Posted by Duncan Epping in November 28th, 2008 |
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I saw this post by Jason Boche next week and thought it might be interesting to create a list like he did and compare.
vmware.com/vmtn/planet/v12n
vmware-land.com/Vmware_launchpad.html
vmware-land.com/Top_10_Lists.html
communities.vmware.com/
blog.scottlowe.org
vmetc.com
vmwaretips.com/wp/2008/10/20/advanced-settings-for-vmware-ha/
virtualgeek.typepad.com/virtual_geek/
blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2008/10/vcenter-adminis.html
blogs.vmware.com/vmtn/2008/11/nfslockdisable.html
Jason’s list actually looks really similar to mine. Planet V12 right on top, VM/ETC, Scott Lowe and Eric Siebert’s VMware-land are providing us with a lot of hits. Only real difference is [...]
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Posted by Duncan Epping in November 27th, 2008 |
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Just had to reset a lost Windows XP password for the second time and thought it would be useful for myself to have a howto online:
Boot from the System Rescue CD
Mount the disk:
ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows -o force
This depends on the OS install if there are caps used, but usually:
cd /mnt/windows/Windows/System32/config
List the account in the SAM [...]
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Posted by Duncan Epping in November 27th, 2008 |
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I’ve been getting a lot of questions on this script that makes it possible to install VMware tools without rebooting. I must admit that it’s a really smart way to surpress the automatic reboot. But please keep in mind that it’s not VMware Tools that needs the reboot but the actual OS that needs the [...]
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Posted by Duncan Epping in November 26th, 2008 |
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Sanbarrow.com just posted a comparison between monolithic and split disks for VMware Workstation. Read the post for the complete comparison, but in short: split disks rule.
Personally I always use sparse split disks, just to save disk space. I’m always low on disk space and using sparse split disks saves me a lot and makes it [...]
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Posted by Duncan Epping in November 26th, 2008 |
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On the VMTN forum there’s a great topic on backing up your ESXi VM’s with a free solution. After a couple of pages of discussion and several solutions VMTN user lamw created a community document called “ghettoVCBni.sh - Free alternative for backing up VM’s for ESX 3.5+ and ESXi”.
This document contains a script and a [...]
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Posted by Duncan Epping in November 26th, 2008 |
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I just finished my VIMA blog and 12 hours later Edward published an article on security and warranty when opening up ESXi for SSH access:
Working with VMware ESXi can be frustrating; you’re not supposed to enable the Dropbear SSH client or use its technical support mode without the assistance of a VMware support representative. System [...]
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Posted by Duncan Epping in November 25th, 2008 |
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About a week ago I wrote about the new version of the NetApp best practices pdf TR-3428. I emailed with Vaughn about the fact that leaving maintenance mode before the reboot might not be the smartest thing to do. Vaughn aggreed and replied that the document would be revised soon.
This would need to go through [...]
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