CoreConfigurator - Windows Server Core

Here is a very good tool created by Guy Teverovsky
Guy's Blog or http://blogs.microsoft.co.il/blogs/guyt/

please visit Guy's blog for the latest release...

this tool will help you configure Basic (and much more) features on Windows Server Core

Features available in the current release:

• Product Activation
• Configuration of display resolution
• Clock and time zone configuration
• Remote Desktop configuration
• Management of local user accounts (creation, deletion, group membership, passwords)
• Firewall configuration
• WinRM configuration
• IP configuration
• Computer name and domain/workgroup membership
• Installation of Server Core features/roles

After installing CoreConfigurator (supplied as MSI package), navigate to the folder where it has been installed and execute CoreConfigurator.exe





Thanks Guy for this tool

send sms via command line

so easy :-) and so useful





what i used:
OS: xp-pro-sp3
Nokia e65
Nokia USB cable
Nokia pc suite
Microsoft sms sender get it here or http://www.microsoft.com/globaldev/outreach/dnloads/smsSender.mspx

installation:

1. Install Nokia pc suit
2. Connect the Cell Phone
3. Install Microsoft sms sender
4. Done

i had to use the Microsoft sms sender GUI one time and than i could use the command line.

the command line syntax is also very easy:
smssender.exe /p:123456789 /m:"hello there"

explanation
/p: = cell number
/m: = your sms message... i use quotes " " or else i only get the first word...

thanks to Microsoft for writing this little tool :-)

next step is to use telnet from my Nagios server and send sms alerts ;-)

Nagios service and network monitoring

Nagios home page


I installed Nagios on a VM (virtual machine) and started to add host's and routers/switches to monitor.

i am very surprised how easy to use and strong this software is.

here is an example how to monitor with SNMP a cisco 3750 uptime

i assume you have read the Nagios Doc's and know where to find the files i talk about...
if not i will update this post with more details @ a later time...


at the define service section:

define service{
use generic-service ; Inherit values from a template
host_name cisco_backbone
service_description UpTime is
check_command check_snmp!-C public -o sysUpTime.0 -P 2c
}


also you can test from the libexec directory this command to see if you get the output
you expected:

./check_snmp -H 192.168.10.253 -o sysUpTime.0


SNMP OK - Timeticks: (300635204) 34 days, 19:05:52.04 | DISMAN-EVENT-MIB::sysUpTimeInstance=Timeticks: (300635204) 34 days, 19:05:52.04


thats it for the moment :-)

My new Gaming system

After reading and searching month in forums and checking reviews...
i have decided to NOT WAIT FOR NEHALIM :-)
and no i will not get a 9xxx graphic card... they have the same GPU like the 88xx series...


i got this hardware for my gaming system

CPU: Intel E8500
Motherboard: Gigabyte EP35C-DS3R
RAM: Corsair DHX 2x2GB TwinX DDR2 800MHz CL5 (twin2X4096-6400C5DHX)
video card: eVGA 8800GT 512MB GDDR3 DX10 HDTV 2xDVI PCI-E
Power supply: Enermax Noisetaker II EG701AX-VE 600W Dual Fan
Hard Drive: Seagate 500GB 7200RPM, 32MB, SATA II


after running COD4 / CRYSIS / Assassin's Creed / etc

i can say it was worth every cent :-)

Sysinternals tools available via web

The Sysinternals team enabled access via web for all tools they have...
no need to download and extract :-)

http://live.sysinternals.com/Tools/

Introduction

Hello

my name is Yaniv and i work as system administrator.

i support Linux (Redhat based) systems and Windows.

i am over 7 years in the IT Business now...

i will start to blog about things i do...

njoy reading :-)