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How to Set Up Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Set Up Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) on Windows Server 2012 R2 Microsoft Deployment Toolkit (MDT) is a free Microsoft solution that extends Windows Deployment Services to provide a fully automated, zero-touch operating system and application deployment framework. MDT uses task sequences — ordered lists of steps — to deploy Windows, install applications, apply […]

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How to Configure Network Time Protocol with chrony on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Network Time Protocol with chrony on IBM AIX 7.1

Introduction IBM AIX 7.1 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.1 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to configure network time protocol with chrony on ibm aix […]

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How to Set Up Software RAID with mdadm on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Netdata on Ubuntu 24.04

Netdata is a real-time performance monitoring tool that collects thousands of metrics per second with near-zero overhead. It provides a beautiful web dashboard out of the box with no configuration required. This guide installs Netdata on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server A user with sudo […]

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How to Set Up Software RAID with mdadm on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Logrotate on Ubuntu 24.04

Log files grow without bound unless managed. Logrotate is the standard Linux tool that automatically rotates, compresses, and deletes old log files. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS includes Logrotate pre-installed. This guide explains how to configure it. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server A user with sudo privileges Step 1 – […]

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How to Set Up Software RAID with mdadm on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure LVM on Ubuntu 24.04

LVM (Logical Volume Manager) provides flexible disk management by abstracting physical storage into logical volumes that can be resized, snapshotted, and moved. This guide explains how to create and manage LVM volumes on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server One or more additional block devices (e.g. […]

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How to Set Up Software RAID with mdadm on Ubuntu 24.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Software RAID with mdadm on Ubuntu 24.04

mdadm is the standard Linux tool for creating and managing software RAID arrays. RAID provides redundancy and/or performance improvements across multiple disks. This guide creates a RAID 1 (mirror) array on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 24.04 LTS server Two or more additional block devices (e.g. /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc) […]

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How to Use PowerShell for Automated Deployments on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use PowerShell for Automated Deployments on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Use PowerShell for Automated Deployments on Windows Server 2012 R2 PowerShell is the native automation language of Windows Server, and on Windows Server 2012 R2 with PowerShell 4.0, it provides a comprehensive toolkit for building reliable automated deployment pipelines. Unlike third-party deployment tools, PowerShell deployments require no additional software licenses, integrate directly with […]

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How to Use alt_disk_install for Upgrades on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Use alt_disk_install for Upgrades on IBM AIX 7.1

Introduction IBM AIX 7.1 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.1 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to use alt_disk_install for upgrades on ibm aix 7.1 on […]

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How to Set Up Windows Deployment Services (WDS) on Windows Server 2012 R2 — step-by-step Windows Server 2012 R2 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up Windows Deployment Services (WDS) on Windows Server 2012 R2

How to Set Up Windows Deployment Services (WDS) on Windows Server 2012 R2 Windows Deployment Services (WDS) is a server role that enables network-based installation of Windows operating systems to bare-metal machines, virtual machines, and servers that support PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) boot. WDS eliminates the need for physical installation media by serving boot images […]

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How to Perform an Alternate Disk Migration on IBM AIX 7.1 — step-by-step IBM AIX 7.1 tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Perform an Alternate Disk Migration on IBM AIX 7.1

Introduction IBM AIX 7.1 is the latest release of IBM’s enterprise-grade UNIX operating system, running on IBM Power Systems hardware. Known for its reliability, security, and performance in mission-critical environments, AIX 7.1 introduces enhanced virtualization, security hardening, and cloud integration features. This guide covers how to perform an alternate disk migration on ibm aix 7.1 […]

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