How to Clone an Azure VM and Create a New VM from Its OS Disk
There are situations where you want to create a new Azure virtual machine based on the OS disk of an…
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) and the Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) – What Is the Difference?
The terms Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC) and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) are often used closely together, which can give the…
Behind the Scenes: How Cloud Volumes ONTAP Handles Azure Scheduled Maintenance
Although the official documentation explains that Cloud Volumes ONTAP in Azure performs a negotiated takeover before Azure Scheduled Maintenance begins,…
Cheat Sheet Microsoft Hyper-V
This cheat sheet provides a practical collection of useful Microsoft Hyper-V and Failover Clustering commands for day-to-day administration and troubleshooting….
Cheat Sheet Visual Studio Code
A collection of useful Visual Studio Code settings, shortcuts, commands, and troubleshooting notes that I regularly use. This cheat sheet…
Microsoft Oscdimg: Quickly Creating ISO Files from the Command Line
Oscdimg is a command-line utility from Microsoft that can create ISO 9660 and UDF image files from a folder structure….
Updating VMware Tools to 13.0.5 manually on Ubuntu 24.04 (Headless Build – without GUI)
Ubuntu’s packaged version of open-vm-tools often lags behind VMware’s latest release. If you want to upgrade manually or build a…
Build a Site-to-Site VPN between Azure and On-Prem by using pfSense on both Sites – No Azure VPN Gateway Required
Running pfSense on both ends of your hybrid network, in Azure and on-premises, gives you full control over IPSec connectivity…
pfSense and APIPA (169.254/16): Enabling Link-Local Transit Networks for IPsec VTI and BGP
Using APIPA (169.254.x.x) addresses as a transit network for IPsec IKEv2 VTI tunnels is a common best practice in major…
Cheat Sheet Google Cloud gcloud CLI
The gcloud command-line interface is the Swiss Army knife for managing Google Cloud resources. Whether you’re spinning up VM instances,…
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