Add Default Gateway to Linux

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Posted on September 12, 2015 at 23:35 by simon · Permalink · One Comment
In: Linux, Tech

How to remove partitions from a USB stick

If you have a USB stick that has various partitions and you are having trouble removing them from with Windows Disk Management, then you might like to try the following: Read the rest of this post »

Posted on July 25, 2014 at 9:20 by simon · Permalink · 2 Comments
In: Hardware, Tech, Windows

Remount PFsense nano file system as read write

pfsense-logo_bigif you use one of the embedded versions of PFSense and you ever need to write to the OS directly you will need to remount the file system in Read/Write mode before you can save the changes.  Read the rest of this post »

Posted on April 9, 2014 at 0:55 by simon · Permalink · One Comment
In: PFsense, Tech

Start and stop ESXi VMs from console

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Sometimes you don’t have VMware vSphere Client handy, or you might need to restart a server remotely via SSH. In these cases it’s great to be able to turn virtual machines on and off via the command line.

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Posted on March 22, 2014 at 0:48 by simon · Permalink · 2 Comments
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Which version of Ubuntu am I running

ubuntuTo find out which version Ubuntu is installed simply type the following in to a console: Read the rest of this post »

Posted on January 12, 2014 at 1:22 by simon · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Linux

CentOS Fixing Error writing fstab Read-only file system

If you’ve accidentally broken your /etc/fstab file and recentoslogo-200booted and found yourself in the repair console.   You might run into some issues while trying to fix it. Read the rest of this post »

Posted on January 5, 2014 at 22:06 by simon · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Linux

How to add a new user to vCenter Server Virtual Appliance

If you use vSphere 5 vCenter Server Virtual Appliance and you don’t have, or chose not to use Active Directory for user access then there is another way to add users to the appliance.

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Posted on October 31, 2013 at 23:30 by simon · Permalink · 8 Comments
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Change Exchange mailbox type from shared to user mailbox

Exchange 2010When migrating many mailboxes to an Exchange 2010 system, or after an existing object has been mail enabled you may find you have some mailboxes that are set as type ‘Shared’ even though they belong to a single user.  You can see this either through the Exchange Management Console (EMC) by applying a filter of Recipient Type = Shared, or by running the following command in the Exchange Management Shell (EMS): Read the rest of this post »

Posted on October 1, 2013 at 23:30 by simon · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: Exchange 2010

Disable complex password requirement on Hyper-V server 2012

hyper-v2012I recently experimented with Hyper-V 2012 and found there was no easy way to disable complex passwords, so after searching the net for a while I came across a nice solution that didn’t involve joining and leaving domains and interfering with group policy.  Here it is –

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Posted on June 12, 2013 at 23:22 by simon · Permalink · 2 Comments
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Grant a MS SQL login Read Only access to ALL databases

 Here is a SQL code snippet I used today that loops through all the databases on a server and creates a SQL script that will give a user Read Only access to all databases (including system databases).

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Posted on June 3, 2013 at 20:16 by simon · Permalink · Leave a comment
In: SQL