tl;dr: SSH to the switch. Enter unhide foscmd. If prompted for a password, the default is fibranne. Enter foscmd poweroff and the switch will begin the shutdown sequence. After a few minutes, power must be manually removed from the switch. My homelab has started growing at a pretty ridiculous pace as of late. I’ve recently… Read More
Windows Error 0X8004402f: Error Creating Temporary File
I found myself playing with System Center Virtual Machine Manager over the past few weeks. After installing and configuring SCVMM 2019, I was tasked with performing an install of SCVMM 2022 rather than upgrading the 2019 install. After uninstalling everything, clearing out the registry, and grabbing the SCVMM 2022 install media, I continued to run… Read More
Veeam Powershell Module: VM Restore -SourceNetwork
I recently found myself writing a script using the Veeam Powershell Module. The use-case was fairly simple: accept VMs via CSV input and run a full VM restore to a new location with new settings using the last-created restore point for each VM. All the other work aside, the command being run for each VM… Read More
Okta-Federated Azure Login
In my last post I provided details on how to connect Okta and AWS for federated account access. The goal of the federated access was to remove dependency on AWS’ IAM roles and provision role-based access via SAML. The goal of this post is mostly the same – provide federated access to Azure allowing for… Read More
Okta-Federated AWS Login
Scenario I’ve now worked at a handful of different companies utilizing Okta as the primary Identity and Access Management tool in their environment. Similarly, those companies have also been utilizing AWS as one of their cloud service providers. I was recently tasked with integrating Okta with AWS with the end state of Okta becoming the… Read More
