We have an Exchange 2013 DAG and we’re noticing that every-so-often one of the members will start dropping POP connections. When I check the Server Component States in the EMS we see that the PopProxy is set to Inactive. At the moment we’re not sure what is causing the issue.…
Start and mount the database, then use the alter system command to set the recovery file size. Commit the change, then shutdown and restart the database. startup mount; alter system set db_recovery_file_dest_size = 20G scope=both; commit; shutdown immediate; startup mount; alter database open;
How to check the default profile parameters for Oracle database users: SELECT profile, resource_name, limit FROM dba_profiles WHERE profile=’DEFAULT’; The output from the query should look similar to this: Failed_login_attempts 10 Password_grace_time 7 (days) Password_life_time 180 Password_lock_time 1 (days) Password_reuse_max Unlimited Password_reuse_time Unlimited To modify any of these parameters, use…
To manage an Oracle DB user account use the commands listed below. Change user account password:ALTER USER username IDENTIFIED BY new_password; Lock and unlock a user account:ALTER USER username ACCOUNT UNLOCK;ALTER USER username ACCOUNT UNLOCK; Force user to change password at next logon:ALTER USER username PASSWORD EXPIRE; Drop a user…
Before running SYSPREP set the following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup\Sysprep\Settings\sppnp Create new DWORD with name “PersistAllDeviceInstalls” and set value to 1.
To completely disable User Account Control on a Windows machine set the following registry key. Key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System Value: “EnableLUA” Type: REG_DWORD Value: 0x00000000 The following powershell command does the trick nicely: Set-ItemProperty -Path registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System -Name EnableLUA -Value 0 https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc232765.aspx?tduid=(8b33f2bee35cf8af0da845c7fe4d2393)(256380)(2459594)(TnL5HPStwNw-rp6Qh8nm5xnZwnOhPE.33Q)()
When installing Windows 7 onto newer, or special, hardware, you may need to add drivers to the Windows installation ISO. You may also need to add USB3 drivers to an installation ISO if you’re planning to install the OS from a bootable USB stick. In the example below, I’m working…
I have just recently replaced an old WatchGuard XTM300 with a new WatchGuard M200 firewall at one of our facilities. Immediately after the switch we noticed that the SSLVPN connections were failing. In the client log files we found the error “Failed to get domain name.” After a bit of…
A quick tip to manually backup installed drivers on a Windows computer. Copy the following directories to a secondary drive (USB, etc.): – %systemroot%\System32\DriverStore\ – %systemroot%\System32\Drivers\ – %systemroot%\System32\DrvStore\ *not all installations will have this directory* – %systemroot%\inf\
During an install of the WSUS role on a Server 2012 R2 machine, the WSUS Certficate Server service was somehow set to start automatically. The WSUS Certificate Server is called by the API when a certificate-based operation is required. So, when the Operating System tried to start this service automatically,…