VMware Fusion on macOS Mojave: No Mouse or Keyboard
Mar03

VMware Fusion on macOS Mojave: No Mouse or Keyboard

KB ID 0001523 Problem While building my new MacBook, I installed VMWare Fusion, (I always run a Windows VM, in case I have to do something on Windows). But no matter what version I tried to install, I could not interface with the VMs, (no mouse or keyboard). I ran Fusion 11 on my old MacBook, (running Mojave). So I was a bit confused.  Solution Click the ‘Apple’ (top left) > System Preferences > Security and Privacy...

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Cisco 5506-X / 5512-X SFR Unsupported
Feb26

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...

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Veeam Restore Error: Copying Data from Deduplicated Volumes
Feb26

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...

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Citrix: mac OSX ‘You have chosen not to trust…’
Feb26

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...

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Aruba / HP Switches Clear Interface Counters
Feb21

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...

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