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Vyatta Blocking Email Download of Attachments

Clement DeLarge — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 19:53:00 +0000

I check my site logs pretty often to find out how people are arriving at this blog and have seen an increase in traffic that points to an exchange I had with a visitor about Vyatta blocking email attachment downloads. I wanted to post this quick entry so that people looking for a quick fix [...]

Create a Router with Front Firewall using Vyatta on VMware Workstation

Clement DeLarge — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:25:42 +0000

Vyatta is a powerful enterprise class software router that has some really incredible features. It has a CLI (command line interface) as well as a web interface. I’ve gotten a few requests about configuring it as a front system but until now have only really worked with Vyatta as a pure routing appliance internal to [...]

ESXi Going Forward, Is It Really All Doom and Gloom?

Clement DeLarge — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 15:27:03 +0000

ESXi vs. ESX – warning, this is a rant! I recently participated in a discussion thread on LinkedIn in the VMware Certified Professionals group that got to be a little lively. In this discussion, outside of the original poster’s question, a side discussion began on ESXi vs. ESX and all the trouble that it [...]

Windows Home Server “Vail” Public Preview Installation Failure on vSphere

Clement DeLarge — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:14:25 +0000

I decided to sign up for Microsoft Connect and download the Windows Home Server “Vail” public preview and install it in my lab vSphere lab. I recently picked up an Iomega ix4-200 and had some extra space so I wanted to try to streaming media and backup functionality. After Windows (Server 2008 R2) installed, and the [...]

Enable Jumbo Frame Support in vSphere Using PowerCLI in 30 Seconds. :)

Clement DeLarge — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:12:20 +0000

This applies to virtual switches that have already been created. I was trying to do this earlier this evening and found a few articles that talked about various methods to enable jumbo frame support on a vSwitch. After reading some of the ‘hacks’ that are being used, I decided to dig into PowerCLI. Amazingly enough, the [...]

Creating an Activated Windows Server 2008 R2 VMware Template using Microsoft Sysprep

Clement DeLarge — Tue, 18 May 2010 19:28:47 +0000

I’ve been experimenting with creating a good Windows Server 2008 R2 template for VMware vSphere 4 and wondered just how many times Microsoft would allow an activation on the same MSDN license key (Multiple Activation) for the OS. I often deploy multiple servers at a time and am always fearful of activating since I don’t [...]

SSL Sniffing – How Safe Is Your Information?

Clement DeLarge — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:21:53 +0000

Some firewalls now have a new feature (or not so new), unbeknownst to most web users: The little lock in your browser that shows that you are using a secure connection is not what it used to be. When you make a secure connection to a web site, your bank for example, and you see the [...]

Team Foundation Server 2010 Installation Experiences and Lessons Learned

Clement DeLarge — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 06:01:38 +0000

Do it right the first time! There’s quite a few posts on Team Foundation Server 2010 (TFS) and how to install and configure it, as well as a really good CHM file from Microsoft on the same topics, so I won’t go through duplicating what everyone else has done and will link to one [...]

Creating and Managing a DNS Zone Using Windows Server + Quick DNS Primer

Clement DeLarge — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 21:01:49 +0000

This is a quick post, or maybe not so quick, just to illustrate how to create and add records to a DNS zone on your own Windows Server with the DNS role configured. This server can be a domain controller with DNS installed or just a DNS server, it doesn’t make any difference. A quick primer [...]

SQL Server 2008 Installer Fails on Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2

Clement DeLarge — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 06:12:53 +0000

Have you tried rebooting? I ran across an issue on Windows Server 2008 R2 but also found the issue to happen on Windows 7 installations. Apparently this will be fixed in the R2 releases of SQL but since those aren’t available yet for the enterprise and similar versions, there’s a pretty simple fix. I found an article [...]