Installing remote access services and setting up a VPN. Client system. OS:Vista Name:WIN-AUON538ZAG6 IP:10.10.10.1 VPN Server. OS:Server2003 Name:VPN IP: Internal:192.168.1.103 External:10.10.10.2 Domain Controller. OS:Server2003 Name:KING IP:192.168.1.150 Shares:\\vpn Share Server 2003 will be used to allow access remotely to the office using a VPN. There are 2 NICs on the server one Internal the Other External and will be used to accept connection for VPN users. The Internal network will consist of a Domain [...]

RemoteAPP deployment On Windows Server2008 R2 RemoteAPP allows you to deploy applications using terminal services. The setup for this demo: DC Hostname:0sirus IP:192.168.0.105 Domain: bitmindframes.local TS-server Hostname:Beast IP:192.168.0.106 Domain: bitmindframes.local Client Hostname:wks1 IP:192.168.0.107 Domain:bitmindframes.local Install Active Directory and join both the Terminal Server and Client workstation(s)  to the domain. Check network connectivity before proceeding. Terminal Server Setup Terminal Services or Remote Desktop Services as it is now called in Server 2008 R2 can [...]

Deploying server 2008 and Windows 7 using Windows Deployment Services. Windows Server 2008 comes equipped with a service to automate the installation of Operating systems using a DHCP PXE boot. The example will Use server2008 as the Windows Deployment Server. The Serverwill have a DHCP server installed and a DHCP scope of Code: 10.10.10.1 - 20. The IP [...]

Installing a Server 2008 Failover cluster for exchange 2007 SP1 mailbox server. Installing a clustered exchange environment requires that you have identical machines that share a common resource called a quorum. Resources are shared on a disk attached to both nodes so if one node is taken offline for maintenance or fails node2 will take over control [...]

Cryptography Definitions: Plaintext vs. Ciphertext Cipher Key Required by the cipher for encrypting and decrypting Cryptography and Encryption: Shared key encryption: Both sender and rcvr of an encrypted msg to have a shared secret – a sequence of characters called a key that the sender uses to encrypt the msg and that the recipient uses to decrypt it Also known as secret key or [...]

Installing a Native mode Configuration Manager Site. Installing a Configuration manager site in Native mode you need an existing PKI infrastructure setup. Before the installation can begin the pre-requisites must be met. ·Server 2003 R2 w/ SP2 ·Server 2008 ·IIS 6/BITS/WebDAV ·.NET Framework ·WSUS SP1 ·WinRM 1.1 ·Extended Schema The Clients for SCCM Must be at least windows XP SP2 or higher. 3 Certificates are [...]

On Server 1 Backup the Secure Storage. Copy the SecureStorageBackup.exe file from the SupportTools folder on the Operations manger CD to the X:\Program Files\System Center Operations Manager 2007\ folder and run the application. A series of questions will be prompted on the screen and you must include the OPSSecureStorage file in the backup to get the key. Backup [...]

Installing Enterprise linux 5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 The world’s leading open source application platform On one certified platform, Red Hat Enterprise Linux offers your choice of: Applications – Thousands of certified ISV applications Deployment – Including standalone or virtual servers, cloud computing, or software appliances Hardware – Wide range of platforms from the world’s leading hardware vendors This gives IT [...]

Samba allows you to share files between platforms and can authenticate and use permissions to secure each share at different levels. You can view the previous articles on installing Solaris and Samba setup. Samba can create virtual server that will show up as shares under windows. Setting up a samba virtual server can be done by editing [...]

Setting up samba for File sharing. Samba can be used to share files between different platforms mainly Unix/Linux and windows. You can install samba 2 ways. 1.Download and compile the source code or binary package. 2.Configure the existing samba installation that comes with Solaris 10. For this article we will edit the already installed version of samba. First we can see [...]