vSphere Adding iSCSI Storage
vSphere Adding iSCSI KB ID 0001378 Problem iSCSI storage is nice and cheap, so adding iSCSI 10/1Gbps storage to your virtual infrastructure is a common occurrence. vSphere Adding iSCSI Solution (vSphere 7/8) Add a Software iSCSI Adaptor: Select the host > Configure > Storage Adapters > Add > Software iSCSI adaptor > OK. After a few seconds you should see it appear at the bottom of the list. Create a vSwitch and...
Digital Certificates Explained
Digital Certificates Explained KB ID 0001846 Problem From setting up PKI environments, to migrating them, and a myriad of errors and problems in between, we have a lot of content on PNL referring to digital certificates and PKI. I’ve dealt with these technologies a lot over the past 20+ years and I’m always surprised how frightened of digital certificates people are. So in the space of a few minutes I’ll try and give...
ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID
ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID KB ID 0001844 Problem Error seen when attempting to open a web page that’s been secured by https with a certificate. Your Connection isn’t private Attackers might be trying to steal your information from {host-name} (for example, passwords , messages or credit cards). Solution : ERR_CERT_COMMON_NAME_INVALID This error confused me GREATLY because I generated that certificate, and I was pretty certain the...
Using Openfiler and vSphere ESX / ESXi 5
KB ID 0000380 Problem Openfiler is a free NAS / SAN prebuilt Linux distribution, that can provide iSCSI storage to your VMware environment, it’s ideal for small setups (This video was made with all the devices running in VMware workstation 7, on my laptop. That’s two ESXi servers, a vCenter server, and the Openfiler iSCSI target server). Solution Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links Openfiler Thanks to...
SBS Exchange Certificate Expired
KB ID 0000535 Problem When you setup SBS2008 (and Exchange 2007) it creates and uses a self signed certificate, which is fine. But by default it only lasts two years. The best option is to buy a proper certificate, but if you simply want to generate a new one here’s how to do it. Solution 1. Here you can see your certificate has expired. 2. Normally you need to access your certificate services web enrolment console to carry this...