Linked: Configure BgInfo to run via a GPO for a consistent experience
Found this great tip at techrepublic.com! Configure BgInfo to run via a GPO for a consistent experience
Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category
Linked: eagerZeroedThick powershell script
I found this great Powershell script that convert virtual disk files to eagered zeroed. Awesome script! I had to make some changes to make it work in my environment. function Set-EagerZeroThick{ param($vcName, $vmName, $hdName) # Find ESX host for VM $vmImpl = Get-VM $vmName Write-Host $vmImpl if($vmImpl.PowerState -ne “PoweredOff”){ Write-Host “Guest must be powered off [...]
Linked: Move-Template
A couple of days ago I found a really great PowerCLI script that move templates i vSphere. Awesome post and script by afokkema at ict-freak.nl! Storage vMotion is a great feature to Move your VMs to other datastores. But what if you want to move your Templates? In the current version of vSphere there is [...]
Linked: Speed up your Windows DNS
Found this great post on how to speed up your Windows based DNS with forwarders. The post describes a Windows Server 2003, but it worked just as well on my Windows 2008 R2 servers.. I ran a before and after with namebench on my mac and the results were amazing!
Linked: VistaSwitcher
I’ve had some issues with application switching, Alt + tab, on my virtual Windows 7 machine. When I pressed alt + tab the Aero-preview pane got stuck. I had to press enter to switch applications. So I downloaded and installed VistaSwitcher. Great little app that’s, in my opinion, much better than the original in Windows [...]
How I manually migrated from vCenter 4.0(32-bit) to 4.1u1(64-bit)
Last week I upgraded a vCenter 4.0 installation to 4.1u1. The vCenter was installed on a 32-bit VM so I needed to migrate the installation to a new 64-bit host. I tried to do the migration according to the vSphere 4.1 upgrade pre-installation requirements and considerations guide. But sadly I got an error during the [...]
ZoomIt, a great tool for Windows presentations
Last week I cama across a great little Windows application, ZoomIT. It’s a small, free app that let’s you zoom in and draw on the screen. Simply put: awesome! ZoomIt is screen zoom and annotation tool for technical presentations that include application demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and activates with customizable hotkeys to [...]
How to import/export files to/from a Sharepoint server
I found a great way to migrate all your files from a Sharepoint server. I have kind of had it with Sharepoint, at least for small installations. (You can read more about my new setup in How I built a Apache front-end for a Windows Share with SSL and LDAP Authentication) The problem came up [...]
How to backup vCenter running SQL Express
I found a great way to backup the vCenter SQL database running on SQL Express. The downside of running vCenter on SQL Express is the lack of the SQL agent. So running a scheduled backup of the SQL database is a bit tricky. ExpressMaint is a small application set of scripts/stored procedures that enables you [...]
How I built a Apache front-end for a Windows Share with SSL and LDAP Authentication
When my company migrated from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2007 public folder became a big issue. Public folders where used to share documents to our road-warriors. So to fix this we installed a sharepoint server The problem is that the sharepoint install was like using a rocket propelled grenade to kill a fly. It became [...]