I’ve put together a few common command line switches as a reference as they seem to be hard to come by on the internet currently. Download the latest version of Putty from here Specify Login -l Specify Password -pw: Specify Port Number -P Specify and Turn on X11 Forwarding -X -x:localhost:0 Specify SSH Private Key… Read more »
VMWare ESX 5.x Host Commands
You don’t need to manage VM guests using just the vSphere fat client or vSphere Web Client, you can manage VM’s from the host command line (CLI). This is a short brief list of some of the more common commands to use, there are however a lot more that I am not going to spend… Read more »
Microsoft 2008 R2 Server (Core) Inital Setup Commands
SCONFIG Some options can be set using the “sconfig” command Install VM Tools (if virtualised) Initiate installing VMTools from vSphere console Run through installation instructions Configure Network netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces (take note of Idx number) netsh interface ipv4 set address name=”Idx” source=static address=10.54.10.%% mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=10.54.10.254 netsh interace ipv4 add dnsserver name=”Idx” address=10.54.10.12 index=1… Read more »