connectivity
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VDI
Secure and Cost Effective VDI Connectivity with Praim Agile4PC
One of the major concerns for organizations that are looking at deploying Virtual Desktop Infrastructure is the overall cost of the solution. This includes the cost of the backend infrastructure that powers the VDI environment such as a VMware vSphere…
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Computers
Three lesser known ways to test SQL connectivity
In troubleshooting a SQL connectivity issue recently, I tried multiple tests in connecting to SQL to help troubleshoot the issue. In this post, let’s take a look at three lesser known ways to test SQL connectivity including ODBC, a UDL…
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VMware
ESXTOP troubleshoot VM network connectivity
ESXTOP is one of the best all around troubleshooting tools in the toolbox of a VMware administrator and it is a built in commandline tool available as soon as you install ESXi. Â It is an extraordinarily valuable tool to use…
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Networking
How to Configure Untangle site to site VPN
In working on a DR project utilizing two Untangle virtual appliances, I had the need to setup a site to site VPN connection between the Untangle firewalls. Â The OpenVPN documentation is fairly decent on the Untangle site, however, the information…
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SQL
Troubleshooting general SQL connectivity issues
There are quite a few things that an administrator may need to check when it comes to making sure connectivity to SQL is happy and healthy in your respective environments. Â As of late, I have put together a checklist of…
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Networking
Stretch VLANs across routers L2TPv3
Recently, I have been working a good bit with DR network connectivity and other DR DCI concerns. Â A typical scenario today has a virtual environment in one Site as production and another virtual environment in another site, Site B, as…
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Web
Connect Vaultpress AWS EC2 instance
For those that blog with WordPress and want to consider a good backup solution for their blog, there are a few options out there. Â However, one that is pretty straightforward and seamless is Vaultpress. Â It takes the heavy lifting out…
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Networking
Use PRTG Monitor Internet Connection
If you are looking for an all around great network monitoring tool, then PRTG Network Monitor is a great choice. Â It is a pay for product, however, if you only have need for 100 or fewer sensors, you can use…
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Networking
Change the font and color in SuperPutty
Many use putty as their default choice in terminal emulator software and it is probably the defacto standard in programs used to connect to routers, switches, and other network devices. Â If you know and love putty, most likely you have…
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SQL
SQL Windows Authentication can’t login to SSMS locally
Recently, a client was experiencing a really weird issue where they could connect to a recently built SQL server using SQL Server Management Studio loaded on remote workstations, however, they could not login to the console of the server or…
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