Checking if WinRM service is working with HTTPS connection..


Upon first check I found WinRM is set to manual and not running ta start up and is not set to work for HTTPS connections

run the command on windows 7.x or later host

winrm qc --transport:https

This will find if the service is auto start mode

Offer you to turn auto start

Also open an expection on firewall

How to install bundle files in Ubuntu

1. Change permission of the file to make it executable:

   chmod a+x VMware-Player-6.0.3-1895310.x86_64.bundle
   

2. Install the file using sudo.

   sudo ./VMware-Player-6.0.3-1895310.x86_64.bundle

Dell PowerEdge R710 no VGA display but iDRAC works fine

All of the sudden VGA ports stopped working on the R710 server I bought from eBay.  Researched a lot but could not solve for weeks and I was thinking to return the server for a replacement until I tried these rcadmin commands.

iDRAC was working normally and even that was a problem to get it working as latest Java run times are more secured and will not launch the console w.o having a right certificate.  So I switched down from one JRE to another, Java 7 JRE worked (jre-7u80-windows-64).

Once I am able to launch the server using iDRAC Java console, then I know that server is booting fine.  I tried SSH into the same IP address of iDRAC.  I saw the certificate import message (it tells SSH is enabled), used the same username and password (default root/calvin if not changed) but it was saying permission denied.  Not sure why it is saying though the same password worked fine to login iDRAC web server.  Logged into iDRAC web server, clicked on iDRAC Settings -->Network/Security -->SSH, turned off SSH (uncheck and click Apply button at the bottom). Tried SSH, it did not even prompted for password (as I turned off SSH service).  Waited for 10 seconds and enabled SSH again.  Waited for 15 seconds.  Went back to my mac terminal window and tried SSH again with the same username and password I used to login iDRAC web console.  Ola!  it worked this time.

I have tried this command as in this posting,

racadm getconfig -g cfgRacTuning -o cfgRacTuneLocalServerVideo

it returned 0

then I ran this command, 

racadm config -g cfgRacTuning -o cfgRacTuneLocalServerVideo 1

it returned 1

then I see the the VGA working and I can see the console screen.

iDRAC virtual console failed with Connection failed issues

I have installed JRE 7, it worked fine.  Google search for "download java 7"  You will be taken to that web page where you can download Java 7 SE or java 7 JRE.  JRE is enough.  You may be prompted to create a login (if you not have already one).  Once you login and install that JRE, it should work.  Warning: it may be less secure to run lower version of Java on your machine.  I used windows 64 JRE version.

Updating Linux hosts file

In many situations, you may not have control on the DNS server to add address record and you may need to make the FQDN work instead of IP address.  In Windows, you just update the host file.  Here is how you update in Linux/Ubuntu.

>sudo -i
Enter the password
# vi /etc/hosts
Add the following replacing the values you need

Save the file

restart network service
#/etc/init.d/networking restart

At this point, you should be able to ping the IP address with FQDN you configured.  This only applies to the machine where you changed the hosts file.

Vmware Horizon Client 4.7 failed to install on Ubuntu 18.04

Fix: 

sudo apt install libsigc++-2.0-0v5
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstreamer-1.0.so.0.1400.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstreamer-0.10.so.0
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstapp-1.0.so.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstapp-0.10.so.0
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstbase-1.0.so.0.1400.0 /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgstbase-0.10.so.0



Courtesy:  https://www.werts.nl/vmware-view-horizon-client-for-linux-on-ubuntu-18-04-failed/

How to uninstall python

 Done. The new package has been installed and saved to

 /Python-2.7.13/python_2.7.13-1_amd64.deb

 You can remove it from your system anytime using:

      dpkg -r python

Install different version of java

https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-java-with-apt-get-on-ubuntu-16-04

Uninstall View client

root@siva-OptiPlex-780:~# vmware-installer  --uninstall-product vmware-view
vmware-view is not an installed product.
Available products are:

  vmware-horizon-client

root@siva-OptiPlex-780:~# vmware-installer  --uninstall-product vmware-horizon-client
All installation information is about to be removed. Do you wish to
keep your installation configuration file? [yes]: n

Uninstalling VMware Installer
    Deconfiguring...
[######################################################################] 100%
Uninstallation was successful.

Installing JDK

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install default-jdk
for jre, 
sudo apt-get install default-jre

https://askubuntu.com/questions/921345/installing-a-java-dev-kit

More options and more info
https://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/ehchua/programming/howto/JDK_Howto.html

Installing python

https://askubuntu.com/questions/101591/how-do-i-install-the-latest-python-2-7-x-or-3-x-on-ubuntu

bundle file is not installing

change permissions (give execute rights)
chmod a+x

root login is not working in Ubuntu

By default root login is disabled and you can log in with your user account created at the time of installing the OS. To get to the # prompt, just type sudo -i in terminal window. It will ask the user credentials and put you to the # prompt.