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File Shares / SMB Not Working

Feb 22, 2019 · 2 min read · File Server File Share Microsoft Microsoft Powershell SMB ·

A strange issue occasionally occurs on some servers where random network dropouts occur while accessing any file share (ie. \\servername\c$). I recently came across this issue again and found this fantastic post on the technet forums. About half way down the page a solution is posted which fixed my issue!

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Create Active Directory Forest via PowerShell

Aug 29, 2018 · 2 min read · Active Directory Microsoft Microsoft Powershell Windows ·

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This blog covers creating a new Active Directory forest and adding a secondary domain controller to the domain via PowerShell.

Create Active Directory Forest

To create a new Active Directory (AD) forest, the below PowerShell commands can be run to simplify the process. To start off, run the below command to install the …

Managing Snapshots with PowerCLI

Mar 3, 2017 · 1 min read · PowerCLI Powershell Snapshot vCenter VMware vSphere ·

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With access to vCenter or vRealize Automation comes great responsibility. Clients often require a quick and easy way to take a short term snapshot of a server so that they can quick and easily rollback application changes. VMware provides a robust snapshot function, however when things go well these snapshots are often …
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Increase WinRM / PowerShell Limits

Feb 23, 2017 · 1 min read · Microsoft Microsoft Powershell WinRM ·

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For many organisations, PowerShell remoting is done through a scripthost server where maximum concurrent session limits and maximum connected user limits can be reached. As explained in this Microsoft blog, the following error might be encountered.

PS> New-PSSession \[localhost\] Connecting to remote server failed …