14/04/2010 12:00
Securing access to ESX hosts using the wheel group
Login to ESX host as root.
Create a user account which will be used to log in.
useradd TestUser
passwd TestUser
<Enter the password twice>
Now add the user to the wheel group:
usermod -g wheel TestUser
The user...
09/04/2010 12:00
Resetting the IP addresses of a DS4300 controller when the IP address is unknown and can't be contacted through Storage Manager.
The DS4300 has a 9 pin serial interface on each controller, and requires a NULL Modem cable. The wiring for this is as...
15/03/2010 12:00
QWINSTA - Query remote desktop sessions, for remote machines use QWINSTA /SERVER:servername
RWINSTA - Reset remote desktop session, for remote machines use RWINSTA /SERVER:servename
11/03/2010 22:49
This script is if you want to check the validity of your Veeam replica virtual machine by bringing it up either disconnected from the network or connected to another test network, without affecting the integrity of the replica and allow the replication to continue after...
11/03/2010 15:16
Useful parameters for connecting to viserver with PowerShell in the VI-Toolkit.
connect-viserver
-user -password
eg:
connect-viserver -server vCenter -port 443 -user admin -password @dm1n
To direct input from a command line within a script you can use the following:
$vc =...
19/11/2009 12:00
This script takes a basic snapshot of a virtual machine, it is a quick script and doesn't quiesce or snapshot the memory of the virtual machine.
Use this if you need to take a quick snapshot of a VM before making changes if you don't want to log in to vCenter.
Enter the VM name and a name for the...
19/11/2009 11:32
Use the following procedure to test the POP3 functionality of an email server:
Open a command window
telnet 110
telnet exchange01 110
USER Admin
PASS password
LIST - will list all emails on the server with an id number
RETR 5810 - will display email with id 5810
DELE - 5810 - will delete the...
19/11/2009 11:25
You may receive the error:
ERR Command is not valid in this state
When trying to enter username / password credentials to a pop3 session.
This can be resolved by opening the Exchange Management Shell and running the following command:
Set-PopSettings -LoginType PlainTextLogin
Followed by...
17/11/2009 13:00
Passed Microsoft Exam 70-652 a few weeks ago and 70-403 yesterday so I now have the following certifications:
MCTS: Windows Server Virtualization, Configuring
MCTS: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Configuring
Hopefully there will be an MCITP in Virtualisation soon.
12/11/2009 15:41
Use the following to test SMTP functionality of your Email server:
Open command window
Start a telnet session to the Exchange server to test:
telnet exchange01 25
You should get a response like:
220 site.contoso.com Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Connector
Type the following...
