How Suite It Is - SuiteCRM and Bitnami
A few weeks ago I was tasked with installing SuiteCRM for a proof of concept. Since the environment was primarily Windows, we went with a brand new Server 2012 R2 VM that was fully patched (enviro...
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Tales of a vCenter Upgrade Gone Wrong - Journey to vSAN 6.6
Originally posted on MangoLassi May 5, 2017 All I did was upgrade vCenter 6.0U3 to 6.5a, and things went horribly wrong. Before getting into the details, let me take you back to where our story b...
Configuring a Dell PERC H730 Mini - Journey to vSAN 6.6
Originally posted on MangoLassi April 26, 2017 Imagine having just racked 4 new Dell PowerEdge R730 servers. The network and power cables are all in place, and the disks are in the proper slots. ...
Patching vCenter with External Platform Services Controller to Version 6.5.0d - Journey to vSAN 6.6
Originally posted on MangoLassi April 17, 2017 Just yesterday, VMware released a patch to vCenter that enables functionality supporting vSAN 6.6. This patch is build 5310538 and version 6.5.0d of...
Dell System Detect and the Case of the Missing USB Controller
Originally posted on MangoLassi February 15, 2017 It was a normal day like any other. I was helping a user with some MS Office related issues via TeamViewer and was giving her laptop a tune up to...
Adventures in Graceful VM Shutdown
Originally posted on MangoLassi August 8, 2016 The Problem When working in SMB IT, budgets can be tight. You want to meet the needs of the business but also don’t want to overspend. Taking that ...
The Day The Internet Broke
Originally posted on MangoLassi August 8, 2016 It was mid-day on a normal Wednesday when I started getting alerts that devices have fallen offline at one of our locations. Seconds later the alert...
Site-to-Site VPN between Cisco ASA and Meraki MX: The KB I Wish Meraki Had Written
Originally posted on MangoLassi August 8, 2016 We lit up a new site earlier this year with Charter fiber and needed to connect it back to HQ. Then another site in our area needed to be connected ...
As the Rollers Turn: Service Provider, Do You Copy?
Originally posted in the Spiceworks Community on October 4, 2012 All the signs were there. People were complaining. Not just some people — most people were complaining. The paper jams were frequen...
Disaster Recovery on the Fly is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
Originally posted in the Spiceworks Community on June 7, 2012 The story you are about to read is true. There was no need to change the names to protect the innocent. My name is not Friday, and I c...