Tec(h)tonic

Insights into building a solid I.T. foundation in the mid-size business world.

Author: Christopher Scott

  • .BAT file to delete files older than x days and empty folders

    This is a valuable little piece of code – useful for maintaining otherwise unmonitored file repositories. Set this up to be autorun by the Task Scheduler on a predetermined basis. Note that the forfiles command is included with Windows Vista and later and Windows Server 2003 and later. @ECHO OFF REM delete any files older…

  • Installing VMWare Tools in Ubuntu Server

    I frequently find myself setting up new servers as VMs (using VMWare), but there doesn’t seem to be an auto-magical way to install VMWare Tools for performance and monitoring. Fortunately, GhostTX.com has me covered with their article “How To Install VMWare Tools v4 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server and 12.10 Server.”

  • Installing an SSL certificate in Windows Server 2008 (IIS 7.0)

    I recently used this process to apply a renewed certificate to our MS Exchange Server. Don’t bother w/ the “renew” process within Exchange Mgmt. Console, as all certificate management is actually done in IIS (EMC just reflects what it finds in IIS). Delete the existing, expired certificate and then use these steps to install the updated…