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ESXi 6.5 fails to Discover or Connect to a Synology iSCSI Target with CHAP Authentication

If you are having trouble getting ESXi to discover a Synology iSCSI target with CHAP authentication, check your vobd log for errors that may look similar to the below: [iscsiCorrelator]: [vob.iscsi.discovery.login.error] discovery failure on vmhba64 to x.x.x.x because the target … Continue reading

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ESXi Upgrade from Version 5.5 to 6.5 Fails

During the upgrade process from 5.5 to 6.5 (using the ISO method), I ran into the following error: CONFLICTING_VIBS ERROR: Vibs on the host are conflicting with vibs in metadata. Remove the conflicting VIBs or use Image Builder to create … Continue reading

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CentOS 7 Fails to Boot – XFS Corruption – Enters Emergency Mode

In the process of flushing yum and trying to get CentOS to update, the system froze and I had to do a hard reset. Upon rebooting, the OS failed to load with several error messages: XFS: Internal error XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_GOTO at … Continue reading

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WordPress Gmail SMTP Plugin – Emails Don’t Send and No Error Displayed

When sending a test email, it was hanging on the authentication method: Auth method requested: XOAUTH2 Auth methods available on the server: LOGIN,PLAIN,XOAUTH2,PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN,OAUTHBEARER,XOAUTH Installing curl resolved it. For Debian and Ubuntu: apt-get install curl libcurl3 php5-curl  

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