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Installing Powershell Core
Checking Your Patching History
The world is not perfect and IT systems and software development are no exceptions. Patches are always released for a reason and try to fix bugs and vulnerabilities.
To analyse the full stack of your hosts and devices I suggest starting with the firmware of network devices, bios, drivers, os patches and application updates etc… There are many tools and solutions that can help you to scan your network or your system and gather useful information in a centralised manner.
Duplicate Linux Servers
After the Duplicate Windows Server article this is its complementary for Linux.
Package managers and APT, YUM offer many ways to export selections of the software installed and the available documentation offer is so good that the best thing to do is just reference to the official documentation.
NMAP, PING vs Test-Connection, Test-NetConnection
When it comes to troubleshooting using simple tools it is very effective. The output of a simple test may infer that everything is working as expected, partially or in some other cases not working at all.
Consequently, this is generally also a fast way to identify where is the area that we need to focus our efforts or to validate the overall performances of our systems.
The most common tools that I use for network troubleshooting are:
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