McAfee Update Error “SDStbRes.dll: The specified module could not be found.”

KB ID 0000421 

Problem

Seen with McAfee 8.8i when attempting to update via the McAfee SDAT file. Seen on Windows 7, Server 2008 R2, Server 2008, and Server 2003.

Error:
SDStbRes.dll: The specified module could not be found.

When trying to update from McAfee you see the following error.

Solution

I was on the verge of ringing McAfee with this, but in the end I managed to update by simply applying the daily XDAT not the SDAT.

What’s the difference? Simply put the SDAT included the latest scanning engine, but at time of writing the version of 8.8 downloaded included the latest scanning engine (version 5400).

McAfee Updates

Then do a manual update.

Finally, check your DAT version.

 

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Juniper SRX – ‘The Routing Subsystem Is Not Running’

KB ID 0001045 

Problem

While trying to deploy Solarwinds to monitor a Juniper SRX failover cluster, we were having no joy connecting to the management interface of the secondary/standby firewall. The management (fxp0) interface on the primary (node0) firewall we could get to OK.

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After jumping on the secondary firewall (via the console connection) we observed the following;

error: the routing subsystem is not running

Solution

As you can see (above) I couldn’t get the routing services started. And I soon found out, this is quite normal, the primary (active) firewall maintains the routing instance, the secondary firewall does not.

Well that fine but what about out Solarwinds box, what happens if the secondary firewall goes down? No one would know, and we also can’t take daily backups of its config.

To fix this problem you need to use the ‘backup-router’ command. This lets the appliance maintain some routes in the event that it is not hosting the live routing instance.

1. I’ll connect to to the primary firewall from this console session on the secondary firewall with the following command;

[box]request routing-engine login node0[/box]

2. Now I can add the backup-router routes, but assign them to the secondary (node1) firewall. Note: Where 192.168.100.1 is the next hop.

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To get traffic back to the Solarwinds Management Server

set groups node1 system backup-router 192.168.100.1 destination 10.1.20.10/32

To get traffic back to the Cisco ACS Appliance

set groups node1 system backup-router 192.168.100.1 destination 10.1.20.10/32

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3. Don’t forget if the firewalls failover you will have the same problem (but the opposite way round), so I need the same to the primary node as well.

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To get traffic back to the Solarwinds Management Server

set groups node0 system backup-router 192.168.100.1 destination 10.1.20.10/32

To get traffic back to the Cisco ACS Appliance

set groups node0 system backup-router 192.168.100.1 destination 10.1.20.10/32

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3. Save the config with a ‘commit’ command.

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