Update Dell servers through lifecycle controller and an ISO
A useful method to update BIOS and firmware of Dell servers is to use the integrated lifecycle controller (F10 during system boot) and mount a pre-created iso as a repository for updates (instead of using the Dell ftp that is not always available and it is still very slow). To create the iso which contains all […]
Vmware console error: Unable to connect to the MKS
This is an error I often see at customers when trying to open a virtual machine console: “unable to connect to the mks” The error is not so clear, but at 99,9% is due to incorrect DNS resolution, in other words….. if you have connected to the vcenter from a client, the […]
How to install Windows 8 from USB stick
Not long ago I wrote an article about how to install Windows 8 directly from the network without using media, since the topic seems to be of interest I decided to write a post about how to install Windows 8 from a USB stick. In fact, the procedure is good for install from USB stick also windows 2008, windows 2012… etc […]
How to speed up the smtp log refresh on exchange 2010
By default, if you enable the verbose log on SMTP receive or send connectors the files are updated with a certain slowness (5 minutes) and, if you need to troubleshoot, is a little’ uncomfortable not having logs in real time. To decrease the update time you have to make a change to the configuration file […]
How to activate licenses for a RDS server remote desktop services Windows 2012 R2- RD Session Host server has not been configured with any license server
Recentemente ho visto questo warning su un server windows 2012 R2 RDS (remote desktop services) with the license service "on board": “Remote Desktop Session Host server is within its grace period, but the RD Session Host server has not been configured with any license server” Per attivare le licenze o meglio per agganciare […]