Backup and Recover Active Directory steps summary

Environment: OS: Windows 2008 R2 Active Directory (single DC environment..oy I know) Issue: ADUC cannot open, Sysvol/AD not functioning, users cannot login, no existing good DCs and must restore from backups. Thankfully, local backups were configured properly with...

Perfect Fedora 19 x64 installation

Just wanted to make a quick note of all the applications I install by default on my Fedora laptop to get it fully functional. Fresh installation of Fedora 19 x64, then: sudo yum update -y sudo yum groupinstall “MATE Desktop” -y sudo yum install cairo-dock thunderbird...

Cannot delete a large number of files

Ever tried to use the “rm *” command on a directory that has thousands of files? If so, you were probably greeted with the error “too many files”. Here’s how to get around this issue by simply deleting 1 file at a time. cd /directory1 ls -1 > /tmp/output.output while...

Setup Linux ISCSI targets with tgtd

Purpose: Low cost ISCSI storage for VMware ESXi 4.1 cluster Environment: Sun Storagetek 2530 SAS array connected to a X4100 M2 Sun server. RHEL 6.1 installed on X4100 M2 Sun server. 1 multipathed LUN presented to RHEL 6.1 server from 2530 storage array. LUN presented...