the chromium web browser profile is located in ~/.config/chromium/Default various files in this location are actually sqlite databases and can be opened with the sqlite database browser program

today was the 2nd time i’ve encountered a server with kingslide (or similar type) rails. and even though i’ve dealt with them before i still forgot how to remove a server from them. the server today was a sun “sunfire” and i struggled trying to remove it. eventually i gave up and decided to google. […]

managed from the IIS 6.0 manager console if .eml files are stuck in the c:\inetpub\mailroot\queue folder, a SMTP service restart can help force their delivery. apparently, new items can be placed directly in the pickup folder (verified – 7/11/2013). update/correction: when problem emails (undeliverables) are stuck in the queue then even a SMTP service restart […]

today i saw a new version of linux mint was announced. i had linux mint 13 installed in a VM and went to look for an easy GUI upgrade utility. interesting enough, there doesn’t appear to be one. after some googling around it appears that the linux mint community recommends upgrading by CD. that’s kind […]

i’ve known for a while that in windows server 2008 and above you could use diskpart to extend a volume (no 3rd party partition app required). the method i’ve used before: diskpart select volume <volume #> extend exit however, earlier in the week i witnessed ben using this: diskpart select volume <drive letter> extend exit […]

to grant delegate access to a resource mailbox you actually don’t use the delegates feature (which threw me off). instead you simply grant the user full access to the mailbox (Add-MailboxPermission <resource> -AccessRights FullAccess -User <user>) source (this article tells you everything you need to know about resource mailboxes): http://blogs.technet.com/b/exchange/archive/2007/05/14/3402515.aspx update 4/22/2013: there’s a little […]

in vcenter 4.x, i’ve occasionally received a warning when moving certain vms to a resource pool. the warning states that the vm “will be entitled to 0% of the cpu resources in the pool”. when i’ve seen this warning in the past it has made me think twice about putting that particular vm in the pool. […]

this site very easily generates the javascript code to do so: http://feed2js.org/

not only need to install the IIS role but also the following IIS features: asp.net, windows authentication, dynamic content compression, and IIS 6 management compatibility source: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winserverwsus/thread/4e4756ea-136c-4272-9181-b7153904487e/ default update types to synchronize: critical updates, definition updates, security updates critical and security updates are default set for auto approval 1 synchronization per day default installing wsus […]

controller unit E310fD (fibre channel, dual controllers) JBOD unit J310sD (dual controllers) 1 controller unit can have up to 4 JBOD units attached to it. WebPAM default IP address: 10.0.0.1 default credentials: administrator, password also the rails on these things are terrible. the only plausible way to mount them is to take all the drives […]