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Virtualization
Windows 10 ADK USB boot with VMware cold clone 3.03
So this is probably a really weird combination of old and new. The other day I was working to P2V an old domain controller as is without dcproming down and then back in. Best practice is to dcpromo a DC…
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Windows
Can’t get rid of cached credentials Internet Explorer
The other day I had a colleague call me with a pesky credential issue using Internet Explorer. He was connecting to an internal only web server that uses Windows authentication to validate logins to a secure IIS site running in…
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Powershell
Powershell Script to check if AppAssure agent is installed on Servers
If you run Dell’s AppAssure backup software in your environment and have a multitude of servers, it is handy to be able to see which servers in your environment have the agent installed and which ones potentially do not. Using…
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Virtualization
Installing the vSphere 6 Replication Appliance
The vSphere Replication functionality which used to reside exclusively in VMware’s SRM product, is currently a standalone appliance now which gives virtualization administrators the replication functionality piece for free in any licensed version of vSphere. The appliance is a small…
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Networking
Extreme Summit XOS Basic Initial Switch Configuration
Those who are familiar with Enterasys switches know that the Extreme XOS CLI is vastly different from the Enterasys line of products however the XOS CLI is the way forward for the future of Extreme, so we might as well…
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VMware
Exclude hosts from vRealize Operations manager license
For those of you running vRealize Operations Manager, you may have a license for say only 6 sockets to monitor your environment. However, you may want to add hosts from your DEV or TEST environments to that same vCenter environment,…
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Networking
Enable SNMPv3 on Summit XOS Switch configured with enhanced security
Recently, I ran into an issue connected an XOS switch to Netsight monitoring. After looking at Netsight, the console simply said the status was “Contact Lost.” From within Netsight however, I could ping the switch (simply right click the switch listed…
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Networking
How to Setup Port Mirroring on Dell Nseries switch
The ability to mirror a port is a very crucial part of troubleshooting especially when you need to see traffic that is ingressing and egressing from a specific port that a host is connected to. The best way to see…
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Networking
Sophos UTM Block web traffic for only one host
Within Sophos UTM, as much as I like the product and have enjoyed using it in my home lab environment, blocking a single host from being able to hit the web is really not very intuitive at all. In other…
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SQL
SQL 2014 Setup Failed Analysis Services
Recently in building up a SQL 2014 Standard edition VM running on Windows Server 2012 R2, I ran into a peculiar issue with the SQL install with Analysis Services relating to permissions. The SQL installation went all the way through…
