Author: Derrick
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Certificate PFX to Cert and Key
Use the openssl commands above to convert a windows .pfx certificate into separate Certificate and Key files. You will need the password for the .pfx.
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OneDrive overlay icons not showing on macOS
I’ve had this happen to me a few times as I switched over to OneDrive in Office 365 vs iCloud. If the overlay icons aren’t showing correctly sometimes you need to turn the extension on and off again. Go to system preferences then search for extensions and and click finder extensions and unselect and reselect…
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Windows Server DNS TTL
Its not obvious how to change the DNS time to live on a windows dns server but its easy to change. You need to open up the DNS manager then click view and advanced. Now when you open up a record you’ll see a Time to live (TTL) in DDDDD:HH:MM:SS
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Dell OS10 Switch Firmware Update Process
I regularly work with Dell PowerSwitch S41xxF-ON and S52xxF-ON series switches for both networking and iSCSI. If you have read some of my blog posts you’ll see I like to keep things updated. Here is the process I normally use. Download the firmware update from the Dell Digital Locker If needed extract .tar download so…
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Fortigate How to reboot only secondary firewall in HA cluster
Note: your spare may be 1 instead of 0.
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How to delete DTA Tables
This script will remove the database tuning advisor tables in the MSDB database on a SQL Server.
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Windows VPN Stops working
Sometimes this can be caused by the IKE and IPSec services. Try the following,
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SQL Server Alerts eMail
This query will setup email Alerts for severity levels 19 to 25 and errors 823 to 825. It will also create an SQL Agent Operator for you. Reused from http://databasehealth.com/server-overview/quick-scan-report/quick-scan-report-alerts/
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Backups
Today I want to talk about backups. I’m not going to get into all the details about RPO and RTO but just the overall 50,000 foot level sentence that can help you make decisions about what you need. Back in High School I used to work on older Diesel powered Mercedes Benz for my best…
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PGP Key
If you need to contact me securely please use the PGP Key below. Also check out my page at https://keybase.io/bovie2k