Deploying Azure Application Gateway - Part 1: Intro And Basic Deployment

I’ve recently spend some time with Azure Application Gateway and wanted to put my notes in a format that can benefit others. Part 1 will be an overview of Azure Application Gateway and walking through the process of creating very simple deployment using the Azure CLI. Part 2 will…

Sending Text To BMC (iDRAC, XClarity, iLO, Etc) Remote Consoles

I wasn’t planning on writing a post on this but after spending far too long looking for a simple solution I figured it was worth sharing. Plus I haven’t blogged in a while so this is what you get 😀. The problem You’re connected to the remote console using Dell iDRAC, Lenovo…

Getting the Veeam B&R Version and Build with PowerShell

There are a few ways to get the version of a Veeam Backup & Replication install, most of the online content points you towards querying the property of the file. And this works quite well if you just want to the version, but it doesn’t give you the full build which changes with…

Determining The Currently Installed Exchange Cumulative Update

Quick and short post today - we’re going to be retrieving the current Cumulative Update (CU) level of Exchange servers. There are already a ton of articles covering this but they all have one problem, they extract the Exchange build number using PowerShell and then ask you to…

Caveats With Enumerating Local Administrators

There are several ways to get a list of local administrators on a Windows system - be it a server or a client, but the accuracy of the data returned can vary based on the method and whether there is domain controller reachability (assuming the system in question is domain joined…

Resolving Netgear ReadyNas Volume Decryption Failures

I recently had an issue with a Netgear ReadyNAS where following a clean shutdown the encrypted volume would no longer mount during boot. All the expected tricks were tried - different USB thumb drive with the key, different USB port, etc. The device would boot, find the…

ESXi Hosts Disconnecting From vCenter - Investigating ESXi Heartbeats

If you’re seeing issues with ESXi hosts disconnecting from vCenter every ~60 seconds for a very brief period of time and immediately reconnecting, while not having any impact on VM network traffic (i.e., nothing else is going offline or dropping packet’s), read on. Chances are…