I sincerely hope you didn’t get infected by WannaCry, but I’m pretty sure most of you where working extra hours to make sure to get all your systems up to… Continue Reading
Configure Nano Server for Data Deduplication and Internal WSUS usage
In my last post Setup Nano Server as NAS for Home Lab I showed you how to get started with Nano Server. In that post I used one 150GB disk, but in… Continue Reading
Setup Nano Server as NAS for Home Lab
In the last couple of weeks I’ve been hard at work optimizing my Automation Framework Master Class Hands On Labs. The class is all about Automation, but even automation takes time… Continue Reading
Automate WSUS on Windows 2016 Server Core
Windows 2016 Server Core is a great choice for hosting your Windows Server Update Services (WSUS). In this post I’m going to show you how to install, configure and decline superseded… Continue Reading
VyOS Virtual Router on Nutanix CE
I run many different hypervisors in my lab and I always isolate them on private networks so I don’t screw up the internet connection for my wife and kids. In the… Continue Reading
Login VSI Automation – Completely Hands Off
Finally! I’ve been working on Login VSI Automation for at least 6 months now. This has been running fine in my small lab with tests of VSImax of 25, but… Continue Reading
Getting Started with Atlantis Community Edition
Atlantis Computing has just released a Community Edition of their USX Software Defined Storage (SDS) solution similar to Nutanix. You can grab Atlantis Community Edition here. In this post I’m going… Continue Reading
Building PVS Master Images Automatically with Citrix Octoblu
My last blog post on Citrix Octoblu got me thinking about how we could leverage Octoblu to Automatically Build Master Images on a schedule or on demand. So in this post… Continue Reading
Power On Servers Through IPMI with Citrix Octoblu
The article Save Money using Citrix Octoblu Automation for Power Management from Dave Brett got me to finally start playing with Octoblu. We chatted back and forth to improve the PowerShell… Continue Reading
Windows 2016 Migration – The Complete Step-by-Step Guide
It’s time to upgrade the lab to Windows Server 2016, but unfortunately the Windows 2016 Migration Guides from Microsoft is still under development… Using my Automation Framework it’s pretty easy for me to… Continue Reading