Month: August 2017

• PowerShell Function Concurrently Starts up/Shuts down Multiple Azure Resource Manager VMs.

  One of the more relevant and cost saving tasks when working in Azure Cloud is fast and efficient shutdown and startup of virtual machines. Some of the options available could be to : a) Iterate through a csv list of VMs or Resource Group  of VMs and serially shutdown or startup the VMs. This can…

  jbernec

  August 15, 2017

  Azure, Azure AD Service Principal, Azure Automation Account, Azure Key Vault, Azure Resource Manager, Azure Runbook, Azure Windows PowerShell

  Azure Automation, Azure IaaS, Azure Infrastructure as a Service, Azure PowerShell, Azure VMs, Azure VMs Shutdown, Azure VMs Startup

• Remove Active Directory Domain Services (ADDS) from a WS2012 R2 with PowerShell.

  I decided to tear down my Azure Lab IaaS and ASR infrastructure and rebuild it. The process involves removing the ASR configurations, Recovery Vaults, S2S VPNs, VNets and Azure VM running as a Azure based Domain controller for resilience with on-premise infrastructure and Azure deployed Apps. The next steps will include uninstalling the Domain Controller,…

  jbernec

  August 12, 2017

  Active Directory, Active Directory Domain Services, Azure, Azure Site Recovery, Azure VPN, DCPromo, Domain Controller, FSMO, Microsoft Hyper-v, PowerShell, Powershell 4.0, Windows Server 2012 R2

  Active Directory Domain Services, ADDS, ADDSDeployment, Azure, Azure Resource Groups, Azure Resource Manager, Azure Site Recovery, PowerShell 5.0, WS2012 R2

• Configuring Cisco Virtual Switch System (VSS) on Cisco Catalyst 4500X Switches.

  As part of a network infrastructure upgrade at a client site, I’ll be implementing Cisco VSS (Virtual Switching System). This technology will go a long way to meet some of the stated objectives of this infrastructure upgrade which include : Physical Hardware Redundancy, High Availability achieved by Switch Clustering, Self-healing, Increased bandwidth (10 GB trunk),…

  jbernec

  August 12, 2017

  Cisco, Virtual Switch System, VSS

  Cisco, Cisco IOS, Cisco Switch, Ether Channel, Infrastructure Upgrade, MEC, MultiChassis Etherchannel, Networking, Port Channel, Switch, Switch Virtual Domain, Switchport, Virtual Switching System, VSS