Linux: Manual File System Partitioning
Most Linux installation wizards offer the feature of automatic allocation of storage resources as discovered…
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How to Add Windows Administrative Templates to Domain Group Policies
Three Quick Steps to Adding ADMX Administrative templates are the blue prints of Windows machines.…
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PowerShell: Get Windows OS Name
function getOsBuild($computername=$env:computername){ $build="" $pingable=test-connection $computername -Count 1 -Quiet if($pingable){ $psinfoIsAvailable=get-command psinfo -ea SilentlyContinue # Requires…
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PowerShell: Comparing Software Versions
This is a reusable function to enable quick comparisons between two strings representing version control…
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PowerShell: Legacy Methods to Save Credentials
PowerShell version 7 or later may already have facilities to store and retrieve credentials without…
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PowerShell: Split Array into Multiple Sub-Arrays and Inflate Strings to Certain Lengths to Create Visual Columns
What does a nerd do on his free time? Give himself little puzzles to solve.…
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PowerShell: Function to Add/Remove Local Host Record
Searching through my 'magic bag of tricks,' there appears to be this little snippet that…
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PowerShell: Function to Confirm Certain Contents
It's always a good idea to receive user confirmations prior on proceeding to making important…
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PowerShell: Detecting Windows Antivirus
One of the initial tasks of a Windows user is to determine whether a computer…
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Networking: Upgrading Legacy Ubiquiti Devices
Step 1: obtain the bin URL from https://www.ui.com/download/unifi/unifi-ap/uaplr Step 2: perform the upgrade rambo@kimlinux:/home/rambo# ssh…
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Problem Solving Exercise: Auto Manufacturing Case
Sample Answer 1. Produce a problem statement:We are investigating the root cause of production delays…
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PowerShell: File Server Cluster Migration Scripts
<# File-Server-Migration-Intra-Domain.ps1 Purposes: 1. Create Volumes with Labels 2. Create Virtual Clustered File Servers 3.…
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PowerShell: Quick EMCopy
# Short Version $arr=@(); $arr+=[PSCustomObject]@{From='D:\Someshare';To='\\NEWSERVER\Someshare'} $arr+=[PSCustomObject]@{From='D:\Test';To='\\NEWSERVER\Test'} # Normal copying # $arr|%{emcopy $_.From $_.To /s /de…
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PowerShell: Copying File Share Permissions from Source to Destination
# Copy-SMB-Share-Permissions.ps1 # Set some SMB Share variables $sourceSmbPath="\\FILESERVER002\Home" $destinationSmbPath="\\FILESERVER002-n\Home" $dateStamp = Get-Date -Format "yyyy-MM-dd-hhmmss"…
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PowerShell: Expand Volume of Virtual FileServer Role
Option 1: Expanding disk of a Virtual Machine in Hyper-V # ExpandVolumeVirtualFileServerRole.ps1 # Update these…
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PowerShell: ADFS Backup and Restore
# AD FS Backup and Restore # Reference documentation: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-fs/operations/ad-fs-rapid-restore-tool # Set Variables $filePassword="password" $adfsToolDownload="https://download.microsoft.com/download/6/8/A/68AF3CD3-1337-4389-967C-A6751182F286/ADFSRapidRecreationTool.msi"…
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PowerShell: Moving Guest VMs in Hyper-V in Conjunction with Microsoft Failover Cluster
This code is outdated. Refactor before reuse.. ############################################################################################################### # HyperV-MoveVM.ps1 # Assumption: Hyper-V has been…
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PowerShell: Create Mailbox Report on Office 365
# connect-to-exchange-online.ps1 # How to connect to Office 365 Cloud Services using PowerShell # Office…
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PowerShell: Get Active Directory Domain Controller Replication Status
$domaincontroller=(Get-ADForest |Select-Object -ExpandProperty RootDomain |Get-ADDomain |Select-Object -Property PDCEmulator).PDCEmulator; ## Define Objects ## $report = New-Object…
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PowerShell: Compressing Files and Folders
# Set variables $compressTarget="C:\Temp\Win2016_Std_Template.ova" $parentFolder=split-path $compressTarget -Parent $grandParentFolder=split-path $parentFolder -Parent $compressedFile=$grandParentFolder+"\compressed.zip" # PowerShell version 5…
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