Another quick blog post about changing and updating ntp settings on all windows servers in the lab to sync from uk.pool.ntp.org as time source. To update, use the command below (2008 and 2012 server compatible) w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:”uk.pool.ntp.org” /syncfromflags:manual /reliable:yes /update change the ntp_server with your source Restart the time service net stop w32timenet start…
Category: Windows
How to change windows Server Domain Controller IP and update FMSO
Another quick blog post about changing domain controller IP and updating FMSO. Change Domain IP Run CMD as admin Step1Dcdiag /s:LAB-DC01 Step2change IP to new IP Step3Ipconfig /flushdns Step4Ipconfig /registerdns step5Dcdiag /fix netdom query fsmo Move-ADDirectoryServerOperationMasterRole -Identity LAB-DC02 -OperationMasterRole SchemaMaster, DomainNamingMaster, PDCEmulator, RIDMaster, InfrastructureMaster Windows Extend License (run in powershell and extend domain) slmgr -rearm
How to Expand Windows VM Disk Using PowerCLI or Powershell in VMware – VirtuallyThatGuy
This is a quick post about some tools I used during previous project of deploying server core for an online gambling firm I worked for. We often found ourselves expanding disk and wanted to automate the process by including logging in to the OS and extending after VMware vmdk expansion.
ESXi 8.x, 7.x, 6.x Service sfcbd-watchdog Not Running / Fails to Start – VirtuallyThatGuy
Excited about ESXi 6.7 like everyone else so I updated the lab to version 6.7 vCenter, SRM, ESXi, vROPS, vSphere replication and boom PRTG (my primary monitoring tool) wasn’t picking up any hardware monitoring. I had problem with the VMware ESXi service sfcbd-watchdog which wouldn’t start on my newly deployed ESX 6.7 servers and since…
How to Expand VM Disk Using PowerCLI and Extend in Windows Guest – VirtuallyThatGuy
Imagine having to expand disk for more than 20 VMs and you sadly opt to do it the click next and next and next and click next way? Well you know where I am going with this. I must admit I use to do it this way until a colleague wowed me with a script…
How to Change TTL Settings in Windows Active Directory – VirtuallyThatGuy
So what is TTL? TTL is the value that determines how long your current DNS settings are cached with Internet Service Providers. What that means for you: In practice, if your Internet Service Provider has the current IP address for your website cached for 24 hours, it won’t bother checking for a DNS update for…
How to Automate Static DNS A Records with Powershell / PowerCLI – VirtuallyThatGuy
Welcome to VirtuallyThatGuy – This post will be looking at automation the creation of static DNS records in AD using a CSV.
Windows Server Shortcuts For Administrators – VirtuallyThatGuy
I came across this in my archives not sure who from… probably in my early platform days… very useful shortcuts for Windows Administrators… and your average user like myself. Simply get to a run command (Start>Run) or a command prompt (Start>Run>CMD [enter]) Admin Applet Command AD Domains and Trusts domain.msc Active Directory Management admgmt.msc AD…