Windows : Plesk 11 setup is missing an installation prerequisite

Plesk 11 for Windows install might return the following error : MSI: Error! Setup is missing an installation prerequisite: -Microsoft SQL Server 2012 System CLR Types. To continue, install SQL Server 2012 System CLR Types from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=116207 and then run the Setup operation again Failed to install ‘C:\ParallelsInstaller\parallels\PANEL-WIN_11.0.9\thirdparty-msi-Windows-any-x86_64\sqlsmo_x64.msi’: Fatal error during installation. (Error code 1603)… Read More »

Windows : Plesk Auto-Installer fail to start

Plesk Auto-Installer (ai.exe) execution pop-up and close preventing any further action on Windows Server 2008. UAC (User Account Control) must be disabled in order to install Plesk. To disable UAC, go to : – Control Panel > User Accounts > Change User Account Control settings

Hardware : HP Proliant DL160 chipset driver

Chipset driver for Windows Server on HP Proliant DL160 might appear as “Unknown device” in the Device Manager and listed as : ACPI\HPQ000B\0 ACPI\HPQ000B *HPQ000B The proper driver on HP Web site will be listed as : HP Proliant Management Controller Driver (Device ID: HPQ000B)

Linux : How to change software RAID synchronization speed rate

Here is an easy way to either speed up or slow down the RAID re-synchronization speed rate on Linux. There is many reason why you would do that. Leaving your array rebuilding at full speed might dramatically slow down your server. Set the minimum synchronization speed : echo 102400 > /proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_min Set the maximum synchronization speed… Read More »

Linux : How to disable ICMP echo request

The easiest way of disabling ICMP echo request on Linux is doing it on the kernel level. To disable ICMP immediately on a running system, simply enter the following command : echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all This command will not survive to the next reboot. To make it permanent, edit : vi /etc/sysctl.conf And add :… Read More »

Linux : How to create a dummy file

Here is a quick how to create a dummy file for a specific size under Linux/Unix : dd if=/dev/zero of=<file_name> bs=<size_in_bytes> count=1 So assuming you want to create a file named “100mb.bin” having 100 Mb size : dd if=/dev/zero of=100mb.bin bs=104857600 count=1

OpenVPN : service failed to start due to unresolved dependencies: set([‘bridge’])

If you setup OpenVPN to be in bridge (layer2) mode instead using NAT/routing (layer3) and then restart the server to make the change effective, you probably noticed the following error message on the Status Overview page repeatedly : service failed to start due to unresolved dependencies: set([‘bridge’]) This is because there is no existing bridge… Read More »

Linux : How to create a bridge interface on RHEL/CentOS

A bridge interface is actually a virtual interface handled by a config file on your Linux system. Creating a bridge is quite simple, just follow those steps and you’re all set! 1. Create the bridge interface configuration file : vi /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-br0 Add the the following parameters : DEVICE=br0 TYPE=Bridge BOOTPROTO=static ONBOOT=yes STP=on IPADDR= NETMASK= GATEWAY=… Read More »