In this article we’ll talk about how to resize KVM virtual machine disks for popular disk types. We’ll show how to correctly increase a virtual machine disk size in the KVM hypervisor on Linux without losing data and discuss the options to reduce disk size.
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PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2016
RDP Brute Force Protection with PowerShell and Windows Firewall Rules
May 21, 2020I have had an idea to write a simple PowerShell script to automatically block (blacklist) IP addresses, on which RDP brute-force attempts or continuous RDP attacks are detected, in Windows…
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VMware vSphere Hypervisor is a free, powerful and reliable hardware hypervisor for server and workstation virtualization. The article tells how to install and configure free VMware Hypervisor (ESXi), create a…
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PowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2016
Configuring Windows Firewall Rules with PowerShell
May 14, 2020This article gives the basics on how to manage settings and rules of built-in Windows Defender Firewall with Advanced Security using PowerShell. We’ll consider how to enable/disable the firewall for…
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Windows 10Windows Server 2012 R2
An Internal Error has Occurred: Remote Desktop Connection Error
May 13, 2020I saw a strange message “An internal error has occurred” when trying to connect from Windows 10 to a recently deployed RDSH server running Windows Server 2012 R2 using RDP.…
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Active DirectoryGroup Policies
How to Refresh AD Groups Membership without Reboot/Logoff?
May 8, 2020All Windows admins know that after a computer or a user is added to an Active Directory security group, new permissions to access domain resources or new GPOs are not…
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Windows 10Windows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2019
Fix: Network Printer Goes Offline on Windows
May 7, 2020From time to time we notice that some connected network printers go offline, stop printing and print jobs begin to queue on the print servers running Windows Server. In this…
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You can manage Windows services not only from the services.msc snap-in or sc.exe command line tool, but also using PowerShell. In this article we’ll consider different scenarios of managing Windows…
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Windows 10Windows Server 2016
How to Mirror (RAID1) Boot GPT Hard Drive on Windows 10/ Server 2016?
April 29, 2020In this article we‘ll show you how to create a software mirror (RAID1) from two GPT disks with Windows Server 2016/Windows 10 installed for UEFI. We’ll consider a full-featured BCD…
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PowerShellWindows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Managing Windows Server Roles & Features with PowerShell
April 28, 2020In Windows Server 2012R2/2016/2019, you can use the graphical Server Manager console to install and remove server roles and features. However, in most cases you can do the same from…