Clustering is available in Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise and Windows Server® 2008 Datacenter editions.  The improvements to failover clusters (formerly known as server clusters) are aimed at simplifying clusters, making them more secure, and enhancing cluster stability.  Cluster setup and management are easier with the new MMC Snap-In management interface,Read More →

For those people also running Windows 7 64 bit on a HP HDX 18 laptop : This is how you get the fingerprint sensor driver & program working again : Download the Validity Fingerprint Sensor Driver from: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp45001-45500/sp45050.exe Download Digital Persona 4.0.1.3749 64 A from: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/softpaq/sp43501-44000/sp43883.exe Install the driver (sp45050)Read More →

Sometime restarting management service on the host will not restart the “hostd ” service. It is in hung state or the script gets stuck when stopping the service. It may happen that the SSH session to the ESX host becomes unresponsive. To restart this without restarting the host follow belowRead More →

1.  Log onto console first (tty1 preferred – alt F1). 2.  Sudo to root su –    3.  Open snmp config file  nano /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf 4.  Edit the following: syslocation Datacentre x Bay x, Row x, Rack Asset x, Uxx-Uxx rocommunity [snmp public string] trapcommunity [snmp admin string] trapsink [ip addressRead More →

1.  Log onto console first (tty1 preferred – alt F1) 2.  Plug in USB stick 3.  You should see a message detailing device inserted 4.  Look for a device ID assigned by ESX to the USB. For example ‘/dev/sda’ 5.  Mount USB device:   mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /mnt/flash 6.  sda1Read More →