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Rebooting a server/workstation remotely

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:December 17, 2018
  • Post category:IT/Microsoft/PowerShell/Windows 10/Windows 7/Windows Server 2012

If you do not have RDP access to a server or workstation, use WMI to do the task. PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> $SRV = Get-WmiObject win32_operatingsystem -ComputerName 192.168.4.100 -Credential (Get-Credential) PS C:\WINDOWS\system32>…

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Red Hat: Adding unused disk space to the existing volume group

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:November 9, 2018
  • Post category:IT/RedHat

If you have some unused disk space and want to add to the volume group.No data will be lost on existing volume. root@localhost ~]# df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail…

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RED HAT : booting to rescue mode using DVD iso

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:November 2, 2018
  • Post category:IT/RedHat

Normally, I do not carry out major maintenance on Friday. If something goes wrong it will ruin your whole weekend. I've been enabling FIPS on all Red Hat servers to…

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RED HAT: Extending Logical Volumes

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:July 26, 2018
  • Post category:IT/RedHat

Had a situation whereby /opt was running out of space. /Tmp had ample of space. Therefore, I decided to reduct /tmp and extend /opt volume. Following are the steps that…

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Exchange 2013 – update CU 10 to CU 15 failed at 16 of 17 Steps

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:July 7, 2018
  • Post category:Exchange 2013/IT/Microsoft/Uncategorized/Windows Server 2012

Exchange 2013 - update CU 10 to CU 15 failed at 16 of 17 Steps failed with the following error: Error: The following error was generated when “$error.Clear(); $dependentAssemblyGeneratorExePath =…

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Upgrading vCenter Appliance (vCSA) and ESXi 6.5 to 6.7

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:July 2, 2018
  • Post category:ESXi/IT/vCenter/VCSA/VMware/vSphere

This article is for upgrading vCenter Appliance and ESXi 6.5 to 6.7 on internet disconnected environment. Login to https://my.wmware.com/    and download the following two files: VMware-VCSA-all-6.7.0-8546234.iso VMware-ESXi-6.7.0-8169922-depot.zip Always upgrade the…

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Copying a file from host OS to Hyper-V VM

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:June 21, 2018
  • Post category:Hyper-V/Hypervisor/IT/Windows Server/Windows Server 2012

To easily copy a file which is not an ISO from host OS to Hyper-V VM, do the following: 1. Right-click on the virtual machine, and choose the Settings command from…

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Exchange 2013 fails to deliver mail to a DL

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:June 18, 2018
  • Post category:Exchange 2013/Exchange 2016/IT/Windows Server

I have an application server auto-generating reports and emailed to a distribution list with external users. Earlier, application server was relaying directly to the customer mail server, but it was…

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Upgrading Exchange 2013 CU10 to CU20

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:April 24, 2018
  • Post category:Exchange 2013/IT/Microsoft/PowerShell/Windows Server 2012

My Exchange 2013 is running CU 10 which is unsupported build. I have started testing to bring up to the latest build. It has to go through a multi-step upgrade…

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Install CA certificate for application in Red Hat

  • Post author:admin
  • Post published:April 16, 2018
  • Post category:IT/RedHat

 Create a directory under an app/site  in Red Hat server /path/cert Download a root CA certificate and copy to the above folder. Check the certificate expiration openssl x509 -text -noout…

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I am a goal-oriented Infrastructure System Engineer and Information System Security Officer with over 10 years’ of experience in planning and implementation of network, servers, virtualization and security technologies . Background includes hands-on experience with multi-platform, LAN/WAN environments, assessing and implementation of security controls in using ODAA and RMF guidance. Demonstrated record of success in migrating, troubleshooting Servers and increasing efficiency.

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