How make a persistent CIFS mount in Linux. While setting up a home media server (Jellyfin), I found the need to mount a CIFS (Common Internet File System) share in Linux. The flavor of Linux I’m using is Ubuntu (20.04.5 LTS). The video and pictures are stored on a QNAP server sharing out the media. …
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Remote Access OpenVPN on pfsense
How to grant remote access OpenVPN on pfsense. In my home network I wanted to create a virtual private network (vpn) to allow me to access my home servers remotely. In this working blog I go through the steps I took. Part 1 After logging into pfsense, go to VPN > OpenVPN. Next, select wizards: …
Create iSCSI datastore in ESXi
This is how to create an iSCSI datastore in ESXi. In my case, I got a QNAP which allows for iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) connections to the storage. Briefly, iSCSI is a layer on top of TCP/IP that uses an initiator to connect to a target. This protocol can go over normal ethernet. …
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List Veeam VM backups w/Powershell
How to list Veeam VM backups with PowerShell? Recently I came across a use-case where you may want to list out all of the Virtual Machines (VMs) backed up with Veeam. If you have multiple Veeam servers that backup 100’s of VMs, creating a list of VMs and which server has their backups is useful. …
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IT Interview Questions
Recently I have been a part of a few interviews and have had to prepare some IT interview questions for candidates. I thought I would post them here for future use and in case anyone wants to use them. I’m not posting answers for the questions. My method is to let the answer for a …