VMware: Server Certificate Subject Name Does Not Match
KB ID 0001504 Problem If you replace the self signed certificate on your Horizon Connection servers, (so that they have a certificate with your ‘public’ address), you will see this error; Status: Servers’s certificate subject name does not match the server’s External URL. Server’s certificates is not trusted. SSL Certificate: Invalid Solution At first I thought this was simply a DNS problem, and I needed...
AnyConnect ‘Management VPN Tunnel’ Configuration
KB ID 0001503 Problem With the newest version of AnyConnect (4.7) there’s an added feature called ‘Management VPN’. It’s there, so that if you have remote users who don’t VPN in very often, then you may struggle to mange them, e.g. put software updates, AV updates, SCCM packages etc. down to them. Before version 4.7 you could configure ‘Automatically Connect’, or ‘Start before...
KMS Error 0xC004F056
KB ID 0001502 Problem While checking the KMS licence status of a newly deployed 2016 Datacenter server. I got this; Licence Status: Notification Notification Reason:0xC004F056 Solution While I’m not a fan of any errors, this ones harmless, in fact it’s telling us to perform an activation (slmgr /ato). So let’s do that. Then re-check. Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links...
Cisco ASA: DHCP Relay Over VPN
KB ID 0001501 Problem A few weeks ago this was asked on one of the forums I post in. For a long time the ASA didn’t support DHCP relay then finally in version 9 it was added. The question was, can I provide DHCP relay but have the DHCP server on another site (connected via VPN). Well I wasn’t sure, so I put it on the mental back burner, until I got my EVE-NG server rebuilt. Below I knocked up a simple two site setup, then...
vCenter: IE Content was Blocked “Not Signed by a Valid Certificate”
KB ID 0001500 Problem While attempting to manage vSphere Center with Internet Explorer. Access is blocked as it was not signed by valid security certificate. Content was blocked because it was not signed by a valid security certificate For more information see “About Certificate Errors” in Internet Explorer Help. Solution The client simply does not trust the certificate VMware is presenting, (it’s a self signed...
VMware: ISO Upload or Deploy OVA Fails ‘Undetermined Reason’
KB ID 0001499 Problem I see this a lot! Usually I assume I just need to change browser, here the error is in Chrome. You can see this if you attempt to upload an ISO file to a datastore, or attempt to deploy an OVF file. Error The operation failed for an undetermined reason. Typically this problem occurs due to certificates that the browser does not trust. If you are using self-signed or custom certificates, open the URL below in a...