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Create an .flp image for use with VMWare using Linux
In linux do: mkfs.msdos -C floppy.flp 1440 # mount it mkdir floppy sudo mount -o loop floopy.flp floppy cp <what_you_need_on_floppy> floppy/ sudo umount floppy Once you have created the image copy it up to your datastore and then point your VM floppy...
Where is the pvscsi-Windows2008.flp image when attempting to install Windows 2008 R2 with a Paravirtualized SCSI Controller?
I want to install from an ISO a copy of Windows SBS 2011 which is WIndows 2008 R2 with a dress on. I want to run from the word go the paravirtual scsci controller driver. And to install a mass storage driver from install you need to mount the driver on a floppy. So...
Dell R710 connected to Dell MD3200 Array via 6Gbps SAS HBA’s
I had an MD3200 array failure the other day. And so I've decided to re-install the Redhat Operating System on the R710 Dell server and re-setup multipathing. Here are some of the things that I've done: Install Redhat 5 using the Dell Resource CD and then yum update...
Simple Script to Backup VCenter Appliance Postgres Database
Create a backup dir # create a directory to hold the backup files mkdir /storage/backup # create a backup script file /storage/backup/embedded_db_backup.sh # make it executeable chmod +x /storage/backup/embedded_db_backup.sh Add the following to the backup script...
Find and replace a value in multiple files in a directory tree
Just had a situation where I need to find and replace a value in multiple html, js, php files starting in /var/www/html and descending to replace all instances. This worked for me. fgrep srv-02 * -lR | xargs sed -i.bak -e 's/srv-02/srv-04/g' Basically the above means...
Fedora 18 firewall-config fails to run ServiceUnknown error
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895067The answer was systemctl restart firewalld
