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Convert a Dynamic IP to Static
Working on a project where on some servers the DHCP assigned addresses needs to be converted to static. Since there is always more than one…I needed to script it. Here is a quick way to do it via PowerShell. Hope this helps!
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Force Replication of all Domain Controllers on all Sites
If you want to replicate all Domain Controllers, then you have to start replication on each of them separately. This may take a while. To save time there is an easier way to force replication on all Domain Controllers of all Active Directory Sites. Log on to one of your Domain Controllers. Start Windows PowerShell…
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All of Windows Cipher Suites
Working on a security project and I needed a reference guide as to what cipher suites are supported on what OS. So I have documented a list of the default cipher suites and their preferred order for every Windows Server version. These were gathered from fully patched operating systems. [su_note note_color=”#efacad”]These are the server defaults…
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Deploying the SCCM Client with VMware Client Windows Guest Customization
2012, account, automation, ccmsetup, ccmsetup.exe, cmd, custom, customization, Guest, once, options, powershell, reboot, run, SCCM, sequence, service, specification, tasks, template, vmware, windowsSince SCCM is our configuration management tool of choice, the SCCM client needs to get installed on all of our newly provisioned VMs. I created a service account that only has read permission to the \\sccmserver\sms_sitecode\client share on the SCCM server. The client is installed from this location to ensure that we are always using the latest…
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NSLookup still showing IP of demoted Domain Controller
So had an interesting issue today where a Domain Controller (DC) was demoted yet the IP of the demoted DC was still showing up when running nslookup internaldomain.local Demoted DC:Â MWDC04 / IP: 10.14.111.111 I had done the metadata cleanup and tried many suggestions when googling the subject. To my surprise none of the solutions I…
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ConfigMgr 2012 R2 – WSUS sync fails with HTTP 503 errors
2012, 2016, 503, 8530, 8531, app, AppPool, Center, ConfigMan, ConfigMgr 2012, ConfigMgr 2012 R2, Configuration, Error, failed, http, iis, manager, not, pool, request, reset, server, service, SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER, status, system, unavailable, WCM.log, windows, with, working, WSUS, WSUS_CONFIG_FAILED, wsyncmgr.logRan into this issue with ConfigMgr 2012 R2 where it was unable to synchronize Software Update Point with the WSUS server. A review of the component status messages for the SMS_WSUS_SYNC_MANAGER component on the primary site server reveals errors related to WSUS synchronization which are similar to the following: [su_note note_color=”#efacad”]Message ID: 6703 WSUS Synchronization…