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Computers
Monitor LSI Megaraid RAID controller in VMware
Last week in working with a “whitebox” ESXi server running a VMware lab that was running on an LSI 9280-16i4E controller, the need arose to monitor LSI Megaraid storage controller in VMware and see an initialization process that was running as…
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Disaster Recovery
Tape vs Disk vs Cloud backup what solutions are you using?
I wanted to shoot a post out there to you guys visiting the site to see which solutions for backup you are using in your enterprise environment. Â In doing consulting work like I do, there are still environments utilizing tapes…
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Security
Receive alerts when user connects or disconnects from RDP
If you administer a forward facing terminal server or even if you have an RDP connection setup on your home Internet connection for quick access to your home network, then it serves as extra piece of mind to have a…
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VMware
Installing ESXi 6.0 in VMware workstation 11
So with eager excitement all VMware admins out there have been looking to get their hands on ESXi 6.0. Â I am no exception to that rule. Â VMware is a product that continually gets better and better with every release. Â I…
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Windows
Blast from Past – Upgrade NT4 domain to Windows 2003
Believe it or not, there ARE still some environments out there running Windows NT domain controllers – Yes the end of life for public support from Microsoft was January 1, 2005, 10 YEARS!!! Â It is hard to believe, but there…
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SQL
SQL Server local SQL authentication error logged in locally
Guys, so I have run into a really weird situation with a development SQL Server local SQL authentication error logged in locally. Â Local SQL authentication succeeds if you login remotely via SQL Server Management Studio. Â However, using SSMS, the login…
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Windows
Add GUI file explorer to Windows PE environment
Recently, in working with a client who was using the Windows PE environment created with Windows 8.1 ADK, we had a server go down that had a corrupt Windows installation. Â It was decided to simply boot the server in a…
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Windows
How to fix BGINFO black background issue
BGINFO is a very useful utility in any server environment where you have many server desktops you may remote into at any given time. Â In this age of virtualized environments, oftentimes we may have literally hundreds of server desktops to…
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Virtualization
Create isolated test environment same ips and subnet with VMware
Recently, I had the need to setup a test/development environment that met the requirements of being able to keep the same IPs, subnet, and machine names as the production environment and still be able to get to these test machines…
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Virtualization
AppAssure export to free ESXi version error
For those of you out there using AppAssure as your backup and restore mechanism in your server environment, you may have ran into an issue with exporting a restore point to ESXi when it is in its free license state.…