Yearly Archives: 2024

ESXi no longer supports Realtek Network drivers nor are they included on the installation ISO.  However, if you want to install ESXi with the Realtek drivers, then users will have to create a custom ISO. Keep in mind these drivers are NOT supported by VMware and should be used at your own risk.  Normally, I would use my trusty ESXi-Customizer GUI program but it is no longer supported for ESXi 6.  In replacement they offer a CLI supported program. However, instead of learning another 3rd party tool I’d rather rely on the VMware tools provided to me. VMware enables users to create custom ISOs via PowerCLI and in this blog I’ll explain how I used PowerCLI create my ISO. Keep in mind these are the steps that worked for me and your environment may vary.

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If your Outlook client machines are still trying to connect to your old onsite exchange server even though they are connected to your new Offcie365 service AND they are on an…

DatacenterEvaluation to Datacenter. First activate with the eval license. 1. Uninstall existing key. (slmgr /upk) 2. Install LTSC Key using slui (slui /ipk WMDGN-G9PQG-XVVXX-R3X43-63DFG) 3. slmgr /ato 4. Convert Edition…

This optimization document helps optimize the RDP protocol for low bandwidth environments thus improving performance while accessing resources over RDP.

Various changes pertaining to the policies which can be applied and registry changes to be made are described here. (more…)

In my case I had renamed the computer from a default WIN234dfasd type name to a ‘much’ better alternative. Veeam refers to the local computer name in a couple of…

Sometimes you want to disable ports on a (san, fc) fibre channel switch. Since most HPE / Dell are based on Broccade technology you can use the following commands:  …

Disable inter-VLAN routing between LAN and VLAN2 1. To disable inter-VLAN routing between LAN and VLAN2, head to the UniFi Network Controller and go to Settings > Routing & Firewall >…

Install powershell tools with: Install-Module HPOneView.420 For most recent version visit: https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/HPOneView.420/4.20.2068.2204 Here can you find some commands: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/POSH-HPOneView/wiki Connect to a host Connect-HPOVMgmt -Hostname

Setup Azure to Unifi USG IPSec VPN

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Requirement: For Security reasons and to take more control over what users are saving to OneDrive, The organization wanted to disable OneDrive for Business in Office 365. Typically, Office 365 services…