Virtual machine Consolidation Needed status.   Solution Basically theres a problem with the machine snapshots, If you right click the VM > Snapshots > Consolidate. Yes – Job done, that was easy.   Related Articles, References,...

Read More
Cisco ASA: Allow VPN Traffic “Through” A Cisco Firewall
May06

Cisco ASA: Allow VPN Traffic “Through” A Cisco Firewall

KB ID 0001428 Problem I got asked to put in a VPN for a client, this week, it went from a simple site to site, to a site to site with a Fortigate firewall at one end, to a VPN from and ASA to a Fortigate ‘through’ another ASA.  It’s been a few years since I had to tunnel  ‘through’ a firewall, and experience tells me, if you don’t have control of BOTH ends of a new VPN tunnel, anything that stops...

Read More
Dell iDRAC “The Webpage Cannot  Be Found”
May03

Dell iDRAC “The Webpage Cannot Be Found”

KB ID 0001427 Problem I needed to reboot one of my ESX hosts yesterday, so I jumped on the DRAC and got this? An internet search turned up, “The best way to fix this is, firmware update the iDRAC”, which I did. But sadly it didn’t fix the problem. Solution In IE11 they have done a good job of hiding compatibility settings > Options > Compatibility View Settings > Type in the IP/URL > Add > Close >...

Read More