NGINX Error: ’98: Address already in use’
KB ID 0001694 Problem After an update, (WordPress – unrelated) yesterday, this website fell over! I rebooted the host, site was still down. I reluctantly restored to the previous evenings backup, and powered on the server. Alarmingly the site was still down! I logged a call to my VPS provider, and attempted to troubleshoot the problem while I was waiting. Very soon it was apparent my server appeared to be OK, but my web hosting...
Windows Server – DHCP Service Starts then Stops again
KB ID 0000617 Problem Saw this last week on an SBS 2011 Server. When attempting to get the DHCP service running it span up then stopped straight away. Solution A quick look in Event Viewer showed me what the problem was, Event ID 1054 The DHCP/BINL service on this computer is shutting down. See the previous event log messages for reasons Fair enough lets see the previous error on the same server; Event ID 1053 The DHCP/BINL service...
Windows 8 – ‘Network Connectivity Assistant service is stopped or not responding’
KB ID 0000841 Problem When attempting to check Direct Access connection status on a Windows 8 client machine with a Get-DaConnectionStatus command you see the following error; Get-DaConnectionStatus : Network Connectivity Assistant service is stopped or not responding. OK, so lets go and check the status of that service, if it starts great, but mine did not as you can see. And it logged an Event ID 7024 The Network Connectivity...
Exchange 2010 Install Error – ‘Service ‘MSExchangeTransport’ failed to reach status ‘Running’ on this server’
KB ID 0000577 Problem I had a nice clean install on a greenfield site today, Exchange 2010 Standard c/w SP1 on Server 2008 R2, so I was not happy when this happened! Error: The following error was generated when “$error.Clear(); if ($RoleStartTransportService) { start-SetupService -ServiceName MSExchangeTransport } ” was run: “Service ‘MSExchangeTransport’ failed to reach status ‘Running’ on...
McAfee Groupshield for Exchange is not currently available
KB ID 0000015 Problem The Groupsheild config file has corrupted replace it with the default one (note this means you will loose any custom configured settings – you might want to restore one from backup). Solution 1. Start > Run > services.msc {enter} 2. Locate the “McAfee Groupshield for Exchange Service” and stop it. 3. Right click the taskbar > Task Manager > Processes If any of the following are...