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TrainSignal offering unlimited access to IT training for only $49 a month

Personally I’m always looking for good training at a good price. Even though TrainSignal has always provided good training and also at a good price, it has now become even cheaper.

For only $49 a month you get unlimited access to their IT training. And you can even get a 3-day free trial.

So no more excuses for not learning 🙂 Be sure to browse their training videos.

 
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Posted by on March 7, 2013 in Uncategorized

 

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PowerShell – Advanced Function Template

I’m currently reading the great book “Learn PowerShell In A Month Of Lunches“.As it turns out there is a lot I can still improve on (which I already knew ofcourse).

Part of the book covers properly creating an advanced function. I’ve taken these sample scripts and added additional comments so I can more easily use it for future functions. You can find it here.

 
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Posted by on March 4, 2013 in Uncategorized

 

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PowerShell – Create-Event

This script will create an event in an existing event log or a new event log.

This can be useful to keep track of what happens in your script either locally or using monitoring tools like SCOM. You can also use it to test if custom event monitoring you’ve configured is working as expected.

Or run a task in response to a given event as explained here.

 
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Posted by on February 23, 2013 in Uncategorized

 

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Summary of EMC Information Storage and Management storage (EMC E20-001)

Some time ago I took the EMC E20-001 Information Storage and Management (ISM) exam. As a preparation I used the available book and summarized it.

Even though there are newer updated versions of ISM, I think the summary will still be useful for those who quickly want to get more aquinted with information and storage basics.

You can find the summary here. I hope you enjoy it.

 
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Posted by on February 14, 2013 in Uncategorized

 

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VMware – Free videos covering what’s new in VMware vSphere 5.1

In the last half year, it’s been a very busy time for me because of all the new Microsoft products being released. As a result of this, I unfortunately haven’t been able to look into the newly added features and capabilities in VMware vSphere 5.1

Luckily however, VMware has released these free videos covering what’s new in VMware vSphere 5.1. This should make it easier to get up-to-date again.

I hope you enjoy it.

 

 
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Posted by on February 6, 2013 in Uncategorized

 

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2012 in review

In the 2nd half of this year I started blogging more actively and even though the last couple of weeks didn’t feature many posts, I still have lots of things I want to blog about in 2013.

For now however, you can check out the statistics of 2012 which the WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared: Click here to see the complete report.

Thanks everyone for visiting my blog and contributing. Also if you have ideas/suggestions what I should improve or blog about, please let me know.

 
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Posted by on December 31, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

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Microsoft information flood (including Server 2012)

Business

Offshoring

VMware

Generic Microsoft learning resources

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Posted by on June 20, 2012 in Uncategorized

 

Installing Server 2003 (R2) x64 on a Dell PowerEdge with a Perc5i controller including pitfalls and how to avoid them

When installing Windows 2003 x64 on a Dell with Perc5/6 controller using DRAC virtual media you may encounter the following issues:

  1. The default windows installation media does not contain the drivers for the raid controller. As a result disks will not be visible during setup and you will not be able to install Windows.
  2. The Windows 2003 install does not contain the drivers for the raid controller. As a result disks will not be visible during setup and you will not be able to install Windows.
  3. By putting the standard Dell Perc5/6 Windows 2003 x64 drivers on a (virtual) floppy and pressing F6 during Windows setup the drivers will not be detected, the raid controller and disk will still not be visible and you will not be able to install Windows. PS: For creating a virtual floppy an easy to use program is winimage.
  4. Even though you integrate the standard Dell Perc5/6 Windows 2003 x64 drivers into the installation media using nLite, the raid controller and disk will still not be visible and you will not be able to install Windows.
  5. When installing by using DRAC virtual media, the first setup part (text-mode) will complete. After the first reboot however, you will get an error stating something like the files or cdrom cannot be found or please insert the cd-rom containing the files.

The solution lies in the following actions:

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Posted by on April 24, 2012 in Uncategorized