Increase A VMware Disk Size (VMDK) Formatted As Linux LVM
via mattiasgeniar.be
This is a very well written and concise article on extending an LVM drive. Well done Matti!
Friday, 6 January 2012
Increase A VMware Disk Size (VMDK) Formatted As Linux LVM ~ Mattias Geniar
Tuesday, 1 November 2011
Android apps #3: llama
Modern smartphones are great. All those apps, connected to the internet, retrieving information and letting you know about it with beeps and bongs.
The only downside is the inevitable beep in the middle of the night that wakes you up.
Enter Llama. It's designed to change the ringer and notification volumes depending on the time and where you are.
Previously I used Foxyring, but that used GPS data which sucks the battery dry, so I ended up just using the timers.
Llama however has a trick up its sleeve - passive scanning of cell towers (already known by the phone unless you've put it in flight mode). By using this instead of GPS, you can have some really nifty rules.
For instance I have my phone go louder when I leave home, and very loud when I'm working in the noisy Datacenter, but quiet at work and at home, and silent overnight.
It's highly configurable but the defaults are pretty useful.
Thursday, 27 October 2011
Android apps #2: Catch notes
For note taking I like keeping things simple such add just using a text editor, but there are occasions when it's useful to keep a photo (such as when you're at the datacenter and need to remember which nics you've just plugged in the back of a server) and text only just won't cut it.
That's where Evernote and my favourite Catch notes come in. They also have the added bonus of syncing with the cloud so it's easy to get the content when you're back at your desk again.
I prefer catch mainly because it can be moved to sd card (which breaks widgets) and it has a small lightweight widget for quick notes.
Well designed, easy to use and rather useful.
Tuesday, 25 October 2011
Android apps #1
The first in probably infrequent series with the best free apps for Android phones. I've pretty much got "an app for that" and all of them free.
So kicking everything off is Jota, a text editor. Advert free, it does everything you want from a text editor in windows, let alone on a mobile phone.
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
Macrium Reflect FREE Edition
via macrium.com
The first in an intermittent series of posts for my top free PC tools concerns Macrium Reflect.
It's a great imaging tool (similar to Ghost) that can even do bare metal restores via a linux or WinPE boot disk (depending on hardware compatibility fo course).
The best news is they offer a freeware version, so there's no reason not to get it...
Friday, 20 May 2011
Error: "The resource vswif0 is in use" when changing service console IP
When you try to change a service console IP from DHCP to Fixed, you'll get this error.
A simple workaround is to add a second service console with a new IP and delete the original.
Friday, 19 November 2010
Checking DFS replication status
On windows 2003 R2 and Windwos 2008, Distributed File System replication is handles by the new DFSR service. You can check the status of replciation using the DFSRDIAG command, but if you're on a windows 2008 server, be careful to run this as Administrator otherwise you'll get an error "[ERROR] Access is denied when connecting to WMI services".
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