When configuring the NSX Advanced Load Balancer for some testing in my Home Lab. I noticed something odd related to the service engines management network and data network settings. After thinking I was crazy… I saw an issue in the interface surrounding the data network configuration which caused the issue. In this short blog post, …
Today a blog post about vRealize Log Insight domain login problems. After some time I wanted to check my vRealize Log Insight instance but somehow the domain authentication was not working anymore. So it was time for a new blog post about this issue. Environment The vRealize Log Insight instance is deployed in my 24×7 …
Recently I was removing an SD card from one of my lab servers but after removing it, the server kept complaining about it. The HPE ProLiant is equipped with HPE Integrated Lights-Out (iLO). This is an out-of-band management system to manage and configure the server. It also is responsible for monitoring the components inside the …
For the last couple of months, I was busy making my new patch cabinets ready for use. One of the things I noticed with the Digitus patch cabinet is that there are openings on the top by default for the fan installation (fan holes/mounting holes). This is great for people that install the optional fan …
Today a blog about the NLVMUG 2022 event, which I attended on the fourteenth of June 2022. The event took place in the DeFabrique in Utrecht The Netherlands. Lots of parking spaces and easy to reach as it is centrally located in the country. The location was the same location used for the NLVMUG in …
This blog post is about Microsoft Domain Controllers and NTP Server configuration for the FSMO PDC emulator role. In this blog, we are going to configure NTP and make sure it works correctly for all the clients. Background In this case, we were deploying an entire VMware environment at a customer for testing purposes including …
In this blog post, I am going to share my script to automate the HAProxy deployment for Tanzu with vSphere or in short TKGs. Because of my interest in the Tanzu product family, I ended up testing and redeploying parts of TKG many times. To reduce the change of mistakes and improve my speed I …
On 11 January 2022 Microsoft released an update that puts some Microsoft Domain Controllers in a boot loop. This is related to Windows Server 2016, Windows Server 2019, and Windows Server 2022. When my lab environment was running into issues I noticed that I could not find the updates listed online. After some searching, I …
This blog post is dedicated to HAProxy Troubleshooting for vSphere with Tanzu or also known as TKGs. Based on your configuration and deployment and the various items you need to configure you can make mistakes or items are not correctly configured. In my case, there were multiple problems at different deployments with parameters and reachability …
Today I was updating my PowerShell modules on my local system but I ran into an issue related to certificates. After some investigation, it appeared that the PowerCLI Update was failing. Every PowerCLI module that it tried to update returned an error and did not update to a newer version. In this blog post, I …