Quick Tips & Tools
Great VMWare Community—good ideas, OVA, tools, etc.
IANA - ICAAN - network engineers reference
Subnet Address tool >> here
Great Review Article on LAN/WAN/BAN >> here
Common IT Tools click >> here
Useful STIG info click >> here
Solarwinds free cool mini-Tools. Some may have ads click >> here
Great site tracking End of Life technology platforms >> here
Azure Admin Portal Click>>here
Azure Cloud Tools Download Click >>here
Office 365 Admin Click >>here
VMWare Homekits as lab use
VMWare Rewards Leader Board >> here
Ansible Automation Comm.Vmware Docx >> here
Major VM Backup Solution is too expensive? Try other alternatives >> here1 & here2.
Fresh 2023 VMWare Library >> here
Awesome Lucid (VIsio-like) tool >> here
Quick check on domain details >> simply enter the domain
All MS Windows 11 DevOps—you either provide your own key or use the trial key.
GitHub - Search Admin Tools
Network CLIs
IANA - ICAAN - network engineers reference
Subnet Address tool >> here
Great Review Article on LAN/WAN/BAN >> here
Common IT Tools click >> here
Useful STIG info click >> here
Solarwinds free cool mini-Tools. Some may have ads click >> here
Great site tracking End of Life technology platforms >> here
Azure Admin Portal Click>>here
Azure Cloud Tools Download Click >>here
Office 365 Admin Click >>here
VMWare Homekits as lab use
VMWare Rewards Leader Board >> here
Ansible Automation Comm.Vmware Docx >> here
Major VM Backup Solution is too expensive? Try other alternatives >> here1 & here2.
Fresh 2023 VMWare Library >> here
Awesome Lucid (VIsio-like) tool >> here
Quick check on domain details >> simply enter the domain
All MS Windows 11 DevOps—you either provide your own key or use the trial key.
GitHub - Search Admin Tools
Network CLIs
Disk Tool: Open source. Very cool.
Check out CrystalDiskInfo here. Or Here.
Provides technical details of your SSD, USB, NV.Me disk space, size, and firmware. One thing I find very useful is the "power on hours" because I can do some quick math and understand how long it's been up. This info helps me gauge when I think it's time to replace the drive.
Check out CrystalDiskInfo here. Or Here.
Provides technical details of your SSD, USB, NV.Me disk space, size, and firmware. One thing I find very useful is the "power on hours" because I can do some quick math and understand how long it's been up. This info helps me gauge when I think it's time to replace the drive.
Certain types of US Gov't IT job requires various level of secret clearance. Typical military servicemembers automatically gets Secret, but for general IT contracts, Public Trust clearance is required. Learn more here.
One of the most common issues with smaller organizations is that they only have one or two IT personnel for their whole IT department. This means their budget is lower and they cannot afford a monitoring service application. Time, and again, the SSL certs will expire before they know it. It could be your IIS web server or your vCenter VCSA SSL. Here's the fastest way to update your vCenter certificate if it's already expired. Simply SSH into your ESXi host or vCenter server and then run the bash CLI as shown as highlighted below (v6, 7, 8). Usually you only need to select option 3 and follow instructions. Option 4 if you know exactly what you need it done.
At times in my past experience, I often get questions asked from newly hired IT techs and users about support 2 & 3 tiers. They know what level 1st is. Here's a good quick summary:
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Windows GodMode.
Just create a new folder on the desktop. Rename it to "God Mode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}" You now have quick access to all settings on steroid. |
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How to quickly maintain your Windows Servers 2019/22 trial license up to 3 years:
1. Download the retail trial at the Microsoft site. Just google it.
2. Install to your ESX, VirtualBox, virtual server machine or whatever platform.
3. The trial is 180 days but you want to put a calendar reminder on day 175. Just run the re-arm.
4. What if I want to go beyond 3 years because I have a domain forest? Stand up another peer DC and then decommission the expiring domain after 5 days but before actually expires. Please be respectful to MS and do not abuse this feature. Use only on lab setup. Not for business production.
1. Download the retail trial at the Microsoft site. Just google it.
2. Install to your ESX, VirtualBox, virtual server machine or whatever platform.
3. The trial is 180 days but you want to put a calendar reminder on day 175. Just run the re-arm.
4. What if I want to go beyond 3 years because I have a domain forest? Stand up another peer DC and then decommission the expiring domain after 5 days but before actually expires. Please be respectful to MS and do not abuse this feature. Use only on lab setup. Not for business production.
Want to do quick access to your Azure via Cloud Cmdlets? Just make sure you install the cloud Powershell on your desktop and issue the PS cmdlets as shown:
Quick NvMe PCIe & SATA M.2 Interface Explained.
