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Configuring Oracle 12c backups on Veritas Backup Exec 16.

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This is a short guide to configuring backups of Oracle 12c using Veritas Backup Exec 16. 1.        Establish trust with Oracle Database server within Backup Exec console and ensure agent is installed. 2.         Create a login to the database for backup purposes in Oracl e; Open up a command prompt and run the following command – Sqlplus / nolog Log in with your database admin account as sysdba Connect myusername / mypassword@databasename as sysdba CREATE USER BACKUP IDENTIFIED BY MYPASSWORD; GRANT UNLIMITED TABLESPACE TO BACKUP; GRANT AQ_ADMINISTRATOR_ROLE TO BACKUP; GRANT DBA TO BACKUP; GRANT CONNECT TO BACKUP; ALTER USER BACKUP DEFAULT ROLE ALL; ALTER USER BACKUP DEFAULT TABLESPACE SYSTEM; 3.        Within the Local Users and Groups section of Computer Management on the Oracle database server, add the backup servers windows domain adminis...

Running Office 2003 on Server 2008 R2

When trying to open documents using the file converter in Excel 2003 SP3 on Server 2008 R2, the following message is displayed "microsoft excel is waiting for another application to complete an ole action 2003" or "the converter failed to open the file". The following KB article allows this feature to work. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/980210  - KB Article http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/6/2/A624F8C9-B51E-4CC6-A0AC-ACB684E2E265/office-kb980210-fullfile-x86-glb.exe  - Direct Download

Microsoft NPS Console fails to launch

The Microsoft NPS console fails to launch. The error shown is - FX:{6630f2d7-bd52-4072-bfa7-863f3d0c5da0} NPS This was due to an issue with WMI. Running the following in Command Prompt as an Administrator resolved my issue. cd C:\Windows\System32\wbem\AutoRecover for /f %s in ('dir /b *.mof *.mfl') do mofcomp %s

Excessive TAP-Windows Adapter V9 Cleanup

I had an issue recently where the client machine could not connect to any network resources. We noticed that the user had many TAP-Windows Adapters for VPN (OpenVPN). Some research suggests it occurs due to Microsoft products activating against a KMS server. Anyway, I have created a simple vbs (wsh) script which removes the excess devices in a safely manner. All you might need to change is the location of tapinstall.exe as it might be deployed with your VPN application. I have actually deployed the script by placing it in the netlogon share and using a GPO to create a scheduled task which executes the script on a weekly basis. I used a WMI filter and only targeted laptops.  Here is the script. Its not perfect, but I think it does a good job. Dim Shell,path,tempPath,tapInstPath32,tapInstPath64,objFSO Set Shell = CreateObject ("Wscript.Shell") Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") strComputer = "." count = 0 tapInstPath32 = ...

IPFX Divert to Associate keeps going back to Voicemail (CUCM - Call Manager)

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When setting the divert within the Outlook IPFX plugin, it keeps defaulting to 'Voicemail' and will not change to Associate or any other user configured diverts. I enabled the logging on IPFX Explorer (Log onto the server) and noticed the following logs under PBX Cisco & Data Server. SS:[14:25:52.121346] [1234] EXTN: Suspend: 30/01/2015 14:25:56¤ SS:[14:25:52.121346] [00|1501301425|19144] Failed: Extn[1234] Call Forward - Dest[] Type[0-CANCEL_FWD_ALL][Device Not Found] [-2147220491]¤ SS:[14:25:52.121346] REQ-OUT: Failed [00|1501301425|19144]¤ PBX:[14:25:52.105721] [LL:1][T:005B75A0][L:MSGS]REQUEST - [Fails] ID[00|1501301425|19144] [Extn[1234] Call Forward - Dest[] Type[0-CANCEL_FWD_ALL][Device Not Found]] PBX:[14:25:52.105721] [LL:1][T:005B75A0][L:MSGS]REQUEST - [Start] ID[00|1501301425|19144] [Extn[1234] Call Forward - Dest[] Type[0-CANCEL_FWD_ALL]] SS:[14:25:52.90095] REQ-OUT: pbxForward: DeviceID=1234, Type=0, By=MYSERVER¤VM [00|1501301425|19144]¤ If you look at...

Configuring Cisco CME Voice Gateway (VG) for incoming and outgoing calls using Sipgate trunk

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Hi All For my reference and your's, here is a working sample configuration for configuring sipgate (sipgate.co.uk) for incoming and external VOIP calls on a 2800 series Cisco router. Using GNS3; My wireless adapter has internet connection sharing enabled, and I have created a loopback adapter which is the 'internet' adapter as you can see below. I have tested making calls using Cisco's CIPC version 8 and receiving calls. This doesn't have to be done in GNS3, just pick up yourself a real voice gateway. version 12.4 service timestamps debug datetime msec service timestamps log datetime msec no service password-encryption ! hostname VG-EP ! boot-start-marker boot-end-marker ! ! aaa new-model ! ! aaa authentication login http local aaa authentication login ssh local aaa authorization exec http local ! aaa session-id common ! resource policy ! memo...

Connecting to Cisco Virtual Wireless Controller Console within VM Workstation

Connect to your Cisco vWLAN via console within VM Workstation 9; Turn off your VM Go into the Settings of your VM Within the Hardware tab, Select Add.  Select Serial Port Click Create / Use a Named Pipe.  Make sure these are selected for the Named Pipe \\.\pipe\com_x (x being 1, 2, 3, 4, etc). This end is the server The other end is an application Save all changes and power on VM.  Open up Putty Click Serial Type in Named Pipe. Thats it - it should connect. Works for me. Have fun.