Very often ‘too many open files’ errors occur on high-load Linux servers. It means that a process has opened too many files (file descriptors) and cannot open new ones. On Linux, the “max open file limit” is set by default per process or user and the values are rather small.
In classic Windows PowerShell versions (up to 5.1), you could use only the WinRM protocol (WSMan, port 5985/5986) to access remote computers using PSRemoting. In the newer cross-platform versions of…
The remote access to the command prompt (server console) via SSH is disabled by default on VMware ESXi hosts. So, when connecting to an ESXi host over SSH, you will…
- Active DirectoryPowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019
Find Windows OS Versions and Builds in Active Directory
February 20, 2023Let’s look at several ways to inventory versions and builds of Windows OSs in an Active Directory domain (it is especially relevant for Windows 10). If you haven’t any tools…
- PowerShellWindows Server 2012 R2Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Migrating RDS Roles (Connection Broker, Web Access) to Another Server
January 18, 2023This guide should help you to migrate (move) Remote Desktop Connection Broker and RDS Web Access roles to another server. In this example, we will migrate the RDS Connection Broker…
- Active DirectoryGroup PoliciesPowerShellWindows 10Windows Server 2019
How to Enable and Configure WinRM (Windows Remote Management) via GPO
June 8, 2023In this article, we will show how to enable and configure Windows Remote Management (WinRM) on domain computers using Group Policy (GPO). Windows Remote Management is an implementation of the…
- Windows 7Windows Server 2008 R2
Adding USB 3.0 and NVMe Drivers to Windows 7 Install Media
November 16, 2022The Windows 7 RTM distribution doesn’t support USB 3.0 and NVME controllers out-of-the-box, and you can encounter some problems when installing Windows 7 on a computer/laptop having USB 3.0/3.1 ports…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Configuring SFTP (SSH FTP) Server on Windows
May 10, 2023You can use the built-in OpenSSH package in Windows to easily enable secure file transfers between the client and Windows server using the SFTP (Secure FTP) protocol. In this article,…
- PowerShellWindows 10Windows 11Windows Server 2019Windows Server 2022
Start Menu or Taskbar Search Not Working in Windows 10/11
September 7, 2022The Start Menu search feature is used more often in Windows 10 and 11 than in previous OS versions. You can use Windows Start Menu search to quickly find an…
- Hyper-VPowerShellWindows Server 2016Windows Server 2019
Hyper-V Virtual Machine Stuck in Stopping/Starting State
May 10, 2023If your virtual machine running on Hyper-V is stuck for some reason, stopped responding, and doesn’t start/stop/reset after clicking the corresponding buttons in the Hyper-V Manager console, you can force-stop…