Citrix Machine Catalog

Overview A Citrix Machine Catalog is a grouping of virtual machines (VMs) or physical machines that have the same operating system in Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops (CVAD) environment. These catalogs are used to streamline the management of desktops and applications delivered through Citrix. Creating and managing the machine catalog envolves several steps including preparing the master / golden image. Master image. The master image in short is a Virtual Machine containing the operating system and all applications that we can use as a template....

October 15, 2023 · 6 min · by Chisqi

Citrix Cheat Sheet

Introduction Citrix includes the powershell cmdlet when installing, to manage and perform Citrix administrative task via powershell. These are some powershell command can be used. By default, these cmdlet is loaded automatically when the insallation is finsied. If it doesn’t load properly, use this commands to load. Load Module Add-PSSnapin Citrix Alternative: asnp citrix Citrix Cheat Sheet Powershell Cheat sheet Get-Service -DisplayName *citrix* # Display all the Citrix services installed on the Delivery Controller....

October 14, 2023 · 5 min · by Chisqi

Citrix ADC / Netscaler Gateway

Overview Citrix ADC, formerly known as Citrix NetScaler, is a feature-rich application delivery controller (ADC) that plays a vital role in optimizing the delivery of applications to end users. It offers advanced load balancing, acceleration, security, and offload capabilities to ensure the smooth and secure functioning of applications across networks. Here are some features and functionalities of Citrix ADC: Load Balancing: Citrix ADC distributes incoming traffic across multiple servers to ensure optimal resource utilization and high availability of applications....

October 12, 2023 · 5 min · by Chisqi

Winget

Overview Windows Package Manager (winget) is a command-line tool designed by Microsoft for managing software packages on Windows 10 or 11 edition. It provides a convenient way for users to search, install, upgrade, and uninstall applications from the command line or scripts. Installation This winget package should have been installed on Windows 10 1709 (build 16299) or later or windows 11 version. But if you want to manually install this package, you can follow this method...

August 23, 2023 · 2 min · by Chisqi

Check Block Size / Allocation Unit on Windows

If you want to check the Block Size / Allocation Unit on Windows, you can use the following powershell command: Check volumes blocksize. Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Volume | Select-Object Name,Filesystem,Label,Blocksize | Sort-Object Name | Format-Table -AutoSize Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Volume -ComputerName $env:COMPUTERNAME | Select BlockSize,Name,FileSystem | Format-Table -AutoSize Check partitions blocksize and StartingOffset. Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_DiskPartition -ComputerName $env:COMPUTERNAME | select Name, NumberOfBlocks, Size, StartingOffset, Blocksize | Format-Table -AutoSize Check only the CSV (Cluster shared volume) on the Hyper-V Cluster Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Volume | where {$_....

August 17, 2023 · 1 min · by Chisqi

Amlogic ARM-Based Single Board Computer duplicate MAC Address

Overview There’s annoying bug on cheap Amlogic ARM-Based Single Board Computer running Armbian with Debian 11 version. I recently instaling multiple devices with single image Armbian (Debian 11). Once the process completed, all devices were unable to connect to the network due to the MAC duplicate. The originial MAC Address was gone, and instead, it generated new MAC address on each devices lead to MAC duplicatation. Because all devices were using same MAC Addresses, the network connection was rejected by the router or firewall....

June 16, 2023 · 2 min · by Chisqi

SQL Always On Installation and Configuration

Network Design And IP Node Name Management IP Role DC01 10.10.101.5 AD/Dns Server SQL0A 10.10.101.12 SQL Server SQL0B 10.10.101.13 SQL Server SQLCL0A 10.10.101.10 Cluster Name Object (CNO) SQLAGL0A 10.10.101.11 SQL Availability Group Listener Requirement SQL Server requires a minimum of 20 GB of available hard drive space. Windows Server 2019 or greater Ensure that the system isn’t a domain controller. Ensure that each computer is running Windows Server 2019 or later versions with latest patches....

May 29, 2023 · 5 min · by Chisqi

Chrome Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows & Linux Shortcut Key Ctrl + n Open a new window Ctrl + Shift + n Open a new window in Incognito mode Ctrl + t Open a new tab, and jump to it Ctrl + Shift + t Reopen previously closed tabs in the order they were closed Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PgDn Jump to the next open tab Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PgUp Jump to the previous open tab Ctrl + 1 through Ctrl + 8 Jump to a specific tab Ctrl + 9 Jump to the rightmost tab Alt + Home Open your home page in the current tab Alt + Left arrow Open the previous page from your browsing history in the current tab Alt + Right arrow Open the next page from your browsing history in the current tab Ctrl + w or Ctrl + F4 Close the current tab Ctrl + Shift + w or Alt + F4 Close the current window Alt + Space then n Minimize the current window Alt + Space then x Maximize the current window Alt + f then x Quit Google Chrome Ctrl + Shift + PgUp or Ctrl + Shift + PgDn Move tabs right or left Google Chrome feature shortcuts Shortcut Key Alt + f or Alt + e Open the Chrome menu Ctrl + Shift + b Show or hide the Bookmarks bar Ctrl + Shift + o Open the Bookmarks Manager Ctrl + h Open the History page in a new tab Ctrl + j Open the Downloads page in a new tab Shift + Esc Open the Chrome Task Manager Shift + Alt + t Set focus on the first item in the Chrome toolbar F10 Set focus on the rightmost item in the Chrome toolbar F6 Switch focus to unfocused dialog (if showing) and all toolbars Ctrl + f or F3 Open the Find Bar to search the current page Ctrl + g Jump to the next match to your Find Bar search Ctrl + Shift + g Jump to the previous match to your Find Bar search Ctrl + Shift + j or F12 Open Developer Tools Ctrl + Shift + Delete Open the Clear Browsing Data options F1 Open the Chrome Help Center in a new tab Ctrl + Shift + m Log in a different user or browse as a Guest Alt + Shift + i Open a feedback form F7 Turn on caret browsing Ctrl + F6 Skip to web contents Alt + Shift + a Focus on inactive dialogs Address bar shortcuts Shortcut Key Type a search term + Enter Search with your default search engine Type a search engine name and press Tab Search using a different search engine Type a site name + Ctrl + Enter Add www....

May 27, 2023 · 3 min · by Chisqi

Backup Docker Offline

Docker Offline backup docker image save -o images.tar image1 [image2 ...] This will back up the docker as .tar image. Restore Docker - Offline Load the backup docker image load -i backup.tar Rerun the image into a container docker run

May 23, 2023 · 1 min · by Chisqi

Mariadb Replication on Docker

Introduction MariaDB is an open-source relational database management system (RDBMS) that is a fork of MySQL. It was created by the original developers of MySQL after concerns over the acquisition of MySQL by Oracle Corporation. MariaDB replication MariaDB replication is a process that allows you to create and maintain a copy of a database on another server, which is known as a replica. Replication in MariaDB can be useful for various purposes, including load balancing, high availability, and backup....

May 23, 2023 · 5 min · by Chisqi