Author Archives: Naz Snidanko

vSphere 5.5 upcoming features

Just came across this post on one of the forums about new features coming to vSphere 5.5. It is not an official release but more of a highlights by someone participating in beta testing. I’ve just formated this info:

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How do you endup in IT??

I just came across the following question on Linkedin in group called “IT Core Infrastructure”: Active Directory Restored from Virtual Machine Clone not authenticating Hi, We are running Active Directory and DNS Server on the Same Windows Server 2008 R2 … Continue reading

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create config file with VB script

The following script will demonstrate how to create configuration file for an application via VB script. We are currently running it as a login script. It’s very simple but does the job 100%. It grabs environmental variables and then generates … Continue reading

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Local Update Publisher – Adobe Reader XI 11.0.0

There are a lot of great articles which demonstrate how to use Local Update Publisher (LUP), yest there is a huge confusion on how to push software and updates. In my post I will be using Adobe Reader XI as an … Continue reading

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Powershell Help Desk tasks

This script will help automating some help desk tasks. For example in my current environment we put user’s name in the “Description” field. When user calls in helpdesk for a support, we need to connect to their machine. In a … Continue reading

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XML and Powershell

Here’s a sample script which shows how to work with XML files in Powershell and much more. Logic of this script: Check if folder has more than 2 files If it finds more than 2 files send email via function … Continue reading

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Internet overview

Have you ever wondered how big is the routing table of core internet routers? Well I was! So upon my research I found one of the best connected APNIC’s routers at DIX-IE in Tokyo, Japan. You can view BGP routing … Continue reading

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thoughts about Macs being safe…

I find it funny where people believe Macs are “safe” because they don’t get infected. Last night, owner of the sauna where I go every Wednesday was a proof of that. She had a strong opinion against Windows and was … Continue reading

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SNMP and Show Commands

Great document from Cisco that shows relationship between SNMP and show command counters on Cisco IOS devices. http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/477/SNMP/5.pdf

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Connecting 2 LANs with the same subnet via Vyatta IPSec tunnel

One of our clients required to connect all of its client via VPN tunnel. Obviously, to have the highest comparability with customer’s end devices I chose IPSec. To improve security as well as have the  lowest impact to the clients … Continue reading

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