Event ID 1006
KB ID 0001425 Problem Seen on an Exchange 2016 Server Log Name: Application Source: MSExchangeDiagnostics Date: XX/XX/XXXX XX:XX:XX Event ID: 1006 Task Category: Triggers Level: Error Keywords: Classic User: N/A Computer: EX2016 Description: The performance counter ‘\\EX2016\MSExchange Assistants – Per Database(msexchangemailboxassistants-2016-mailbox-database)\Event Dispatchers Catching Up’ sustained a value of...
Remote Desktop Services: Balancing Sessions Hosts and Connection Brokers
KB ID 0001424 Problem I got an email from a colleague who was setting up an RDS farm, (2012 R2). He was having some problems and asked me; “If the Connection Broker brokers the connections to the Session Hosts, how do I RDP to the Session Broker?” This threw me completely, I usually jump on the console in VMware or use a third party remote management tool, I don’t tend to to RDP onto servers. I had fallen into the...
Cisco ASA: Group-Lock WARNING
KB ID 0001423 Problem You will see this error if you are pasting configuration into a Cisco firewall. This week I was manually converting an old 8.2 version firewalls configuration, to run on a modern (version 9) firewall, when I saw this; Petes-ASA(config)# username fred.bloggs attributes Petes-ASA(config-username)# group-lock value SOME-VALUE WARNING: tunnel-group SOME-VALUE does not exist Solution The reason you are seeing this...
Cisco ASA 5506-X: Bridged BVI Interface
KB ID 0001422 Problem When the ASA 5506-X appeared there was much grumbling, “This is not a replacement for the ASA 5505, I need to buy a switch as well!” and “I have six ports on the firewall I cant use” etc. While I understand that, and if truth be told the ASA 5505, was SUPPOSED to be used in SOHO environments where an all in one device, (with PoE) was a great fit. The problem was, people started throwing...
Cisco ASA: ‘Received an un-encrypted INVALID_COOKIE notify message, dropping’
KB ID 0001421 Problem Saw this in a forum today, and knew what it was straight away! While attempting to get a VPN tunnel up from a Cisco ASA (5508-x) to a Sonicwall firewall this was there debug output; Apr 06 00:45:21 [IKEv1]IP = x.x.x.x, IKE Initiator: New Phase 1, Intf Lan, IKE Peer x.x.x.x local Proxy Address 192.168.90.150, remote Proxy Address 10.252.1.1, Crypto map (Internet_map) Apr 06 00:45:21 [IKEv1 DEBUG]IP = x.x.x.x,...