Vmware Tracking down the cause of high VMWare network traffic using pktcap-uw The other day we started to see an odd issue on a VMWare host. We have a lot of monitoring in place so the issue was picked up pretty quickly. This is the
Troubleshooting How to do DNS correctly All too often I see DNS configured using a mix of internal and external DNS servers. This is not the right way to do it at all. here, I explain why that's wrong and what you should be doing.
Troubleshooting My thoughts on handling a system outage If its going to happen then it'll happen at the worst possible time. It'll happen that friday evening just before going home/beer o'clock and it'll be a long weekend plus whatever system
Technical Issues upgrading Domain Schema to 2003 So I'm probably a little behind in upgrading my home networks domain schema to support Windows 2003 but better late than never! The process itself was smooth enough once I'd corrected some problems
Technical Centralised Logging One of the essential features for even a small network is a centralised logging solution. Having a centralised logging tool makes for much easier trouble shooting as it becomes possible to review logs
Tips The power of the human mind........ to fail. The human brain is an amazing computer. It can store almost infinite quantities of data, it has near instant recollection to enable you to recognise people, places and perform the essential day to
Technical Troubleshooting DHCP I had an interesting time quite recently troubleshooting a DHCP problem. The server wasn't giving out IP addresses when connected to the network or when connected to a hub. The reason turned out