Reference guide to basic Telnet Commands Occasionally you might need to test a mail server manually using Telnet and SMTP commands. Before running Telnet you might need to install it (Microsoft Windows 7 and above) by following either three of the following steps: By Command Prompt Open a command prompt type “appwiz” Click on “Turn Windows features… 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 »