What is an Update Sequence Number aka USN and how to check it on the DC
First we will see what is USN? Microsoft says.. Every domain controller maintains a USN that is specific to that domain controller. Whenever a change is made to Active Directory from that DC, the USN is incremented by 1. So if a DC has a USN of 1000 at 11:00 a.m., and 1005 at […]
How to create a new VM in Google cloud with Custom Subnet settings
We will look at how to deploy a VM instance in Google Cloud by selecting a custom subnet and custom private IP configuration. Before we go into details you need to look at how the custom subnets and firewall rules are created in GCloud. Check this article to read about it. a) So to […]
How to create a custom network and firewall rules in Google Cloud
We will see how to create a custom network and subnets in Google Cloud and then we will look at how to create firewall rules to allow traffic into specific virtual machine or application tier. a) So to begin we need to first go to Networking>VPC Networks b) Then click on Create VPC Network and then enter the […]
How to configure autoscaling and load-balancing in Google Cloud Platform
We will look a the step by step procedure to setup and configure the auto-scaling and load balancing feature on the Google cloud. Once configured we will see how the http load balancer is scaling the instances based on the network traffic. Let’s begin. Step 1 – Build an instance template with apache installed configured with […]
VMware Cloud on AWS briefing held in Dubai
VMware Cloud on AWS briefing event held on March 7th, 2018 in Dubai. The event agenda was as below. It was a live screening of the first ever VMware Cloud Briefing – an online, global event hosted by VMware Cloud, where important VMware Cloud updates for 2018 was shared. Pat Gelsinger, VMware CEO, given an […]
HCI – DELL EMC VxRail 4.5 Installation and configuration demo
Dell EMC VxRail is one if the Hyper-Converged Infrastructure vendor on the list. Today we will look at the VxRail 4.5 version installation and configuration on an interactive step by step demo. On this demo, you will deploy a cluster with 3 nodes initially and perform all the basic configurations and then add an additional node to […]
Azure Stack Exam 70-537 Blueprint
As you know the Azure Stack beta exam is out on last week Monday 29-01-2018. Here are the complete blue print details for the exam. Deploy and Integrate an Azure Stack Environment (20-25%) Build test environments by using the Azure Stack Development Kit (ASDK) Use PowerShell commands; install updated ASDK; troubleshoot failed installs; post-deployment registration […]
Vembu 3.9 is around the corner
Vembu BDR Suite 3.9 release is around corner and below are the features you expect in the next release. If you are new to Vembu check out these reading to get more insight in to it. If you wish to try the product check the link Tape Backup Support: Vembu extends its support to native […]
Configuring an App Service to Auto Scale based on CPU load
Today we will look at the auto scaling feature in the Azure App services. Auto scaling can be done in either Scale up mode or Scale out mode. Scale up mode is vertical level of procedure by increasing the App service compute components. ie CPU and Memory. Scale out is the horizontal level of increasing […]
How to create a Virtual Machine template in Azure
Creating a virtual machine template in Azure is pretty quick and easy process. Before we jump in to the process let me warn you about the Virtual machine that we are choosing to create a template. You must not choose a production Virtual machine to capture a template. The capturing process will break the generalised […]