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Stop 07b After Restoring Physical Computer to VM
A simple, low-cost, inelegant method of virtualizing a physical machine running a Windows server operating system leverages Windows Server Backup and the recovery option of a corresponding OS installation ISO. I’ve used this many times for a quick and dirty way to move a physical machine to Hyper-V but a common issue can lead to…
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Building a Low-Cost Music Server for Non-Techies
My 90-year-old father-in-law had a gigantic collection of esoteric CDs in a large stereo cabinet that dominated a large corner of his living room. The most disappointing aspect of this old-school approach to music listening was the fact that with painful arthritis, the likelihood he would want to make his way over to the stereo…
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How to Get IPv6 and DHCPv6 Properly Configured on a Small Network
Scenario: Small Windows network with Forefront Threat Management Gateway 2010 as the only router. Using static IPv4 addresses for key infrastructure servers (DCs, DHCP, DNS, Hyper-V hosts, etc.) and DHCP for clients and development servers. Installed and configured DHCPv6 for stateful address distribution after assigning unique local IPv6 addresses to key insfrastructure servers. (Note, unlike…
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Hacking the Western Digital Sentinel DX4000 Update 1
At this point, all limitations listed in my first post have been removed or mitigated. Here is a quick summary of the current status of each resolved/mitigated limitation listed earlier: The two NICs are configured in failover mode only, and teamed, meaning two active network connections cannot be established. This is a significant limitation if…
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Hacking the Western Digital Sentinel DX4000
On the surface, the fact that the WD Sentinel DX4000 is powered by Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials and two NICs intimates that it should be a highly flexible and capable NAS. However, as shipped by Western Digital, a number of limitations rapidly appear. Being the stubborn type, I decided to see how many…
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