DFS Replication: Installation and Configuration

Presentation DFS Replication allows you to set up a replication of a folder between several servers. There are “two types of replications”. One-way replication This type of replication is mainly used to centralize file server backups on a backup server. Multidirectional replication This type of replication makes it possible to have a folder with the …

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Testing the bandwidth on a local network with iPerf

IPerf overview iPerf is a client / server command line utility that allows you to perform bandwidth testing on a local network between two machines. iPerf will make it possible to perform a throughput test and to diagnose a possible bottleneck on a network between two points. By opening the appropriate ports, it is also …

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Hyper-V: create a virtual machine in PowerShell

In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to create a virtual machine on Hyper-V with PowerShell. The PowerShell commands of the tutorial, we were executed directly on the Hypervisor in a console launched in Administrator mode. Prerequisite: retrieve the name of the VMSwitch The first step will be to retrieve the name of …

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MDT: Duplicate / copy a deployment sequence

In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to duplicate / copy a deployment sequence in MDT. The tool does not offer this possibility natively, but it is possible to do so by copying the configuration files. The advantage of this operation is to be able to use the same parameters of a sequence …

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PowerShell: configure an IP address

In this tutorial, I will walk you through how to configure an IP address and DNS servers using PowerShell. The first step will be to retrieve the Index from the card. Enter the following Cmdlet to display the computer’s network cards: Get-NetAdapter We will therefore configure the card which has Index 2. IP address configuration …

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Rename a computer with PowerShell

Rename-Computer

In this “how” tutorial I will explain how to rename a computer in PowerShell. Using PowerShell allows you to go more empty than going through the graphical interface which requires going through several configuration windows. Rename a computer with PowerShell In a PowerShell prompt use: Rename-Computer The PowerShell command to rename a computer is Rename-Computer. …

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Windows Server: launch the configuration wizard on an installation without a graphical interface

On an installation of Windows Server without User Experience, that is to say without a graphical interface, there is a built-in utility that allows you to configure the server using a wizard. The utility is called sconfig, to launch once connected to the server, enter the sconfig command. Once the command has been validated, the …

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