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– May 17, 2012Posted in: Disaster Recovery, Fail Over, Home_Featured, IIS, Powershell, Sharepoint 2010
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VMware Tools Install Error Creating Symlink VMware_Virtual_Printer.ppd pointing to file thinprint.ppd
– April 27, 2012Posted in: Backtrack, Home_Featured, Linux, VMware, VMware Fusion, VMware Tools, VMWare Workstation
I ran into this error the other night and wanted to make a quick post on it while installing VMware tools into Backtrack Linux. Unable to create symlink “/etc/cups/ppd/VMware_Virtual_Printer.ppd” pointing to file “/usr/lib/vmware-tools/configurator/thinprint.ppd”. Execution aborted. There’s a really quick solution to this. Backtrack (5 R2) has cups installed by default so that’s not the problem, [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Direct Access Computers Can’t Ping Domain Controller on Internal Network?
– April 18, 2012Posted in: Active Directory, Certificate Services, Cloud Computing, Direct Access, Home_Featured, IIS, Networking, Security, Tips & Tricks, TMG, UAG, Windows
Can’t ping the domain controller via FQDN while on the internal network?
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Free SSL Certificates for Public Domains and Sub-Domains via StartSSL
– April 18, 2012Posted in: Certificate Services, Cloud Computing, Home_Featured, Networking, Security, SSL, Tips & Tricks
I’ve been using internally generated SSL certificates for testing and publishing, as most developers, IT pros, and DIY people have, and though it works, it can be a little frustrating when dealing with CRLs and OCSP Responders if you don’t want to receive warnings from browsers and applications about them being untrusted. For public facing [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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vSphere: Migrate Management Network from dvSwitch to vStandard Switch
– March 21, 2012Posted in: Home_Featured, Networking, Tips & Tricks, VMware, vSphere 5
I recently found a feature that allows you to quickly migrate the management network from a Distributed Virtual Switch (dvSwitch) to a vStandard Switch (vSwitch). It’s really simple actually. Just log on to a host physically or via iLO, not through the vSphere Client, and select “Restore Standard Switch”. This will move all NICs associated [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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vSphere: Move Hosts to New vCenter Server
– March 21, 2012Posted in: Cloud Computing, dvSwitch, ESXi, Home_Featured, Networking, vCenter, vCenter Server, VMware, vSphere 5
I recently set out to recreate my vCenter installation since I was still running on Windows Server 2003 R2 64-bit and wanted to the set it up on Windows Server 2008 R2.
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My Experience: The Synology DS1511+ NAS is Purely Rock Solid
– March 12, 2012Posted in: Cloud Computing, Home_Featured, iSCSI, NAS, Networking, Rants, Raves, Reviews, Synology, VMware, vSphere 5
I’ve been running a vSphere lab of my since ESX 2.x.
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Enable Web Server Certificate Requests On Windows Server 2008R2 CA Server
– March 1, 2012Posted in: Active Directory, AD, CA, Certificate Services, Home_Featured, IIS, Security, Windows, Windows Server 2008 R2
So I’ve run into this problem multiple times and ‘hacked’ my way around it various ways, but there is a better way that doesn’t require the use of certutil.exe or any other console utilities. This scenario applies under the following conditions: CA (Certificate Authority) Server is running on Windows Server 2008 R2 Web Server is [...] Read the rest of this entry »
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Passed VCP 510 (VMWare Certified Professional)
– February 24, 2012Posted in: Home_Featured, VCP, VMware, vSphere 5
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SharePoint 2010 101 Code Samples
– February 24, 2012Posted in: Home_Featured, REST, SharePoint Foundation 2010, Sharepoint Online, SharePoint Server 2010, SQL Azure, WCF
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SoftArtisans OfficeWriter – Sharepoint 2010 – Word 2010
– February 10, 2012Posted in: ASP.NET, ExcelWriter, Home_Featured, Mail Merge, Microsoft Word 2010, OfficeWriter, SoftArtisans, Word Export Plus, WordWriter
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InfoPath 2010 – Sharepoint 2010 Custom Workflow Part 3
– February 2, 2012Posted in: Home_Featured, Infopath, Infopath 2010, Sharepoint 2010, Sharepoint Workflow
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InfoPath 2010 – Sharepoint 2010 Custom Workflow Part 2
– January 31, 2012Posted in: Home_Featured, Infopath, Infopath 2010, Sharepoint 2010, Sharepoint Workflow, Workflow