Jul 29, 2016 Posted by newlife007

Using PowerShell to Failover Cluster Resources for Patching

Introduction So you are having to patch cluster nodes and would like a way to automate the failover of the resources and log what when it was done and who did the work. In this post we will cover a simple PowerShell script that will drain, pull and balance resources in a 2 or more node active / passive or active / active cluster. About the Script The purpose of the PowerShell script is to allow three... read more

Jul 8, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How To Upgrade Fedora 23 to Fedora 24 Workstation

Introduction Fedora 24 has been released and you are ready to take the plunge and have been using Fedora 23. If you’ve upgraded from past Fedora releases, you may be familiar with the dnf upgrade plugin. This method is the recommended and supported way to upgrade from Fedora 23 to Fedora 24. Using this plugin will make your upgrade to Fedora 24 simple and easy. The Process Before you do anything, you will... read more

Jul 2, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How To Display Mount Points and Drives Using PowerShell

Introduction To continue on with more useful PowerShell we cover getting details on drives including drives that are using mount points. The Code For the most part we will be making a call to WMI using win32_volumes class and using auto format to output to a table. In the output we want to display Disk free space, total space, disk percentage as well as name and  drive letter. The name output includes the... read more

Jun 24, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How To Manage WebSites using PowerShell on IIS 8

Introduction As PowerShell continues to evolve and more features are added with each OS release there is more places to use PowerShell to automate and make many tasks easy. In this post we will explore managing websites using PowerShell, so let’s get started. the examples used in this post are from Cognos modifications to the default IIS 8 install. The Code All of the commands we will be using are... read more

Jun 12, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How To Make Fonts look Sharper on KDE 5 on Fedora 23

Introduction You have taken the plunge and are running a Linux distro (maybe Fedora 23?) and have chosen KDE as your desktop on your laptop. But you wonder why do my fonts look so jagged? Well look no further, with a few clicks you can make the LCD screen on your laptop look much sharper. Font Settings With just a few tweaks you can make the fonts look sharper on the system. The following instructions are... read more