Enterprise Operating Systems

Troubleshooting and Guides for: Microsoft Server, Linux, and VMware

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Dell Hardware/Software Guides

Dell Servers – PowerEdge, Blades, and Cloud
integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDrac)
OpenMange Server Administrator (OMSA)

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Scripting Guides

PowerShell, Bash, JSON, and Python Scripting Guides

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Restart a Service Remotely Using PowerShell on Multiple Servers

crtechtipsMay 17, 20172 min read

I threw a quick PowerShell function together that would allow me to restart one service on 1 or more servers in one command.  I hadn’t found an easy way to …

How to reset the local admin password of a Hyper-V VM

crtechtipsMay 13, 20172 min read

Do you ever get that sinking feeling, when you’ve forgotten the root password to your test lab?  Again? I hate it too!  So I decided to figure out a way …

Moving your VM Storage

crtechtipsMay 13, 20172 min read

Use the fantastic tools built-in to Hyper-V 2012 to make it easy to migrate your VMs onto new storage or over to a new host.  Never mess with copying .vhdx …

Cloning VMs in Hyper-V

crtechtipsMay 12, 20174 min read

It’s a common enough scenario: build one template machine and then mirror that to make a testlab, so you’d think this would be a built-in feature of Hyper-V, but its …

Windows Client – Fully Automated Deployments

crtechtipsMay 12, 201711 min read

Let’s face it, guys.  There are times that you JUST don’t have access to SCCM, MDT or Kace, and need to deploy a completely automated and silent Windows install without …