VMware vSphere Hot Add and Hot Plug
Oct10

VMware vSphere Hot Add and Hot Plug

KB ID 0000527  Problem I was trying to hot add some memory to a VM the other day, and found the option grayed out. Normally I’d just down the VM, add the memory, then bring it back up. But it was a production server and I was pretty sure the OS supported it. A quick Google search told me why it was grayed out, but it also transpired there was little to no information on what version of Windows hot add and hot plug would work...

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Exchange: Noderunner.exe High CPU and Memory Usage
Mar20

Exchange: Noderunner.exe High CPU and Memory Usage

KB ID 0001412 Problem After an Exchange 2007 to 2013 migration, the client emailed to say that noderunner.exe was maxing out the server memory and CPU. The server was working fine other wise. (I’d previously disabled the search index on the datastore, to speed up the migration, and had only re enabled it that day so I assumed that’s what the problem was, I disabled it once more and jumped on after hours for a look. You may...

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Updating the AnyConnect client for Deployment from the Cisco ASA 5500
Jun15

Updating the AnyConnect client for Deployment from the Cisco ASA 5500

KB ID 0000704  Problem Your ASA will (by default) update your AnyConnect clients to the latest client software when they connect. However you need to supply the ASA with the updated packages first. Solution 1. Download the latest AnyConnect client package, from Cisco. The one you want will have a file extension of .pkg AnyConnect 4 AnyConnect 3 2. Connect to the ASDM > Configuration > Remote Access VPN > Network (Client)...

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Event ID 9665
Nov17

Event ID 9665

KB ID 0000141 Dtd 10/11/09 Problem Event ID 9665 Memory Settings are not Optimal for Exchange Solution Edit the boot.ini (note the change below after fastdetect) Thats all on one line if it gets wrapped!! Example BEFORE [boot loader] timeout=30 default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS [operating systems] multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)WINDOWS=”Windows Server 2003, Standard” /fastdetect...

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GNS3 – Error ‘ghostsize is to small for device’
Nov17

GNS3 – Error ‘ghostsize is to small for device’

KB ID 0000935  Problem While doing a quick lab in GNS3, I tried to add NAT to a router, and it fell over with the following error; R3(config-if)#ip nat outside % NBAR ERROR: parsing stopped % NBAR Error : Activation failed due to insufficient dynamic memory % NBAR Error: Stile could not add protocol node %NAT: Error activating CNBAR on the interface FastEthernet0/0 R3(config-if)# *Mar 1 00:01:11.655: %SYS-2-MALLOCFAIL: Memory...

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