Weblog of Justin Shin

WSUS basics and troubleshooting tips

In this post, we will take a look at the basics of Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), and I’ll throw in some recollections of my personal experience.

By Justin Shin - Mon, September 24, 2012 - 0 comments

I have been a Windows administrator for eight years and currently focus on Group Policy, backup, and IIS/Apache administration.

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FREE: SolarWinds Diagnostic Tool for the WSUS Agent

The free SolarWinds Diagnostic Tool for the WSUS Agent is designed to diagnose and even suggest corrections to common WSUS/agent issues.

By Justin Shin - Fri, July 13, 2012 - 0 comments

I have been a Windows administrator for eight years and currently focus on Group Policy, backup, and IIS/Apache administration.

SolarWinds Diagnostic Tool for the WSUS Agent - Test results

Using PowerShell to query Active Directory for Nagios host configuration

Nagios for Windows is a popular monitoring tool. In this post you’ll learn how to automatically update the host configuration file by using PowerShell to query Active Directory.

By Justin Shin - Thu, June 21, 2012 - 1 comments

I have been a Windows administrator for eight years and currently focus on Group Policy, backup, and IIS/Apache administration.

FREE: Trilead VM Explorer – Easy Hyper-V and VMware backup

Trilead offers administrators the ability to manage backup of both ESX(i) and Hyper-V infrastructure from a single point and with relative ease.

By Justin Shin - Thu, June 14, 2012 - 3 comments

I have been a Windows administrator for eight years and currently focus on Group Policy, backup, and IIS/Apache administration.

Hyper-V and VMware backup - Trilead VM Explorer

FREE: ManageEngine Free Active Directory Tools

ManageEngine has created a great suite of free tools that helps Active Directory admins by simplifying common tasks that admins would typically accomplish via PowerShell or an MMC console. Using Free Active Directory Tools can tremendously expedite mundane tasks like viewing/setting a group password policy, forcing replication between domain controllers, or querying the Active Directory database.

By Justin Shin - Fri, May 18, 2012 - 0 comments

I have been a Windows administrator for eight years and currently focus on Group Policy, backup, and IIS/Apache administration.

ManageEngine Free Active Directory Tools