If you are running Exchange 2007 and find that content search for Office 2007 documents in Outlook doesn't return proper results, you are not alone! However, it's not due to some shortcoming in Exchange. It's because you need to install and register IFilters with the Microsoft Windows Indexing Service on the server(s) running your Exchange [...]
I have a HTC HD2 mobile phone from T-Mobile (UK). Recently, I updated the phone which went smoothly and retained all my content and settings. However the next morning, I discovered that the time had gone back 5 hours and I started having all sorts of fun with my appointments. When I went into "Local Time Settings", I [...]
These days, I am playing with VMware View 4.0.1. This is because a customer wants it "gradually" deployed within the company - so we have some time to do it. However, it's always nice to have a bash in your development environment before going full-blown into testing. I did that and the first thing I discovered was that [...]
If you had a VM with a USB device attached, which was imported into ESX using some sort of conversion tool e.g. VMware Converter in the past, you may find that it refuses to boot after upgrade to vSphere 4. Possible symptoms include: An error saying something similar to "Device 'USB' is not supported", asking it to [...]
In Part II of this article, we went through the process of upgrading a VirtualCenter 2.5 server to vCenter 4. In this third and final part, we'll talk about upgrading the hosts to ESX 4 and wrap up the upgrade process. Let's get to it then: ESX Host upgrades: First of all, make sure IP and networking configuration [...]
In Part I of this article, we started with some points one should think about while preparing for the upgrade of a Virtual Infrastructure 3.5 environment to vSphere 4. In this part, we'll go through the process of upgrading the VirtualCenter server to vCenter 4 Update 1. vCenter Install: Create a VM for the new vCenter server. Suggested spec (varies according to requirements): 2048 MB [...]
These days, I am upgrading our VI 3.5 environment to vSphere 4. Good thing is that there is a lot of information available in form of books and articles on the web for the different scenarios in which you can upgrade. Two of my favourite books on the subject are: Mastering VMware VSphere 4 by Scott Lowe VMware vSphere [...]
Split-Path is a very useful command which allows you to do string manipulation with file paths. It chops up paths into Parent/Child directory names, file names and can also determine if the path in question is relative or absolute etc. Check out http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd315377.aspx for more details. However, there are times when output from another command is in a format [...]
Every now and then, there comes a time when you have to change the "root" password on an ESX host. It might be because someone has left the company or could simply be an event when a problem required the root password to be revealed to people other than the "gods". One of the common misconceptions [...]
Like most people in IT, I wear different hats. I am an Architect, Techie, Manager - to name a few. The challenge it gives me is how to balance the roles I've got and still come up with the right answer. The dilemma I generally have is this: As an architect, I design systems. Before deployment [...]