Installing pfSense on Dell R230 error mfi0: failed to get command
Last week I had to install the latest version of pfsense (2.3.2) on a Dell server poweredge 230 with a raid controller Perc H330 on board. After the boot from the install cd I follow the first steps of installation and configuration, when it starts to write to disk to install the operating system I have a feeling […]
Configure external ntp server on domain controller
A quick and easy guide to set up the synchronization of a domain controller with an external NTP server. Normally we set up synchronization on the server that holds the role of PDC (Primary Domain Controller) because he acts as “clock” for the entire domain. Open the msdos prompt and give these commands: […]
iDrac – Error when reading from SSL socket connection
If you have to do with some a bit old Idrac and you have instead a newer browser and java virtual machine is very likely that you run into this error trying to open the server console: “Error when reading from SSL socket connections” The problem is due to the fact that the latest versions of […]
Exchange 2013 imap service not responding from other servers
A very strange problem that happened on an exchange server 2013 CU12: I enabled the two imap backend and imap services for a helpdesk that works by reading the messages by imap protocol. The very strange thing is that doing a telnet on port 143 from any other machine […]
Recreating the public folder hierarchy in active directory with adsiedit
Often appens that, after the dismission of a legacy Exchange server, Users are no longer able to access the public folders despite they have been correctly migrated to new servers. If you have the certainty of having successfully migrated the data / messages in the public folder you can rest easy, you have not lost anything, the problem lies only […]
Outlook (2007 and 2010) on windows xp can not connect to exchange 2013
This problem has made me crazy, I've lost almost a day so I share it willingly hoping will come in handy to someone else. I am following a double migration of a customer's exchange (from 2003 to 2010 and then 2013), during the transition between 2010 and 2013 all Windows XP clients. Once the user migrated to […]
Windows 2012 enable multiple RDP remote sessions
Questa è semplice 🙂 la metto più che altro come nota mia personale in modo da trovare subito il path della policy da modificare. By default on Windows 2012 the ability to simultaneously connect to the same account on different sessions via RDP remote desktop services is not enabled. Per abilitare questa possibilità bisogna modificare […]
Delete old exchange 2013 iis logs
Exchange 2013 generates by default a huge amount of logs, especially in the form of IIS logs, The really brilliant thing is that there is no process that cycles or clean up them and, if you leave them in the default path, you risk to fill up a C disk even of 100 giga in a few months (obviously it depends […]