HP Intelligent Provisioning Cant See USB Media?
KB ID 0001555 Problem Life was simpler when we had DVD Drives and a wallet full of CD/DVDs! I was building an HP DL360 This morning and needed to install Windows. I created a bootable USB with Unetbootin and selected a Windows Server ISO, it wouldn’t boot. So I thought ‘Fine I’ll play the game” I pressed F10 for Intelligent Provisioning. After selecting USB media – the system could not see my USB Drive? ...
macOS: Create an ISO From a Folder
KB ID 0001554 Problem I had to get some files onto a server today that had no internet access. I did have iLO access, so if I could get the files into an .iso file, I could present that as a virtual CD/DVD drive, and install the software I required. But how to create an .iso file on my mac? Solution It’s a two step procedure, first you use Disk Utility to create a CDR image, then you convert that image to an ISO. Launch Disk...
HP iLO Upgrade Stops at 99%
KB ID 0001553 Problem While trying to update an iLO on a blade server yesterday, (from 2.07 to 2.33). I uploaded the file it got to 99% then after a while it recycled and repeated the process all over again, and kept going. Solution Well I was on a 2016 Server using IE 11, and the iLO2 is VERY OLD, so I’m guessing it’s a browser problem. I reconnected to the iLO using Firefox, and it worked perfectly. (Note: If using a...
Certsrv: Can Only See User and Basic EFS
KB ID 0001552 Problem When connected to the Web Enrolment portal (Certsrv) for your Certificate Services, you attempt to submit a certificate request. But you only see User and Basic EFS under Certificate Templates, like so; Solution I’ve done this myself many times, usually you are looking for the ‘Web Server’ template and it’s not there, so we will use that as an example. Go to your CA Server. Windows Server...
Office 365: Enable User Password Reset
KB ID 0001551 Problem If you want to give your Office 365 users the ability to change and recover their passwords this is the procedure. Solution Open the ‘Azure Active Directory’ admin console. If you didn’t already know, Azure is what’s underpinning your Office 365 subscription, Select ‘Azure Active Directory’ > Password reset. I’m enabling for everyone, you can choose...
Exchange Certificate Import: ‘Certificate Already Exists’
KB ID 0001550 Problem When attempting to import a certificate into Exchange last week, this happened; A special Rpc error occurs on the server {Server-Name}: Cannot import certificate. A certificate with the thumbprint {Thumbprint} already exists. Solution This is a symptom of another problem, the certificate WAS previously imported, but it can’t be seen in the Exchange Admin Console. (The reason in that case was the certificate...
Outlook: Something Went Wrong Error 80090016
KB ID 0001549 Problem When attempting to open Outlook you see this error; Something went wrong Your computer’s Trusted Platform Module has malfunctioned. If this error persists, contact your system administrator with this error code 80090016 Note: The this won’t affect users who are subject to MFA (Multi Factor Authentication,) so this can be enabled to solve this problem. Solution One Code 80090016 On the affected...
Exchange 2019: Presenting Outlook Anywhere With WAP
KB ID 0001548 Problem Note: Applies to Exchange 2019, 2016, and 2013. This is pretty much PART TWO, of presenting ‘Exchange Web Services’ using Web Application Proxy. Back in PART ONE we looked at publishing OWA and ECP, and that required having an ADFS server. To present the other web services, e.g Outlook Anywhere, Exchange Active Sync, Offline address book etc. You don’t need ADFS, you simply use ‘pass...
VMware Horizon – Replacing Certificates
KB ID 0001547 Problem I deployed Horizon v7 a while ago for a client, they messaged me to say their wildcard cert was about to expire, could I replace it in the Horizon infrastructure. On logging in, sure enough; Connection Server Details Status: The service has a minor issue SSL Certificate: About to expire {Date} {Time} This is why I like VMware, it’s picked up the problem, and pointed me in the right direction, (the...
Presenting Exchange 2019 With WAP and ADFS
KB ID 0001546 Problem I’ve used WAP (Web Application Proxy) to present Remote Desktop Services before, but never for Microsoft Exchange. It came up as a possible requirement for a client this week, so I thought I’ll work it out on the bench. here’s the topology; Exchange: Exchange 2019 Standard Server OS: Server 2019 Datacenter Solution – Step 1 Deploy ADFS If you are going to use ‘self signed’...