windows: dhcp failover followup

to set up DHCP failover you’ll need the win8/win2012 version of RSAT. failover can then be configured via specific scopes or the entire IPv4 set of scopes by right-clicking in the MMC and choosing “Configure Failover”. if you have custom scope options they will cause a failure when setting up the failover relationship. this caused […]

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exchange 2007: external out-of-office messages

first, to allow external Oof messages they’ll have to be allowed globally at: EMC Organization Configuration->Hub Transport->Remote Domains->Right-click on Default and choose Properties then choose “Allow external out-of-office messages only” ^the above change did not seem to take effect until both hub transport servers had been rebooted powershell script: Get-Mailbox -ResultSize Unlimited | where {$_.ExternalOofOptions […]

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vcenter server appliance (vcsa) 5.5

finally getting to play around with the vcsa… default credentials are “root” with the password “vmware”. by default the system will try to retrieve an IP address via DHCP. to configure the network settings from the command line run: /opt/vmware/share/vami/vami_config_net the appliance can be configured at https://vcsa.mydomain.com:5480 (just an example hostname). once within the web management […]

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vsphere: can’t remove datastore because file system is busy/in use

i was trying to remove an old test datastore earlier today and no matter what i tried was unable to. i verified there were no remaining vms or templates on the datastore. i manually deleted any folders i could (i could not remove the vmkdump folder). i tried unmounting first then deleting. i could not […]

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ogre battle (snes)

i first rented this game in probably around 1993 and i was so infatuated with it that i wanted to own a copy. i eventually did get a copy and played it until i deemed it became too difficult and gave up. based on the maps i remember playing through i’d say i never played […]

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