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Networking
How I Use VLANs to Isolate Docker and Proxmox Services (+ Free Worksheet)
One of the core disciplines in networking that you will want to learn is segmentation. We can benefit from segmentation even in the home lab environment. You can treat your network at home much like…
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SQL
Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster SQL 2012 SSL configuration
A project recently had me working on Windows Server 2012 Failover Cluster SQL 2012 SSL configuration for an international company who…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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. 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
