Veeam Virtual Labs & SureBackup
KB ID 0001572 Problem If you require a ‘Virtual Lab’ for testing patches or config changes, on copies of your live servers, or simply want to test the ‘integrity’ of your backups, then this is the post for you! Licence Requirements: SureBackup and On Demand Sandbox require Enterprise Plus Veeam Licensing. Host Licences: Hosts that are only used for SureBackup / On Demand Sandbox DO NOT NEED Licences, (in...
How To Install Exchange 2016 (Greenfield Site) – Part 2
KB ID 0001302 Problem Back in Part-One, we looked at all the things to consider before you start to install Exchange 2016. Now we will start installing software, and getting to a point where we can configure Exchange 2016 and carry out some post deployment. Solution Your forest functional level needs to be at ‘Windows Server 2008’ before you can install Exchange 2016. The server you intend to deploy Exchange on, needs to...
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)....
FMC – AMP Malware Inspection
KB ID 0001159 Problem If you take a look in your SourceFire dashboard, and there is no data shown on the malware threat section like so; Solution The message is pretty descriptive, and it’s telling you exactly what you need to do. Now I’m making the assumption that you have added a valid AMP / Malware licence like so; Policies > Access Control > Edit your access control policy > Then Edit the file policy. Add in...
Malwarebytes – Manually Update Database/Definitions
KB ID 0000629 Problem I was called to a 2003 Server yesterday, that was riddled with malware, whatever was on there was generating a lot of network traffic, so the first thing I did was disconnect it from the network. That’s fine, but if I wanted to use my usual ‘weapon of choice’ Malwarebytes, how was I going to get the latest database installed? Solution WARNING: There is a note on the Malwarebytes website that...