As someone who is always on the lookout for interesting and clever ways to make the most out of your vSphere homelab investment, I was surprised there has not been more noise about the new NVMe Tiering capability in vSphere 8.0 Update 3!? NVMe Tiering is currently in Tech Preview and it enables ESXi to use an […]
Applies To: Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2008 R2 with SP1 Guidance, procedures and scripts for configuring cross-forest certificate enrollment with Windows Server® 2008 R2 in a multiforest environment. Cross-forest enrollment enables enterprises to deploy a central PKI in one Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) forest that issues certificates to domain members in other forests. Enterprises with […]
This article describes how to build an offline Standalone Root Certificate Authority (CA) with an Enterprise Subordinate CA. You can configure it over Server Manager or with PowerShell. The article describes the way with PowerShell in Windows Server 2019 Server Core. Go to Part 2 for configuring the Enterprise Subordinate CA: Install an Offline Root CA […]
This blog discusses Cross Forest Certificate Enrollment and the steps required to do it. What is Cross Forest Certificate Enrollment? Enterprises can build a central PKI in one Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) forest that issues certificates to domain members in other forests by using cross-forest enrolment. By combining certificate templates from many forests […]
This article focuses on how to upgrade an HP ProLiant Gen10 server from ESXi v6.5 to v6.7 using ESXCLI but could be used for any supported upgrade. Online and Offline methods are both shown. Review the correct version VMware ESXi Upgrade documentation to ensure any pre-requisites are identified/actioned, that the system hardware complies with ESXi […]
Recently, I had the opportunity to upgrade ADFS server runs on 2012. I was able to upgrade 2012 server to 2019 via Windows in-place upgrade without reconfiguring or rebuilding entire server. This a very brife write up on how to do this. **It is best to backup or take a proper snapshot of the server […]
I found it hard to follow and understand this article https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/Exchange/high-availability/database-availability-groups/metacachedatabase-setup?view=exchserver-2019 and could not find actual step-by-step information on configuring Exchange Server MCDB anywhere. So, I created my own. The process of setting up MCDB can be broken down into five basic steps: Set the correct values for the DAG you want to enable for MCDB. Update […]
If you have the following message, Performance counters not started, on the Server Manager on All Servers menu. The solution is simple: Right Click on the Server Name Click on Start Performance Counters Voilà