How Garmin (and Ransomware) Destroyed my Dream
It’s been six days and Type A fitness junkies are losing their minds. This is how long Garmin Connect (along with a bevy of other Garmin services) has been down.
How to create a load balanced Windows print server
Summary When designing the printing architecture for Citrix, there are basically two different pathways that can be leveraged- client mapped printers or session-based printers. Client mapped printing leverages the current printers that…
How to export list of users in AD Security Group
Simple, and works in multiple domain environments-- Step 1 Open PowerShell Step 2 import-module ActiveDirectory Step 3 Get-ADGroupMember -Identity 'Distinguished Name of AD Security Group' -Server 'FQDN of domain' -Recursive…
How to install Sophos for vShield
I recently had to install and configure Sophos for vShield for a client. I wanted to document the steps for the next poor soul that needs to go through this.…
How to create a permanent SMB mount in OSX
http://www.dforge.net/2012/08/07/create-a-permanent-smb-mount-in-osx/ Good roundup on how to auto-mount CIFS shares with Mac OSX. Sadly it seems more complicated then it should be.
Networker client install flowchart
EMC Networker version 8 is a Tier 1 backup/recovery software product that can be configured to work for Clients of any size, however its breadth and scope (and various client…
some old MS white papers
I found these while doing some housekeeping, some of the first white papers I ever wrote while working for Unisys. They detail how to securely install and configure Windows and…
VMFS Datastore Versions
Found a good VMware KB article that summarizes the different versions of VMFS, and what the implications are in a mixed environment of ESX 3 and 4. Short answer-nothing! http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1005325…
Restarting of VMware management agents
OK, so this has been covered a million times, but for my own notes here is how you do it- For ESX hosts- SSH to ESX host. Login, either as…
HP EVA Multipathing with vSphere
Situation:I was tasked with upgrading a ESX 3.5 cluster to ESXi 4.1. Since we were switching from ESX to ESXi this requires a clean install. No upgrades are possible. Client…