Author Archives: Kaven Gagnon

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About Kaven Gagnon

System & Network Architect

Windows : How to automatic logon

Here is how to turn on user automatic logon for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008. Windows 7 : Both options are available (using the GUI or directly modifying the registry as for Windows Server 2008). – Start > Run – Type “control userpasswords2” – Then click OK [x] > [ ] Uncheck the box… Read More »

Linux : How to view hard disk partitions UUIDs?

On modern/latest Linux and Unix distributions, system rely on UUID rather than disk device name itself. To find out the UUID, you can use this simple command called “blkid” : blkid <DEVICE_PARTITION_NAME> Example : blkid /dev/sda1 Will return something like this : /dev/sda1: UUID=”1abd977f-65e0-46ab-b2bb-3651053c6e77″ TYPE=”ext4″

Windows : FileZilla is running in kiosk mode

Got this message attempting to create a new server connection into the FileZilla Site Manager? FileZilla is running in kiosk mode. ‘Normal’ and ‘Account’ logontypes are not available in this mode. To resolve this and make FileZilla save your profile, go to : – Edit > Settings – On the left pane (Select page) >… Read More »

Category: PC

VMware : How to reset ESXi root password?

Lost your root password? Well, this is very unfortunate! This tutorial will show you how to reset ESXi root password. There is no supported method to “reset” the root password, VMware suggest to boot from ESXi installer disk and select “Install ESXi, preserve VMFS datastore” option. This will overwrite the current installation (fresh install, overwriting… Read More »

R1Soft : java.net.UnknownHostException

Got this issue trying to register/enter the license key in the R1Soft Backup Manager Web interface? java.net.UnknownHostException: <SERVER_NAME>: <SERVER_NAME> Not unique in ID space [Page dCJQ_]: activationWindow This mean the server host name do not match the IP address you specified in your license pool at the R1Soft Customer Portal. Create or set the A… Read More »

R1Soft : Unable to parse Idera Server Backup\conf\disksafe-keys

Getting this error while trying to run a backup policy on R1Soft server? Error replicating device (F0CC90E5CC90A77E) An exception occurred during the request. Unable to parse ‘C:\Program Files\Idera Server Backup\conf\disksafe-keys\5265aa4b-e25d-4d05-91d4-e6bca778f4b7.xml’; unable to open primary document entity ‘C:\Program Files\Idera Server Backup\conf\disksafe-keys\5265aa4b-e25d-4d05-91d4-e6bca778f4b7.xml’ Agent reported error during requested operation. This is probably because your DiskSafe is encrypted and… Read More »