You can create a DHCP failover with two servers in hot standby mode by using a single Add-DhcpServerv4Failover PowerShell cmdlet. This tutorial assumes you have an active scope on primary DHCP server and a DHCP running on standby or partner server. Configure DHCP Failover in Windows Server 2016 using PowerShell Step 1. Open PowerShell on primary ... Read more
You can add a user into a group using active directory users and computer (ADUC) mmc snap in or by executing a single PowerShell cmdlet. In this article, we'll look into adding a member to the AD group using PowerShell. Add User to Group with PowerShell Step 1. Open PowerShell with elevated privileges. Step 2. ... Read more
Windows Server Backup is a feature (not a role) in Windows Server 2016. You need to install it before you can take a backup of your machine. This tutorial is written to show you how to install Windows Server Backup on Windows Server 2016. Prerequisites The administrator account has a strong password. Latest updates are installed. ... Read more
While shutting down (or other similar operations like restarting and logging-out) aren't difficult to launch in Ubuntu (you can find them in the Gear system menu on top-right corner of your desktop), some users - for whatever reason - may want to have a Unity Launcher icon for them. In this tutorial, we will explain ... Read more
You can remove multiple scopes from your DHCP server by using this simple script which uses the Remove-DhcpServerv4Scope PowerShell cmdlet. The script assumes you have scope IDs in a series (I have scope IDs of 10.0.0.0, 11.0.0.0 and 12.0.0.0). Delete Multiple DHCP Scopes Using PowerShell Step 1. Open notepad and copy/paste the following script and save the file ... Read more
Sometimes, it helps save precious time if you can quickly access recently-opened files. In Ubuntu, the file explorer that ships with the distribution does offer this functionality, but you may need to take some steps before the option shows up. For example, the following screenshot shows that the option isn't enabled in my case: In ... Read more
DHCP failover is used to load balance client requests among two DHCP servers and provides fault tolerance. If one of the DHCP servers is down, then the other keeps serving IP addresses to clients. DHCP failover can be configured in the following two ways: Load balance mode (Both DHCP servers are active and the load is shared among the two). ... Read more
A scope is a range of IP addresses that DHCP leases out to clients when they make a DHCP request. You can add a new scope (either IPv4 or IPv6 ) by using the server manager or PowerShell. In this tutorial, we will add an IPv4 scope using server manager. This tutorial assumes you have DHCP installed, configured and ... Read more
Like me, I am sure most of you'd be receiving a lot of email on daily basis. Some are important, while most are spam. Google's email service Gmail does a pretty decent job of filtering out spam by default. However, among important emails too, some usually require urgent attention. So what can you do to ... Read more
Archives come in really handy when you want to share large amount of data over the Internet or through removable media (like USB drives). In Linux, the .tar.gz is one of the most used archive format. While accessing the size of an archive is a cake walk, extracting it lets you know the original size ... Read more