How To Use Putty with an AWS Private Key
Step 1: convert .PEM file into a .PPK format Run puttygen.exe Click on Load Navigate…
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Microsoft Failover Clustering Service Overview
In Windows 2012 R2, the failover clustering service requires some downtime to migrate clusters from…
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Microsoft SQL Server Storage Capacity Planning
This would be a recommended mounted volumes for most environment: 80GB RAID10 C:\ Operating System…
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Hyper-V Administration Console
Install the Hyper-V Management Console # Windows 2016 or higher: install the Hyper-V management tool…
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PowerShell: Administering Network Time Protocol Settings on Windows
Quick Script of Domain Joined Laptops and Desktops for Remote Users: # Set Domain Joined…
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Creating a RAM Disk on a Linux Instance of AWS
This information has already been conveyed in another post regarding a method to overcome MySQL…
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CentOS System Rescue on AWS
Once upon a 'right-now' time, an EC2 instance on AWS would not come back online…
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Manually Create a SSL Certificate with LetsEncrypt
Step 1: Install certbot-auto mkdir /etc/letsencryptcd /etc/letsencrypt/wget chmod a+x certbot-auto Step 2: Create the Cert…
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PowerShell: Handling Windows Product Key
There are two ways to obtain product keys: Way 1: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/get-started/automatic-vm-activation Way 2: Issue a…
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Microsoft Hyper-V: Creating Windows Template (Golden Image)
Steps to Create a Windows Template Assuming that the Windows Template guest VM has already…
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PowerShell Commands to Discover the Server Network, Netmask, DHCP status, and Gateway
$servername = "SERVER01"get-wmiobject win32_networkadapterconfiguration -computername $servername -ea stop | ? {$_.IPEnabled}# Result:DHCPEnabled :…
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VMWare vSphere Site Recovery Manager (SRM)
1. Creating folders to group VM clients for application From Home > vCenter > Select…
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Linux Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS)
/bin : binaries to run fundamental Linux functions/boot : boot partition/cdrom : legacy mounting point/dev…
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Overview of Microsoft Azure Networking
Private connections into Azure are either via ExpressRoute (comparable to AWS DirectConnect) or VPN. The…
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Microsoft SQL Server Error 18456
In a properly managed environment, the security team usually tracks the server logs for any…
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File Access Control
System Engineers must follow the security principle of authentication, authorization, and accounting (AAA) as the…
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MS SQL: Admin_Report_Notification
/* Admin_Report_Notification */DECLARE @tab char(1) SET @tab = CHAR(9)EXEC msdb.dbo.sp_send_dbmail@profile_name = 'Report DBMail Profile',@recipients =…
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MS SQL: Archive and Shrink Database
--Archive Database: with maximum allowed runtime and a set number of recordsdeclare @EndDate datetime, @Recs…
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Cisco Fabric Switch – MDS Zoning Template
<# What this script does: 1. Checks to see if an Internet connection via PowerShell…
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PowerShell: Microsoft SQL Administration
Script to Install Microsoft Clustering Service $proxy="http://proxy:8080"$exclusionList="localhost;*.kimconnect.com"function checkProxy{try{$connectionTest=iwr download.microsoft.com#$connectionSucceeds=Test-NetConnection -Computername download.microsoft.com -Port 443 -InformationLevel Quietif…
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