Clear DNS Windows MacOS Linux

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Windows CMD as admin ipconfig /flushdns   MacOS Applications> Utilities > Terminal 10.7, 10.8, and 10.9 10.10.4 and above - sudo killall -HUP mDNSResponder 10.10.1, 10.10.2, and 10.10.3 - sudo discoveryutil mdnsflushcache 10.5 and 10.6 - sudo dscacheutil -flushcache Enter mac login password (requires admin)   Linux Check if service is running - sudo systemctl is-active systemd-resolved.service sudo systemd-resolve --flush-caches  ...
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Bulk update VHD Location on Hyper-V Host

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used for is you have already moved the files, for instance I updated from using the computer name \\storage\ to the FQDN   get Excel file get-VMHardDiskDrive -VMName * | select VMName,ControllerType,ControllerNumber,ControllerLocation,Path | Export-Csv -Delimiter ";" -Path "c:\temp\vmvhdloc.csv" In excel file update path to what you want it to be (note this does not move the file) import-csv c:\temp\vmvhdloc.csv | ForEach-Object { set-VMHardDiskDrive -VMName $_.VM -ControllerType $_.CT -ControllerNumber 0 -ControllerLocation $_.CL -Path $_.newpath } get-vm * | Get-VMHardDiskDrive  ...
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Virtual disk does not mount after restarting server

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Either when you reinstall OS or add a new drive it seems to of disabled auto mount Confirm you have read/write access on the server you on Server Manager->File and Storage Services->Volumes->Storage Pools Right-click storage pool and choose “Set Read-Write access" and OK on the prompt Set drive to automatically mount in powershell Get-VirtualDisk | select friendlyname,ismanualattach friendlyname ismanualattach ------------ -------------- 4TB True 2TB False Front Bay False Msata False Update all disk to be auto get-VirtualDisk | Set-VirtualDisk -IsManualAttach $False Confirm check applied Get-VirtualDisk | seect friendlyname,ismanualattach friendlyname ismanualattach ------------ -------------- 4TB False 2TB False Front Bay False Msata False...
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Delete folder via CMD on Windows

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run command prompt as admin cd to the location of folder DEL /F/Q/S *.* > NUL    (this deletes all files all the folder structure) used cd.. to navigate to parent folder RMDIR /Q/S foldername (this deletes the folder and all subfolders) DEL /F/Q/S *.* > NUL /F -- forces the deletion of read-only files. /Q -- enables quiet mode. You are not ask if it is ok to delete files (if you don't use this, you are asked for any file in the folder). /S -- runs the command on all files in any folder under the selected structure. *.* -- delete all files. > NUL -- disables console output. This improves the process further, shaving off about one quarter of the processing time off of the console command. RMDIR /Q/S foldername /Q -- Quiet mode, won't prompt for confirmation to delete folders. /S -- Run the operation on all folders of the selected path. foldername -- The absolute path or relative folder name, e.g. o:/backup/test1 or test1...
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Unifi Controller install Ubuntu

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1 cd /tmp/ 2 wget https://dl.ubnt.com/unifi/5.9.29/unifi_sysvinit_all.deb 3 sudo dpkg -i unifi_sysvinit_all.deb 4 sudo apt-get install -f 5 sudo dpkg -i unifi_sysvinit_all.deb 6 sudo service unifi status 7 sudo service unifi start 8 sudo service unifi status 9 sudo apt-get install -f 10 sudo dpkg -i unifi_sysvinit_all.deb 11 java -version 12 apt-get update 13 sudo apt-get update 14 sudo apt-get install default-jre 15 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java 16 sudo apt-get update 17 sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer 18 java -verstion 19 sudo service unifi status 20 sudo service unifi start 21 sudo service unifi status 22 sudo nano /etc/init.d/unifi 23 sudo service unifi status 24 sudo service unifi restart 25 sudo service unifi status 26 sudo service unifi restart 27 sudo service unifi status 28 ifconfig 29 history...
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Windows Server 2019 – shutdown event tracker shows at every login when RDP to server

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While I was building a new server in which I was using storage pools I rebooted the system to check that the drives auto mounted, while doing this I found that I kept getting the shutdown event tracker when I logged in and it did not go away (this even occurred when using restart option) I look online for other things and found that someone else had this issue for 2016 and 2019, The solution open registry go to \HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Reliability backup .\DirtyShutdown .\DirtyShutdownTime Then delete those values...
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Failover Cluster manager – get list of Vm’s and if a VM has a DVD (iso file)

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Powershell Get-ClusterGroup -Cluster 19-hv | ? {$_.GroupType –eq 'VirtualMachine' } | Get-VM | Get-VMDvdDrive   19-hv is the cluster name I have created VMName ControllerType ControllerNumber ControllerLocation DvdMediaType Path ------ -------------- ---------------- ------------------ ------------ ---- 19-RDSH SCSI 0 1 None 2016DC-1 SCSI 0 1 None 2019 SCSI 0 1 None Android IDE 1 0 ISO \\fs1\OS\Linux\android-x86-5.1-rc1.iso AzureADConnect2 SCSI 0 1 None CentOS-G1 IDE 1 0 None Domonitor SCSI 0 1 None exchange IDE 1 0 None FireflyIII IDE 1 0 None G2-testboot SCSI 0 1 None GMVault SCSI 0 1 None GW2 SCSI 0 1 None JenkinsTestServer IDE 1 0 None LanSweep SCSI 0 1 None leSSL1 IDE 1 0 None MCS2(Toms Server) IDE 1 0 None MCS3 SCSI 0 1 None MCS4 SCSI 0 1 None Mgmt1 SCSI 0 1 None MineOS-G1 IDE 1 0 None Observium SCSI 0 1 None ODSPSync SCSI 0 1 None PFsense SCSI 0 1 None PFSenseG1 IDE 1 0 None Proxmox-G1 IDE 1 0 None SharePoint 2019 SCSI 0 1 None Sharepoint1 SCSI 0 1 None SQL SCSI 0 1 None Steam-Cache SCSI 0 1 None SYSDeploy SCSI 0 2 None SYSDEPLOY1 IDE 1 0 None SYSWebM1 IDE 1 0...
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