Memorise

Archive for the ‘Linux/OSX’ Category

Uninstalling and manually installing VMware Tools

To uninstall VMware Tools in Windows XP: Click Start > Control Panel. Open Add/Remove Programs. From the list of installed software, select VMware Tools. Click Remove. When prompted, click Yes to restart Windows. Once restarted, open My Computer and navigate to C:\Program Files and remove the VMware folder if it exists. To uninstall VMware Tools […]

Powering off the virtual machine

Powering off the virtual machine To determine if you must use the command line, attempt to power off the virtual machine: Connect VMware Infrastructure/vSphere Client to the vCenter Server. Right-click the virtual machine and click Power off. Connect vSphere Client directly to the ESX host. Right-click the virtual machine and click Power off.  If this does not […]

Changing the IP address, default gateway, and hostname of the Service Console in ESX

http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=4309499   Changing settings from the physical or remote console connection Changing the IP for the Service Console must be done from the physical console or through a remote console session. If you make changes through a network connection such as SSH, network connectivity to the Service Console disconnects because the Service Console’s network interface […]

HP & VMware Links

HP & VMware Links http://www.v-front.de/p/hp-vmware-links.html ESXi-Customizer http://www.v-front.de/p/esxi-customizer.html Install VMware ESXi 4.1 from bootable USB stick http://techsup.corp.networkingtechnology.org/ntforum/index.php?topic=206.0 Driver Versions in HP supplied VMware ESX/ESXi images http://h30507.www3.hp.com/t5/Eye-on-Blades-Blog-Trends-in/Driver-Versions-in-HP-supplied-VMware-ESX-ESXi-images/ba-p/82926#.U3TmQK3fzKc HP supplied VMware ESX/ESXi images https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=HPVM08 ISO to USB http://www.isotousb.com/

Default password and username for backtrack 5

Default password and username for backtrack 5 The default username is: root and the default password is: toor to start the graphic user interface of backtrack 5 you need to type: startx in the terminal startx command can also be used with other linux distributions to shut down type: poweroff or shutdown -h now To restart: type reboot

Extract data from MySQL ibdata1 data file

I recently had my server out of order and I could only access to files. I manage to backup my MySQL files (ibdata, ib_logfile1, ib_logfile2, and the tables *.frm files). No sql dump to be imported into a new MySQL installation. I setup new Server with same version of MySql installed simply replacing the “data” directory inside […]

Handy Light – Instruction

Handy Light – Instruction Do this after the setup below, Blue, yellow, Red then touch top right corner, screen should change to purple. Set up an ad hoc Wi-Fi network on your computer (network name and password requirement are not important). Connect to the Wi-Fi network you just created on your iPhone through the Settings/Wi-Fi […]

Increase an existing LVM

Increase an existing LV Taken from my LVM management notes. I had first used this when I imaged an 80GB drive to a 120GB drive and wanted to make use of the 40GB of free space. 1. fdisk /dev/sda then press p Code: Disk /dev/sda: 40.0 GB, 40020664320 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4865 cylinders Units = cylinders […]

OS X Lion Upgrade made Internet running slow

I installed the Mac OS X Lion from the App Store this morning and after cannot connect to internet or internet is running very very slowww. after reading the varies forum some people suggesting rebooting fixed the issue, or changing the DNS address to open DNS or disconnecting from wireless and reconnecting got them running but still […]