Blog posts by category: Infrastructure

Static IP’s and DHCP in an isolated IPv6 environment

Posted by Tim Jacobs on 01/03/2013.

This blogpost discusses a few need-to-knows in setting up a DHCPv6 for IPv6 enabled clients, especially when mixing static and dynamically assigned IP's.

Virtual Datacenter with vSphere 5.1. Part 2: Installing Active Directory on a virtual host

Posted by Jurgen Van de Perre on 11/02/2013.

In this series I want to guide you through the setup and configuration of a fully virtual datacenter using VMWare vSphere 5.1. We will cover all features like SSO, Inventory Service, vCenter Server, Web Client and Update Manager. This will allow you to setup your lab or even production environment in the correct way.

Defragmenting disks in Windows Server 2012

Posted by Jan Goormans on 24/01/2013.

Checking fragmentation and defragmenting disks is still a core task for system administrators.
Everyone knows the defrag.exe utility, but it’s old and you need to combine it with other tools, such as Sysinternal’s psexec, to run it on a remote computer. Windows server 2012 and more specifically Powershell v3 provides this capability out-of-the-box.

Virtual Datacenter with vSphere 5.1. Part 1: Install and configure the ESXi Host(s)

Posted by Jurgen Van de Perre on 17/01/2013.

In this series I want to guide you through the setup and configuration of a fully virtual datacenter using VMWare vSphere 5.1. We will cover all features like SSO, Inventory Service, vCenter Server, Web Client and Update Manager. This will allow you to setup your lab or even a production environment following the VMware best practices.

Microsoft SQL Server setup checklist

Posted by Jan Goormans on 16/11/2012.

Microsoft SQL Server is the unsung hero of many IT-infrastructures. It sits around quietly, powering your most critical applications such as SharePoint, Microsoft’s System Center suite and VMware’s vCenter, CRM, etc.
Running a performing SQL server starts with the second part: the server. Just like your house needs a solid foundation, your database system needs a solid server. I have spent a lot of time (re-) building SQL servers and below is a list of things which you should do every time you install a new MS SQL server.

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