Author: Ashish Kumar Singh

How to install and configure Multipathing I/O on a computer running Windows Server 2008

Posted on May 7, 2015 Updated on May 7, 2015

To install Multipath I/O

Open Server Manager.To open Server Manager, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Server Manager.
In the Features area, click Add Features.
On the Select Features page of the Add Features Wizard, select Multipath I/O, and then click Next.
On the Confirm Installation Selections page, click Install.
When installation has completed, click Close.

To install Multipath I/O on a computer by using the Server Manager command line, complete the following steps.

To install Multipath I/O by using a command line

Open a Command Prompt window with elevated privileges.Right-click the Command Prompt object on the Start menu, and then click Run as administrator.
Type the following, and press ENTER. ServerManagerCmd.exe -install Multipath-IO
When installation has completed, you can verify that Multipath I/O has installed by entering the following command and reviewing the query results in the command window. Multipath I/O should show in the list of installed packages. ServerManagerCmd.exe -query

Removing Multipath I/O

To remove Multipath I/O, complete the following steps.

To remove Multipath I/O

Open Server Manager.To open Server Manager, click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Server Manager.
In the Features area, click Remove Features.
On the Select Features page of the Add Features Wizard, select Multipath I/O, and then click Next.
On the Confirm Installation Selections page, click Install.
When installation has completed, click Close.

To remove Multipath I/O by using the Server Manager command line, complete the following steps.

To remove Multipath I/O by using a command line

Open a Command Prompt window with elevated privileges.Right-click the Command Prompt object on the Start menu, and then click Run as administrator.
Type the following, and press ENTER. ServerManagerCmd.exe -remove Multipath-IO
When removal has completed, you can verify that Multipath I/O was removed by entering the following command and reviewing the query results in the command window. Multipath I/O should not be in the list of installed packages. ServerManagerCmd.exe -query

To claim an iSCSI-attached device for use with MPIO

Open the MPIO control panel, and then click the Discover Multi-Paths tab.

Select the Add support for iSCSI devices check box, and then click Add. When prompted to restart the computer, click Yes.
When the computer restarts, the MPIO Devices tab lists the additional hardware ID “MSFT2005iSCSIBusType_0x9.” When this hardware ID is listed, all iSCSI bus attached devices will be claimed by the Microsoft DSM.

This entry was posted in Windows and tagged Multipathing I/O on Windows Server 2008.

How to fix UCSM login problems with the Java 7 Update 45

Posted on May 5, 2015 Updated on May 10, 2015

This thread was brought to my attention – https://supportforums.cisco.com/thread/2246189

After updating Java to Update 45 – you can no longer login to UCSM (UCS Manager)

You may see one of two errors:

Login Error: java.io.IOException: Invalid Http response

Login Error: java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 400 for URL: http://x.x.x.x:443/nuova

Cisco Bug ID: CSCuj84421

This is due to a change introduced in Java

The solution posted is to rollback to Update 25. Rolling back to Update 40 also works.

This entry was posted in Cisco UCS and tagged UCS console does not open, UCSM login problems with the Java 7 Update 45.

How to update Offline Windows Servers to the latest Patch Level using WSUS

Posted on May 5, 2015 Updated on May 10, 2015

Update Offline Windows Servers to the latest Patch Level using WSUS

WSUS (Windows Server Update Services) is a method to update windows servers that are offline.

The best way to achieve patch management like this is to set up a WSUS server. What I am going to discuss is the downloading of patches from one machine that is connected to the Internet and copying the patches to an offline machine using a memory stick or DVD. This is a good solution when you have to update the patch level once to a few machines. It is not practical as a long term solution as every time Microsoft releases a patch you would have to manually update the off line servers.

First, download WSUS from http://download.wsusoffline.net/ Extract the file to a directory. Open the directory and run Update Generator.

Tick the box beside the OS you want to download updates for. In the image above Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 is selected. If you want to select any other options, go ahead and then click, “Start”.

The updates will start to download. As a rough idea of the download time, the updates for Vista x64 was 2.5GB, Windows Server 2008R2 was 800MB.

Next step is to copy the WSUS folder to some sort of removable media, a memory stick, DVD, external hard disk etc. Insert it into the server you want to update.

Open the WSUS folder, open the folder, “client” and run the update executable.

This will update your system to the latest patch level.

This entry was posted in Windows and tagged Update Offline Windows Servers to the latest Patch Level using WSUS, Windows Patching using WSUS.

Not enough server storage is available to process this command

Posted on May 5, 2015

Here is the offending registry value:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
\SYSTEM
\CurrentControlSet
\Services
\LanmanServer
\Parameters
IRPStackSize DWORD 0x0000000f (15)

Check for the presence of the value named IRPStackSize. If it doesn’t exist, create it as type DWORD and make sure you have the capitalization absolutely correct (5 upper case, 7 lower case characters), because the system strangely seems to depend on that.

With base set to decimal, enter the value 16 or higher. 15 is the default, so entering 15 should have the same effect as removing that value altogether.

This entry was posted in Windows and tagged Not enough server storage is available to process this command.

The Performance Overview tab fails to display with the error: Navigation to the webpage was cancelled (1014454)

Posted on May 5, 2015 Updated on May 22, 2015

There are several possible causes for this issue. Attempt each of the troubleshooting steps below in sequence, without skipping any.

Confirm that the vCenter Web Management Service is running.
To resolve this issue, connect to vCenter locally with a vSphere Client located on the vCenter Server and followStopping, starting, or restarting vCenter services (1003895).
Ensure that the correct DNS settings and IP address are being used:
1. On the vCenter Server, navigate toC:\Program Files\VMware\Infrastructure\VirtualCenter Server\extensions\com.vmware.vim.stats.report\.
2. Openxml in a text editor.
3. Edit the line<url>https://hostname:8443/statsreport/vicr.do</url> to use an IP address instead of an FQDN to rule out issues with DNS.
4. Restart vCenter Web Management Service and the vCenter Server Service after making any changes to the.xml For moreinformation, see Stopping, starting, or restarting vCenter services (1003895).
Disable any third party web services that may be interfering with the vCenter Web Management Services.
To confirm that a third party web service is the cause:
1. Stop the vCenter Web Management Service. For more information, seeStopping, starting, or restarting vCenter services (1003895).
2. Try to connect to port 8443 (the port on which the Web Management Service runs) by executing:
  telnet IP8443
3. If the port responds when the vCenter Web Management Service is stopped, there might be another service that is using the port. In this case, if you want to continue running the conflicting third party service, you may have to change the port that Performance Overview uses. To change the port used by Performance Overview, seeThe Performance Overview tab within vCenter Server reports the HTTP Status 404 error (1016160).
Check if vCenter Server is using custom SSL certificates as a result of a recent upgrade to vCenter Server 4.0 Update 1. For more information, seeVMware vCenter Server plugins fail after adding custom SSL certificates (1017577).

Note: Additionally, you can perform these steps:

Disable the proxy settings from the browser.
To disable the settings:

LaunchInternet
Navigate toTools > Internet options.
Click theConnections
ClickLAN settings.
Select theUse automatic configuration script

If you experience this issue on workstations external to the vCenter Server, try to connect to port 8443 (the port on which the Web Management Service runs) as per Step 3b. If you are unable to connect to the port, disable the Windows Firewall on the vCenter Server system. For more information, see the Microsoft TechNet article I Need to Disable Windows Firewall.

This entry was posted in VMware and tagged Navigation to the webpage was cancelled, Refresh the page, The Performance Overview tab fails to display with the error: Navigation to the webpage was cancelled, This program cannot display the webpage.

What are the countries in LATAM?

Posted on May 5, 2015 Updated on May 7, 2015

Latin America can be subdivided into several sub regions based on geography, politics, demographics and culture. If defined as all of the Americas south of the United States, the basic geographical subregions are North America, Central America, the Caribbean and South America;^[20] the latter contains further politico-geographical subdivisions such as the Southern Cone, the Guianas and the Andean states. It may be subdivided on linguistic grounds into Hispanic America, Portuguese America and French America.

Name	Area	Population	Capital	Name(s) in official language(s)
Name	(km²)	Population	Capital	Name(s) in official language(s)
Argentina	2,780,400	41,660,417	Buenos Aires	Argentina
Bolivia	1,098,581	10,461,053	Sucre and La Paz	Bolivia
Brazil	8,515,767	201,032,714	Brasília	Brasil
Chile	756,096	17,556,815	Santiago	Chile
Colombia	1,141,748	47,387,109	Bogotá	Colombia
Costa Rica	51,100	4,667,096	San José	Costa Rica
Cuba	109,884	11,061,886	Havana	Cuba
Dominican Republic	48,442	10,219,630	Santo Domingo	República Dominicana
Ecuador	283,560	15,439,429	Quito	Ecuador
El Salvador	21,040	6,108,590	San Salvador	El Salvador
French Guiana*	83,534	250,109	Cayenne	Guyane française
Guadeloupe*	1,628	405,739	Basse-Terre	Guadeloupe
Guatemala	108,889	15,438,384	Guatemala City	Guatemala
Haiti	27,750	9,996,731	Port-au-Prince	Haïti, Ayiti
Honduras	112,492	8,555,072	Tegucigalpa	Honduras
Martinique*	1,128	386,486	Fort-de-France	Martinique
Mexico	1,972,550	118,395,054	Mexico City	Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Nicaragua	130,375	5,788,531	Managua	Nicaragua
Panama	75,517	3,661,868	Panama City	Panamá
Paraguay	406,752	6,800,284	Asunción	Paraguay
Peru	1,285,216	30,475,144	Lima	Perú
Puerto Rico*	9,104	3,615,086	San Juan	Puerto Rico
Saint Barthélemy*	53.2	36,286	Gustavia	Saint-Barthélemy
Saint Martin*	25	9,035	Marigot	Saint-Martin
Uruguay	176,215	3,324,460	Montevideo	Uruguay
Venezuela	916,445	31,648,930	Caracas	Venezuela

This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged LATAM countries.

Help and support service not running in Windows 2003

Posted on May 5, 2015 Updated on May 22, 2015

To fix this:

Open a Command Prompt
Run the following commands

%SystemDrive%
CD %windir%\PCHealth\HelpCtr\Binaries
start /w helpsvc /svchost netsvcs /regserver /install

The service should install and start automatically.

This entry was posted in Windows and tagged • help and support service not running • help support service not running • help and support service is not running • cannot open help and support • windows can not open help and support.

How to Uninstall IE 8 on Windows Server 2003

Posted on May 5, 2015 Updated on May 6, 2015

Just go to Run and insert this: %windir%\ie8\spuninst\spuninst.exe

If you do not find SPUNINST folder under C:\Windows\ie8

Please copy the same folder structure from another server and run spuninst.exe.

It would probably as some files that may be required to uninstall, as and when it asks for a file find the file in another pc and copy it on to the PC.

IMP: IEENCODE.DLL.000 file is required.
I could not find this file any location.
What i did was, i copied the IEENCODE.DLL file to another location and renamed it as IEENCODE.DLL.000
and feed this file when uninstaller asks.

done.. your IE 8 is uninstalled successfully!

This entry was posted in Windows and tagged Uninstall IE 8 on Windows 2003.

Socrates

Posted on May 4, 2015 Updated on May 6, 2015

“Do not do to others what angers you if done to you by others”

This entry was posted in Thoughts and tagged Socrates.

How to Clean up the WinSxS Directory on Windows Server 2008 R2

Posted on May 4, 2015 Updated on May 6, 2015

Prior to this we need to install Disk Cleanup on Windows 2008. Disk Cleanup is not installed by default on Windows Server 2008 R2. It is instead a component installed with the Desktop Experience feature.

To install Disk Cleanup without reboot the server – How to install Disk Cleanup without reboot the server in Window 2008

Now download the appropriate package and install the on the system.

Operating system	Update
All supported x86-based versions of Windows 7	Download
All supported x64-based versions of Windows 7	Download
All supported x64-based versions of Windows Server 2008 R2	Download

Looking at my Windows 2008 R2 Server with SP1 installed, according to Windows Explorer, the size of my Windows/WinSxS directory is as follows:

The size of the WinSxS directory will vary by server. Some of you will have smaller WinSxS directories, some larger.

Installing the update is just like installing any other update. Just download and double-click on the .msu file:

Now we need to run the disk cleanup wizard. Disk Cleanup option can be found under Start –> All Programs –> Accessories –> System Tools: or go to run and type ‘cleanmgr’ to launch it.

On launch, Disk Cleanup prompts for the drive you want to clean up, default drive will be C: drive

After clicking Ok, a scan is performed:

Several options are provided for cleanup, including a new option for Windows Update Cleanup:

If you didn’t launch Disk Cleanup as Administrator, at this point, you’ll need to take a couple extra steps. You’ll need to click on the Clean up system files button.