Symptom: You are using ONTAP 9x (your Netapp is fairly new, within the last 4-5 years. These instructions probably don’t apply to old Netapp devices) Symptom: When you look at the diagnostic logs on your Netapp, you get a warning that the certificates are expiring or expired: Event:mgmtgwd.certificate.expiring: A digital certificate with Fully Qualified Domain … Read more
Many websites will say that vCenter 6x requires DNS lookup, but these steps and screenshots prove that you can install a new vCenter 6.7 with only an IP address and no DNS. Start vCenter install from .iso file using Windows 10 vCenter install stage 1 8. Configure options for “set up appliance VM” — this … Read more
Welcome! You are looking for a free Cybersecurity Incident Response Template and getting frustrated because all the other websites want you to register on an email spam list. Or their templates are in PDF format and you’d have to re-write them from scratch. Annoying! I think you will be happy with my template – no … Read more
Tips, tricks, and missing steps for the VMWare upgrade Having done several small / medium business upgrades from vCenter and ESXi 5.5 to 6.0 and 6.5 and 6.7, I wanted to share some best practices and lessons learned with the IT community. Table of Contents Upgrade from 5.5 to 6.7 cannot be performed in one … Read more
I recently spent time building FortiAnalyzer reports to let management see which devices are spending the most time browsing non-work websites. I was really surprised how hard it was to find information on this topic. No default reports on the FortiAnalyzer gave the level of detail I wanted without running the User Detailed Browsing Log … Read more
