Setup Windows DFS

Go to Server Manager -> Add Roles and Features.
Select under file and storage service, check DFS Namespaces and DFS Replication, Click Install

Create New Namespace

Create DFS Folders linking to target folder

This will be the DFS shared folder

This is what it will look like in Server Manager

Second Server to replicate data

Install-WindowsFeature -name “FS-DFS-Replication” -IncludeManagementTools

Install-WindowsFeature -name “FS-DFS-Namespace” -IncludeManagementTools

Go to DFS management. Add Folder Target

\\Server02\folder_name

Set Primary Member, Topology Full mesh, Replicate continuously using the specified bandwidth

Source : https://www.nakivo.com/blog/configure-dfs-replication-for-windows-server/, https://msftwebcast.com/2020/01/install-and-configure-dfs-namespaces-in-windows-server-2019.html

MS HyperV 2019/2022 error when creating Virtual Switch

  1. Create NIC Teaming as per usual.
  1. Configuration NIC MS Network Adapter Multiplexor Driver as per usual
  2. Run POWERSHELL
New-VMSwitch -Name "{Name your new vSwitch here}" -NetAdapterName "{NIC Team name you created previously}" -AllowNetLbfoTeams $true -AllowManagementOS $true

This will create a NIC with IP configurations done.

Go the HyperV Management -> Virtual Switch Manager, add in VLAN ID.

Done

How to reset Ubuntu password

1. Reboot your computer. Hold shift to bring up the grub screen (if it doesn’t appear automatically).

u1

2. Press E at the grub prompt to edit the grub screen.

u2

3. On the linux line change “ro” to “rw init=/bin/bash”

4. Press Crtl+X pr F10

5. It will restart as root. Change password “passwd <username>”

6. Restart server. (the grub command will reset itself)