Download VMware Converter
KB ID 0001778 Problem NOTE Conveter 6.3 can now be downloaded directly from VMware! If you try and Download VMware Converter, you will find VMware ‘pulled’ the files because of a zero day exploit that’s associated with the software, the VMware official posting you can find here. (they are working on publishing a replacement.) Download VMware Converter If you are adamant you want to use this tool and accept the risks...
Unable to Access ASDM – “Unable to launch device manager from…”
KB ID 0000915 Problem A colleague of mine was trying to connect to a firewall via ASDM last week, and was greeted by an error like this. Now this is a pretty standard error, and usually means you haven’t been allowed access, or there isn’t a firewall at that address, but in this case I knew that a) he did have access, b) that was the correct IP address, and c) it worked fine on my machine, so it was setup correctly. As I...
VMware: Depreciated VFMS Volume(s) Found On This Host
KB ID 0001383 Problem Well there is a bug on ESX version 6.0.0 that causes this error message, in my case the client had VFMS3 volumes. Depreciated VFMS volume(s) found on the host. Please consider upgrading volumes(s) to the latest version. That’s what was causing the error in my case! Solution I chose to simply update the VFMS3 volumes to VFMS5 > Right click the volume > Upgrade to VFMS5. Select the volume(s) > OK....
Ubuntu: Setting Up a WordPress Website with LEMP – Part 3
KB ID 0001320 Problem So you want your own web server running WordPress? Previously in Parts One and Two, we setup a new Linux box, and got all the prerequisites installed. Now it’s time to deploy WordPress. Solution There are a few extra bits we need to add to the PHP installation before we setup WordPress, to get those installed run the following command; sudo apt-get install php-curl php-gd php-mbstring php-mcrypt php-xml...
Upgrade Cisco PIX 515E to Version 8.0(4)
and ASDM version 6.1(5) KB ID 0000424 Problem I had to update a Cisco PIX 515E last week, Cisco 500 firewalls are a bit thin on the ground these days, and most of my corporate clients have replaced then with Cisco ASA 5500 firewalls. So as these units are now getting retired, or moved to the test bench, or sold on ebay. I thought I’d document probably the last one I did for posterity, and to help anyone else out. Note: Cisco...