WinSCP or Putty authenticates against Microsoft ISA/ TMG


Many companies use Microsoft ISA/ TMG as their enterprise proxy solution. This may work for most cases. But in some scenarios, it does not work well. For example, use WinSCP or Putty behind the proxy AND the proxy requires authentication. ISA/ TMG is mircrosoft technology, it uses NTLM based authentication which is not supported by … Continue reading WinSCP or Putty authenticates against Microsoft ISA/ TMG →

False Alarm after IBM HS23 UEFI Firmware Upgrade


I upgraded a few IBM HS23 (7875G2M) blades' firmware (from 1.40 to 1.51) last week. After they booted up, I noticed there is a POST warning showing in the screen. Those blades do not have internal hard drives, as we install the ESXi on the USB drives. What the hell is the GPT corruption about!? … Continue reading False Alarm after IBM HS23 UEFI Firmware Upgrade →

Troubleshoot ‘Windows Process Activation Service’ failed to start


I was setting up a IIS test environment for testing the mobile redirection this afternoon. That's a test box which may serve for other purpose as well. For some reason, the WAS service (Windows Process Activation Service) just refused to start with the message 'Error 3: The system cannot find the path specified'. I am … Continue reading Troubleshoot ‘Windows Process Activation Service’ failed to start →

TSM 6.4: Backup VMware VM Template


In TSM 6.4, there is a new parameter in the VMware backup options : -vmenabletemplatebackups If you want to backup the VMware VM template, you need to add '-vmenabletemplatebackups=yes' in your VMware backup job schedule options. Here is a example: update sched vmware Weekly_full OPTions='-vmfulltype=vstor -vmbackuptype=fullvm -asnodename=DATACENTER-01 -vmprocessvmwithindependent=yes -vmprocessvmwithprdm=yes -vmenabletemplatebackups=yes -domain.vmfull="vmfolder=Weekly-Backup" -MODE=FULL'