This will guide you through how to configure your Cisco switches to save and backup their configuration automatically. The backup occurs at 8pm every day and every time the running configuration is saved.
Setup a TFTP server
You will need to setup a TFTP server if you don't already have one. I use TFTP32 and install it as a service so it automatically launches when the server is booted.
Ensure your switch time is correctly set.
To ensure your switch is performing the backup to the co
Hello,
A quick command for Cisco users. This will list the switchports that have not been used in the last 6 weeks. Handy if you are looking for unused ports when the switch is full!
show int | i proto.*notconnect|proto.*administratively down|Last in.* [6-9]w|Last in.*[0-9][0-9]w|[0-9]y|disabled|Last input never, output never, output hang never
Example output below. The ports in red are ports that are not connected but have been used in the last 6 weeks. Please be careful!
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Hi all,
When we where looking into Office 365, on the ADFS login screen, we found we would prefer it if the user could login with the network username instead of email address. This is so it matches the rest of our services. with Active Directory Federated Services 3 we found on Server 2012 R2 wouldn't allow us to do this out of the box. The next closest thing was logging in with domain\username format.
However thanks to users on the Microsoft forum i have put some code together so the ema
Hello,
I have just upgraded to version 9.8 of the Ruckus Firmware. But at first I got this error message after the upgrade had finished - "A support upgrade entitlement does not appear to have been purchased for this ZD. Please contact Ruckus Support further assistance. [What's this?]"
It seemed that the filtering was stopping my ZoneDirector calling back home. To resolve this issue I added the IP address 12.217.161.158 to the authentication exception in order to get this working. Once I h
Many of us find it a little annoying that SIMS doesn't come with an .msi installer. But not to worry I have put together a script to do the job. To get yourself setup follow the following setps.
Download the attached .zip file
Inside the root of the source folder populate it with the following installer files SIMSAMPARKSetup.exe, SIMSApplicationSetup.exe, SIMSInfrastructureSetup.exe & SIMSManualSetup.exe
Also inside the same folder put your connect.ini file. If you do have one it can
Hi,
I thought I would do a quick post to let you guys know about a problem we have been having.
We recently moved our SCCM server to a Server 2012 box from a Server 2008 R2 box. Once we moved during OSD we where getting random hash miss-match errors (error 0x80091007 during OSD). It was very random and happened at different times. There was nothing wrong with our packages. If you set OSD off in a VM it worked every time.
It turned out there seems to be a bad mixing in using SCCM 2012 +
For those who have just upgraded to the final release of SP1 you will have found the client needs an upgrade. You can do this my one if these methods:
1. Auto upgrade SCCM 2012 Clients
2. Use the client upgrade package
Step 1 would be easier, but for devices that go offline for long periods will not upgrade as well. If you use the deployment package and let the software install outside of maintenance windows it will get to all your machines better. Also step 1 will not give to the reporti
By default in OWA 2010 if a user's password has expired they are told the username or password is invalid. They are unable to reset the password in OWA. This might be a pain when the passwords expire in the summer holidays. If you have SP1 + installed on the server users will be able to reset expired passwords before they login. All you have to do is make the following registry changes on all of your CAS servers.
Log on to the Client Access server.
Start Registry Editor (regedit).
Loc
Hi,
Just thought these scripts would be handy. It will dump logon details to a text file.
You will need to create a share with a folder called Computers & one called users. Your users will need permissions to write to the folder.
These are the 2 script. You will need to make one a log on script and one a log off. You will need to modify the location of your share. They are both .bat format
Logon Script
rem The following line creates a rolling log file of usage by workstation
For those who use SonicWall SSL VPN devices a couple of days ago a new version of the firmware was released adding some nice new features. For myself the most notable one is support for Mac OS X Lion.
A few more nice new features include:
Endpoint Control Polices. This can check if the client has up to date AV, is a member of your domain if desired
If you have the virtual appliance or a SRA 4200.
ActiveSync support. The appliance will allow you to use ActivSync without opening ports to
As more of us are deploying Windows 7 in School like me you will find something annoying about the Navigation pane. There is a "Network" icon shown are there is no built in group policy to remove this. I have found a custom ADM template that will allow us to remove it. I have attached it on this post.
Hope you will find it useful!
Steps on how to add an ADM template can be found here:
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Using-Custom-ADM-Templates-Windows-Server-200
From time to time you may wish to find out who is logged into a machine. I find this batch file handy for doing this. Its quick, simple and easy.
Just copy and paste the below code into notepad and save the file as who.bat
@echo off
:CHECK
echo Checking Connection ...
ping %1 -n 1 | findstr "TTL=" >nul && GOTO MAIN || GOTO ERROR
GOTO END
:ERROR
echo Device Unreachable
GOTO END
:MAIN
wmic /node: "%1" computersystem get username
GOTO END
:END
echo.
Now open the comman
From time to time we need to rename computers on the domain. The computers can sometimes be in a locked room, in a remote site or you simply cant be bothered visiting them.
This code below will allow you to rename computers on the domain form the comfort of your own desk. Once you have entered you old name and your new name the computer concerned will automatically reboot and your all done! All you have to do is make sure nobody is using the machine and that the new computer name is available
I originally posted this in the forums, but i think it fits here better.
I have had a few people ask how to deploy VNC via group policy. If you have a large network where you want to install VNC on a large amount of computers this would be an ideal solution.
For this guide i used TightVNC - the website is here: tightvnc.com
I decide to go for TightVNC becuase
Easy to use
Free
Ability to hide the icon in the system tray
Built in access control options
Very lightweight
Abili
