Upgrade ESX 3 to version 4.1.0
Nov17

Upgrade ESX 3 to version 4.1.0

to upgrade ESXi to 4.1 Click here KB ID 0000305  Problem I had to upgrade some ESX hosts from ESX 3.5 the other day, as they are a long way away, and version 4.1 is hot off the presses (at time of writing) that’s what I wanted to upgrade them to. Lessons Learned 1. At first I tried with the “Host Update Utility”. 2. But no matter what version I gave it, it gave me this error, Unsupported ESX version: esx-4.0.0...

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VMware – Datastore Browser shows “Searching Datastore….”
Nov17

VMware – Datastore Browser shows “Searching Datastore….”

KB ID 0000401  Problem I did a VMware VI3 to vSphere (4.1 U1) upgrade today. While bringing all the guest machines across, suddenly I could no longer browse the datastore, I only had one more guest to “Add to the inventory”, and all the mission critical machines were already migrated. I tried rebooting the virtual center, I tried restarting the ESXi host machines, still it sat saying “Searching...

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Draytek Vigor Router Port Forwarding
Nov17

Draytek Vigor Router Port Forwarding

KB ID 0000425  Problem This procedure was carried out on a Draytek Vigor 2800 Router, for this I needed to forward RDP (That’s on TCP Port 3389). Warning: If you need to forward any of the following ports 23 (Telnet), 80 (HTTP) , 443 HTTPS/SSL), 21 (FTP), or 22 (SSH). The Draytek has these reserved for remote management. You will need to change the port number (system Maintenance > Management > Management Port Setup)....

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Backing up a Remote Linux Machine With Windows  (Using Rsync and Cygwin)
Nov17

Backing up a Remote Linux Machine With Windows (Using Rsync and Cygwin)

KB ID 0000892  Problem The goal here was for me to get a backup of my VPS server (Running CentOS 6). My background is primarily Windows based, so I wanted a solution where I can just run the backup from a Windows machine, (i.e. my my laptop) and let it connect, login and perform the backup. What is Rsync? If you are familiar with Robocopy it’s similar, it can perform a backup/sync of data and encrypt that data while it’s...

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Factory Reset Juniper SRX Firewall
Nov17

Factory Reset Juniper SRX Firewall

KB ID 0001003  Problem If you manage to stuff up your firewall, or you have just done some testing and want to revert back to ‘as new’ here is how to do it. Solution 1. Connect to the firewall either by console cable or via SSH, go to CLI mode then configuration mode. login: PeteL Password: ************ — JUNOS 12.1X47-D10.4 built 2014-08-14 22:21:50 UTC PeteL@Petes-SRX> cli PeteL@Petes-SRX> configure Entering...

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