Windows   Windows – Error connecting RDS RemoteApp Terminal services



“The list of RemoteApp programs cannot be accessed. Verify that the management console is connected to the correct server and that you have Administrator privileges on the server, and then try again.”

Checking winrm everything seems to be correct:

c:\>  winmgmt /salvagerepository
WMI repository is consistent

c:\> winmgmt /verifyrepository
WMI repository is consistent

But after resetting the repository, the … Read more

F5 BIG-IP icon   F5 BIG-IP – Dynamic RDP destination for APM



Portal access (APM) allows user access internal resources such as servers and computers via Remote Desktop (RDP). There are 3 options to to configure the destination host when configuring the RDP resource:

  • Hostname
  • IP Address
  • User defined

Problem

Hostname and IP address are a fixed destination. In case you need different destinations based on the logged user, you would … Read more

Home Server icon   Home Server (3) – First steps configuring HP Microserver Gen8



Third post of the Home Server series in which I explain how I built my own server.
Visit the first post for details about the objectives of the project.

Maybe you have decided to have your own server and already you are owner of any model as HP Microserver Gen8. Surely there are many more to be done, but theseRead more

Linux   Linux – TCP listener daemon with tcpserver



To configure passive checks in Nagios/icinga I use a tcp listener daemon that launches a script (See Nagios – Using passive checks without agent)
Tried to use inetd superserver daemon, but in the last versions, i have not been able to make it work correctly (See last update in my post: Linux – cannot found / missing inetd.conf)Read more

F5 BIG-IP icon   F5 BIG-IP – Automate backup of configuration files



I have recently installed and configured my 2 node F5 BIG-IP cluster as load-balancer and SSL-VPN portal. I have been ocasionally performing configuration backups, but now i need to schedule them regularly and automatically.

This article covers the ways to perform the backup of a BIG-IP system and automate them.

Manual backup

Web GUI

In the menu options: System – Read more

POWERSHELL   Powershell – Schedule a task on a list of servers remotely



Maybe you have been interested in configuring a scheduled task on a set of servers of your enviroment. Depending on the quantity it can become a tedious… or a reeeaaaaally tedious process (connect to every server, run "scheduled tasks" console, configure…)

So, as we, sysadmins, usually do… let's make the work easier using scripts…

In this example, the goal is Read more