1) Find a public SMS provider and register an account, there are plenty on the Internet. I use http://www.smsglobal.com in this example, and it works perfect. 2) Install Outlook 2010 and PowerShell on the server. If you use Outlook 2003 or 2007, MOSA has to be installed. 3) Configure Outlook 2010, go to ‘New Item … Continue reading PowerShell: Send SMS Through Outlook
Hyper-V Best Practices
1) Change the default VM folder from C partition to other drives. 2) Rename the external NIC to avoid confusion. 3) Standardize the virtual networks friendly name other you have to reconfigure the NIC after the VM migration. 4) Backup Authorization Store C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Hyper-V\InitialStore.xml 5) Enable RDP, or use VMConnect to connect remotely to non-Windows servers. … Continue reading Hyper-V Best Practices
Logical Design of SAN
I found this diagram in a HP EVA SAN manual. It demonstrates the logical design of a SAN that can be used in a high-availability solution. Very useful for helping user understand how SAN works inside. For example, the Hyper-V cluster.
Windows 2008 Cluster Quorum Configurations
In Windows Server 2003 cluster, the quorum resource could become the single point of failure as nodes could not function if they can not communicate to the quorum resource. This limit has been removed in Windows Server 2008 cluster, as now it supports 4 quorum modes which are enabled by the newly added ‘Voting Algorithm’. … Continue reading Windows 2008 Cluster Quorum Configurations
PowerShell: Read Computer Information
Sometimes, I need to check the information of a list of servers. To get it done just in one shot, script is my best choice. Here is a example to check my local machine's info: $Machine = "localhost" $OS = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_OperatingSystem -ComputerName $Machine $CS = Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystem -ComputerName $Machine $CPU = Get-WmiObject … Continue reading PowerShell: Read Computer Information
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