Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Raritan KVM Switch Fix – Java 7 Update 51




Since Dominion KVM server applet is not signed the JRE will block the app by default. The solution is to add url to Raritan KVM server to the exception list.

First, make sure that you open correct (the latest) Java Control Panel, this is especially important if you happen to have more than one JRE/JDK on your machine, because you won’t find the “Exception Site List” in older Java Control Panel. In my case (Windows7, x64) the best approach is to manually find the executable:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\javacpl.exe

Then check the version:



Add url to exception list: - Done!

Quick Backup & Restore of SQL Database to New Server

Open SQL Server Management Server on old server, right click on task, choose backup, select full, choose Destination "Disk", add, name file.


Switch to new server, create database, and right click on Database, select restore database, select from device and choose file.
 

Next click on Options and select Overwrite the existing database (WITH REPLACE) -- you are done!
 

Barracuda WAF - Custom Status Page

Under Server Configuration you can change that status of your web server.


The default setting is In Service, or click the drop-down list and select one of the out-of-service settings as required.

To customize the out of service do the following:

You can define custom response page on the ADVANCED > Libraries > Response Pages section and edit the default-error-resp response page or 503 Service Unavailable.

Example: Orignal - <div style="border: 3px solid #4991C5; font:1.5em; font-family:tahoma,calibri,arial; font-weight:bold; color:#0A4369; padding:5px; margin:10px; text-align:center"> The requested service is temporarily unavailable. It is either overloaded or under maintenance. Please try later.</div>


Example: Changed - <div style="border: 3px solid #4991C5; font:1.5em; font-family:tahoma,calibri,arial; font-weight:bold; color:#0A4369; padding:5px; margin:10px; text-align:center"> The requested website is temporarily unavailable due to maintenance. Please try later.</div>