Author: Christian

My name is Christian with the following awards: Microsoft MVP, Veeam Legend, VMware vExpert, Cisco Champion and previously a VUG Africa Leader. I am the Founder and Editor of TechDirectArchive. My blog posts cover instruction guides, how-to, troubleshooting tips, and tricks on Windows, Linux, Mac, Databases, hardware, Cloud, Network Devices, and Information security.

How to encrypt your system with Trellix Data Encryption

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How to encrypt your system with Trellix Data Encryption

Trellix Data Encryption offers a full range of products to safeguard data and devices from unauthorized access. In this article, we will discuss how to encrypt your system with Trellix Data Encryption. Trelix also makes it possible to protect corporate-owned devices and shared servers with comprehensive encryption and integrated centralized management. Please see How to…

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Security | Vulnerability Scans and Assessment

ePO Server Settings: Trellix ePO AD integration and ENS Agents Installation

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ePO Server Settings: Trellix ePO AD integration and ENS Agents Installation

Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) is a centralized security management platform that helps orchestrate and manage your endpoints from a single console. In this article, we shall discuss “Trellix ePO AD integration and ENS Agents Installation”. Not limited to these bt Trellix Account creation, and Trellix agent update etc. Please see Manage BitLocker and FileVault with…

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Security | Vulnerability Scans and Assessment

Selfservice Recovery: Trellix BitLocker and fileVault Recovery

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Selfservice Recovery: Trellix BitLocker and fileVault Recovery

Trellix Management for Native Encryption (MNE) is a management product that allows ePO administrators to manage Apple FileVault and Microsoft BitLocker. These programs are the native encryption offerings on macOS and Windows operating systems. MNE can also help users in system recovery, and provides rich audit and reporting capabilities. In this article, we shall discuss…

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Security | Vulnerability Scans and Assessment, Windows

Manage BitLocker and FileVault with Trellix Native Encryption

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Manage BitLocker and FileVault with Trellix Native Encryption

In today’s enterprises, the proliferation of data and devices has heightened the complexity of safeguarding confidential information and adhering to compliance requirements. With substantial amounts of data stored on PCs, tablets, and other devices. Ensuring the security of sensitive data has become more critical than ever. In this article, we shall discuss How to Manage…

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Mac, Security | Vulnerability Scans and Assessment, Windows

How to Reload all Microsoft Edge Browser Tabs

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How to Reload all Microsoft Edge Browser Tabs

Reload All Tabs addon lets you reload all tabs with just one click. Also, you can exclude tabs from reloading based on multiple criteria. In this article, we will discuss how to Reload all Microsoft Edge Browser Tabs.  The “Reload All Tabs” extension for Microsoft Edge is a lightweight add-on that simplifies the process of refreshing all your open…

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Network | Monitoring

Remove clickable icons from the Edge browser

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Remove clickable icons from the Edge browser

In this article, we shall discuss how to Remove clickable icons from the Edge browser. Please see How to Remove Bing Chat Button from Edge Sidebar, How to configure a new tab page URL in Microsoft Edge, and how to Install Microsoft Edge Browser on Ubuntu Linux. Some of the icons that can be found…

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JIRA|Confluence|Apps

Object First OOTBI Appliance Unboxing and Quick Setup

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Object First OOTBI Appliance Unboxing and Quick Setup

In case you are not familiar with Object First OOTBI (Out-of-the-box immutability). It is an enterprise-grade object storage appliance designed specifically for Veeam Backup and Replication. It provides a fast, ransomware-proof storage that is easy to deploy and manage. In this article, we shall discuss the “Object First OOTBI Appliance Unboxing and Quick Setup”. Please…

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Backup, Reviews, Storage

Change SQL Database Collation: ePO events DB and SQL server should match with ePO core collation

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Change SQL Database Collation: ePO events DB and SQL server should match with ePO core collation

In SQL Server, collations dictate the sorting rules, case sensitivity, and accent sensitivity properties for your data types such as char and varchar. They determine the code page and corresponding characters that can be represented for those data types. “In this article, we will discuss this error message “Change Database Collation: EPO core collation is…

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Oracle/MSSQL/MySQL

Disable SQL Auto Close: Auto Close is enabled for both ePO and ePO Events Databases

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Disable SQL Auto Close: Auto Close is enabled for both ePO and ePO Events Databases

The SQL Auto Close feature automatically closes inactive database connections after a specified period of inactivity. By default, auto close is enabled but Trellix does not like this behaviour. In this article, we will discuss the fix to “Disable SQL Auto Close: Auto Close is enabled for both ePO and ePO Events Databases”. Please see…

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Oracle/MSSQL/MySQL

How to upgrade Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator

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How to upgrade Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator

Performing a Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator upgrade enhances system security, and improves functionality. In this article, we will discuss how to upgrade Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator (on-premise server). Please see how to Fixes to Trellix ePolicy Orchestrator Installation Errors, how to forcefully remove Language Pack on Windows 10 and 11, and How to deploy MBAM Client as…

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Security | Vulnerability Scans and Assessment

Configure SQL Server Instance to listen on a specific TCP Port

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Configure SQL Server Instance to listen on a specific TCP Port

In this blog post, we shall discuss how to Configure SQL Server Instance to listen on a specific TCP Port using SQL Server Configuration Manager. The default instance of Microsoft SQL Server listens on TCP Port 1433. This is the default port for communication between Microsoft SQL Server and its applications. Here is a similar…

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Oracle/MSSQL/MySQL

How to upgrade Microsoft SQL Server 2019 to 2022

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How to upgrade Microsoft SQL Server 2019 to 2022

In this article, we will discuss the steps on how to upgrade Microsoft SQL Server 2019 to 2022. Microsoft SQL Server is a proprietary relational database management system developed by Microsoft. This upgrade process is the same as when upgrading from Microsoft SQL server 2017 to 2019 and so on. Please see how does DELL…

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Oracle/MSSQL/MySQL

WDS server unable to start with Error Information 0xFFFFFDF0

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WDS server unable to start with Error Information 0xFFFFFDF0

In this article, we shall discuss the steps to fix “‘WDS server unable to start with Error Information 0xFFFFFDF0”. The error code 0xFFFFFDF0 serves as a key piece of information when troubleshooting. Identifying the specific error code is essential in understanding and resolving issues. Further investigation and analysis are recommended to unveil the underlying cause…

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Windows Server