A while back I needed to remotely reset the password of an iLO (LightOut adapter) on a HP server and found this great blog post, that described how to:
http://blog.netnerds.net/2006/04/ribcl-reset-administrator-password-on-ilo/
Archive for the 'Tools' Category
Found this cool tool, mRemote – it’s a full featured, multi-tab remote connections manager. I’ve previously used Microsoft’s own Remote Desktops and Visionapp’s Remote Desktop, both can handle multiple RDP connections in one interface.
mRemote does the same, it just has more feature and is open source. So if you need a good tool to manage multiple servers, I can recommend mRemote.
It even supports more protocols, such as:
- RDP (Remote Desktop)
- VNC (Virtual Network Computing)
- ICA (Citrix ICA)
- SSH (Secure Shell)
- Telnet (TELecommunication NETwork)
- HTTP/S (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
- Rlogin (Rlogin)
- RAW
Download it at mRemote.org
Microsoft has released Remote Server Administration Tool (RSAT), it’s now available for download.
Microsoft Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) enables IT administrators to remotely manage roles and features in Windows Server 2008 from a computer running Windows Vista SP1. It includes support for remote management of computers running either a Server Core or full installation option of Windows Server 2008.
Download:
Microsoft has released some documents about the new wonder tool for IIS migrations and web deployments, called MS Deploy, see my earlier post.
The documentation is available in RTF format and published as walkthroughs and small guides.
Download the MS Deploy Walkthroughs here.
For more hints on how to use MS Deploy, check this blog post from Mai-Lan.
Microsoft has released a new updated version (build 340178) of the AdminPak for Windows Server 2003 SP2.
The Administration Tools Pack allows administrators to install the Windows Server 2003 SP2 management tools onto a computer running Windows XP Professional or a Windows Server 2003 family operating system to perform remote server management functions.
You can download the updated x86 version here and the x64 version here.
You can read about the known issues here. Still no official support for Vista yet.
Mike Volodarsky has updated his PortCheck tool to version 2.0. The tool is simple, but quick to troubleshoot connections against web sites.
The idea behind PortCheck was simple – help diagnose the common “page cannot be displayed” or “server not found” errors that could result from a number of network connectivity, or service availability issues.
Read more and download the PortCheck 2.0 tool at his blog.
Microsoft has finally released the new version of Virtual PC 2007. It’s available as free download from their website.
Use Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 to run multiple operating systems at the same time on the same physical computer. Switch between virtual machines with the click of a button. Use virtual machines to run legacy applications, provide support, train users, and enhance quality assurance.
It’s available for 32-bit and 64-bit Windows.
Read more and download at source.
Microsoft has released a new tool for IIS diagnostics called Trace Diagnostics. It’s a Diagnostics tool to assist in using Enterprise Tracing for Windows (ETW)
Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2003 has very detailed diagnostics information built in. With Trace Diagnostics, you can effectively use these diagnostics built-in by monitoring the requests to an IIS web server in real-time, or, follow a request throughout the IIS processing pipeline to find failures.
Included in this download are three individual tools:
1). Request Viewer
2). IISREQMON.exe
3). IISTRACE.exe
Read more and download at source.
