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home lab
Home Assistant Docker Compose Design Decisions: Networking, Storage, Backups
If you have been wanting to get into Home Assistant, it is a growing ecosystem that is fun and exciting. And, if you already have a home lab environment, which most of the readers here…
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Troubleshooting
Connectivity and DNS troubleshooting
By far the most prevalent network problem we see in a networked computer environment is either connectivity issues or DNS…
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Virtualization
Migrating ESX 3.5 servers to ESXi 4.1 update 1
Many VMware admins who administer legacy versions of the VMware ESX family hypervisor are probably starting to look at how they can…
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Virtualization
VMware vMotion problems on ESX 3.5 servers after upgrade to vCenter 4.1
If you have run into a problem with VMware vMotion after upgrading your vCenter server to 4.1, it is most…
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ActiveDirectory
Transferring a FSMO Role using NTDSUTIL
There are a wealth of things you can do with the NTDSUTIL utility and it is one of the most…
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ActiveDirectory
Installing a Read Only Domain Controller in a Windows 2008 R2 environment
Read Only domain controllers provide a really nice option for administrators who may want to place a domain controller in…
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ActiveDirectory
Installing Active Directory Certificate Services
Active Directory Certificate Services Role allows you to install a certificate authority in your Active Directory environment which allows you…
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Mobile
Manage Active Directory with Android
As IT professionals we are always looking for ways to be able to manage systems anytime, anyplace, and anywhere. Mobile…
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Group Policy
Preventing a user from receiving group policy settings
Let’s say you have a group policy object that you are applying to a group of users. Maybe you have…
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Troubleshooting
Dell laptop nVidia display Windows 7 driver issue
Recently in working with a client we ran into a driver issue with a set of Dell D820 laptops. The…
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ActiveDirectory
Using DSQUERY to find users and groups
docker volume configuration
