Let me give you a little ground work here to help you understand where I want to go with this post. Job Titles/roles: Professional titles are used to signify a person’s professional role or to designate membership in a professional society. The IT industry is well known for its wide range of job titles and aggrandizement of roles,… Read More: IT Job Title vs Certification »
I’ve just setup a couple of new 2012 Standard Domain Controllers for a customer and I wanted to be able to take advantage of the DHCP failover. Their old Domain Controller were Server 2003 SBS so I did a bit of research and here is how I moved the DHCP in just a couple of… Read More: Moving DHCP to Server 2012 »
This is the first post in a week. It has been a busy week. The CFO of the company has asked me to push any outstanding project through the system before the end of April. So I am currently working on four projects and have a deadline of fifteen days to complete. I love deadline.… Read More: Current Projects and updates »
If you would like to turn the Cisco SG 300 into a Layer 3 switch the following are my notes on how to do just that. Please know that if you plug this switch into a network that has DHCP running the default IP address will change from 192.168.1.254 to something else. Be ready to… Read More: Turn CISCO SG 300 into a Layer 3 switch »
We recently setup a Cisco SG300 52-port “top-of-rack” switch. Using the provided CISCO serial cable, I got access to the management console. The first thing I wanted was to assign the switch an IP address so I could access the web UI. For this, it is important to understand what it means to assign an… Read More: Cisco SG300: Initial setup »
Mission Critical Data Center Issue I am sure there are plenty of you out there that love your day to day Data Center jobs. I enjoy the fun of configuring hardware and software, and living on the cutting edge technology. The one thing that every System Administrator, Network Administrator, Storage Administrator cringes are the the… Read More: Mission Critical Data Center issues »
I am posing this question to the readers. If you were contacted by Microsoft, VMware, Google, etc. would you interview with the company, even though you were content with your current job? I have been with my current company for 5+ years. My time here has been great. The one thing that my boss… Read More: Dream Jobs »
I have come across this error a couple times. From the GUI for managing HP switches to logging into the SonicWALL SRA device. Here is the quick and easy way to fix it. Open control Panels Click on the Java icon Choose the security Tab Next click on the Edit Site List.. (Your screen should… Read More: Fix the “Your security settings have blocked an untrusted application… »
I started this blog as a place to put my answers to various questions I get asked as a System Administrator, VMware guy, network guy and storage guy. I’ll also use it for reviews, tips and tricks as well as scripts I find useful. I’ve used VMware products in production since 2003 starting with ESX… Read More: The first post of my Blog »