service vmware-vpxd stop CONNECT TO database-alias QUIESCE DATABASE IMMEDIATE FORCE CONNECTIONS; UNQUIESCE DATABASE; TERMINATE; DEACTIVATE DATABASE database-alias BACKUP DATABASE database-alias TO '/db2_backup/' ACTIVATE DATABASE database-alias
Written 12 years ago. Published from Drafts April 2025 I tried uninstalling office 2003 but it still threw the same "Office 2003 Installation is Corrupted..." Deleting HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\OFFICE\11.0\DELIVERY fixed the problem and allowed Office 2010 to install...
Written 12 years ago. Published from Drafts April '25 I have been observing woeful performance when clicking on a message in my gmail inbox from Evolution 3.6.3 on Fedora 18 (and from F15-17 too btw). If I click on several messages then evolution can hang for minutes...
Install a new VM from ISO as normal Configure as per normal I joined domain, name etc. Install latest patches. Boot VM and run c:\windows\system32\sysprep\sysprep.exe Select OOBE and tick generalize box, Choose the shutdown option. In vSphere right click VM and choose...
Written 11 years ago. Published from Drafts April '25 Ever tested a mass email campaign and accidentally sent it to the wrong people. Here is what that looks like: And this is what it looks like once it's discovered: And this is what firefox looks like when it...
GTK-RecordMyDesktop is a great app for taking screen video's with sound. However on my Fedora 20 workstation. The sound recording is atrocious. The sound coming from my head phone mic into the recording of my desktop screen video is noisy and sub-par. To improve...
Last edited 10 years ago. Retreived from Drafts and published April '25 Just waiting for our ride to airport and noticed a sign stuck to the ceiling of our hotel room. Apparently Kiblat indicates the direction to Mecca. One learns new things every day.
This was from my Drafts folder Last edited 10 years ago. Published April '25. I don't use xTuple anymore. I have been using Simple Invoices to track invoices for James McDonald IT Services. The problem with Simple Invoices isn't that it's a bad program, it's just that...
Written circa 2019 published from Drafts April '25 I wanted to get the last 16 records in a table but I want the values returned ascending In CakePHP 2 you could do a find and sort descending and then array_reverse the result. But with CakePHP it returns an entity and...
You have a Synology NAS (Synology DS415+ running DSM 6.1-15047) You want to change the volume file system from ext4 to btrfs You have 4.1T of data You have to completely remove the data and then break and rebuild the volume to convert it You hook up an ethernet cable...