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Calculate vCPU ESXi and Hyper-V

There is much confusion about creating number of Virtual machines on a single host, keeping memory and storage unlimited. In-order to clarify , I would say ,Yes we do have limitation in creating VMs and its explained below in brief. (more…)

Use WDS to boot Linux live cd’s

In a previous article, Installing Linux via PXE using Windows Deployment Services (WDS), I talked about using PXELinux to enable deployment of WDS images, Linux distros and a multitude of tools. It got a bit heavy when trying to make this all work but the system is now up & running and we have already benefitted from it on many occasions. So here is my guide for Microsoft admins wanting to enhance their existing Windows Deployment Services server.

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Set ILOM SUN Server by serial CLI

To configure ILOM on a SUN server make a serial connection to the rear of the server. (more…)

Reset ilo Edgeline 4000 EL4000 HPE

Accessing the System Utilities menu About this task To complete these steps, you need the HPE USB-to-serial cable (HPE part number 871947-B21). Table 1: Settings for connecting USB cable to…

Install docker and debian on Synology

1. install docker 2. start docker, go to ‘image’, select ‘add’ -> ‘add from url’. in repository name put ‘debian’. When asked for variant – pick pretty much any you…

Get external ip from remote synology

ssh to DS. Run “curl icanhazip.com”.

HP desktop Windows 1803 update wdf violation bsod

Hey guys, to fix the WDF_VIOLATION BSOD, you will need to boot into the recovery enviroment, open CMD. Then you will need to ensure you know which partition your Windows…

View BIOS windows license key

Powershell: wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey Directly activate license: powershell "(Get-WmiObject -query ‘select * from SoftwareLicensingService’).OA3xOriginalProductKey"

FIXING ESXI 6.5 ON HPE G7 SERVERS3 MIN READ

So there I was, moving VMs off of my main host (DL380 G7, 2x x5690’s, 192GB RDIMM), getting ready to replace the 8x 300GB RAID10 array I’ve been using for a while now with some 1TB disks and SSDs, awesome, right?

So the host was powered down, ready for an upgrade, and being the logical guy I am I decided to do some software upgrades.

I used the latest SPP and ran that through, for some reason I was using a BIOS from 2010? Once that was done I had updated firmware, so I moved onto ESXi. I’ve been running 6.0.0U2 for the longest time and thought this would be the ideal time to upgrade.

I got the HPE official ISO, ran through the upgrade, waited for it to boot annnddd….

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Clonezilla to a smaller HDD ssd

As an open source free software, Clonezilla can be used to clone or backup hard drive. Since it works with most of the operating systems largely used in company or home, many people love to use Clonezilla, especially when they want to upgrade hard drive with a new one. In this case, you can use Clonezilla to clone a hard drive to another without reinstalling Windows or installed programs. (more…)