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Security
Secure SSH with Public Key Authentication and Two Factor with Duo
If you want the ultimate in security for your SSH enabled Linux box that is sitting in the DMZ or in a 1-to-1 NAT scenario, you can basically have 3 factor authentication setup for your SSH enabled server by using…
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Powershell
Powershell if equals and not null
A while back, I wrote a blog post about using Powershell to email notify you if your home IP address changes if you are dynamically assigned an IP from your ISP. However, I wanted to write a quick post about…
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Windows
Create a Windows SXS install share
If you find yourself spinning up many Windows Server VMs like I do, you may not want to sit and wait for your Windows Server 2012 R2 VM to download the .NET package that you are trying to install with…
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Virtualization
AppAssure vCenter Permissions for Exporting Virtual Standby VMs
In working recently with AppAssure in exporting VMs for Virtual Standby purposes, I found a lack of documentation in AppAssure or on the net surrounding permissions required in vCenter to export VMs as Virtual Standbys. I wanted to share with…
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Security
Sophos XG UTM firewall virtual appliance install and configure
So the other day I received the announcement from Sophos they had released their “next generation” firewall appliance that would be providing the way forward for current 9.x users. Sophos did mention they are keeping both code branches however and…
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Virtualization
Can’t remove permissions from vCenter Server VCSA 6
Recently, I came across a weird issue with permissions in vCenter. A list of user permissions were displayed within vCenter server of users from a trusted domain that had permissions to the server. However, we wanted to removed those permissions…
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Virtualization
Best Practices using VLANs with iSCSI and vMotion
So many times, the discussion comes up with using vlans , how to use them, and when they need to be implemented, especially in best practices using vlans with iscsci and vmotion. Do you always use vlans with iscsi and…
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Virtualization
USB 3.0 thumb drive not showing in VMware Workstation
For those of you who use VMware Workstation, if you have ever tried to mount maybe a new USB 3.0 thumb drive and have it available as a removable disk in your VMware Workstation guest OS and found that it…
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Virtualization
AppAssure Multiple SCSI controllers after export to VM
So far in using AppAssure in several environments, it works pretty well and seems to shine with VM to VM exports. It does like most backup software though have a few quirks to deal with. If you are an AppAssure…
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Virtualization
Cold clone failing targeting vSphere 6 Use Nested ESXi 4.1 instead
In P2V’ing an old environment with several old Windows boxes some of which were domain controllers, I had to use the cold clone 3.03 utility to actually perform the P2V process on the servers in question. One of the issues…
