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How-to : Create DAG on Exchange 2010

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Posted by on Mar 14, 2016 in HA/DR, Infrastructure, Messaging, SysAdmin | 0 comments

DAG Disaster Recover Exchange HADR high-availability

Set of screenshots from old archives. It shows how to setup DAG on Microsoft Exchange Server 2010.

If there will be interest in that subject I will put some description around that, just request that in comments.

Otherwise, enjoy step-by-step screenshot guide for DAG on Exchange 2010

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Code snippets : Windows : Importing Event Logs to Database

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Posted by on Mar 14, 2016 in Automation, Databases, Infrastructure, Scripting, SysAdmin, Windows | 0 comments

Database EventLog import VBscript

Code snippet from old archives. It shows how to import Windows event log entries to database. Important is to setup database and table accordingly, so it contains apropriate columns.

Set objConn = CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Set objRS = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
objConn.Open "DSN=EventLogs;"
objRS.CursorLocation = 3
objRS.Open "SELECT * FROM tblEventLog" , objConn, 3, 3
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colRetrievedEvents = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select Category, CategoryString, ComputerName, Data, EventCode, _
EventIdentifier, EventType, LogFile, Message, RecordNumber, SourceName, _
TimeGenerated, TimeWritten, Type, User from Win32_NTLogEvent")
For Each objEvent in colRetrievedEvents
objRS.AddNew
objRS("el_Category") = objEvent.Category
objRS("el_CategoryString") = objEvent.CategoryString
objRS("el_ComputerName") = objEvent.ComputerName
objRS("el_Data") = objEvent.Data
objRS("el_EventCode") = objEvent.EventCode
objRS("el_EventIdentifier") = objEvent.EventIdentifier
objRS("el_EventType") = objEvent.EventType
objRS("el_LogFile") = objEvent.LogFile
objRS("el_Message") = objEvent.Message
objRS("el_RecordNumber") = objEvent.RecordNumber
objRS("el_SourceName") = objEvent.SourceName
objRS("el_TimeGenerated") = objEvent.TimeGenerated
objRS("el_TimeWritten") = objEvent.TimeWritten
objRS("el_Type") = objEvent.Type
objRS("el_User") = objEvent.User
objRS.Update
Next
objRS.Close
objConn.Close
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How-to : Integrate Cisco Easy VPN authentication with Microsoft NPS RADIUS on Windows Server 2008 R2

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Posted by on Mar 14, 2016 in Directory Services, Network | 0 comments

Authentication Cisco Easy VPN IPsec RADIUS

In this article will go through configuration of Cisco Easy VPN along with Microsoft NPS RADIUS on Windows Server 2008 R2.

Article covers:

  1. Basic information about Cisco Easy VPN
  2. Cisco IOS router configuration for Easy VPN
  3. Windows Server 2008 R2 NPS and RADIUS configuration

Let’s go…

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Config snippets : useful Netdom command

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Posted by on Mar 14, 2016 in Scripting, Windows | 0 comments

Active Directory CMD Domain Netdom Windows Server

Quick side note, not to forget for future.

Rename computer

Netdom renamecomputer %computername% /newname:Test-Server

Join computer to domain

Netdom join %computername% /domain:domain.com /UserD:Administrator /PasswordD:*
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Tips & Tricks : Windows 8.1 as wireless hotspot

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Posted by on Mar 14, 2016 in Network, Scripting, Windows | 0 comments

Hotspot PowerShell Windows 8.1 Wireless

When you need to use your computer as wireless hotspot, you can easily enable that functionality with PowerShell:

Windows PowerShell
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PS C:\windows\system32> netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=Windows-Wireless-Hotspot key=password123
The hosted network mode has been set to allow.
The SSID of the hosted network has been successfully changed.
The user key passphrase of the hosted network has been successfully changed.

PS C:\windows\system32> netsh wlan start hostednetwork
The hosted network started.

PS C:\windows\system32>