Palo Alto User ID With Cisco ISE (and Cisco devices)

We have been working for several months now to integrate Cisco ISE into the middle of our networks and to replace different methods to catch the IP Address/Username matches for Palo Alto User ID. Gathering every authentication and accounting information Continue reading Palo Alto User ID With Cisco ISE (and Cisco devices)

vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) vCenter plug-in is no longer working after a vCenter update

A few days ago we processed to the upgrade of our vCenter Appliance to the lasted version AFTER checking the compatibility matrix from VMWare products to be sure that was compatible. The ESXi and the vCenter were working fine, but Continue reading vRealize Orchestrator (vRO) vCenter plug-in is no longer working after a vCenter update

Moving an HPE 3PAR storage system to a new location

During the past days we started to use our new data center in a new building. One of the first things that needed to be moved was our HPE 3PAR storage system. This storage is used only with VMware vCenter Continue reading Moving an HPE 3PAR storage system to a new location

Palo Alto User-ID with macOS computers

When deploying Palo Alto User-ID feature, integrating macOS computers can be a challenge. User-ID has a lot of potential ways to catch the match user / IP address, but we are sometimes in the situation with macOS computers where we need Continue reading Palo Alto User-ID with macOS computers

“Apache Directory Studio” hangs at 14% when connecting to an LDAP server

Today everything was annoying and “Apache Directory Studio” drives me nuts. I was unable to use it, all connections will stuck at 14%… Checking the network parameter I changed the “Provider” settings to JNDI and avoiding the Apache default option. After this Continue reading “Apache Directory Studio” hangs at 14% when connecting to an LDAP server

HPE OneView 2.0.7: “Unable to retrieve asset tag information from the iLO.”

Our HPE OneView was recently updated to the new build 2.07 without difficulties. But today, when adding a the iLO of a ProLiant DL360p Gen8 by the hardware page, the operation has failed with the error: “Unable to retrieve asset tag Continue reading HPE OneView 2.0.7: “Unable to retrieve asset tag information from the iLO.”

Palo Alto User-ID and Cisco Wireless LAN controller (WLC) configuration (with SNMP traps)

Index Introduction Schema Install CentOS 7 Configure Cisco Wireless LAN Controller Configure SNMP Configure Syslog Configure User-ID Debugging and useful commands 1. Introduction Catching the User Identification (User-ID) information (username and IP address) from a Cisco Wireless LAN controller is Continue reading Palo Alto User-ID and Cisco Wireless LAN controller (WLC) configuration (with SNMP traps)

Quick way to bind CentOS 7/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to Active Directory

Using SSSD it’s relatively easy to bind a CentOS 7 or Red Hat Enteprise Linux 7 to Active Directory service. Install the needed binaries: yum install realmd sssd adcli Discover the domain: realm discover YOURDOMAIN Join the domain: realm join Continue reading Quick way to bind CentOS 7/Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 to Active Directory

vSphere ESXi upgrade is really slow (About to install…)

During the past hours we upgraded our HPE blades from ESXi 6.0.0 U1 to 6.0.0 U2. During the process (using the vSphere Update Manager), the ESXi seems to be frozen on the step “About to install…”. After 30 minutes we Continue reading vSphere ESXi upgrade is really slow (About to install…)

vSphere Web Client has slow performances… Update to 5.5 Update 3!

VMware has posted a new update 3 for vCenter 5.5 in September that will speed up your Web Client experience. A blog post exists and details everything about the new optimisations and the speeds seems to be normalized between vSphere Web Continue reading vSphere Web Client has slow performances… Update to 5.5 Update 3!

Removing hard disk/network interface on VMware vSphere fails

Sometimes, removing an hard disk or network interface on VMware vSphere failed with the error: Invalid configuration for device ‘0’. It’s probably due to existing snapshots attached to your VM. Try to remove all the snapshots, this will probably solve the problem. This Continue reading Removing hard disk/network interface on VMware vSphere fails

When installing ClamAV from EPEL to CentOS/Red Hat 7 becomes a nightmare…

The installation of ClamAV from EPEL 7 to CentOS/Red Hat 7 is a little bit more challenging than the simple setup used in CentOS 6/Red Hat 6. The problem isn’t really the installation itself, but the way how things are Continue reading When installing ClamAV from EPEL to CentOS/Red Hat 7 becomes a nightmare…

Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager: “Cannot find user account DOMAIN\username”

During the configuration of Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager I was stuck with the impossibility to add users from our Active Directory. I was always confronted to the error “Cannot find user account DOMAIN\username”. This error occurs when the user configured Continue reading Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager: “Cannot find user account DOMAIN\username”