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    Network Baseline

    We currently run Solarwinds. I use that for hosts/devices up/down and NetFlow. I have completed full network diagrams. I'm curious if anyone captures a healthy "traffic flow" to see what the network is doing/baselining or if that will end up being more trouble than it is worth. I guess I am...
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    Network Baseline

    I have just taken over control of a new network, and I want to take a network baseline so that in the case of future issues with the network, I have something to reference. Network is entirely Cisco/VMware/Windows. What should I include in a baseline to have the best picture of the "healthy"...
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    Powershell Config editing help

    The solution ended up being rather simple. Someone at the technet forums was able to help. I'm posting this here just in case anyone else searches for a solution.... Get-ChildItem "C:\somedir" -recurse -include *.cfg | select-object -expand fullname | foreach {(Get-Content $_) -replace...
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    Powershell Config editing help

    I'm trying to automate as much as possible at work, and in turn, learn powershell. I just started, so I am struggling a little bit with the following scenario: I have 1600 config files in ~30 or so sub-dirs. I'd like something that could replace all of a given value with a new value. The...
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    Blade Servers vs 1U server noise

    I have two Dell Poweredge R210 IIs with E1230 processors and 16GB of ram each. They run quiet and cool at home. I don't ever really tax the processors for lab work.
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    Connecting to VMs on your ESXi server remotely

    I use an RDP Gateway (I was testing this for another reason) into the lab network. That particular VM has two virtual nics.
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    VM Newbie

    Ram is just so cheap that it makes VMs a really powerful tool.
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    VM Newbie

    At work, we have an extensively virtualized environment (almost completely except for typical high i/o, and clients who brought in their own hardware). At home, I have a VMWare lab with three poweredge servers. I still use VMware workstation to quickly test a powershell script or command string...
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    How to lookup the last time your ESXi host booted?

    If you are using vcenter, you can click on the root level vcenter server on the left hand side. click on the hosts tab on the right, and it will show uptime for all your hosts. I'm not sure about standalone hosts.
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    2012 Lab Project - Should I scrap the ESXi/ZFS All in One? Whats next?

    Not crazy at all. You have to have a lab I think. I've got Two R210IIs and 1 T410 for shared storage/VMWare
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    IIS Virtual Directory

    Can remote into the server or a console session and go to your webpage. That will give you a more definitive error message than the generic one.
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    A/D Domain without network control?

    Another possible method of doing this would be setting up a completely separate environment. Setup a Remote Desktop Gateway and use that as a means to get "into" the dev environment. It would keep things separate, but it would still allow you to test.
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    A/D Domain without network control?

    What is the nature of the services you are trying to provide? It seems like anything going against your IT dept would be against corporate policy anyway.
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    Suggest a MBP Retina alternative.

    Since it seems like we have close to the same job type, I'll throw in my work laptop as a recommendation. 1920x1080 screen...and I even like typing on the keyboard. Latitude E6520.
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    Your home ESX server lab hardware specs?

    I thought about this. I'm getting ready to move in a few weeks and giving up FiOS anyway, unfortunately. So, I will either be implementing pfsense or something else on the front end.
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