Cisco 5506-X / 5512-X SFR Unsupported
KB ID 0001522 Problem After upgrading an ASA 5506-X to Version 9.10, I was about to re-image the FirePOWER SFR module. I went to load the boot image and this happened; sw-module module sfr recover configure image disk0:/asasfr-5500x-boot-6.3.0-3.img ^ ERROR: % Invalid input detected at ‘^’ marker. At first I thought “Oh great, the syntax has changed, there’s another post to update”. But no, the command is...
Veeam Restore Error: Copying Data from Deduplicated Volumes
KB ID 0001521 Problem If you attempt to restore items from a backup of a server where the data was stored on a deduplicated volume, you may see the following error; Copying data from deduplicated volumes requires that the console is installed on Windows Server 2012 R2 or later with the data duplication feature enabled. Restoring files from deduplicated volumes requires that the mount server associated with the source backup...
Citrix: mac OSX ‘You have chosen not to trust…’
KB ID 0001520 Problem After a colleague deployed Citrix for a customer the other day, they complained that they had a mac user that was getting certificate errors. They had a publicly signed wildcard certificate, but this user was still having problems. After I heard a few “tell him to stop using a mac” comments, I said, “I’m using a MacBook here, would you like me to test it?” The URL opened fine in...
Aruba / HP Switches Clear Interface Counters
KB ID 0001519 Problem I was looking for a way to clear (zero) ALL interface counters, (in my case on a 5412-Zl2). Petes-HP-Switch# show int A1 Status and Counters – Port Counters for port A1 Name : Trunk Uplink Member 1 MAC Address : f40343-787aaa Link Status : Up Port Enabled : Yes Totals (Since boot or last clear) : Bytes Rx : 3,243,414,990 Bytes Tx : 4,155,683,352 Unicast Rx : 1,729,923,935 Unicast Tx : 3,184,593,493...
Manually Extracting VMware Tools Drivers
KB ID 0001518 Problem If you want to get hold of the actual drivers from VMware tools, e.g. to have them in a machine that you will be deploying into VMware ESX/Workstation etc, then this is how to do it. Solution I’m using WinSCP to connect to one of my ESXi servers, (it’s free, and just works!) From the root directory locate vminages and open that. Tools-isoimages, (this might seem long-winded, but if you keep an eye on...