FirePOWER – ‘DataPlaneInterface0’ is not receiving and packets
KB ID 0001344 Problem While replacing a FirePOWER Management console, I got this error; Interface Status Interface ‘DataPlaneInterface0’ is not receiving any packets Solution A look a the health monitor showed me the same thing; Firstly, common sense dictates, that this is a live firewall and traffic is actually flowing though it? In my case the traffic simply needed to be ‘sent though’ the module. Execute...
VMware Converter – Unable to Deploy Agent
KB ID 0001345 Problem I still think P2V conversions are cool, and I’ve been doing them since version 3! It seems though every time I try and do one with the standalone converter though I get this error; VMware vCenter Converter Standalone Unable to complete installation/uninstallation of converter agent on ‘{target}’ Solution I always spend five minutes messing with firewalls, checking remote registry services,...
Windows Certificate Services ‘certsrv’ Website displays 403.14
KB ID 0001342 Problem I seem to get all the PKI/Certificate services problems! Yesterday I was trying to use the web enrolment portal on a certificate services server, and could not get in locally, (or remotely) via http, (or https) it simply showed me a 403.14 error. HTTP Error 403.14 Forbidden Solution This was an odd one, in IIS Manager select the ‘Certsrv’ virtual directory > Advanced Options > And look at the...
Using 32 and 64 Bit WMI Filters For Group Policy
KB ID 0001341 Problem I was trying to deploy some client AV packages today, there was an x86 version (x32 Bit) and a x64 bit version of the client software. As I was deploying the software via Group Policy I needed to write a different policy for each package. Then I needed to make sure the x32 bit client only deployed to x32 bit machines, and the 64 bit client only deployed to x64 bit machines. To do that you need a simple WMI...
vSphere 6.5 vCenter Appliance – Replacing Certificates
KB ID 0001194 Problem In vSphere 5 and earlier versions this was not a ‘fun’ job at all, many times I sat down to do it, and lost the will to live. Now there’s a nice new tool built into vCenter that does ‘most’ of the hard work for you. Here I’m using the vCenter appliance but the tool is also available on the Windows version. For my certificates I’m using Microsoft Certificate Services....