Compare md5 between linux and macos
The md5 can be calculated against the file in order to compare two files or to be sure that the file you are dealing with is the one you wanted (if something for example is downloaded to your local server/computer from Internet). In all (I know) linux distribution you can …
VMware Converter 6.4
If you think VMware Converter is an outdated product that should no longer be considered, think again. VMware Converter may not be updated every month, but its latest version, 6.4, is evidence that VMware hasn’t forgotten about the product—or at least, recognizes its utility. As a reminder, VMware Converter is …
Converting MOV File to Smaller Size: A Guide to Converting to MP4
If, like me, you happen to be recording your desktop, which is quite simple and convenient on any current operating system (including ChromeOS or MacOS), sooner or later you may run into a disk space issue. From time to time, when I’m working on new configurations or playing around with …
NSX-t do not work as expected with tags
Hi everyone, today’s post is about solving an issue that took me quite a lot of time. The fix turned out to be easy, but it wasn’t obvious, and I still need to find the root cause. I was working with pfSense (Netgate) in a VMC (AWS) environment. pfSense is …
MacOS helpful tricks and some other findings.
MacOS in excellent, proven modern (but with long history) operating system. It is extremely stable – 50-60 days uptime shouldn’t surprise. It is with POSIX implementation, secure, standarised Unix. All the features implemented in that OS over the years should make most users happy, regardless advances or beginners.You can like …
LXC container for lab environment.
Power of the containers (mainly based on docker) has been proved many, many times. But what in the scenario you have very, very limited resources in your virtual lab and lets say, small debian installation with very few GB of RAM and 1 CPU. With LXC you can use this …
Create debian usb bootable USB stick under macOS.
To create debian bootable disk you can use tools already available in macOS. We are going to use: If you need to remove partition from your external drive and “Disk Utility” is no able to do that, you can use the following example: diskutil eraseDisk JHFS+ UntitledUFS disk4.That would destroy …
Legacy VM support in VMware world.
One of the fantastic legacies and possibilities of using the VMware environment is a huge number of operating systems which are supported, or at least working well on top of ESXi. Usually all types of OS you can imagine works so well that you don’t think it can be different. …
Azure SAP HANA compatibility
SAP HANA Large instance in Azure is now in “sunset mode” and new customers cannot use this type of deployment. To deploy new HANA installation one of the many Azure VM SKU can be used. The biggest one (as of Jan, 28, 2022) with spectacular 24TB(!) of RAM and 896 …
Powershell, HCX – create mobility group based on VM list
However HCX is a fantastic migration tool, but when it comes to migrate lots of VM at once, it is important properly plan migration and in addition to create sufficient automation to fit in the migration (downtime) window. One of the step that need to be created during preparation is …