This is a quick guide to updating VMware’s vSphere server to allow support for Windows 8 and Windows server 2012 using the Update Manager. First, insert the vSphere install cd and select VMware vSphere update manager from the left hand side, followed by the install button:
Installing VMWare ESXi and VSphere 5.0
This is a step-by-step guide to installing VMWare ESXi 5 and vSphere server, including vlan configuration Getting Started what youll need You will need: a copy of VMWare ESXi 5 a copy of VSphere Server 5 at least one physical managed switch (Cisco preferred) at least two ESXi capable hosts (x64, with VT enabled) at least one storage device…
Quick mediawiki information
If you’d like to change the default upload size limit in mediawiki from 20MB, or if you are uploading files between 8MB and 20MB and the uploads fail, here’s how to increase the file size limit (for ubuntu/debian/jumpbox): SSH into the mediawiki server and login Enter the following commands: cd /etc/php5/apache2 sudo nano php.ini Search for upload_max_filesize and modify for…
Rancid server setup
All over the web as I’ve studied my CCNP certifications I would hear about a router/switch configuration backup server called RANCID, and so last week I decided to install and test it for myself and see if it lived up to the hype from the web. I decided to use CentOS 6.2 for the new server and began following the…
rsyslog and loganalyzer
A few days ago I played around with rsyslog and loganalyzer in centOS and found this great guide on the topic by Tiago Marques http://en.tiagomarques.info/2011/07/centos-syslog-server-rsyslog-mysql-and-loganalyzer/ His guide worked well enough, however I was having some mysql database issues with rsyslog where the syslog messages would be recieved by rsyslog, but they would not be passed along to the mysql server.…
Quick powershell tips
Just posting a quick script I set up using powershell that restarts a windows service when it would get stuck… In my environment there was a windows service that, when stuck, would dump log files into a network folder for later processing. In the past when the service got stuck, someone would have to log into the server and manually…
ARCserve tips
Today I’ve noticed that the office ARCserve backup system was asking for tapes, even though there were old tapes in the drive that should have been overwritten. I then looked in the arcserve device view and saw that the tapes in question could not be erased, or formatted… hmmm. So what happened? Looks like when the Media Pool was created,…
Installing VMWare ESXi and Vsphere 4.1
This is a step-by-step guide to installing VMWare ESXi 4.1 and vSphere server, including vlan configuration and Dell Equallogic MEM Extensions Getting Started — what you’ll need You will need: a copy of VMWare ESXi 4.1 a copy of VSphere Server 4.1 at least one physical managed switch (Cisco preferred) at least two ESXi capable hosts (x64, with VT enabled)…
Video explaination of a recently created topology
Recently I’ve helped Caliper implement a new network topology based around multi-homed BGP and failover devices that gave the company 99.999% uptime and reliability across their computer systems network. With this new level of reliability, Caliper was able to internally host all web servers and web based applications without fear of a damaged reputation due to downtime. In fact, during…
Checking windows registry keys in batch scripts
Today I had to create a quick and dirty batch file script to fix some issues with WSUS on user machines. The machines were pulling down a bad update file from the WSUS server and needed to have their local ‘SoftwareDistribution’ folder cleared so they could download a proper version from Microsoft’s site. This error was affecting quite a few…