Edge browser : Your connection isn’t private
I prefer taking notes when I encounter issues and also remembering everything is getting harder. While accessing half of the internal sites in Edge, users were encountering the following error:…
Passthrough smart card reader to VM in ESXi host error
I am in the process of implementing MFA in my production environment. As always, test any critical implementations and document thoroughly in your test environment. I attached the USB smart…
VMware vCenter Upgrade: Error “No space left on device”
I was trying to upgrade VMware vCenter (VCSA) to v7.0U3 at my work using the command shell, I got an error while staging the ISO. OSError:[Error 28] No space left…
Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager: Replacing Symantec/Broadcom self-signed certificate with CA issued certificate
Follow the Broadcom article how to Use a signed certificate with Endpoint Protection Manager. I followed this article to generate CSR. https://knowledge.broadcom.com/external/article/176335/use-a-signed-certificate-with-endpoint-p.html. It works out well up to this point.…
Nessus Findings: SQL Server Using Self-signed Certificate And SHA-1
I believe beginning SQL 2016 self-signed certificates are being issued using SHA-2 but older SQL server are issued SHA-1. I have to replace the self-signed certificate with CA issued certificate.…
Nessus Findings: Disable weak protocols and cipher suites
I am remediating the Nessus findings relating to weak protocols and cipher suites. Basically disabling TLS 1.0 protocols and 3DES-CBC3 cipher suite. This will serve as a note for me…
Nessus scan: Symantec Endpoint not disabling Windows Defender Antivirus
I use Symantec Endpoint Protection as AV in my environment. It should automatically disable Windows Defender Antivirus but it did not. Nessus started flagging since I do not update the…
Windows Admin Center(WAC): WinRM cannot complete the operation
I am in the process of migrating file server from Windows Server 2012 R2 to Windows Server 2019. Previously I used Robocopy for this purpose. Windows storage migration is a…
SharePoint 2016 Outbound SMTP Failures
Although users did set alerts on library or folders, they were not able to receive any alerts. Basically outgoing mail failed from the SharePoint server. One of the errors was…
Updating/Changing DNS IPs in VMware vCenter Appliance and ESXi hosts
If you try to change / update DNS IPs on the ESXi host from within the vCenter , it will give an error " This operation cannot be performed while…