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In some disaster recovery scenarios or part of project requirements we may need to rename existing VCS nodes, please find the steps for completing the activity - 1. Stop the Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) engine on all nodes in the cluster. Open a command prompt and type @ command prompt: hastop -all -force 2. Stop VCS communications on all nodes in the cluster. Open a command prompt and execute net stop llt. When prompted to stop VCSComm and GAB, answer Y. This needs to be done on each node in the cluster. 3. Modify the llthosts.txt file in a text editor on all nodes to replace the node names with the new ones. The default location of the file is in C:\Program Files\Veritas\comms\llt . This needs to be done on each node in the cluster. 4. Modify the llttab.txt file in a text editor on all nodes to replace the node name on the set-node line with the new one. The default location of the file is in C:\Program Files\Veritas\comms\llt . This needs to be done on each node in the clus

You can follow the below video to how to install the Cygwin SFTP software on Windows servers. This video has step by step configuration settings. If you have any queries related to this, please leave a comment we will try to answer asap. Cygwin SFTP Help, Installation Guide, Troubleshooting Guide, Step by Step Configuration, Un-install and re-install steps, service stop and start process

In our environment Cygin is used for the secured FTP logins. We used to face lot more difficulties in installing / troubleshooting related to Cygwin. Some times installation will go smoothly however sshd service won't start due to so many reasons, here goes one of the reason and solution - SSHD on Windows servers and issues with Cygwin SSHD Common issues on CYGWIN: SSHD service not starting Description: different issues like in-proper cygwin installation, login from different user and install will have issues, home directory not creating etc Resolution: login from local admin and try to install the cygwin software, will have less issues. Note: Make sure you don't have already cygwin folder in C or D drives before you install

DESCRIPTION HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility (hponcfg_gui.exe) will not initialize if Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (or later) is not installed on the system. When this occurs, one of the following messages may be displayed:   OR   SCOPE Any ProLiant server with Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) and running Windows Server 2003 and HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility (hponcfg_gui.exe). RESOLUTION HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility (hponcfg_gui.exe) requires that Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (or later) be installed on the system. To ensure that the Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility functions properly, install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 (or later). The latest version is available on the Microsoft Download Center at the following URL: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Search.aspx?displaylang=en

Here goes the links to download the versions. With this new GUI version, we can change /reset the iLO password,  change the IP address, Subnet & Gateway configurations and many more - HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility for Windows 2003/2008 x64 Editions Click here to download x64 bit version Type: Software - Lights-Out Management Version: 3.1.1.0 (22 Nov 2010) Operating System(s): File name: cp013639.exe (1.0 MB) HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility for Windows Server 2003/2008 Click here to download x32 bit version (3.2.0.0) Type: Software - Lights-Out Management Version: 3.2.0.0 (18 Jul 2011) Operating System(s): Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 W32 File name: cp015357.exe (950 KB) HP Lights-Out Online Configuration Utility for Windows Server 2003/2008 Click here to download x32 bit version (3.1.0.0) Type: Software - Lights-Out Management Version: 3

This error been facing since quite a long time by all the system admins who are working on the servers which has netbackup client installed irrespective of Symantec Netbackup Client versions. Today we have faced some difficulty in deleting the _vxfiVspCacheFile.vsp file on D drive which occupied more than 3gb of space. We are planned to do without reboot how to delete this file. When we are trying to delete it is not allowing to delete as it got locked by the process. Hence we tried using 'Process Explorer' tool which is provided by SysInternals (Microsoft) to unlock / release the handles. Here goes the procedure how to do that - Download Process Explorer v15.05 (procexp.exe) file from Windows Sysinternals website link So go download yourself a copy of Process Explorer. You don’t need to install anything to use it… so just unzip a copy of it somewhere on your server(s) in anticipation of the day you’ll need it. Launch Process Explorer, and then click View –>

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Problem: The MountV resources failed to online on Cluster Node1 Cause: The MountV resources failed to probe on node1 because the volumes did not import successfully in VEA. This is due to a PnP timeout as the volumes take long time to arrive PS- Note that there are several fixes in SFW 5.1 SP2 addressing volume arrival timeout Resolution :  1- Symantec recycled the VM services (Vxob, actionagent, Vxvm and Vxgn)- However, VxVM was taking a long time to restart so we rebooted the node 2- Symantec Recommends that please upgrade Cluster nodes to SFW 5.1 SP2 for long term solution