here’s how we pulled off a successful migration (at least in my opinion): kept vm pilot to old unity system active so old messages could be accessed created a new vm pilot for unity connection disabled MWI extensions on old unity system manual MWI resync on unity connection changed default vm pilot in call manager […]
some ridiculous crap today…i tried to scan a document on a canon canoscan scanner that i’ve had attached to this PC for 3 years. in those 3 years i’ve never messed with the canon software besides initial install. in those 3 years everything worked fine until today. i received an error message along the lines […]
default login is admin/admin licensing is setup from the Configure or Administration tab. updates can be applied to the appliance by attaching an update .iso to the vman VM. then go to https:<vman IP address>:5480 to install the update. update 4/4/2012: i had an issue getting AD authentication working with virtualization manager recently. the problem […]
the install path in ubuntu is: /usr/lib/oracle/xe/app/oracle/product/10.2.0/server to open a web console: http://127.0.0.1:8080/apex i had problems getting the sql script editor to work for a while. i was convinced i was missing some key configuration because all i would get is a non-working red screen. it turns out the sql script editor just flat-out does not […]
a couple of weeks ago i became beyond frustrated trying to remove an SFP+ cable. i know i had inserted/removed them plenty times before, but it’s not such a easy task in a cramped area with other cabling in the way. i seriously tried for about 5 minutes straight and was like alright it’s time […]
this particular method is for suse linux. paths for other distributions may vary. /etc/init.d/nscd restart this will restart the name service cache daemon
someone recently informed me that garmin was giving out free map updates for automotive GPS units. according to the garmin website my GPS unit was indeed eligible for a free map update. this was very good news to me because i bought my GPS in 2006 and it’s still fully functional, but the map data […]
just recently introduced vsphere 4.1u1 hosts to a cluster and noticed an odd behavior. windows 7 vms were complaining about insufficient video ram. which doesn’t necessarily seem like a big deal, but in this case the vms would power off by themselves shortly after reporting the error. i tried setting the video ram to “auto”, […]
the remote setup wizard application requires two ethernet ports to be located on the same switch within the same vlan (fairly obvious). also the nic that is initially configured is eth0 on the active controller. when adding a new member array to a pre-existing group it’s best to upgrade the firmware on all members within […]
if you really want/need to delete a replica you’ll first need to remove its protections via the vcenter server command line. exact details here: http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1008704