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VMWare ESX: Virtual Hard Disk FULL

Posted by Ivan
/ September 28, 2008 / 2 Comments

Recently I was working to move a virtual machine test network to production. Before bringing this virtual machine into production I wanted to run the latest updates and during that process my virtual hard disk become full. When I created this virtual machine I configured the initial disk space 6GB....

Posted in ESX, VMWare
VMWare ESX: Service Console IP address

Posted by Ivan
/ September 12, 2008 / 5 Comments

There are couple command line tools that VMWare ESX offers when the server has been installed with the “Service Console” mode (without i). In the following example I will explain and show how to create new vSwitch; link a physical network interface and assign a IP address for your “Service...

Posted in ESX
VMware ESX: SSH remote management

Posted by Ivan
/ September 12, 2008 / 1 Comment

After installing VMWare ESX 3.5 hypervisor host server I would like to manage this system with SSH remotely. Server is manufactured by Dell and the DRAC mgmt card interface is available but I prefer to use SSH. SSH is enabled by default but disallows access for root. See my work...

Posted in ESX
CactiEZ password reset

Posted by Ivan
/ September 4, 2008 / Leave a comment

While ago I installed CactiEZ 4.0 as a virtual machine on my Hyper-V server and forget the admin password to login into the web interface. I installed the system and didn’t to finish the configuration. When you install CactiEZ and logon for the first time with username ‘admin’ you are...

Posted in Cacti
CMSMadeSimple: Parse Error Smarty_Compiler.class.php

Posted by Ivan
/ August 29, 2008 / Leave a comment

Recently I updated one of my CMSMadeSimple websites. After the CMS system was updated I run into the following problem: Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_CONSTANT_ENCAPSED_STRING in /home/www/ivan/site/lib/smarty/Smarty_Compiler.class.php(270) : regexp code on line 5 Fatal error: preg_replace() : Failed evaluating code: ‘{php’ . str_repeat(" ", substr_count(‘{* You can also instantiate...

Posted in CMSMadeSimple
Exchange 2007: SSL certificate for Exchange on Windows Server 2008

Posted by Ivan
/ August 26, 2008 / 1 Comment

Thanks to guys from Telnetport25 I was able to finish my SSL certificate migration for my new Windows Server 2008 virtual machine running a Exchange 2007 SP1 installation. My work log: Logon on the old Windows Server 2003 hosting the OWA front-end role Start MMC and add the Certificate Snap-In;...

Posted in Exchange
Hyper-V from cmd

Posted by Ivan
/ August 15, 2008 / Leave a comment

Hyper-V, a key feature of Windows Server 2008, has now released to manufacturing (RTM) and is available for deployment into production environments. With help of ServerManagerCMD.exe I will install the Hyer-V role. What is ServerManagerCMD.exe? Server Manager in Windows Server 2008 provides a single source for managing a server’s...

Posted in Windows Server 2008
VMWare ESX3i: FREE

Posted by Ivan
/ August 13, 2008 / Leave a comment

Who could ever believe and see VMWare releasing their ESX for free. Last night I read small post on my Windows Mobile device. What is VMware ESXi 3.5? VMware ESXi 3.5 is the industry’s first, thin hypervisor integrated into server hardware. With its next-generation architecture embedded in hardware, VMware ESXi...

Posted in ESX
CMSMadeSimple upgrade from 1.0.4 "Lanai" to 1.4 "Jamaica"

Posted by Ivan
/ August 7, 2008 / Leave a comment

I am working on a redesign project for a CMSMadeSimple website and today I planned to upgrade the version. The website is running for two years and until today no updates have been installed. CMSMadeSimple version 1.4 “Jamaica” has just been released and because I want to add couple of...

Posted in CMSMadeSimple
Mount Linux file system on Windows operating systems

Posted by Ivan
/ August 3, 2008 / Leave a comment

Since I am dual booting between Ubuntu and Windows Vista on my desktop workstation I am missing my linux volumes on Vista. I have three large 500GB SATA2 disks and one of them is partitioned and formatted with Ext2 linux file system. I have two options to read my linux...

Posted in Windows

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