SHIFT-WIKI - Sjoerd Hooft's InFormation Technology
This WIKI is my personal documentation blog. Please enjoy it and feel free to reach out through blue sky if you have a question, remark, improvement or observation. See below for the latest additions, or use the search or tags to browse for content.
AIX Info
Summary: ALthough AIX is by now on version 7.3 I find these old pages so fascinating I decided to keep them. On this page I'll show you how to retrieve information about the AIX installation and the hardware it's installed on. This page is for AIX 5.3 and 6.1.
Date: Between 2010-2013
Refactor: 21 December 2024: Checked formatting. Translated some stuff from Dutch to English.
Automate compliance in Active Directory
Summary: This page will show you the script for various checks you could do in your environment for compliancy or risk purposes.
Date: Around 2019
Refactor: 8 December 2024: Checked links and formatting. Added a warning for best practices.
The following functionality is used:
- Create reports in excel, and comparing results with previous reports
- Specific accounts in OUs are identified
- Local administrator accounts on all servers are checked
- Sending html emails with a report on found findings
- Upload the report to sharepoint online
- Look for changes causing the findings in the TOPdesk SQL database
- Use a default file with standard functions
The scripts and powershell code I created for this page are not in line with the current best practices for PowerShell. See Cheatsheet PowerShell for more information. I would also prefer to run these scripts from a pipeline and a private build agent.
NetApp SnapMirror
Summary: This post describes how to setup replication between two NetApp filers using SnapMirror.
Date: Around 2014
Refactor: 13 February 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Configuring this is pretty forward, but there is a big catch, which will never show by error messages: ALWAYS USE HOSTNAMES! I had several issues when using IP addresses or when mixing IP addresses and hostnames. Also, in a simulated environment use different names for the volumes. That's only in a simulated environment, in my production environment I had no issues while using the same names for the volumes. This was confirmed while googling for the error.
NetApp Reboot
Summary: How to reboot a Netapp Filer.
Date: Around 2015
Refactor: 7 March 2025: Checked links and formatting.