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Selecting wrong disk as OSDisk in Azure Migrate

Problem: With a multiple disk Hyper-V VM replicated into Azure you run a Test Migration in Azure Migrate and the Boot diagnostics for the VM show "Boot failure. Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device" Cause: Selected the...

Competent Car Service in My Area

Air conditioning Just in time for the Melbourne summer our Car Airconditioning stopped working (ended up being a failed aircon hose) these guys fixed it in about an hour => https://regasmelbourne.com.au/index-2.html I drove to them but also they have a mobile service....

pfSense Community Edition on Azure with 2 NICs

$vnetName = "tgn-vnet" # storage account append the SAS to this url if you are copying from another Account $vhd = 'https://tgnvhddisk.blob.core.windows.net/vhd/TGN-PFS-01.vhd' $pfsenseResourceGroupName = "tgn-rg" $storageAccountName = "tgnvhddisk" $frontendSubnet =...

RS819 – No Ability to run Virtualization

So just found out that budget Synology Units can't run Active Backup for Business if their CPU's aren't enabled for virtualization The RS819 runs a Realtek RTD1296 quad-core 1.4GHz CPU and the Package Center doesn't offer Virtual Machine Manager or Active Backup for...

Make Outlook Use Chrome For Links

Despite setting Google Chrome as the system default using Settings => Apps => Default apps Outlook continued to open links in Microsoft Edge. This is how to make Chrome the default for Outlook Click File => Options In the Outlook Options Dialog select the Advanced...

Build an Individual Docker Compose Container

To rebuild the Docker service named php run this command docker compose build php --no-cache --no-cache says repull everything and build from scratch Here is a screen shot of some of the options I use to get my container to build in WSL2 on Windows 11. Specifically...

Cannot connect to LOCALHOST SSH portforward

Trying to connect my browser to a web server accessible over an SSH tunnel by connecting to http://localhost:8200 and I get. I know the remote Web Server is running and the SSH tunnel is working. So what is the problem? Notice the output of ping localhost it is...

Extend your LAN across the WAN on a Shoestring

I was given a Surface Laptop which was a member of a Domain but only had a non administrative login. To gain admin access I needed line of sight to a Domain Controller but that access was on the Corporate LAN a 1000+ kms away. VXLAN VXLAN is an encapsulation...

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