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Server 2012 Domain Controller Not Authenticating Users

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Nick Moody
Thursday, 01 December 2016 / Published in Lab, Networking
I don’t usually write “this how you configure this” type blogs but for this particular problem I experienced I’ll make an exception. This post details how I resolved an issue with a Windows server 2012 domain controller not authenticating users. Up until I purchased a VM backup solution I was manually and occasionally taking backups

Implementing a VM backup solution for the home lab

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Nick Moody
Tuesday, 15 November 2016 / Published in Lab
I’ve recently finished implementing a VM backup solution for the home lab. In this post I’ll detail some experiences I had while selecting a backup software vendor.  A few months back I lost a Windows Server 2012 domain controller due to disk corruption. Whilst taking a snapshot in VMware something went wrong and the VM
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Project Open Case Gaming Rig 2016

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Nick Moody
Monday, 31 October 2016 / Published in Personal
UPDATE – Since writing this original post I made a few changes to the rig which you can read about here It’s been 6 years since I built my last PC Gaming rig. It was time to build a new one so project open case gaming rig 2016 was born. My son is now 5

Star Wars Rogue One

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Nick Moody
Wednesday, 28 September 2016 / Published in Personal
I’m likely going to watch the Star Wars Rogue One trailers over and over again until December. I have a feeling this movie is going to be equally as good as Episode 7. It also breaks the time up between now and next years Episode 8 release in the summer. To say I’m excited about

Pictures of the home network lab

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Nick Moody
Wednesday, 31 August 2016 / Published in Lab, Networking, Personal
  The Net Assured DC the physical medium to a truly virtual world
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Palo Alto Configuration Backup API Script

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Nick Moody
Monday, 11 July 2016 / Published in Automation, Lab, Networking
This is the first post of many detailing the scripts I use to backup devices in my home lab. This post details a Palo Alto configuration backup API script. Eventually i’ll move to using Ansible but for now some simple scripts work nicely. Almost all the the backups in my lab are now automated. The script

Home Lab Versus A Cloud Lab

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Nick Moody
Friday, 01 July 2016 / Published in Lab, Networking, Personal
My last post detailed my home network lab setup. This post is an attempt to compare having a home lab versus a cloud lab. The cost to build my home network lab was around £3500. I plan on keeping the majority of the equipment for a minimum of 5 years. The cost comes to £58.00

The Home Networking Lab

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Nick Moody
Wednesday, 29 June 2016 / Published in Automation, Lab, Networking, Personal, Security
Here is an overview of the Home networking lab setup. You might ask why even have a home lab these days? You can build a fairly grown up enterprise grade topology using virtualization? Agreed, especially if you have high spec workstation or choose a cloud provider for the compute. Why I built a home lab
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Project APC PowerChute Network Shutdown VMware Esxi

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Nick Moody
Sunday, 22 May 2016 / Published in Automation, Lab, Networking
I’ve just completed a project for my home network / lab to automate the graceful shutdown of my VMware Esxi hosts.  Project Configure APC Powerchute Network Shutdown (PCNS) objective was to solve a problem with accounting for input power failure to my UPS. We rarely experience utility power outages but we had an incident recently
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Plan for the worst

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Nick Moody
Friday, 01 April 2016 / Published in Personal, Security
I was approached recently by friend requesting some help with a very difficult situation. A member of their family had sadly passed away. The deceased was a husband and father of two young children. My friend was trying to assist the wife of the deceased with various financial issues that arise when a someone passes away. The
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