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Update vSphere 4.1U3 and 5.0 SSL Certs with your own Windows Domain CA Certificates using PowerShell
Jun 11, 2013 · 2 min read ·
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While it took quite awhile to figure out how to replace vSphere 5.1 and 5.1U1's SSL certs, converting that script to work with 4.1U3 and 5.0. It probably helps that SSO doesn't exist (or I couldn't find it -- I haven't used vCenter on a regular basis since about 2006, but I've learned quite a bit from these SSL …
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Update vSphere 5.1 SSL Certs with your own Windows Domain CA Certificates using PowerShell
Jun 11, 2013 · 8 min read ·
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One month ago when I finally got my vSphere lab set up, I had no idea that getting rid of those annoying untrusted SSL errors would be such a colossal undertaking. I have my own domain CA and thought it would be easy to automate the process of replacing the self-signed vSphere SSl certs with my own trusted certs.
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PowerShell Get-WinEvent Bug Workaround on Windows 2008 R2 Server -- Importing Windows Forwarded Events into SQL Server using PowerShell
Apr 10, 2013 · 2 min read ·
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This is sort of a continuation of my earlier post, Importing Windows Forwarded Events into SQL Server using PowerShell, where I mentioned that I was unable to get the script to work on Windows 2008 R2 due to a known bug in Get-WinEvents. I had to end up deploying my solution to a Windows 2008 R2 Server and was required …
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Quick and Dirty: Backup SQL Server Express Instances on Enterprise Networks
Apr 5, 2013 · 2 min read ·
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I know the ideal Enterprise network won't have any SQL Server Express instances, but every large network that I've ever worked on has at least a few. Many times, it's powering apps like SolarWinds or BackupExec. Since SQL Express doesn't run SQL Agent, it can be a pain to backup and maintain the systems.
There are a …

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Safely Enable SQL Server Agent MultiServer Administration using PowerShell
Apr 5, 2013 · 4 min read ·
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Update: You can't even independently schedule slave jobs. Count my organization as yet another that won't be implementing MultiServer Administration. Grrr.
I always forget about Multiserver Administration. I've actually never worked in an environment that uses it, even though it seems to have a lot of potential. I …

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Centralizing Windows Events using a Collector Initiated Subscription
Mar 20, 2013 · 3 min read ·
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So it seems like the best way to go about centralizing Windows Events in an Enterprise is to use GPO, but if you can't or don't want to involve Active Directory GPOs, here's a guide on using one server to go out and collect Windows Events from other servers on your domain.
Things you'll need: Windows Server 2012 or …

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Importing Windows Forwarded Events into SQL Server using PowerShell
Mar 20, 2013 · 5 min read ·
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Over the past couple weeks, I've looked into a number of ways of parsing and importing Windows Forwarded Events into SQL Server: from using SSIS to LogParser to PowerShell to setting up a linked server to the "Forwarding Events.evtx" file.
Ultimately, the only thing that worked was PowerShell's Get-WinEvent …

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HOW-TO Setup Windows 2012 Server Core Remote Desktop Services to Securely Administer Windows over RDP and SSL
Mar 4, 2013 · 4 min read ·
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Read this updated post instead. It's superior in a number of ways ;)
Alright, so I've wanted to setup a Remote Desktop Gateway for years, but the configuration seemed so.. time-intensive. Then I moved to Belgium, my living situation changed and I didn't want to setup a whole new VPN server to access my virtual lab. …

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NoMachine NX for OS X Successfully Authenticates But Won't Load Sessions
Mar 1, 2013 · 3 min read ·
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I recently discovered NoMachine's NX while looking for an easy way to encrypt VNC. NX, if you aren't familiar with it, is generally a PITA to setup, but well worth the pain (on Linux anyway). All traffic goes over SSH and while the performance isn't as great as Windows' RDP, it's faster and more secure than VNC. …
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OS X: launchctl: error unloading
Feb 28, 2013 · 1 min read ·
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Need to uninstall xquartz but keep running into the following error?
macbook:~ clem$ sudo launchctl unload -w /Library/LaunchAgents/org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist launchctl: Error unloading: org.macosforge.xquartz.startx
For whatever reason, you have to run this particular unload as a regular user and not as root …

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