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Rest in peace, Steve.
On October 5th, 2011, Steve Jobs lost his 6 year battle with pancreatic cancer.
The world has lost one of the greatest minds of our time. The Jolly Roger is flying at half-staff at Cryptednets.org. You will be missed, friend.
Upgrading VMWare ESXi hosts from the vSphere CLI
1. Download the vSphere CLI, and the ESXi upgrade file you need from vmware.com.(~200MB)
(install the CLI, and save the ESXi update file as c:\update.zip)
2. Place the ESXi host in Maintenance Mode and either power off or migrate all VMs on the host
3. Launch the vSphere CLI. (Start –> All Programs –> VMware –> VMware vSphere CLI –> Command Prompt)
4. type cd bin
5. Enter this command:
vihostupdate.pl –b c:\update.zip -url https://IP.OF.VMWARE.SERVER/sdk/webservice -i
Provide the root account username and password when prompted.
After the install completes, you will be instructed to reboot your ESXi Host.
After your host comes back, exit maintenance mode, and start up your VMs
Migrating Windows 2003 DHCP database to Windows 2008 DHCP server
Export the DHCP database from Windows 2003:
1. On the Windows 2003 DHCP server, navigate to a command prompt
2. Type the following Command: netsh
3. Type the following Command: DHCP
4. Type the following Command: server <\\Name or IP Address>
5. Type the following Command: export c:\dhcpexportfile all
Note You must have local administrator permissions to export the data.
Import the DHCP database to the Windows 2008 DHCP server:
1. Copy the exported DHCP database file to the local hard disk of the Windows Server 2008-based computer.
2. Install the DHCP Role on the server.
3. Stop the DHCP server service on the server. To do this, follow these steps:
a. Log on to the target DHCP server using an account that is a local Administrator.
b. Click Start, click Run, type cmd in the Open box, and then click OK.
c. At the command prompt, type net stop DHCPserver, and then press ENTER.
d. Type exit, and then press ENTER.
4. Delete the DHCP.mdb file from c:\windows\system32\DHCP folder.
5. Start the DHCP server service.
6. Right-click on the Command Prompt (cmd) and select “run as administrator”.
Note You must have local administrator permissions to import the data.
7. Type the following Command: netsh
8. Type the following Command: DHCP
9. Type the following Command: server <\\Name or IP Address>
10. Type the following Command: import c:\dhcpexportfile
11. Restart DHCP and verify the database has moved over properly.
