Configuring Cisco HSRP
KB ID 0000946 Problem Cisco HSRP: Normally your client machines have one route off the network, (their default gateway). But what if that goes down? HSRP aims to solve this problem by assigning a ‘Virtual IP address’ to your default gateway (or default route). So that IP can be shared amongst two or more possible devices (routers, or layer 3 switches). Above, we have a client 192.168.1.10 that has two possible routes off...
ADMT (Active Directory Migration Tool) Domain Migration – Part 1
KB ID 0001305 Problem I’ve not used ADMT for ages, I’ve got a domain migration to do soon, so I thought I’d get on the bench and have a reminder. Although ADMT 3.2 was ‘re-jigged’ to support Server 2012 R2, I’m still going to install it on Server 2008 R2. I’ve got a test domain built to migrate from, and a new domain setup ready to migrate into. Old/Source Domain: olddomain.com Old/Source...
Barracuda Email Security Gateway Setup and Deployment
KB ID 0001253 Problem This is the process for setting up both physical and virtual Barracuda Email Security Gateway Appliances, (formally Barracuda Spam Firewall). Note: This walk though sets out the basic functions to get your appliance working and inspecting email, it’s not an exhaustive list of all the features of the appliance. Solution Before you start, I’m making the assumption if you have a physical appliance,...
Using Openfiler and vSphere ESX / ESXi 5
KB ID 0000380 Problem Openfiler is a free NAS / SAN prebuilt Linux distribution, that can provide iSCSI storage to your VMware environment, it’s ideal for small setups (This video was made with all the devices running in VMware workstation 7, on my laptop. That’s two ESXi servers, a vCenter server, and the Openfiler iSCSI target server). Solution Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links Openfiler Thanks to...
Windows Server 2012 – Deploying SSTP VPNs
KB ID 0000819 Problem SSTP gives you the ability to connect to your corporate network from any location that has an internet connection, and is not filtering https. This port is usually open for normal secure web traffic. Traditional VPN connections require ports and protocols to be open for them to work, which makes a solution that runs over TCP port 443 attractive. Thoughts: While I can see why this is a good idea, Microsoft has...