cmdprompt

Server Core Useful Commands

Now that I have Server Core at the base of my Domain Controllers, It’s useful to have a list of commands for reference. I got these mostly from Microsoft TechNet   General commands Hostname, domain membership: Rename computer netdom renamecomputer %computername% /newname:MyNewHostname Join machine to domain netdom join %computername% /domain:corp.mycompany.com /userd:CORP\jsmith /passwordd:* Rename computer while …

Cacti

Getting GMAIL notifications via ZABBIX on CENTOS6

So, I like the email notifications from Zabbix, but what happens if my mail server locally is the one that crashes? Using a reliable service like GMail to send out these notifications will assist if my mail server is broken. Here’s how its done: First you get an smtp server running with CA certs on …

Microsoft-Exchange-2003

ActiveSync breaks randomly in Exchange 2003

I’ve got 2 exchange 2003 servers in different domains. It seems on about a monthly basis that the ActiveSync just stops working and my mobile users get shut off from syncing. Today I found a quick little workaround. Over in EMS, right click the HTTP virtual server container and uncheck forms based authentication. Restart IIS. …