Standard Server Architecture that can be adopted for branch Offices

HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 Server The HP ProLiant DL380e Gen8 Server delivers essential features and dense storage in a 2U, 2 socket server. Features like management, networking and serviceability along with different drive cage choices help applications meet their needs, including those with unique storage requirements. Also features enterprise-class uptime and HP Insight Control manageability,… Read More »

Hyper-V® Health Check

A scheduled inspection to review your existing Microsoft Hyper-V environment. Health Check for Microsoft Hyper-V is designed for customers who:  want to enhance their Hyper-V cluster or single installation  want to compare the performance of their environment against Microsoft best practices have identified performance issues or any other problems  want an assessment… Read More »

Active Directory-Based Network Security

What I can do for your organization? Active Directory Security focusing exclusively on change auditing to meet the need for this rising security technology, fast detection of security incidents, easy assessments of security, detailed forensic analysis of changes and reliable continuous compliance, while improving business continuity, decreasing system downtime and establishing accountability. File Server Security… Read More »

Granny sells bed for grandson’s studies

A grandmother sold her bed so her grandson could register to study at the Durban University of Technology, in South Africa. Sibiya, 70, sold her bed for R2 000 and also used some pension money to pay for her grandson’s registration. The university found sponsors to give Sibiya cash to help with the running of… Read More »

How To Install Exchange 2013 On Windows 2012 R2 Server Step by Step

This guide provides basic steps for installing the necessary Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system prerequisites for the Microsoft Exchange 2013 Mailbox and Client Access server roles on a single Windows 2012 R2 Server. This guide comes with comprehensive functional components that are required to deploy Exchange 2013 and based on practical design principles that… Read More »

How do I change timezone on Ubuntu Server

I recently moved some of my Ubuntu Dedicated Web Hosting Servers from offshore data centres to my Johannesburg Data Centre,  and I needed  to change the time zone to be in sync with South Africa Standard Time of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT+2). Howto? To accomplish this task, simply execute ‘dpkg-reconfigure tzdata’ to change time zone on… Read More »

Active Directory Security Checklist

As the very foundation of your organization’s security, your Active Directory is an extremely high-value organizational IT asset. It is most likely the largest and most critical distributed system in your enterprise. Along with disaster recovery, Active Directory® security is at the top of the list of topics that IT executives worry about protecting in… Read More »

How to protect a VPS from DDOS attacks

What is DDoS attacks (DDoS attack) In computing, a denial-of-service attack or distributed denial-of-service attack is an attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users. How to protect yourself from DDoS: There are many Operating System level solutions to protect against application and transport-layer DDoS attacks, like SYN cookies, Hardware… Read More »

How to create mysql database, using mysqladmin

What is MySQLAdmin? mysqladmin is a client for performing administrative operations. You can use it to check the server’s configuration and current status, to create and drop databases, and more. Howto? gen@en-01# mysqladmin -u sibanda -p create sibdb Enter password: It is recommended that If you create a new database it’s good to create user… Read More »

How to install webmin on ubuntu server

About Webmin: Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more. Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely. Preparing your system… Read More »