Getting the EMC PowerPath VE plugin to work with VMware Update Manager
You don't need a dedicated web server to install PowerPath/VE via VMware Update Manager. Host the patch repository on your existing vCenter Tomcat instance instead.
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You don't need a dedicated web server to install PowerPath/VE via VMware Update Manager. Host the patch repository on your existing vCenter Tomcat instance instead.
If your HTTP server headers are exposing IIS or Apache version info, you're giving attackers a head start. Here's how to use NetScaler Rewrite policies to obfuscate them.
Zero bars inside but full signal outside? It's your radiant barrier, not your carrier. Here's every fix I've tested, from Wi-Fi calling to femtocells to FCC-approved signal boosters.
Citrix bumped the free VPX Express to 5 Mbps and released a free Platinum edition VPX Developer license. If you need a lab or test NetScaler with advanced features, this is it.
If all your backend web servers go down, you can have the NetScaler serve a maintenance page directly. Beats browser timeouts and keeps users informed.
Not sure which edition is on your NetScaler VPX? Here are three quick ways to check (Licenses UI, license file, and CLI) instead of guessing from feature availability.
Here's the exact Responder Policy expression and 301 redirect action to force all HTTP traffic to HTTPS on a NetScaler, sitewide, without touching individual vservers.
Microsoft never released Exchange 2003 ESM tools for Windows 7. You can bypass the OS check with a silent install of the Vista ESM package. Works on both x86 and x64.
If Altiris Service Desk 7 throws XML errors on Windows 2003 x64 with IIS 6, switch the app pools to 32-bit mode. That fixes the XML processing failure.
LogParser's DATAGRID output gives you IIS error 500 results and page load times in a readable GUI window. No CSV exports needed. Instant visual output.
If you need to verify SSLv2 and weak ciphers are disabled for PCI or SOX, here are four tools that work across IIS, Apache, NetScaler, and F5 BigIP.
If you're getting broken chain warnings on your NetScaler, you need to install and link the root and intermediate CAs properly. Here's how to do it right.
If your NetScaler SNIP is masking real client IPs in IIS logs, you can insert the true client IP via a custom HTTP header and ISAPI filter. No USIP mode needed.
The NetScaler GUI only updates every 7 seconds, which isn't real-time. Use nsconmsg and connectiontable over SSH for accurate live traffic, connections, and throughput stats.
If the 6-foot cable on your Harmony 900 IR mini blaster isn't long enough, a cheap 2.5mm extension cable works perfectly through walls and ceilings with no signal loss.
If MSMQ messages are stuck in outgoing queues after you cloned a server, you skipped sysprep and now you've got duplicate QMIds. Run sysprep on the clone to fix it.
If you need to wipe a corrupted NetScaler to a truly factory-new state, the standard config wipe isn't enough. Here's the serial console procedure that deletes everything.
If your NetScaler HA nodes have mismatched dates, you'll get cookie persistency failures during failover. Here's how to check and sync FreeBSD system time via SSH.