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Using Powershell to Parse Event Logs

Powershell is a well needed addition to Windows. For a longtime there has been Windows admins wanting a powerful and flexible scripting language similar to what Linux / Unix users have had for years, or...
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Using Powershell to check service and send email

Ran into an issue with services stopping for no reason and causing IIS to stop. This was happening in the middle of the night and was sporadic in nature, making it hard to find a root cause. As a...
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Installing BackupPC

This post is how I was able to install BackupPC on my Ubuntu 10.04 server and backup Windows/Linux/Mac clients using rsync and ssh. Client Setup (Windows 7/Vista/XP) These instructions are written for...
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Installing FreeNAS 0.8 on Oracle VirtualBox 4.1

As part of creating a Windows 2008 R2 cluster there is a requirement to have iSCSI storage or block storage for the Quorum and other shared storage for the cluster. An easy and affordable way to achieve...
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Enable Virtualization on Dell Optiplex 755 to run Oracle VirtualBox 4

Recently I ran into an issue when working on creating a test cluster environment for Windows 2008 R2 with Oracle VirtualBox running on Fedora 16 64 bit on a Dell Optiplex 755. The issue was VirtualBox...
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