Scenario: I recently started using Outlook 2013 to connect to my IMAP account. No mail was received unless I clicked Work Offline then Work Online. When I pressed Send/Receive All Folders nothing happened although it looks like it was just looping around synchronising. I tried creating a new profile, reparing Outlook 2013 and Read More…
Month: June 2015
Install and Enable SNMP on Centos 6
1) Check you have net-snmp-utils installed # yum list installed | grep net-snmp If not then install them: # yum install net-snmp-utils 2) Configure SNMP by editing the snmpd configuration file. Firstly take a backup of the current file # mv /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf /etc/snmp/OLD-snmpd.conf Now edit the new file. # vi /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf rocommunity public 172.17.19.100 Read More…
Increase pRDM size on ESXi 5.5 and QNAP
I have a physical RDM that I use for Veeam backups . This pRDM is located on a QNAP (firmware version 3.8.1) and connects as the B:/ drive on a windows 2008 R2 via iSCSI Please note the steps for expanding a vRDM are different. Please consult the VMware guides. First we need to expand the SAN storage. In Read More…
Upgrade vCenter Service Appliance (VCSA) 5.0 to 5.5
1) Deploy the appliance. In this case I am using the .ova download. You can also download it in .ovf with .vmdk format. I left all fields blank so my DHCP server would assign in. 2) Start the VM up (ensuring you have at least the same RAM and CPUs as the current VCSA) Read More…
Cannot Create Regular File : No Space Left on Device
Problem I started having an issue with FTP where users were unable to create new files in their FTP areas. The following error displayed in my Filezilla client when I tested: 553 Could not create file Troubleshooting I examined vsftpd and all permissions on the server but they looked fine. I then tried to copy Read More…
Unable to Add Local Storage with Dell PERC in ESXi 5.0
Scenario: I had a Dell R730 which I wanted to install ESXi 5.0 on and implement into an exising test environment. The server had local storage which was to be used as a VMFS-5. ESXI 5.0 installed successfully but no Perc (H730 Mini) driver showed up in Storage Adapters. Before I begin. ESXi 5.0 is NOT Read More…
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