In this tutorial, I will explain how to delete a DNS zone on Windows Server. Open the DNS administration console On the Windows server, open the DNS administration console, it is accessible by the server manager by clicking on Tools then on DNS. View DNS Zones In the administration console, expand the Forward lookup zones …
In this tutorial, I will explain how to delete a DFS namespace on Windows Server. In the vast majority of cases, you won’t normally need this tutorial 😉 Although this operation is relatively simple to perform using the graphical interface, it sometimes happens that it does not go as planned, especially if you have planned …
In this tutorial, I will explain how to configure an IP address on a network card on a Windows server. This operation is not complicated, but there are several solutions to achieve the same result that we will see in this tutorial. Use sconfig to configure an IP address sconfig for ServerConfig is a command …
Create a share with PowerShell: This tutorial explains how to share a folder in Powershell granting full access to Everyone. The folder to be shared must already exist on the server. Open a PowerShell window On the server, open a PowerShell command prompt as Administrator. Use the New-SmbShare cmdlet Enter the following command to create …
In this “How To” tutorial, I will explain how to delete a DNS record on Windows Server with the DNS Manager console. Delete a DNS record Open the DNS Manager console On a server where the DNS Manager console is installed, open it and go to the zone where you want to delete the record. …
In a previous tutorial, I explained how to protect your Linux servers with Crowdsec in order to block “malicious” traffic. For almost 2 months now, the Crowdsec version has been available for Windows. If you are not yet familiar with Crowdsec, here is a brief presentation: Crowdsec will analyze different log files (Web, firewall, SSH, …
If you’re used to connecting to Windows servers, you may have noticed that Server Manager opens every time, although handy, this tends to “slow” the login and is intrusive especially when you don’t need it. I will explain how to disable its automatic opening. If you have already closed it, open the server manager. Click …
When creating a new application in MDT, you get the following message: Application name “application name” is already used. This error occurs when trying to create a new app with a name that was used and the app was deleted. Solution 1. Open the Applications.xml 1 file (with notepad++) located in X:\DeploymentShare\Control 2. Delete the …
Deduplication is a feature that saves disk space on a volume by grouping identical sectors together. It is not recommended to enable deduplication on volumes hosting databases, virtual machines, and even WSUS. Before implementing this technology, check that your backup software is compatible. Example: With Veeam to restore files from a volume where deduplication is …
World Wide Name (WWN) is a unique identifier on storage controllers that identify devices on the SAN (disk bay). This is the equivalent of MAC addresses. 1. Open a PowerShell command prompt. 2. Enter the following command: 3. Here is the result of the command: On the screenshot above, we see that the server has …