Veeam – Quick Migration (Cold VM Migration)
This article explains how to migrate a running VM from one host to another without vMotion and with as little downtime as possible. Context As part of a recent round […]
This article explains how to migrate a running VM from one host to another without vMotion and with as little downtime as possible. Context As part of a recent round […]
This article explains how to sign an Excel macro using a code-signing certificate on a Yubikey Smartcard. However, a code-signing certificate in the local certificate store of the operating system […]
While trying to install a new feature on a Windows Server 2012 R2 system using Powershell, I received the following error: #Install Feature Install-WindowsFeature -Name Desktop-Experience -IncludeAllSubFeature Install-WindowsFeature : The […]
This article explains how to install patches on ESXi hosts using esxcli, if Update Manager is not not available or not working. Prerequisites Download the desired patch from my.vmware.com Upload […]
This article explains how to query the scheduled tasks on a remote machine over PsExec. Explanation I recently needed to check the details of a scheduled task on a remote […]
This article explains how to automatically workaround the issue where the first attempt to install VMware tools on a new Server2016 system fails to install the VMWare Tools (VMTools) service. […]
This article explains how to enable a Dell Wyse 3040 thin client to: Power itself on automatically when AC power is provided to the unit Automatically power itself on at […]
I’ve recently been testing Microsoft’s Windows Subsystem for Linux feature to improve my development workflow for Linux from my Windows-based workstation. This new feature is super promising/exciting, especially since Microsoft […]
This article explains how to create a custom security template from a workstation machine and then import that template into a group policy object to globally manage the LxssManager service […]
This article details how to install firmware updates on Dell Servers running ESXi using Dell OpenManage Essentials (OME). For instructions on setting up a Dell OpenManage Essentials server, see: https://scriptech.io/dell-openmanage-essentials-installation/ […]