Report a Dell Service Tag Remotely

Create a text file with the following: ComputerName = InputBox(Computer Name)strComputer = ComputerNameSet objWMIService = GetObject(winmgmts: _& {impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\ & strComputer & \root\cimv2)Set colSMBIOS = objWMIService.ExecQuery _(Select * from Win32_SystemEnclosure)For Each objSMBIOS in colSMBIOSWscript.Echo Service Tag: & objSMBIOS.SerialNumberNext``` Save it as a vbs then run: cscript filename.vbs You will need to run the script with the correct permissons to WMI.
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Run the Last Command with Sudo

This will add sudo to the last command (that you forgot to use sudo in the first place): sudo !!
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Editing Text Files from X in OpenSolaris

pfexec gedit
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Updating MacPorts

sudo port selfupdate Then to upgrade your installed ports: sudo port upgrade outdated
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Creating A Custom WinPE Disk

Currently I am using this to run Dell updates on non windows operating systems that are not directly supported. imagex /mountrw c:\winpe_x86\winpe.wim 1 c:\winpe_x86\mount imagex /unmount /commit c:\winpe_x86\mount copy c:\winpe_x86\winpe.wim c:\winpe_x86\ISO\sources\boot.wim oscdimg.exe -n -bc:\winpe_x86\etfsboot.com c:\winpe_x86\ISO c:\winpe_x86\dell.iso
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Compare Directories in Linux

comm <(ls ~/dir-new/) <(ls ~/dir) This works in OS x as well.
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Getting to Network Connections Quickly in Vista

Pop this into the run dialog: control ncpa.cpl This will also work for the following: control printers = Printers control sysdm.cpl = System Properties control appwiz.cpl = Programs & Features (Add & Remove) This can also be coupled with ‘Runas’: runas /user:computername\Administrator rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL ncpa.cpl
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Creating a Report of ALL SMTP email addresses from Active Directory

Ldifde -d DC=domain,DC=co,DC=uk -r (&amp;(mailnickname=*)) -l proxyAddresses -f Report.txt
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Creating a ZFS iSCSI Target

Using a Nexenta VM it is possible to create a 500 TB thin provisioned iSCSI target in three lines: zpool create zfspool01 raidz c2t0d0 c2t1d0 c2t2d0 zfs create -s -V 500TB zfspool01/share01 zfs set shareiscsi=on zfspool01/share01 In this case the disks c2t0d0, c2t1d0 and c2t2d0 are all dynamic 10 GB virtual disks. This can easily be mounted with the Microsoft iSCSI Initiator for testing; it will be interesting to see how well this plays with ESX…
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Checking DNS for CERT VU#800113

You can use the following web service to see if your DNS servers or resolvers need attention. For Windows: nslookup -querytype=TXT -timeout=10 porttest.dns-oarc.net. nslookup -querytype=TXT -timeout=10 porttest.dns-oarc.net. DnsServerName For *nix: dig +short porttest.dns-oarc.net TXT dig @DnsServerName +short porttest.dns-oarc.net TXT Where DnsServerName is the name of the DNS server you want to check. You are looking for GREAT, GOOD or POOR in the results. Original Reference
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