Celina Celina Downtown Public Wifi Our journey to building a robust, high speed public wifi network in downtown Celina, Texas.
AGNI Configuring Arista AGNI with Meraki Access Points A high-level configuration guide for integration AGNI with Meraki AP's using RadSec and MAC based authentication.
Fiber Connectivity Connectivity in local government and municipalities has always been challenging. Historically there is a single LEC (local exchange carrier) that provides all the services.
Ransomware Ransomware: A Tale of Recovery Lessons and takeaways from ransomware response. My experience assisting the recovery efforts of a rural community.
Celina 2022 A post about my transition to Enterprise Architect at the City of Celina. I explore how to create an IT infrastructure for a growing city.
Fido2 Converged Access Control and IAM Discovering converged access using HID RFID and NFC cards for Windows 10 logon and authentication.
Azure Azure AD Hybrid FIDO2 Security Key Sign-in A short version of using an Azure AD hybrid with security keys and group policy for Windows 10 logon.
Yubikey Yubikey (FIDO2) and Okta Gotcha! This security key doesn't look familiar. Please try a different one. Using Yubikeys with Okta Custom URLs and IWA Single Sign on.
Nutanix Migrating Nutanix Files Today, we will be Migrating Nutanix Files using Data Protection and simulating a site failover using the built in Nutanix DR tools for Files. This guide is broken down into
Microsoft Server NIC reverts to DHCP I recently came across a strange issue with a Windows Server 2012 R2 system. Whenever the ethernet properties were configured with a static ipv4 address, the machine would revert back
Nutanix Changing AHV Hostname Over the years, Nutanix has made several changes in the way it handles node hostnames. Thankfully, as of 5.20 a simplified command line tool was added to change AHV
Nutanix Uninstalling PTagent from Dell ESX nodes I recently came across an issue that required PTagent to be removed from a couple of Dell XC Nutanix nodes. Thankfully, the removal is fairly straight forward. Connect to your
Rubrik Rubrik Ping & Traceroute The following are a couple of commands to aid in troubleshooting networking issues using Rubrik CLI. For ping, run the following command from the Rubrik CLI. RVM0000000000 >> network
Nutanix AHV VM High Availability Reservations > VM high availability (VMHA) ensures that VMs restart on another AHV host in the cluster if a host fails. - Nutanix When deploying Nutanix AHV, you may notice the
Nutanix Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) on Nutanix AHV > Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) is a next-generation identity and access control policy platform that enables enterprises to enforce compliance, enhance infrastructure security, and streamline their service operations. -
Security Configuring Microsoft LAPs a detailed guide on how to configure Microsoft laps to rotate machine passwords in active directory.
AHV Creating AHV VM's with E1000 NICs Recently I had a requirement to use a legacy E1000 NIC on an AHV VM. Unfortunately, there is no way to choose what type of NIC a VM uses in
Security Ransom on Hyper-V Nutanix Cluster Last year, I was engaged to assist in a severe ransomeware event for a third party organization. Unfortunately, when I arrived most of the network had been impacted and the
Nutanix Creating an Image on AHV Creating an image on Nutanix AHV can be challenging, so I have created a guide to simplify the process. 1. Identify the VM name of what you will be creating
Nutanix Deleting Users from Prism Central Deleting users from Prism Central can become challenging at times. I recently came across a scenario in which trying to remove a user didn't work. Removing a user
Security Lessons from a Ransomware Response When responding to a major event, there are a few simple things that we can do to prepare for a response.
Nutanix Nutanix Leap vs Xi Leap Nutanix Xi Leap Nutanix introduced Xi Leap a couple of years ago to bring disaster recovery to any Nutanix cluster. Xi Leap allows customers to connect their clusters and begin
Nutanix Prism Central Image Placement Polices When managing multiple Nutanix AHV clusters, image management will become quickly become a top priority. How do we maintain a multitude of images across multiple clusters? Thankfully, with Prism Central,
Nutanix Prism Central Hung Create VM Task You may run into a situation where a Prism Central task becomes hung and is not, or will not progress. Thankfully there's a simple fix for that using
Nutanix Nutanix Cluster Maintenance Tools (CMU) Those using LCM may have noticed a new set of software being pushed via LCM as of late. The ability to update CMU came with LCM starting in version 2.
