by skufel | Sep 4, 2012 | Infrastructure, Network, SysAdmin
When I got Riverbed Stellhead 250H for Lab environment, first thing I checked was version of RiOS on device. It turns out that device was outdated and had RiOS 5.5.6, while current version is 7.0.3. Next thing I did was jump on Riverbed Support web page to identify...
by skufel | Sep 1, 2012 | Infrastructure, Network, Security, SysAdmin, Windows
As a part of preparation for monitoring our WIndows Server 2008 R2 using SNMP and Nagios we had to add SNMP Services to few systems which didn’t have it yet. So, based on that fact I thought it might be nice to capture all steps involved in adding SNMP to...
by skufel | Sep 1, 2012 | Infrastructure, Network, Security
Whole idea for that article came from real environment. At home I have DrayTek Vigor 2850n as my broadband router (and in fact it is really nice piece of equipment). Same time I’m using some Cisco equipment located in remote Lab for testing purposes. Remote Lab...
by skufel | Aug 29, 2012 | Apple, Infrastructure, Network, SysAdmin
Despite all reservations to iPad as a device which might be useful in day-to-day IT Pro activities (was thinking about it more as a toy than tool) I found it really handy after some time. One of main reasons I found iPad cool IT tool was ability to connect to Cisco...
by skufel | Aug 29, 2012 | Infrastructure, Network, SysAdmin, Virtualization
In one of the previous articles I did quick overview How-to Install vSphere Hypervisor ESXi 5 on VMware Workstation 9. One of the reasons I did that in my Lab environment was to run Cisco Nexus 1000v with NX-OS on it and evaluate this operating system and how it can...
by skufel | Aug 29, 2012 | Infrastructure, SysAdmin, Virtualization
VMware Wosktation allows to run ESXi as virtual machine (virtual environment as virtual machine – kind of funny). It can be very useful to evaluate, experiment and learn vSphere at home. This can be also very helpful if we want ot run virtual appliances which...
by skufel | Aug 8, 2012 | Automation, Infrastructure, Scripting
As I had to fight with WIndows XP Autologon (we have it on many computers which are used for example for CCTV), I think can write down one more quick tips how to skip Autologon feature and use different account to access computer (for example to install Windows...
by skufel | Aug 8, 2012 | Automation, Scripting, Windows
Again one of those things which I forget when is needed. Autologon in Windows XP. Funny enough is the fact that each time I’m looking for this information is when I want to prevent Windows XP from auto logon and trying to disable that in registry using remote...
by skufel | Jul 26, 2012 | Infrastructure, Network
This is one of those things I always forget when is needed. How to redirect console output to telnet session when debugging something on Cisco device. So, not to forget it I record it for future reference (I guess from now on I will remember that, but well.. what you...
by skufel | Jul 15, 2012 | BlackBerry, Development
So, I was wondering how to access my PlayBook using SSH. It would be really convinient to access it from laptop, browse files, etc. I did poke around on Internet and finally identified solution how to SSH to PlayBook 🙂 For now only as a normal user and working towards...
