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Citrix XenApp Health Monitor
SoftwareCitrix XenAppDetails Recently I had a need for a tool that would easily allow me or our Service Desk to monitor the health of our XenApp farm, there are obviously commercial products for this...
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WSUS Clients failing to download updates (80244019)
SoftwareWindows UpdateProblemClients were unable to download updates from our internal WSUS server, the download failed with error 80244019 however the same clients could download the updates fine...
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SoftwareLinuxTo find the version of SUSE or openSUSE and the service pack / patch level installed via the shell run the command;cat /etc/SuSE-releaseYou should get an output like the below;SUSE Linux...
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SoftwareLinuxIf you have a need to find the user accounts present on a linux computer via te shell the below command should help;cat /etc/passwd | grep "/home" | cut -d: -f1This will list all users on...
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SoftwareWindows ClientFrom time to time the need arises to change a Windows product key, the below uses slmgr.vbs to change the Windows product key and activates Windows;- Open an Administrative...
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Unable to delete a folder with a trailing space
SoftwareWindows ServerWindows ClientProblem:Two folders on a file server I administer had been created with a space at the end of the folder name. If I tried to delete these folders I got the message...
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Windows Azure Active Directory Sync Set CoexistenceConfigureation Error
SoftwareWindows ServerWhile setting up Office 365 I ran into an issue with the Active Directory Synchronization tool, at the configuration stage I was presented with the error...
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VMware: The parent virtual disk has been modified since the child was...
SoftwareVMWare VSphereProblem:After my weekend backups I was greeted this morning with a virtual guest that would not power on, instead I was getting the below error; An on the summary tab for the...
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SQL Script - Report the disk size each table is using in a database
SoftwareSQLThe below sql script will return a list of tables in a database along with the table sizes in MB. select object_name(id) [Table Name], [Table Size] = convert (varchar, dpages * 8 / 1024) +...
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Backup Exec RALUS Agent for Linux - Failure to browse [Root]
SoftwareLinuxProblem:Recently I installed the Backup Exec Agent for Linux (RALUS) on to a couple of SLES servers. The installation went fine with no errors, but when trying to create backup jobs I was...
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