In Vendor Management, we come across these terms. RFI – Request For Information RFQ – Request For Quotation RFP – Request For Proposal But most of us find bit confusing. So, lets see the differences among those 3 terms. Following the Table, you may also find a nice video. Type of Vendor Request Request for…
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IIS Default Web site not working – Others work
On Windows systems there are tmes where the Default web site is not browing (even not starting), but rest of the sites are working fine. When you try to start the Default web site, you may end up with an error code: (Exception from HRESULT:0x800704BE) This is due to incorrect configuration of the localhost listener under…
Open Source VPN solution for any OS/Task
As IT professionals, there are times where we need to setup reliable VPN connections without any hassle. Recently I came across an issue where we had to carry out a cloud to cloud data center migration. The limitation was we had no option to use configure VPN connection between the cloud service providers. Almost all…
How to check the RAID configuration on Linux/Unix systems
Linux based systems support both Hardware and Software based RAID systems. So there are times that we want to check the RAID configuration through the operating system. With Linux this is possible to analyze the configuration with the help of mdstat file. So, to check the RAID configuration you can simply cat the following files; …
Server 2012 Hang on Startup TiWorker.exe causing boot loop
The TiWorker (This is an automated scheduled task that comes pre-configured in Windows Server 2012 R2) process is related to the following services; Windows Update service TrustedInstaller.exe Windows Modules Installer service The symptoms for this issue that your Windows 8 or Server 2012 system runs slowly and applications lag. If you press CTRL+ALT+DEL and check the…
Change Windows Evaluation to Standard/Datacenter
DISM to fix issues that SFC can’t
SFC, which stands for System File Checker, is a built-in administrative tool to verify the integrity of operating system files and to repair files that are corrupt, damaged or changed. SFC scans have three possible outcomes: The scan did not find any issues. The scan did find issues and fixed them. The scan did find…
How to change default snapshot location in VMware
By default the snapshots which are taken for any vm are stored with their parent in the same directory or storage. Sometimes you may run out of space and you might not be able to take anymore snapshots so in that case you can always use some other location for the storage of snapshots. But how…