How To
503 Service Unavailable when logging in on ESX server through Web Access.
I have encountered this error after a clean installation of ESX 4 server on a new HP DL 380 G6. When you access your ESX server through web interface and […]
Year: 2009
How To
Start/stop a VM from the CLI.
Follow these steps to start or stop a VM from the CLI of your ESX server: First, find the full path to your virtual machine by typing: #vmware-cmd -l To […]
How To
Grant the Root user SSH access.
Granting SSH access to the Root user is not recommended from the security point of view. But, when you are in a secured environment you can safely enable the SSH […]
How To
Create and start a data collector from command line using LogMan.exe.
Regarding to my previous post about “List all performance counters on a Windows computer and export it to a file”, I wanted to automate the process of creating a basic […]
How To
Manage a Windows Machine using Windows Remote Management.
With Windows Remote Management (WinRM) you can remotely (duh! 🙂 ) manage hardware and software on your Windows machines. It’s installed by default on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista. I […]
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Create your own custom events in the event log.
Did you ever wonder how to add some custom events to your computer system or application log? I always have but never really had the time to look it up. […]
How To
Troubleshooting the Security-Licensing-SLC Event ID 12293.
I discovered this error message on several servers in a new Windows 2008 domain. This issue occurs because you have more than one KMS hosts in your organization, which is the […]
Automation
Send an e-mail message from PowerShell.
This small PowerShell script will send you an e-mail message to notify you about something. I used it as a monitor for a custom, non-Microsoft service running on Windows Server […]