Great powershell script for getting all the pre reqs installed:
http://www.flobee.net/script-to-install-all-exchange-2010-prerequisites/
#Installs prerequisites necessary to install Exchange 2010 on
#Windows 2008 SP2 or Windows 2008 R2.
#Version 1.3
#Last modified: June 28, 2010
#Set installation source to same directory as script execution
$sourcePath = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
Write-Host ‘Using ‘ -NoNewline
Write-Host $sourcePath -ForegroundColor DarkGreen -NoNewline
Write-Host ‘ as the installation source.’
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After a bulk import of users I needed to set the displayname property for all 2k+ ad users based off the ad objects givenname and sn.
Add-PSSnapin Quest.ActiveRoles.ADManagement
Connect-QADService -Service "domain.com"
Get-QADUser -SizeLimit 0 -SearchRoot "domain.com/Users" | ForEach-Object{$_|Set-QADUser -DisplayName "$($_.givenname+’ ‘+$_.sn)"}
Things Needed for Project:
- Clonezilla live CD (free, open source)
- Gparted live CD (free, open source)
- External Hard Drive (just to copy the compressed image to)
GParted
Step 1: Donwload the GParted live CD
Step [ Read More ]
I needed to enable LDAP over SSL (LDAPS) for some web apps I was writing for my local org. I wanted to allow LDAPS not force it, so I was able to do it by completing the steps below.
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sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swap_file bs=1M count=1000
Replace 1000 with the size of the swap file desired, in MB. You can also put the swap_file in a different location if desired.
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