IT Knowledgebase Articles

Looking for a gift for your favorite system administrator? Check out our 2012 holiday gift guide for sysadmins and network administrators.

Learn to test the VRM server in VMware Site Recovery Manager 5.0 and configure the VRM database in the second part of these series. Includes step-by-step instructions and video!

Take a gander at the Petri IT Knowledgebase’s version of the ubiquitous “12 Days of Christmas” holiday classic, rewritten to pay homage to the hard-working system administrator.

It’s a Windows Server 2012 switcheroo! Learn to switch between the GUI and server core in this helpful how-to by Jeff Hicks.

Sometimes things go wrong with disks or volumes: it’s practically the Saga of the Sysadmin. Learn to perform disk repair with Powershell cmdlets in Windows 2012 in this helpful article by Jeff Hicks.

Need to find a use for all that extra paper piling up next to the office printer and copier? Try these extremely cool Star Wars-themed paper snowflake ornaments.

In this first of a two-part series, Peter De Tender walks through MDT 2012 setup and configuration prior to deploying Windows 8.

We’re taking a look at traceroute! Learn how sysadmins use ping and traceroute (aka tracert) to configure and troubleshoot networks.

The netstat command can be a very useful tool for the sysadmin. Learn more about how to use the netstat command to monitor your network traffic and more.

Looking for a faster way to navigate the new interface in Windows Server 2012? Check out this helpful list of Windows Server 2012 keyboard commands and shortcuts.