Setting Up SSH Key Authentication When accessing remote systems using SSH, using RSA keys instead of passwords offers both convenience and security benefits. This approach is especially useful for...

Managing RAID Volumes with RACADM on Dell PowerEdge FC630 This guide demonstrates how to manage RAID volumes on Dell PowerEdge FC630 servers (13th generation) using RACADM commands directly throug...

Managing RAID Volumes with RACADM on Dell PowerEdge R720 Background When working with Dell servers that have iDRAC Express licenses (which lack remote console capabilities), you can’t use the sta...

Set the DNS first to ensure the iDRAC can resolve the NTP host names: racadm -r 10.1.1.100 -u root -p calvin set idrac.ipv4static.dns1 8.8.8.8 Set the NTP server names: racadm -r 10.1.1.100 -u ro...

Configuring NTP and Time Settings in Windows Server 2012 R2 This guide demonstrates how to configure Network Time Protocol (NTP) settings and time zones on Windows Server 2012 R2 using PowerShell ...

Detection of the USB-Serial converter used on your machine (so you get the correct device name to use later): tail -f /var/log/messages or /var/log/syslog Plug in the USB cable It will show...

Fixing Language Mismatch Between SQL Server and Windows OS The Problem Have you ever deployed a non-English Windows server via System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and then tried install...

apt-get install cifs-utils sudo mount -t cifs /// / -o username=,domain=,password= It’s fine to omit the password on the command line for security purposes. It will then prompt for it to be enter...

Configuring Proxy Settings in CentOS/RHEL 7 This guide explains how to set up system-wide proxy settings for CentOS or Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Setting Global Proxy Configuration Step 1: Edit...

Download psexec from Sysinternals / MS. It only needs to be installed on the machine you run the commands from, not the targets. Note: * All machines must be in the same domain or workgroup * Fire...