automation
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Powershell
Mirror Hard drives without using RAID
When we think of traditional hard drive mirrors with RAID technology, we are usually talking about a RAID controller either software or hardware based that is performing parity operations on two hard drives and present the two hard drives as…
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Powershell
Change Default Gateway with Powershell
One of the best ways to automate or check network settings with modern Windows OS’es is to use Powershell. Recently, I had a really unique use case where the need arose to check the default gateway and flip the gateway from…
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Windows
Set Audit Policy Powershell
Scripting mundane setup tasks is essential in today’s world of server/workstation provisioning in the fast paced Virtualization environments we as system administrators manage. If you are like me, you may have googled “set audit policy powershell” to find a quick…
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Powershell
AppAssure powershell commandlets for administrators
If you administer an AppAssure environment, there is great power in using Powershell to do a lot of the heavy lifting. There are just some things about GUIs we all love to hate and the AppAssure GUI is no exception…
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vSphere 6
Create Linked Clone using PowerCLI ESXi 6
Guys, just wanted to write up a quick post on how to spin up a linked clone in ESXi 6.0 using only PowerCLI, this may come in handy if you are testing in a lab environment or have the need…
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Windows
Create an EXE from Batch File Map Drives
As an system administrator or uber home geek you are probably well versed in the creation of batch files to accomplish certain tasks. However, you may find the need to create a batch file to accomplish a task such as…
