Juniper SRX Update the Operating System / Firmware
SRX Update KB ID 0000989 Problem With two brand new SRX firewalls on the bench my first task was to get them updated to the latest operating system. Solution : SRX Update Before you start get the updated Juniper software. Option 1 Update SRX firewall via Command Line 1. Connect to the firewall via either Console cable, telnet, or SSH. 2. Log on and then go to CLI mode, and then configuration mode. login: root Password: *******...
PowerShell Inventory Operating Systems in Active Directory
PowerShell Inventory KB ID 0001838 Problem I needed to get a list of operating systems ‘in-use’ in my active directory this week. bear in mind this will pull information from all enables computer accounts in AD, so if you are ‘not good’ at tidying out old machines and servers you might get a lot of garbage in your output! Solution: PowerShell Inventory Use the following PowerShell. Get-ADComputer -Filter...
PowerShell: Find Computers Last Logon Date
KB ID 0001612 Problem I had to find the last time a particular server had logged on for a client the other week, so we knew for sure it was dead! Solution The two commands you may need are; Locate Servers Last Login Time Get-ADComputer -Filter {OperatingSystem -Like ‘*SERVER’} -Properties lastlogondate,operatingsystem | Select name,laslogondate,operatingsystem Locate Clients Last Login Time Get-ADComputer -Filter...
VMware Horizon: ‘VM With Unsupported Guest OS’
KB ID 0001592 Problem Seen when attempting to deploy Window Server 2016, as an ‘Image’ (Parent VM,) with VMware Horizon View. ‘VM With Unsupported Guest OS’ I double checked, and Server 2016 (Standard and DataCenter) were supported, as was Server 2019 (Standard and DataCenter.) The image also had a new version of the VMware Horizon View agent installed in it? Solution In my case this was an embarrassingly easy...
Device Boots to ROMMON (Cisco ASA)
KB ID 0001199 Problem After recently picking up some second hand ASA5512-X firewalls, I went to run them up, and make sure they were ok, however on boot up they went straight to ROMMON like so; Use ? for help. rommon #0> Now I know what ROMMON is, it’s the base operating system of the device, its job is a bit like the BIOS on a PC, it locates and loads the operating system. The only time you should ever see a rommon prompt...