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Vmware Port Mirror and MS Advanced Thread Analytics

Posted by edwgon in domain controller, esxi, Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics, Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics Gateway, port mirror, promiscuous mode, Uncategorized, virtual machine, vmware, vSwitch, Windows Server 2012 R2 on December 29, 2016

The project was to install MS Advanced Thread Analytic Gateway in a virtual machine, in Vmware, to monitor a physical domain controller.

Hardware involved

  1. Domain controller (physical) – DCServer1
  2. DELL switch – switch1
  3. ESXi host – host1
  4. MS ATA Gateway – atagw1

Setup Port Mirroring at Physical Switch Level

DC server DCserver1 and ESXi host1 are physically connected to switch1. DCserver1 connects on port 40 and host1 connects on port 44 of the switch.

We’re going to configure port mirroring on switch1 as source being port 40 and destination port 44 and we’re going to use use both directions in our config. You can use the following link to configure port mirroring on DELL switches.

Configure Vmware for Port Mirroring

As mentioned before, host1 connects to switch1, and we’re going to use this connection (vmnic2) and create a new standard switch (that was my setup). So, at point, vmnic2 connects to port 44 on switch1.

Once your new standard switch is created (vSwitch2), then we’ll create a new port group (ATA-Capture). While creating port group ATA-Capture, make sure to enable Promiscuous Mode and set VLAN ID to All (4095) – this part crucial!

port-group

 

Configure Microsoft ATA Gateway VM

Your MS ATA Gateway will need to have two NICs. One NIC will be used for day to day work and the second NIC for capture. To make thing easier, rename the NIC to something like ‘Capture‘. Next, make sure that your Capture NIC belongs to the ATA-Capture port group.

At this point you should be able to install MS ATA Gateway software.

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Install Hyper-V Role to Windows Server 2012 R2 During OS Deployment

Posted by edwgon in 64-bit, deploy, deployment, Hyper-V, management, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2012 R2 SP1, OS Deployment, PowerShell, sccm, SCCM 2012, server deployment, task sequence, virtual machine, virtual machines, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server Feature on October 28, 2016

There are plenty of blogs about this subject, however, many of these blogs are outdated and some of their tips do not work properly for Windows Server 2012 R2. Also, in my case, I’m not using MSDT to install features and roles, but instead I’m using a captured WIM image.

To install Hyper-V role, just add a “Run Command Line” task, towards the end of the task sequence, Install Operating System task.

I’m using the following PowerShell command:

Powershell.exe -Command "& {&'Install-WindowsFeature' –Name Hyper-V -IncludeManagementTools -Restart}"

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Also, here’s an interesting link that discusses this particular issue.

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Installing MS-DOS 6.22 Using Parallels 10

Posted by edwgon in dos, http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008/kind#post, imac, ms dos, ms-dos 6.22, OS X, Parallels, Parallels 10, virtual, virtual machine, windows for workgroups, yosemite on January 8, 2015

Here’s how I was able to install MS-DOS 6.22 on my iMac using Parallels 10.

I’m not going into details on how to create the virtual machine using Parallels, it’s easy to figure that out.


These settings worked for me on my iMac running Yosemite and Parallels 10.




Here is the hardware configuration for the MS-DOS 6.22 virtual machine.

CPU & Memory

Boot Order




Video




Mouse & Keyboard

Floppy Disk



CD/DVD 1

Hard Drive 1

And here are the final screenshots…



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