Brocade Issue: My priority is not equal to standby priority. abort

Issue: when attempting to reload the active switch in a brocade switch stack you receive the following error: "My priority = 128 is not equal to standby priority 100. abort" Solution: you must reduce the priority on the Active switch to a priority below one of the standby switches, this will automatically transfer the active roll to one of the standby switches. Note: alternatively you could raise the priority of one of the standby switches to a priority above that of the current active switch. device# Read more [...]

Clear ARP Cache Brocade

To clear the entire arp cache on Brocade Switches, do the following: Telnet into the switch or switch stack (Putty is my preferred telnet client) type "enable" enter the command: "clear arp" I believe this will clear not only the current switch but the arp table of the entire brocade stack.  I have occasional severe arp issues on a brocade stack at one of my customers, the above is the first step that I attempt but it generally does not resolve the issue and a reboot of the stack is Read more [...]

Exchange 2013 CU14

We recommend you skip Exchange 2013 CU14 and instead install either CU12 or the new CU15.  Reason being, Exchange 2013 CU13 and CU14 introduced a significant public folder indexing issue and once the issue occurs, the recommended resolution is to upgrade to CU15 and then move the public folders to a new mailbox database.  In order to avoid this dilemma we recommend you not installed CU13 or CU14.  At this time, Exchange 2013 CU15 is the latest version of Exchange 2013. Read more [...]

The Patch of Doom: MS16-072

Microsoft patch MS16-072 has been reported to cause numerous problems related to Group Policy when applied to desktops and servers.  Issues reported have to do with hidden drives becoming unhidden as well as drive mapping and printing issues. Upon my initial review it looks like the problems may all be related to people having the security setup of their Group Policies not adhere to best practice.  Specifically: Authenticated Users group needs Read Permissions on the Group Policy Object Read more [...]