Network Audit and Documentation, CENTREL Solutions Blog

You may see the following error when using the CuteSoft editor in an ASP.NET page [NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]    CuteEditor.Impl.b..ctor(Type type, String key) To resolve the error ensure that the CuteSoft licese file CuteSoft.lic has been deployed to the bin directory of the ASP.NET application on the deployed server. For more information about our  IT Documentation  products please see our web site  http://www.centrel-solutions.com

How do you create and manage your IT and network documentation? This can be a time consuming task that some system administrators attempt manually whilst others use an array of tools. Some of the issues faced include How do you locate each asset or system within your environment? In what format do you store the information? How do you make that information searchable and be able to report against it? How do you track changes to your environment? How do you ensure consistency between the documentation created in a heterogeneous system? How do you make the VMware, Hyper-V, Unix and SQL systems documentation all have the same look and feel? How do you secure the information? This is why we have created XIA Configuration Server - to address all of these complex issues and help you save time and generate professionally looking IT documentation of as many of your systems as possible. For more information about the Network documentation created by XIA

With XIA Configuration Server  version 6 it's never been easier to automatically create professional  IT documentation . For this release one of the capabilities we've added is to be able to automatically document your Windows / Microsoft Update configuration including your WSUS settings on your servers and workstations. Windows Update is an essential security related service The information automatically documented on your Windows machines includes the Windows Update mode and schedule Whether recommended updates are included Whether to include other Microsoft products Registered Services Whether to allow non-administrators to receive update notifications Whether automatic maintenance is enabled and whether it can wake the computer Windows Update (WSUS) server Windows Update (WSUS) statistics server Whether to enable client-side targeting Client-side target group For more information see the Windows Update Configuration page on our site

How do you create and manage your IT documentation? This can be a time consuming task fraught with difficulties How do you locate each asset or system within your environment? In what format do you store the information How do you make that information searchable and be able to report against it? How do you track changes to your environment? How do you ensure consistency between the documentation created in a heterogeneous system? How do you make the VMware, Hyper-V, Unix and SQL systems documentation all have the same look and feel? This is why we have created XIA Configuration Server  - to address all of these complex issues and help you save time and generate professionally looking IT documentation of as many of your systems as possible. For more information about the  IT Documentation  created by XIA Configuration Server, please visit our site  http://www.centrel-solutions.com/XIAConfiguration  or take a look at this example of IT documentation being created for a

When your network is in crisis it's important to know what devices are connecting to which network ports on a switch without having to physically visit the data room and check the labelling on the cables, or worse follow the cables to their destination. With XIA Configuration Server Network Documentation Tool  no only do you have the ability to see the MAC addresses of the connected devices but the system automatically locates these devices in the CMDB and displays information about that item. For more information see the XIA Configuration Server page

With XIA Configuration Server v6 you can now document you Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 clusters including support for Hyper-V integration. Hyper-V Integration XIA Configuration supports integration between Microsoft Hyper-V and Microsoft Failover Clustering showing the status of the clustered virtual machines. For detailed information about the Hyper-V virtual machines see the Hyper-V capability page. Cluster Aware Updating Cluster-Aware Updating (CAU) is a feature for failover clusters introduced in Windows Server 2012 that automates the software updating process on clustered servers while maintaining availability. For more information see the  Windows Server 2012 Cluster  page of our site.

If you like me have been having problems with drag and drop suddenly stopping working then please find this simple solution. This doesn't relate to the UAC issue where you can't drag from one Windows running as Administrator to or from another Explorer window not running as administrator but when the ability to drag files suddenly stops working. It seems that this is caused when an application such as VMware workstation locks this function out. As I found from the post below, the simple fix is to just hit the escape  key. http://forum.thewindowsclub.com/windows-8-management-support/34278-weird-windows-8-drag-drop-problem-can-t-drag-drop-files-folders.html Hope this helps! ...Why not check out our  Automated user provisioning  application?