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vCSA tips

vCenter Appliance Tips

Access the Appliance Management,  https://XX.XX.XX.XX:5480

Enable SSH
- under Access enable SSH

Password Expiration
- under Administration > Password expiration settings

- SSO Users change in the Web Client.  Administration > SSO > Configuration > Policies

Reset vCSA 6.7 root password
Getting the error "Exception in invoking authentication handler User password expired."  logging into the vCSA Appliance Management.
- connect to ESXi host that runs vCSA
- reboot vCSA
- when you see the PHOTON screen, press e immediately
- append rw init=/bin/bash to the line starting with Linux
- press F10 to boot
- at command prompt, enter passwd and enter a new password
- enter umount /
- reboot using command reboot -f
- login and disable password expiration

Export Message Tracking logs to CSV via Powershell

Get-MessageTrackingLog -Sender SENDER@gmail.com -Start "01/01/19 04:00:00" -End "02/12/13 23:59:59" -Recipient "TheMole@BadGuyCompany.com" -resultsize unlimited | select sender, {$_.Recipients}, timestamp, messagesubject, totalbytes | export-csv c:\exported.csv

Remove either -Sender or -Recipient, or modify them when necessary

WIndows 10 1809, add netfx3 to WIM, also SMB1

Add NetFX3 and SMB1 to your WIM directly.

Mount the WIM with the correct index

dism /mount-image /imagefile:e:\temp\install.wim /index:3 /MountDir:e:\temp\mount


Add NetFX3

DISM /Image:e:\temp\mount /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:NetFx3 /All /LimitAccess /Source:e:\temp\sxs

Enable SMB1

DISM /Image:e:\temp\mount /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:"SMB1Protocol" -All

Unmount and Commit the changes

dism /unmount-wim /mountdir:e:\temp\mount /commit

Windows 10 remove apps from WIM file

To find the index of the version of Windows in the install.wim file.
Open an elevated command prompt and run,
dism /Get-WimInfo /WimFile:X:\sources\install.wim

Will need Windows 10 ADK installed.

Script for removing built-in apps from the wim file,
https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Removing-Built-in-apps-65dc387b

Unable to restore due to long filenames

1. Right click on the folder you're trying to restore from shadow copy and chose Previous Versions. Chose a date and click on Open.

2. Right click on any file or folder within the previous folder and chose Properties. On the General tab copy what's shown in 'location',
 e.g.: \\localhost\E$\@GMT-2019.04.20-06.00.04\_Data

3. Open cmd.exe and type in:
subst X: \\localhost\E$\@GMT-2019.04.20-06.00.04\_Data

4. Open PowerShell and use robocopy to copy content of X: e.g.:
robocopy Z: E:\Folder\ /E /COPYALL

5. Check that all files have been copied.
6. When finished open a command prompt and type subst X: /D

Sonicwall Global VPN Client & Windows 10 wifi bug

Sonicwall Global VPN Client & Windows 10 bug

With the GVC running, connected or not, the wifi speed is reduced, often to less than 1MB making it almost unusable.

Solution / Workaround is to disable Receive Segment Coalescing (RSC) on the wifi adapter.

Automated fix from Microsoft available here, https://aka.ms/diag_cssemerg11005

Manual fix

Open an Administrative Command Prompt
Get the network adapter name,  powershell Get-NetAdapter
Get the network adapter's RSC setting,  powershell Get-NetAdapterRsc
Disable RSC for the adapter, powershell Disable-NetAdapterRsc -Name ADAPTER-NAME
Verify RSC is disabled, powershell Get-NetAdapterRsc