Reducing Dell PowerEdge (PE) 2950/2900/2800 II/III fan noise – Fan mod + BMC firmware mod (Noob friendly guide)
Dell 2950 III is one of the best bang for the buck servers you can find on Ebaym but there is one problem this server runs very loud by design.Example…
Setting up Dell OMSA (Openmanage Server admin) on Vmware ESXI 5.x (Guide)
Hello internetz I recently bought a dell 2950 for my home lab and decided to slap esxi on it and this is a guide on how to install OSMA 7.4…
Powershell: simple script for port monitoring (SMTP, HTTP, FTP, etc) using “system.net.sockets.tcpclient” class
Recently we had a requirement to check SMTP of two diffrent servers and run a script if both servers failed. i googled around for the tool but ended up putting…
Exchange 2010 Mailbox PST export – New-MailboxExportRequest
Remember the Export-Mailbox command on exchange 2007??? The main problem I personally had was the annoying outlook requirement. With the exchange server 2010 service pack 1 release, M$ introduced a…
Hacking WatchGuard Firebox to Run pfsense- nanoBSD
Hi Internetz, its been a while… So we had an old Firebox X700 laying around in office gathering dust. I saw this forum post about running m0nowall on this device….
Recover Exchange Mail store Using Database portability feature in Exchange 2010
“Mail server crashed” worst nightmare for a System admin. Followed by tight Dead lines, incident reports, load of complains you have to listen to, Its a full fledged disaster.In this…
Create local administrator account using Group pol…
Domain Trust relationship failures, it may be a virus making it impossible to login using domain credentials..you are bound to run in to scenario’s like this while managing a AD…
Managing calendar permissions in Exchange Server 2010
Admin may get asked to set and add / Edit permissions for shared Calendars.these Sharing options are not available in EMC, so we have to use exchange power shell on…
Deploying User Cutomizations & Office suit setting for M$ Office via Group Policy
Hello internetzzz As an Administrator, you might run in to situations that requires you to Deploy UI customizations such as customized Ribbon, Quick toolbars, etc for Office applications on user…
Crucial M4 SSD New Firmware and how to Flash using a USB thumb drive !!Update!!
well i think the Title pretty much speak for it self..but any how…Crucial released a new Firmware for the M4 SSD’s and apparently its suppose to make the drive 20%…