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+0000https://benpiper.com/2016/07/how-to-fix-the-blurry-fuzzy-ugly-text-in-windows-10/https://benpiper.com/2016/06/powershell-and-donald-trump/Wed, 15 Jun 2016 03:26:41 +0000https://benpiper.com/2016/06/powershell-and-donald-trump/https://benpiper.com/2016/03/learn-cisco-network-administration-in-a-month-of-lunches/Tue, 15 Mar 2016 18:44:59 +0000https://benpiper.com/2016/03/learn-cisco-network-administration-in-a-month-of-lunches/https://benpiper.com/newsroom/Sat, 13 Feb 2016 06:19:06 +0000https://benpiper.com/newsroom/<p>News outlets and other publications I’ve been quoted in</p>https://benpiper.com/books/learn-cisco-month-lunches/Sat, 15 Aug 2015 00:00:00 +0000https://benpiper.com/books/learn-cisco-month-lunches/https://benpiper.com/2015/06/study-tips-ccnp-routing-switching-certification/Tue, 23 Jun 2015 03:42:40 +0000https://benpiper.com/2015/06/study-tips-ccnp-routing-switching-certification/https://benpiper.com/2015/06/creating-file-share-powershell-windows-server-2012-core/Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:59:10 +0000https://benpiper.com/2015/06/creating-file-share-powershell-windows-server-2012-core/https://benpiper.com/2015/05/5-reasons-consider-leaving-apple/Wed, 06 May 2015 04:41:24 +0000https://benpiper.com/2015/05/5-reasons-consider-leaving-apple/https://benpiper.com/2015/05/windows-server-2012-using-puppet-chocolatey/Tue, 05 May 2015 14:54:58 +0000https://benpiper.com/2015/05/windows-server-2012-using-puppet-chocolatey/https://benpiper.com/2015/04/twitter-philosophy-manifesto/Sat, 04 Apr 2015 05:04:30 +0000https://benpiper.com/2015/04/twitter-philosophy-manifesto/<p>Years ago when I was active on twitter, I made a few passing observations about this strange place called Twitter:</p> <ol> <li>“A lot of people follow me for a few days then unfollow me if I don’t follow them back”</li> </ol> <p>There are so many things wrong with this. Following someone just so they’ll follow you back is selfish. It’s pretty obvious these folks are just using others to increase their follower count. They follow 5,000 people and have 4,999 people following them. Yeah, not impressed. Seeing this doesn’t make me think that person is influential. It makes me think they’re obsessive.</p>https://benpiper.com/2015/02/error-occurred-making-requested-connection-citrix-web-interface-5-4/Tue, 17 Feb 2015 18:17:18 +0000https://benpiper.com/2015/02/error-occurred-making-requested-connection-citrix-web-interface-5-4/https://benpiper.com/2015/02/net-neutrality-scam/Fri, 06 Feb 2015 04:41:22 +0000https://benpiper.com/2015/02/net-neutrality-scam/https://benpiper.com/vagrant-boxes/Sun, 14 Dec 2014 22:33:45 +0000https://benpiper.com/vagrant-boxes/https://benpiper.com/2014/12/knowledge-can-kill-value/Sat, 13 Dec 2014 06:44:35 +0000https://benpiper.com/2014/12/knowledge-can-kill-value/https://benpiper.com/2014/12/installing-sql-server-management-studio-ssms-2012/Thu, 11 Dec 2014 18:11:50 +0000https://benpiper.com/2014/12/installing-sql-server-management-studio-ssms-2012/<h2 class="relative group">Where is SSMS 2012? <div id="where-is-ssms-2012" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#where-is-ssms-2012" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>Microsoft decided to make it confusing and difficult to install SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) 2012. Since my slogan is, “Business at the speed of light,” I’m going to to show you the quickest way I’ve found to install SSMS 2012.</p>https://benpiper.com/2014/12/creating-linux-lvm-logical-volume-iscsi-san/Mon, 08 Dec 2014 21:55:11 +0000https://benpiper.com/2014/12/creating-linux-lvm-logical-volume-iscsi-san/<p>Recently I had an Oracle database server used by some developers that was running out of space on its data volume mounted at /u02. The volume was a simple MBR volume (think fdisk), so it couldn’t be non-destructively extended without using a third-party utility like gparted. That would have been fine, but rather than leave the volume as MBR, I decided to create a new iSCSI SAN-backed Logical Volume Manager (LVM) volume, which can be extended and resized pretty easily.</p> <p>In this post, I’ll show you how to create a logical volume stored on an iSCSI SAN. Even though I did this on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 (RHEL), these steps should work on any distribution of Linux.</p>https://benpiper.com/2014/12/configuring-openstack-havana-lab-step-step/Fri, 05 Dec 2014 19:12:25 +0000https://benpiper.com/2014/12/configuring-openstack-havana-lab-step-step/<p>In this demonstration, we’re going to configure a basic OpenStack cluster on RedHat/CentOS 6.5.</p>https://benpiper.com/webdock/Thu, 16 Oct 2014 04:14:08 +0000https://benpiper.com/webdock/https://benpiper.com/2014/07/creating-a-multipurpose-linux-fileserver-for-windows-cifssmb-nfs-and-everything-else/Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:17:44 +0000https://benpiper.com/2014/07/creating-a-multipurpose-linux-fileserver-for-windows-cifssmb-nfs-and-everything-else/<p>Recently I needed to build a multipurpose file server to host CIFS and NFS shares — CIFS for the Windows users, and NFS for VMWare to store ISOs. It needed to utilize back end storage (NetApp via iSCSI), provide Windows ACLs for the CIFS shares, and be able to authenticate against two different Active Directory domains. After careful consideration, I decided to use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 (RHEL) instead of Windows Server 2012.</p> <p>Now you might be wondering, “Why on earth would you want to build a Linux file server to do all that when you can just use Windows?” There are a few reasons:</p>https://benpiper.com/2014/07/windows-server-core-full-configuration-powershell/Wed, 09 Jul 2014 17:09:23 +0000https://benpiper.com/2014/07/windows-server-core-full-configuration-powershell/<h2 class="relative group">How to Configure Server Core with Active Directory Services, DNS, and DHCP Using Nothing But PowerShell <div id="how-to-configure-server-core-with-active-directory-services-dns-and-dhcp-using-nothing-but-powershell" class="anchor"></div> <span class="absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none"> <a class="text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline" href="#how-to-configure-server-core-with-active-directory-services-dns-and-dhcp-using-nothing-but-powershell" aria-label="Anchor">#</a> </span> </h2> <p>Windows Server 2012 offers two installation options: Server Core or “Server with a GUI”. This begs the question: Why would you want to install Server Core instead of the GUI? One reason may be that you have limited physical hardware resources and want to keep the footprint as small as possible.</p> <p>Recently I needed to build a domain controller, DHCP, and DNS server for a branch office. This office has a Riverbed Steelhead WAN optimization appliance which runs a nested VMware ESXi hypervisor. The appliance has limited memory and disk space, so I needed to keep the installation as small as possible (Incidentally, if I only needed DNS and DHCP, I would have just installed RedHat Enterprise Linux, but having the server be an Active Directory domain controller was also a requirement.)</p> <p>I’m going to show you step-by-step how I configured Active Directory Services, DNS, and DHCP on a Windows Server 2012 Server Core installation.</p>https://benpiper.com/results/Fri, 13 Jun 2014 06:03:53 +0000https://benpiper.com/results/https://benpiper.com/2012/09/too-much-prevention-not-enough-cure/Wed, 26 Sep 2012 05:00:41 +0000https://benpiper.com/2012/09/too-much-prevention-not-enough-cure/https://benpiper.com/2012/07/depending-on-heroes/Tue, 03 Jul 2012 05:00:31 +0000https://benpiper.com/2012/07/depending-on-heroes/https://benpiper.com/2012/03/using-separate-xenapp-farms-for-shared-hosted-deployments/Sat, 24 Mar 2012 05:00:16 +0000https://benpiper.com/2012/03/using-separate-xenapp-farms-for-shared-hosted-deployments/https://benpiper.com/2012/01/forcing-netapp-to-use-the-correct-network-interface/Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:24:09 +0000https://benpiper.com/2012/01/forcing-netapp-to-use-the-correct-network-interface/https://benpiper.com/2012/01/windows-vms-on-xenserver-mysteriously-jumping-a-day-ahead/Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:18:51 +0000https://benpiper.com/2012/01/windows-vms-on-xenserver-mysteriously-jumping-a-day-ahead/https://benpiper.com/2012/01/avoid-upgrading-to-adobe-reader-x-10-1-2/Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:48:18 +0000https://benpiper.com/2012/01/avoid-upgrading-to-adobe-reader-x-10-1-2/https://benpiper.com/2011/12/make-netapp-snapmirror-use-specific-interface/Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:00:58 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/12/make-netapp-snapmirror-use-specific-interface/https://benpiper.com/2011/12/7-ways-speed-citrix-xenapp-logons/Tue, 13 Dec 2011 06:17:19 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/12/7-ways-speed-citrix-xenapp-logons/<p><strong>1. Disable unused Group Policy sections</strong></p> <p>In each of the GPOs that are applied to your servers and users, both User and Computer processing is enabled by default. Disabling unused parts of a GPO can shave some time off both logons and server booting. You can do this in the GPO properties. Just bring up the GPO in Group Policy Management Editor, right-click the policy name, and click Properties.</p>https://benpiper.com/2011/12/how-to-fix-applications-intermittently-failing-to-launch-with-citrix-receiver-3-0/Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:57:23 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/12/how-to-fix-applications-intermittently-failing-to-launch-with-citrix-receiver-3-0/https://benpiper.com/2011/12/a-secret-for-defeating-server-to-client-url-content-redirection/Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:00:21 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/12/a-secret-for-defeating-server-to-client-url-content-redirection/https://benpiper.com/2011/11/problem-plate-tectonics/Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/11/problem-plate-tectonics/https://benpiper.com/2011/11/citrix-receiver-3-0-is-not-compatible-with-presentation-server-4-0/Tue, 29 Nov 2011 04:59:36 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/11/citrix-receiver-3-0-is-not-compatible-with-presentation-server-4-0/https://benpiper.com/2011/11/how-to-recover-a-lost-form-in-internet-explorer-or-firefox-without-any-add-ons-or-pre-installed-utilities/Sun, 27 Nov 2011 05:21:10 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/11/how-to-recover-a-lost-form-in-internet-explorer-or-firefox-without-any-add-ons-or-pre-installed-utilities/https://benpiper.com/2011/11/how-to-fix-citrix-ica-client-error-2320-for-older-client-versions-non-receiver/Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:00:28 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/11/how-to-fix-citrix-ica-client-error-2320-for-older-client-versions-non-receiver/https://benpiper.com/2011/11/should-you-use-the-hp-universal-print-driver-or-other-third-party-print-drivers-in-xenapp-6/Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:19:51 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/11/should-you-use-the-hp-universal-print-driver-or-other-third-party-print-drivers-in-xenapp-6/https://benpiper.com/2011/11/forcing-apps-to-run-in-32-bit-mode-in-a-64-bit-windows-environment/Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:02:37 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/11/forcing-apps-to-run-in-32-bit-mode-in-a-64-bit-windows-environment/https://benpiper.com/articles/matter-proves-the-non-material/Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://benpiper.com/articles/matter-proves-the-non-material/https://benpiper.com/2011/10/use-powershell-find-citrix-ica-client-versions-use-xenapp-6-farm/Wed, 05 Oct 2011 19:03:54 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/10/use-powershell-find-citrix-ica-client-versions-use-xenapp-6-farm/https://benpiper.com/2011/08/how-to-fix-citrix-receiver-error-2320/Fri, 26 Aug 2011 14:03:05 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/08/how-to-fix-citrix-receiver-error-2320/https://benpiper.com/2011/08/instantly-publishing-citrix-apps-to-individual-servers-using-powershell/Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:34:01 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/08/instantly-publishing-citrix-apps-to-individual-servers-using-powershell/https://benpiper.com/articles/the-people-who-believe-evolution-dont-know-what-it-is-cant-defend-it/Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://benpiper.com/articles/the-people-who-believe-evolution-dont-know-what-it-is-cant-defend-it/https://benpiper.com/articles/what-evolution-isnt/Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://benpiper.com/articles/what-evolution-isnt/https://benpiper.com/2011/08/improving-network-throughput-in-xenserver-using-irqbalance/Mon, 01 Aug 2011 15:17:48 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/08/improving-network-throughput-in-xenserver-using-irqbalance/https://benpiper.com/2011/07/deploying-citrix-access-gateway-vpx-with-web-interface-5-4-cag-setup-with-radius/Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:52:23 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/07/deploying-citrix-access-gateway-vpx-with-web-interface-5-4-cag-setup-with-radius/https://benpiper.com/articles/atheists-materialists-guilty-nihilism/Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://benpiper.com/articles/atheists-materialists-guilty-nihilism/https://benpiper.com/articles/biblical-creation-account-genesis-theory-evolution/Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://benpiper.com/articles/biblical-creation-account-genesis-theory-evolution/https://benpiper.com/2011/07/how-to-get-a-unique-sta-id-for-each-of-your-provisioned-xenapp-servers/Mon, 25 Jul 2011 20:01:39 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/07/how-to-get-a-unique-sta-id-for-each-of-your-provisioned-xenapp-servers/https://benpiper.com/articles/libertarian-deception/Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://benpiper.com/articles/libertarian-deception/https://benpiper.com/articles/why-god-doesnt-stop-pain-evil-suffering/Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000https://benpiper.com/articles/why-god-doesnt-stop-pain-evil-suffering/https://benpiper.com/2011/07/how-microsofts-xps-driver-lets-citrix-xenapp-users-get-on-the-internet-and-how-to-lock-it-down/Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:48:56 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/07/how-microsofts-xps-driver-lets-citrix-xenapp-users-get-on-the-internet-and-how-to-lock-it-down/https://benpiper.com/2011/07/the-truth-about-carbon-dating/Tue, 12 Jul 2011 03:15:19 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/07/the-truth-about-carbon-dating/https://benpiper.com/2011/07/how-to-create-xenapp6-published-applications-for-test-in-just-seconds-using-powershell/Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:19:35 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/07/how-to-create-xenapp6-published-applications-for-test-in-just-seconds-using-powershell/https://benpiper.com/2011/05/citrix-xenapp6-0x80060016-error-in-powershell/Thu, 05 May 2011 14:22:59 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/05/citrix-xenapp6-0x80060016-error-in-powershell/https://benpiper.com/2011/04/getting-firefox-and-adobe-flash-to-work-on-ubuntu-linux/Sat, 09 Apr 2011 02:15:04 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/04/getting-firefox-and-adobe-flash-to-work-on-ubuntu-linux/https://benpiper.com/2011/03/how-to-save-associated-habtm-models-in-cakephp/Sun, 13 Mar 2011 04:40:30 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/03/how-to-save-associated-habtm-models-in-cakephp/https://benpiper.com/2011/02/deduplication-for-everyone/Tue, 22 Feb 2011 04:21:43 +0000https://benpiper.com/2011/02/deduplication-for-everyone/https://benpiper.com/2010/12/why-doesnt-god-stop-evil/Mon, 27 Dec 2010 01:09:21 +0000https://benpiper.com/2010/12/why-doesnt-god-stop-evil/https://benpiper.com/2010/12/false-believers/Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:28:19 +0000https://benpiper.com/2010/12/false-believers/https://benpiper.com/2010/12/15-evolutionary-embarrassments/Mon, 13 Dec 2010 04:28:36 +0000https://benpiper.com/2010/12/15-evolutionary-embarrassments/https://benpiper.com/2010/11/cheap-grace/Sun, 07 Nov 2010 04:27:44 +0000https://benpiper.com/2010/11/cheap-grace/https://benpiper.com/2010/10/the-coming-citrix-microsoft-merger/Sat, 30 Oct 2010 04:33:47 +0000https://benpiper.com/2010/10/the-coming-citrix-microsoft-merger/https://benpiper.com/post/2022/chinese-bible/Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000https://benpiper.com/post/2022/chinese-bible/