I got a call last week on how to move an Exchange mailbox from one user to another. You need to disconnect the user from the mailbox and then connect the new user account. This is very easy in PowerShell. Lookup on which storage group/mailbox store the user is connected at this moment (if there… Read More »
Horizon Workspace 2.0 – Part 1.1 OVA install without ESXi Enterprise Plus The following assumptions have been made. 1) You have ESXi and vCenter installed 2) You have Administrative access to vCenter 3) You have Horizon Workspace licensing 4) You have downloaded the “horizon-workspace-2.0…..ova 5) You have two hosts If you have meet… Read More »
How to set a SNMP trap receivers in vCenter Server First, you must register the External SNMP server in the list of SNMP trap receivers in vCenter Server. This list is accessible in the vSphere client -> vCenter Server Settings -> Administration menu. Change localhost to the IP or DNS name of your server. Change… Read More »
In a Virtual design you need an application dependency diagram. An application dependency diagram determines which items are related. During the discovering process of running services you can use this information to draw down the upstream and downstream relationships. If you have a website for example. The website runs on a webserver which runs on a linux server… Read More »
vCenter roles and Permission can be very difficult to sort out. I hope with this post you will help to understand and grasp this concept better. Here are the VMware best practices for for Role and Permissions. VMware recommends the following best practices when configuring roles and permissions in your vCenter Server environment: Where possible,… Read More »
When validating memory and CPU changes when doing virtual designs you may need to limit the memory to test a plan before you implements. The following explain how to make these changes on physical Windows systems. In Windows 2003 R2 and earlier An undocumented /maxmem switch enables you to specify the maximum amount of random access… Read More »
Horizon Workspace 2.0 – Part 1 OVA install The following assumptions have been made. 1) You have ESXi and vCenter installed 2) You have Administrative access to vCenter 3) You have Horizon Workspace licensing 4) You have downloaded the “horizon-workspace-2.0…..ova 5) You must have DRS setup If you have meet these assumptions you… Read More »
How Virtual Design Master has influenced me… This is a boring non technical post I have been following the #virtaldesignmaster season 2 very closely. The compositors have been working very hard on their designs. Anthony Chow, Sean Massey, Bryon Schaller, Joel Gibson, Alex Ramiez, Tom Howarth, Timothy Patterson, Seth Forgosh, Daemon Behr, Geoff Wilmington,… Read More »
How to disable the VPN timeout setting on CISCO devices Stop site-to-site CISCO VPN Drops By default, CISCO site-to-site VPNs timeout after 30 minutes of idle time. Have you ever had to had to work on a client issue at their site and then try the remote desktop connection, and presto no VPN connection. The status… Read More »
Current 2014 Goals This is will be a boring blog post with no technical information. I want to document my goals for this year and early next year. Goals: Take and pass the VCAP-DCD (More details) I have taken this test once this year. I failed the first try. I calculated that I missed the passing… Read More »