OpenSSL - Installation under Windows

1. Download the OpenSSL for Windows installation package.

1. If the following error message appears, you should install Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Redistributables. The installation file can be downloaded here.

1. Double-click the installation file and click on Next

1. Click on I accept the agreement, followed by Next.

1. Leave the default installation path (C:\OpenSSL-Win32) and click on Next.

1. Leave the default Startmenu folder(OpenSSL) and click on Next.

1. Leave the The Windows system directory and click on Next.

1. Click on Install.

1. Click on Finish once the installation has been completed.

OpenSSL for Windows has now been installed and can be found as OpenSSL.exe in C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin\. Run as Administrator.

Note: The following error message might appear when running OpenSSL:

WARNING: can't open config file: /usr/local/ssl/openssl.cnf

Follow the steps to resolve this:

1. Close OpenSSL.
2. Open a Command Prompt (CMD) as Administrator
3. Run the following command: SET OPENSSL_CONF=C:\OpenSSL-Win32\bin\openssl.cfg
4. Reboot the computer.

Supermicro ipmi keyboard not working

IPMI console Keyboard and mouse is not working. And the console virtual keyboard also not working.

Goto > Maintainance > IKVM Reset

By resetting this Virtual media, IKVM keyboard and Mouse functionality will be reset.

You can also check Input settings in Preference.

Supermicro SuperDoctor 5 Installation steps guide

SD5 monitors target nodes hardware's system health or availability in data centers in real-time and provide alerts to administrators.

SuperDoctor® 5 Key Benefits and Features

Supports monitoring, control, and management functions.
- Hardware Monitoring: fan speed, temperature, voltage, chassis intrusion, redundant power failure, power consumption, disk health, raid health, and memory health.
- 20 Types of system information: BIOS, Baseboard, Chassis, Computer System, Disk Drives, Memory, Network, Printer, Processor, System Slot, IPMI, Power Supply, Account, Operating System, Process, Service, Share, Time Zone, OEM Strings, and System Cfg Options.

Download the setup from below link:

https://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/SMS_SD5.cfm

Start the installer and proceed to next steps as per your requirements.

Login links : https://localhost:8444

Username : ADMIN

Password : ADMIN

Windows Server 2012 not booting on ESXi 5.0

Windows Server 2012 not booting on ESXi 5.0

• Create a new VM over the vSphere Client.
• As “Guest Operating System” use Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)”
• After VM has been created but before first power on, download the following bios file(http://communities.vmware.com/servlet/JiveServlet/download/2139717-98102/bios.440.rom ) and upload it to your ESXi datastore into the folder of the VM
• Now open the .vmx file of the new VM and add the follwing lines

bios440.filename = "bios.440.rom"

mce.enable = TRUE

cpuid.hypervisor.v0 = FALSE

vmGenCounter.enable = FALSE

Power on VM and Server 2012 will install and run

How to Enable SA Account in SQL Server 2014

backup failed for server (microsoft.sqlserver.smoextended)

Enable the sa Login:

1. Connect to the SQL Server instance using SSMS and go to Security. Expand Security, go to Logins.

2.  You can see the sa account is disabled when you install SQL Server using Windows Authentication mode.



3. Right-click on the sa account and go to Login Properties



By default, the Enforce password policy is checked. (if you don’t want to provide a complex password for the sa account, you can uncheck this option. However, this is not recommended.)

4. Click on the Status page. By default, the sa account will be disabled. Click on the Enabled button to enable the sa account. Click on Ok to close the sa Login Properties.



sa account is enabled and you will be able to login to the SQL instance using the sa account.

Method 2:

Enable SQL Server SA Account with Script

1. Login into SQL Server using Windows Authentication mode and open Management Studio.

2. Click "New Query" to create a query, and type followings:

USE [master]

GO

ALTER LOGIN [sa] WITH PASSWORD='password'

GO

ALTER LOGIN [sa] ENABLE

GO

Method 3:

1. In SQL Server Configuration Manager, in the left pane, select SQL Server Services. In the right-pane, find your instance of SQL Server. (The default instance of SQL Server includes (MSSQLSERVER) after the computer name. Named instances appear in upper case with the same name that they have in Registered Servers.) Right-click the instance of SQL Server, and then click Properties.
2. On the Startup Parameters tab, in the Specify a startup parameter box, type -m and then click Add. (That's a dash then lower case letter m.)
3. Click OK, and after the message to restart, right-click your server name, and then click Restart.
4. After SQL Server has restarted your server will be in single-user mode. Make sure that that SQL Server Agent is not running. If started, it will take your only connection.
5. On the Windows 8 start screen, right-click the icon for Management Studio. At the bottom of the screen, select Run as administrator. (This will pass your administrator credentials to SSMS.)

Oracle Database 12 Release 2 Installation Step By Step on Window Server 2008

If you are installing from distribution media, insert the distribution media for Oracle Database into your computer. The Auto run feature opens the Select a Product to install window automatically. If you have downloaded the installation software from the Oracle Web site, follow the instructions on the site to invoke the Oracle Universal Installer.
Download the setup Oracle 12C_(12.2) extract the file
http://download.oracle.com/otn/nt/oracle12c/122010/winx64_12201_database.zip?AuthParam=1500618276_6bc47c2af4b28270b85c489742e6f3b5
Link : http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/downloads/oracle12c-windows-3633015.html
winx64_12201_database.zip
Log on to your computer as a member of the administrative group that is authorized to install Oracle Database software.

The Configure Security Updates window appears. Enter your email address and My Oracle Support password to receive security issue notifications via email. If you do not wish to receive notifications via email, deselect "I wish to receive security updates via My Oracle Support". Click Next to continue. Click "Yes" in the confirmation window.


Select the yes if not given the email address

Select any of the following install options.
I selected the

• Create and configure a database
Then Next ,

Now , Select the System Class and Next.

Select the type of database installation from the following.
I selected

• Single Instance database Installation
Then Next,

The Select Install Type window appears. Select "Advanced install." Click Next.

Now Choose the Database Edition want to install.
I Selected the * Enterprise Edition and Next.

On this screen specify the Oracle Home User
I create New Windows User
User Name: sys
Password : ******
Now Next it.
And give Oracle base path browse where want to install.

Next,

Select Configuration Type
I selected * General Purpose / Transaction Processing

Specify Database Identifiers
Global Database name: orcl
Oracle system identifier: orcl
Choose Create as Container database or unselect this.
Pluggable database name: orclpdb
Then Next,
On Next screen choose the Enable Automatic Memory Management

On Character sets choose the following option
I selected * Use Unicode (AL32UTF8)

On next tab Sample schemas can be installed.

On Next screen Specify Database Storage options


You can Enable Recovery and give File system location

On next screen enter the credentials for different accounts

On next screen Prerequisite Checks will run.


Now select the “Install” to install the database.

Now it’s installed Oracle Database 12 Release 2.