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Attempting to backup a Windows Server 2012 R2 Server with the Veeam Agent freshly installed and Backup and Replication server version 9.5 (also 10). The administrator credentials for the source server had been added to the destination server (Backup and … Continue reading →

Update 09-May-2020: The original script didn’t really work so I have commented it out. Update 11-May-2020: Added method to search by Volume Name. Update 23-Mar-2023: This also works for TrueNAS There are several reasons you may want to have ESXi … Continue reading →

BuddyPress @mentions were working perfectly within WordPress posts and comments however not in bbPress. This is one solution to get @mention user lookups and an email notification when used in a topic or thread reply.  However a notification is not … Continue reading →

These are the minimum steps I needed to get WordPress running on Ubuntu Server 18.04. It is based on the below guide at the time of this writing: https://wordpress.org/support/article/how-to-install-wordpress/#detailed-instructions   During the install and setup of Ubuntu Server 18.04, the … Continue reading →

Specific setup was Windows Server 2012 R2 and UniFi Controller 5.12.35.   The issue was that suddenly neither internal connections (LAN/private) nor external WAN (public/WAN) connections  could access the controller.  If Windows Firewall is enabled, the UniFi controller needs two apps … Continue reading →

These are the steps to crossflash a Dell 0WFN6R (SAS9341-8i) to an LSI 9300-8i. At the time of this guide the latest firmware available is P16. All files needed for this guide can be downloaded here. The firmware and BIOS … Continue reading →

Recent experience with an Aquantia AQtion AQC108 5G network card that was integrated in a motherboard (Supermicro X11SRA-F).    Plugging in an ethernet cable would not activate the port (status LEDs would not light up on either the NIC or … Continue reading →

Upgraded a Supermicro CSE-836 from 3 pin fans to 4 pin PWM fans. Here is the before and after matrix of part numbers: Before Middle Fans (Qty 3) FAN-0070L 672042003884 San Ace 80 9G0812G103 Rear Exhaust Fans (Qty 2) FAN-0062L … Continue reading →

When trying to update/upgrade ESXi 6.7.0 Update 3 (via software profile update command) you may run into the following error below. This was a host running specifically Update 3 build 15018017 trying to update to build 15160138. [InstallationError] [Errno 28] … Continue reading →

When trying to update a CentOS 7 system after an extended amount of time, I ran into this error: Downloading packages: warning: /var/cache/yum/x86_64/7/ius/packages/yum-plugin-replace-0.2.7-1.ius.el7.noarch.rpm: Header V4 RSA/SHA256 Signature, key ID 4b274df2: NOKEY Retrieving key from file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/IUS-COMMUNITY-GPG-KEY The GPG keys listed for … Continue reading →