In my previous post ‘Windows Server 2016 Core Configuration, with SCONFIG‘ I stepped through how to use the sconfig tool to modify settings on Windows Server 2016 Core. In this post, I will introduce you to how to go about running Windows Updates and applying them to your server. Here are the steps I used: Log into […]
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Windows Server 2016 Core has a built-in configuration tool named Sconfig. This tool is used to configure and manage several aspects of Server Core installations. This simplifies tasks such as changing settings such as network, remote desktop, hostname and domain memberships, etc. To use the Server Configuration Tool Log into the console of your Windows Server […]
I just completed my install of Windows Server 2016 Core as a guest in my VMware Lab. Now that this has been completed the next step is for me to install the VMware tools so that I can take advantage of various features; specifically, template deployment with customization options About:VMware:Tools: VMware software tools enhance the […]
Importing a template from vSphere 5.5 and importing to vSphere 6.5 the following error was encountered: The provided manifest file is invalid: Invalid OVF checksum algorithm: SHA1 To get fix this error the following steps were taken: Step 1 – is to extract your ova template (after all its only a zip) You will notice 3 files once […]
While setting up ISP Redundancy on a Check Point cluster I ran into an issue preventing me from proceeding with my configuration. I was eventually able to resolve this and felt that I would share with you and my future self the steps taken. What is ISP Redundancy ISP Redundancy enables reliable Internet connectivity […]
I recently had an annoying issue with my Check Point Smart Dashboard. Each time I connected to the Management with SmartConsole and editing the Security Management server object it causes an application crash. The crash would start with a UAC popup from the Windows registry: Followed by the Check Point SmartSashboard application crash itself with the following […]