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HA error - Could not reach isolation address

admin — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:02:26 +0000

I get this error message: “Could not reach isolation address: none specified” on one VMware VSphere host. The error message only appear on one host. HA on the other hosts works normal. I tried to run the “Reconfigure HA” on that host, the same error keep appear. I also tried to disable HA for the cluster dan re-enabled it but no success.

After googled and searched, I found the source of the problem. The default gateway on the Service Console was missing. Not sure how this could happen. After fill in the default gateway IP and run the Reconfigure HA, the HA works fine on that host.

Microsoft Trificiency @ JCC

admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:54:48 +0000

Pada tanggal 24 November 2009, Microsoft Indonesia mengadakan acara Join Business Launch dengan agenda peluncuran produk baru Microsoft. Produk yang diluncurkan adalah Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 dan Exchange Server 2010. Dengan tema acara “Trificiency - The New Efficiency” Microsoft memamerkan kehebatan ketiga produk tsb yang dapat “do more” with “less cost”.

Dalam acara ini Microsoft juga memberi penghargaan kepada para IT Professional dengan menampilkan di panggung 77 orang pertama Indonesia yang lulus sertifikasi Windows 7 serta recognition bagi 60 orang peserta Exchange 2010 Ignite Traning.

Dan seperti acara launching Windows Server 2008 tempo hari, kali ini saya juga dapat kaos baru dan berkesempatan naik panggung lagi sebagai peserta Exchange 2010 Ignite Training

Got my CSSA certification

admin — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:18:05 +0000

Last week, I take the Sonicwall certification and successfully passed the exam at the first take. Now I am a Certified SonicWALL Security Administrator (CSSA) for Network Security Essentials.
This certification will be my third certification in security field besides MCSE Security and Certified Ethical Hacker. For those who would like to take this certification, here are some info about it:
- question: 50
- time: 120 minutes
- passing score : 75%

Tips: some working knowledge of Sonicwall firewall product, and all materials in the class room are more than enough for the preparation to take the exam.

Remove Snapshot — Operation Time Out

admin — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:23:35 +0000

About two weeks ago, one of my virtual machine was suddently turn off when VCB was running to backup that VM. I cannot turn on the VM. The problem happens because of the CID-Parent CID mismatch. The snapshot created by the VCB process have mismatch ID. The problem already solved, but too bad, the VCB process left 6 VMs with snapshot named _VCB and/or Consolidate Helper - 0.

At first I am not aware about the snapshot left by the VCB process. I realized it when I saw that my storage was fill up rapidly. It was the snapshot “delta” file that taken space on my storage. Then I decided to delete (committed) the snapshot.

Snapshot on one VM was deleted smoothly. It take about an hour to finish. When I tried to delete the snapshots on two other VMs, this error message “Remove Snapshot: Operation Time Out” appeared. When I tried to delete the snapshot again, the message said I cannot perform the task on not existance object. Oops…. I was shocked. I thought I will have big problems, at least with these 2 VMs.

But, thanks God. After panic situation about 15 minutes, I saw that the snapshot was deleted. Luckily, VMware still committing the operation in the background. I realized this “operation time out error” some times appear when the delta file is large.

So, when you try to delete a snaphost from a VM in VMware ESX 3.5 and receive this error message “Remove Snapshot: Operation Time Out”, don’t be panic. VMware still working in the background. Take a break, relax, have some coffee :) Just wait and check again after an hour. The snapshot will be deleted from the Snapshot Manager window.

Installing Exchange Server 2007 SP2

admin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:41:39 +0000

Microsoft has released service pack 2 for exchange server 2007 on August 24th, 2009. It is available for download here. Exchange 2007 SP2 includes many new features. You can find the complete list of SP2 new features in You Had Me At EHLO blog. One thing I like most is :

Exchange Volume Snapshot Backup Functionality - A new backup plug-in has been added to the product that will enable customers to create Exchange backups when a backup is invoked through the Windows Server 2008 Backup tool.

Yes, with Exchange Server 2007 SP2, now it is possible to backup and restore Exchange 2007 using Windows Server 2008 Backup Tool. It is a long waited feature :).

You can use the following methods to install Exchange 2007 SP2:

Upgrade a computer that is running the original release version of Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2007 SP2.
Upgrade a computer that is running Exchange 2007 SP1 to Exchange 2007 SP2.
Perform a new installation of Exchange 2007 SP2.

You can download the SP2 release notes from here. Before upgrading your Exchange Server 2007 to SP2, please review the Exchange Server 2007 SP2 prerequisites. Take a note of the following before installing SP2, which is mentioned in the release notes.

You need Windows 4.5 Installer before you can install SP2. Operating systems apart from Windows 2008 SP2 needs to download and install it.
SP2 cannot be selectively uninstalled. You will have to uninstall entire exchange and install it again with a previous version.
Install SP2 in the following order – CAS, UM, HUB, EDGE, MBX.
You can upgrade servers running RTM as well as SP1 to SP2 version.
You can upgrade either using the GUI or command line (Setup.com /mode:upgrade)
After installing SP2, you can have 2007 in co-existence with 2010

Error moving default offline address book generation server

admin — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:26:58 +0000

I got an error when I try to move default offline address book generation server to other server. The original OAB generation server cannot be found. It was a testing server that was accidently deleted after migration process. To solve this problem, I need to delete the old default OAB, create new default OAB, specify the new default OAB as the OAB for all mailbox database.

Here are the steps that I take:

1. Delete the default OAB. When I delete this OAB, all mailbox database that use this OAB will lost their OAB support.

2. Create new OAB. To make it easy to remember, I use the same name as the previous one: Default Offline Address List. When creating the OAB, I choose to include the default Global Address List, enable web-based distribution, and enable public folder distribution.

3. Make the new OAB as default OAB.

4. In each mailbox database properties, in Client Settings tab, specifiy the new OAB as the Offline Address Book.

How to uninstall Exchange Server 2007

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:12:52 +0000

There are some prerequisites need to be meet before you can uninstall Exchange Server 2007 from a server. Completely removing this Exchange 2007 server from a server will includes removing all server roles, all installation files, and the Exchange server object and all its child objects from the Active Directory directory service.

Here are some prerequisites before uninstalling Exchange Server 2007:

- make sure that all server role that hold by the server has been transfer to other server

- make sure to either deleted, disabled, or moved all mailboxes, public folders, and public folder replicas to another Mailbox server.

- make sure there is no connector being use by that server as a bridgehead server.

Here are the steps to uninstall the Exchange Server 2007:

1. Log on the server using an account that have “Exchange Organization Administrator role”.

2. Open Control Panel, and then double-click Programs and Features.

3. In Programs and Features, select Microsoft Exchange Server 2007, and then click Uninstall. It will launch the Exchange Server Setup wizard.

4. On the Exchange Maintenance Mode page, click Next.

5. On the Server Role Selection page, clear all the server role check boxes, clear the Management Tools check box, and then click Next.

6. On the Readiness Checks page, make sure that all items are completed. If all check completes, click Uninstall. If there any item fail, it will display in this page.

You need to fulfill the prerequisites, after that, click Retry to run the check again. After the check completes, click Uninstall.

8. On the Completion page, click Finish.

Exchange Setup wizard does not remove the Exchange database files, storage group log files, setup log files, and the virtual servers that are created under default websites in IIS. You need to manually remove those files.

Only disconnected mailboxes can be reconnected

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:17:35 +0000

This article explain about how to solve a problem of a disconnected mailbox that cannot be removed because the MaiboxGuid exist twice. The MailboxGuid of the disconnected mailbox is the same as the MailboxGuid of other active mailbox in different database. This problem arise when I disabled a mailbox of a user, created new mailbox for that user and moved the mailbox to other mailbox database.

On our Exchange 2007, there was a disconnected mailbox shown in Receipient Configuration - Disconnected Mailbox. I cannot remove this disconnected mailbox. When I tried to delete the disconnected mailbox, I got this message:
Remove-Mailbox : The mailbox that you specified is connected to “Username”. Only disconnected mailboxes can be reconnected. Specified mailbox: “0a6d5256-3bd0-4dc1-aedb-d1c6d15ca7f1″. At line:1 char:15

When I filter that mailbox:
$temp = Get-MailboxStatistics | Where {$_.DisplayName -eq “Username”} | SelectDisplayName,ItemCount,Database,MailboxGuid

The result shows:
DisplayName ItemCount Database MailboxGuid
Username 100 Mailbox DB1 abcd1234
Username 10 Mailbox DB2 abcd1234

[PS] C:\> Remove-Mailbox -Database “Support DB” -StoreMailboxIdentity “0a6d5256-3bd0-4dc1-aedb-d1c6d15ca7f1″
Remove-Mailbox : The mailbox that you specified is connected to “userX1″. Only disconnected mailboxes can be reconnected.
Specified mailbox: “4a11640c-4a6f-4fdf-850e-a90f00748386″.
At line:1 char:15
+ Remove-Mailbox <<<< -Database “MAIL01-SD\Third Storage Group\Mailbox Database 2″ -StoreMailboxIdentity “4a11640c-4a6f-4fdf-850e-a90f00748386″

Here are the steps to solve this problem:
1. Using EMC, open the properties of the disconnected mailbox’s database. Go to the Limits tab, set the “Keep deleted mailbox for (days)” to 0.
2. Run “Clean-MailboxDatabase” against both mailbox database. It will scan the disconnected mailbox that is not yet marked as disconnected in the mailbox database. You can follow the instructions in previous article. You can also wait for the database maintenance schedule to come so the system can remove the disconnected mailbox.
3. Using EMC, check the disconnected mailbox list. If the disconnected mailbox is still there, try to cmdlet to remove again.

If all those steps not working, you can try the following steps:
1. Backup current active mailbox to PST by using Export-Mailbox
2. Disable current mailbox in the EMC, run “Clean-MailboxDatabase” against both mailbox database
3. Check disconnected mailbox list, see if the old mailbox has gone, if yes, reconnect current one back

9/9/9 9:9:9

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:40:04 +0000

9 September 09, 9 o’clock, 9 minute, 9 second. It’s a special time.
Give thanks to God for this special time and for always be with us in our live. Take your time for time for a moment, think what you’ve done and what you’ve got in your life. You’ll be grateful to Him. Give thanks to God.

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Lagu kebangsaan Malaysia mirip lagu Indonesia berjudul Terang Bulan

admin — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 17:29:33 +0000

Aksi klaim Malaysia terhadap hasil karya seni dan budaya Indonesia telah menimbulkan kemarahan bangsa Indonesia. Terakhir, Malaysia melakukan klaim terhadap tari Pendet dari Bali. Aksi Malaysia ini akhirnya membuat perusahaan rekaman negara Lokananta, Solo, berencana melakukan somasi kepada Malaysia berkaitan dengan dugaan plagiat lagu.

Ternyata, lagu Kebangsaan Malaysia, Negaraku, memiliki kemiripan dengan lagu Indonesia berjudul Terang Bulan. Nada kedua lagu tersebut sama persis, hanya beda syair. Lagu Terang Bulan direkam pada 1956 di Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) Jakarta. Pada 1965, lagu itu direkam dan disimpan di perusahaan rekaman negara Lokananta, Solo, Jawa Tengah. Sebelumnya, Terang Bulan telah populer dan dinyanyikan sebagian besar masyarakat Indonesia di Sumatra.

Dalam artikel di Wikepedia, terdapat dua versi berbeda tentang hubungan lagu Terang Bulan dan lagu kebangsaan Malaysia, Negaraku.

http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terang_Bulan : menyatakan bahwa lagu Terang Bulan telah diadopsi menjadi lagu nasional Perak.

http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terang_Bulan: menyatakan bahwa lagu Terang Bulan merupakan lagu yang diambil dari lagu kebesaran negri Perak.

Pekan depan, konsultan hukum Lokananta - Jaka Irwanta akan membicarakan dugaan penjiplakan ini dengan Menteri Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata Jero Wacik . Ia hendak melayangkan surat somasi ke Kedutaan Besar Malaysia di Indonesia. Menurut Jaka menceritakan, Presiden Soekarno pernah menghadiahkan piringan hitam lagu Terang Bulan kepada pemerintah Malaysia saat belum merdeka. “Namun, itu hanya hadiah, bukan untuk dijiplak,” katanya.

Ternyata bukan hanya dua lagu tersebut yang mirip. Ternyata kedua lagu itu juga iramanya sama dengan lagu Mamula Moon dari Hawaii. Belum diketahui mana yang lebih dahulu lahir antara Terang Bulan atau Mamula Moon.

Berikut ini lirik lagu Terang Bulan:

Terang bulan
Terang bulan di kali
Buaya timbul disangkalah mati
Jangan percaya mulutlah lelaki
Berani sumpah ‘tapi takut mati
Jangan percaya mulutlah lelaki
Berani sumpah ‘tapi takut mati
Waktu potong padi di tengah sawah
Sambil bernyanyi riuh rendah
Memotong padi semua orang
Sedari pagi sampai petang
Waktu potong padi di tengah sawah
Sambil bernyanyi riuh rendah
Bersenang hati sambil bersuka
Tolonglah kami bersama sama

Lirik lagu Mamula Moon:

Mamula Moon
Shine high above the southern sea
and like my love
say form again to me
we said goodbye
beside the blue lagoon
alone am i
with you mamula moon
we said goodbye
beside the blue lagoon
alone am i
with you mamula moon

Lirik lagu kebangsaan Malaysia, Negaraku

Negaraku
Tanah tumpahnya darahku,
Rakyat hidup
bersatu dan maju,
Rahmat bahagia
Tuhan kurniakan,
Raja kita
selamat bertakhta,
Rahmat bahagia
Tuhan kurniakan.
Raja kita
selamat bertakhta

Agar lebih jelas, silahkan dengarkan ketiga lagu tersebut di bawah ini: