The ramblings of a computer geek
Wake on LAN packets do not traverse routers (normally) so you need to configure your network to do this. There are some security implications you need to be aware of first, Cisco’s document on it is a good read:http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/switches/catalyst-3750-series-switches/91672-catl3-wol-vlans.html Also download Solarwinds Free Wake On LAN tool, its a good one to use to test … Read more
Tapes are basically sticky tape and rust, therefore they are liable to break especially your weekly rotation ones, just because they get wear and tear. When this happens and the tape is no longer able to be used, we need to remove it from DPM to stop it appearing the in the tape request reports. … Read more
This is not as easy as it is on a Cisco 3750 or 6500 series switch but once you know how its not too bad. Step 1 Copy the new IOS image to the switch, you need to use: copy tftp: bootflash: (Notice its not “flash:”, first of the oddities.) Step 2 verify the image … Read more
PROBLEM Attempt to install Tracing for IIS failed with error code 0x80070643. POSSIBLE CAUSE There are a few causes to this problem, in my case I had Shared Configuration setup, if you try to install tracing with shared configuration setup it will fail. This isn’t the only cause so this solution may not work for … Read more
This is a bit of a pain to enable, but you need to follow these steps to do it: IIS PHP Manager Open IIS Manager, click on the server node, then click on “PHP Manager” assuming you have installed PHP using the Web Platform Installer. Now click on “Configure Error Reporting” link, set the type … Read more
This post details about relational theory relationships. I’ve struggled to find on the Internet any decent explanations of what these are in simplistic terms which are degree/masters degree level, and not primary school or PhD examples! I’ll introduce the types of relationship, with some simple examples showing how the relational theory of relationships is actually … Read more
After the upgrade to ProSolution 9.2, I found that the tasks we ran which used PowerShell with the ProSolution Worker Service failed with the following error message: Error: – System.Management.Automation.Runspaces.PSSnapInException: An error occurred when loading the system Windows PowerShell Snap-Ins. Please contact Microsoft Support Services. —> System.Management.Automation.PSArgumentException: Unable to access Windows PowerShell PowerShellEngine registry information. … Read more
After setting up AAA on all our switches (there’s loads of tutorials on the Internet about this) we had the problem that this also applied to the console port. We didn’t want the risk that a faulty switch could be rendered inaccessible by the AAA and leaving us in a panic about what to do … Read more
After the upgrade you may find that the Windows Authentication has stopped working. To fix this you need to performing the following steps: (This is for Windows 2008 R2 with IIS 7.5) 1. Open IIS Manager. 2.Click on the ProAchieve website, then click on Authentication, ensure the following settings are set: Anonymous Authentication = Disabled … Read more
Sometimes you need to restart a server automatically, e.g. some time in the early hours of the morning. The best way to do this is using the “Task Scheduler” within Windows. 1. Open Task Scheduler and click on the “Task Scheduler Library” in the left hand pane. 2. Click “Create Task…” 3. On the “General” … Read more