Disable auto launch Server Manager

In Windows Server 2012 every time you log on, the Server Manager is opened on screen.

In Windows Server 2008 there was a "Do not show me this console at logon" checkbox on the page, now it's hidden behind a new properties dialog.

To disable the page in 2012 click Manage and open the Server Manager Properties dialog.

Check the "Do not start Server Manager automatically at logon".

Now next logon the Server Manager page won't be shown for this logged on user.

Palo Alto - Restart management plane

It happens on a Palo Alto firewall that over time you notice that the web interface is behaving very slow.

A possible solution to this is to restart the management plane of the device.

1. Connect to the firewall device by using putty and login by using the username and password.
   

   

2. Copy and paste following commands into the command line.
   

debug software restart device-server

debug software restart management-server

During the restart the management of the firewall will be temporary unavailable. The date plane will stay active and process traffic, there won't be downtime towards traffic passing through the firewall.



2. Note: if after entering the commands you notice a "Invalid syntax." error, this means that the Pan-Os you are using is version 7.0 or later. The new command as from this version is:
   

   debug software restart process device-server
   
   debug software restart process management-server
   

3. If the commands were used correcly you will see something like this, during which the Putty session will disconnect and the management plane will restart.