One of the best things about VMware is that, if everything is setup correctly, a cluster can experience a host failure or a host isolation with very little impact to the guests within that cluster. However, as nice as it is to experience a failure … [Continue reading] about HA Alarms in vCenter: VMware
Fun with NetApp: PowerShell
I finally got an opportunity to mess around with the PowerShell cmdlets for NetApp. Overall, I think that a storage vendor's adoption of something like PowerShell is always a Good Thing. (From what I understand, EMC has PowerShell cmdlets out now, as … [Continue reading] about Fun with NetApp: PowerShell
Pinging multiple VM’s: PowerCLI
This script might not be handy for everyone, but in specific cases it can help you quickly determine which VM's are not responding on the network. This is a slight modification from my Windows 2008 Guest Networking: PowerCLI article. … [Continue reading] about Pinging multiple VM’s: PowerCLI
iTunes error 5002: iTunes
So this isn't the usual type of thing that I like to write about, but I'm a huge fan of making knowledge publicly available, so here goes. Recently I changed the email address on my iTunes account. After that happened, and after I'd verified, I … [Continue reading] about iTunes error 5002: iTunes
Using apt-get through a proxy: Ubuntu
Wanted to post this more for my edification than anything else, but perhaps someone will make some use of it. If you need to use apt-get behind a proxy, put this little script in your .bashrc file. … [Continue reading] about Using apt-get through a proxy: Ubuntu