Process and restart your Windows DNS servers with a batch file.

If you are like me and have multiple Windows DNS servers to manage, you find that it gets tiresome to constantly update, clear the cache and restart the DNS Server service.  Scripting to the Rescue! Here is a batch file Continue reading Process and restart your Windows DNS servers with a batch file.

Windows 2012 Backup to a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD)

Every now and then, Microsoft does something that totally impresses me.  It doesn’t happen often, but in this case I must say I am thoroughly impressed with Windows Server Backup. One of the long time issues with Windows Backup has Continue reading Windows 2012 Backup to a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD)

Reconnect VHD on Windows Startup – Windows Server 2008/2012

I discovered this problem while setting up a Windows 2012 Backup to a Virtual Hard Drive (VHD).  What I found is that Microsoft does a lousy job of connecting VHD files as disks.  The problem is that the disks are Continue reading Reconnect VHD on Windows Startup – Windows Server 2008/2012

Remove Old Kernels in Ubuntu (Debian) to free up space on the /boot

Your Ubuntu /boot partition is full and you are getting disk full errors when you try to run apt-get upgrade. This line will remove any old kernels to free up space in your /boot partition. Continue reading Remove Old Kernels in Ubuntu (Debian) to free up space on the /boot