Make sure that the SSH service is running on your ESXi host. Open an SSH session to your ESXi host. Run the following commands; rm -r /etc/vmware/license.cfg cp /etc/vmware/.#license.cfg /etc/vmware/license.cfg /etc/init.d/vpxa restart The license is again valid for 60 days after the vpxa service is restarted.
Category: System Administration
Resetting the MS SQL sa Password – The Correct Way
If the user forgets the SQL password, then the user can ask the SQL SA (system administrator). It is because the SQL SA can easily reset the user’s password. But, what need to do if the administrator forgot the password? Here is how to Resolve the issue; Step 01 Try to Login into SQL Server…
Enable WDS Server selection from multiple WDS Servers
If you have multiple Windows Deployment Servers provisioned in the environment, you will need to enable the WDS server selection feature as below; Simply go to (this needs to be done on the WDS role running instance): HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\WDSServer\Providers\WDSPXE\Providers\BINLSVC and set AllowServerSelection to 1. Then restart the Windows Deployment Service. After doing this you get the…
Set up a Free SSL Certificate on a Windows Server
Lets Encrypt: https://github.com/PKISharp/win-acme Windows Client: https://github.com/PKISharp/win-acme/releases
How to Enable & Trackdown user actions concerning files and folders access
It is important to audit all user actions concerning files and folders access. In this article, the process of enabling files and folders auditing on Windows Server Systems have been explained. On Windows Server Systems, auditing file and folder accesses consists of two parts: 1. Enable File and Folder auditing which can be done in…
How to Unlock vCenter SSO Domain Accounts from the Command Line
We will require to confirm the existing Domain Name & Site Name as the first step. Then only we will be able to reset the SSO Domain Account. The Steps are as follows; Step 01 – Identifying the Domain Name & Site Name Begin by SSH to your VCSA. Discovering your SSO Domain Name: /usr/lib/vmware-vmafd/bin/vmafd-cli…
How to Get SID of user
In Windows environment, each user is assigned a unique identifier called Security ID or SID, which is used to control access to various resources like Files, Registry keys, network shares etc. We can obtain SID of a user through WMIC USERACCOUNT command. Below you can find syntax and examples for the same. Get SID of…
Troubleshoot Hyper-V using the Event Log
Hyper-V logs a lot of useful information if you need to diagnose a problem, so I thought I would put together a little post explaining where you should be looking. The first thing to know is that all Hyper-V event logs are stored in the Event Viewer under “Applications and Services Logs”, “Microsoft”, “Windows”: There…