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Sending CTRL+ALT+DEL in a VMware vSphere client

17 Mar 2010 11 sec(s) 3104 visits.

This is a simple screenshot of how to send the Ctrl+Alt+Del key sequence to a VM guest

16 Mar 2010 2 min(s) 23 sec(s) 2669 visits.

NetWorker is a product that integrates with a large number of backup storage systems and clients, with plugins for a large number of applications.

11 Mar 2010 2 min(s) 10 sec(s) 662 visits.

netstat is a useful tool for checking your network configuration and activity. It is in fact a collection of several tools lumped together.

10 Mar 2010 19 sec(s) 717 visits.

This article explains with illustrations on how to configure a firewall (open local ports) on a Windows 2008 Server.

4 Mar 2010 43 sec(s) 2905 visits.

Changing a users password without user input is easy under Linux using the chpasswd command. On Solaris this does not exist.

1 Mar 2010 1 min 37 sec(s) 3169 visits.

The 3 major players, at the moment, in the virtualisation market are VMware, Microsoft and Citrix.

1 Mar 2010 2 min(s) 5 sec(s) 2749 visits.

When starting off in virtualisation you can use products such as MS Virtual server or VMware workstation/server.

21 Feb 2010 1 min 4 sec(s) 2712 visits.

The standard pager in Solaris is more, the standard pager in Linux is less, so is less more or most

25 Feb 2011 51 sec(s) 2634 visits.

This trick isn't widely known but you can install a Solaris package directly from a HTTP source.

25 Feb 2011 1 min 41 sec(s) 2934 visits.

Many people install lsof on their system as they know it from Linux. But you have a similar tool in Solaris, namely pfiles.