Cisco – Configuring Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Networks DMVPN
May30

Cisco – Configuring Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Networks DMVPN

DMVPN KB ID 0000954 Problem A while back I uploaded a run through on how to deploy GRE tunnels and protect those tunnels with IPsec. That point-to-point GRE tunnel is a good solution, but if you have a lot of sites it’s not a solution that scales very well. Yes you can have 2147483647 tunnel interfaces, but good luck manually configuring all those tunnels and even if you did, if you want each of your remote sites to talk to each...

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Can I Upgrade Veeam 10 to Veeam 11?
Jul19

Can I Upgrade Veeam 10 to Veeam 11?

KB ID 0001758 Problem People are always ‘a bit twitchy’ about upgrading their backup software. Mines on my test network so I’m a little more cavalier about diving in and clicking next. So when you want to Upgrade Veeam 10 to Veeam 11, peoples main concerns are; Will I lose my backup / replication jobs? Will I need to rescan backup repositories? Remember Veeam keeps all its data in a database, so your configs should...

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VMware View  Connection Server  – Stop Session timeouts
Nov17

VMware View Connection Server – Stop Session timeouts

KB ID 0000605 Problem For security reasons, the VMware View Administrator will timeout after a short period of inactivity, and you will see the following. Server Error Your session has timed out. Please log in again. Click OK to be redirected to the login screen. However if you work in the console a lot, this can get quite annoying. Solution From within the View Administrator console > View Configuration > Global settings >...

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Cisco ASA 5506-X: Bridged BVI Interface
Apr09

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...

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Deploy Cisco FirePOWER Management Center (Appliance)
Nov30

Deploy Cisco FirePOWER Management Center (Appliance)

KB ID 0001263 Problem You have been able to manage your firewalls Internal SFR module for  while using the ASDM Setup FirePOWER Services (for ASDM) For most people that’s fine, but if you have a lot of FirePOWER devices to manage that does not scale well. In those cases you should use theFMC  (FirePOWER Management Center). Here ‘Im going to use the Vmware virtual appliance, (at time of writing there is no Hyper-V version)....

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