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More on Locked files in VMware vCenter and ESX
Back in February, I posted a story on Fixing Invalid VM’s in VMware vCenter and ESX and it became one of my two most popular stories and still remains so even after 12 months. Now, I can bring you some … Continue reading
Updating your WSUS for Windows 8 & Windows Server 2012
So Microsoft have released the Update for WSUS 3.0 SP2 (KB2734608) that allows it to be able to recognise Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 Operating Systems and download the appropriate updates. Here are the steps I completed to ensure … Continue reading
Fixing Invalid VM’s in VMWare vCenter & ESX
We’ve had a Virtual Machine showing up in vCenter Server as Invalid (and greyed out) for a few days now. Ordinarily, I would have had a go at fixing it straight away but is is an archive server that … Continue reading
Lessons from the Cloud – How I Learned to Love the CSV
This last couple of weeks, I have been assigned what seems to be a relatively simple project – get our Member’s Database into Salesforce.com. Turns out we have had a Salesforce Professional Subscription for the better part of a year … Continue reading
Updating VMWare ESXi Hosts with extra NICs
Adding a Intel Quad Server NIC to Dell R510 + ESXi We wanted to implement our new ESXi Host to use for our lesser Servers and started by configuring a brand new Dell PowerEdge R510 Server. Unfortunately, these don’t come … Continue reading
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GTD MK III – The final piece….
The final piece of my Stationery fix for my GTD arrived yesterday… The Rhodia Meeting Book.. Now I can use this for both meetings and concept planning. I got in in A4 so that I wouldn’t be cramped for room. … Continue reading
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GTD Mk II – new diary
So as part of my re-organisation of my processes to a more GTD-friendly setup, I have already got my diary for next year … This year, I went for a quality diary rather than something newsagent special. last year, I … Continue reading
My GTD Setup slo-o-owly taking form….
I am slowly getting it together with implementing a GTD system that works for me…. The increased amount of inputs during our Infrastructure Virtualisation Project as well as an Office 2010 upgrade that rendered my previous email inbox management next … Continue reading
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Brisbane’s Dust Storm
As everyone is probably now well aware, Sydney and Brisbane got hit with a Dust storm today. Sydney had a Martian-style red dawn (without the commies) and Brisbane copped it around lunchtime. What people may not realise is that these … Continue reading
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Tales of Windows 2003 Network Load Balancing
Network Load Balancing – NLB – also known as Windows Load Balancing – WLB – has always been a little like living on the edge. It does the job but you are always wondering when and where the next issue … Continue reading
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