With vSphere 4, thin provisioning was supported at virtual disk level through vCenter GUI. With thin provisioning, networked storage space utilization is improved because of dynamic allocation of storage to the virtual machines. vSphere has built in capabilities to provision, manage and monitor thin provision storage to virtual machines Thin Provisioning Tips & Tricks...
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July 30, 2010 (Last Friday Of July) 11th Annual System Administrator Appreciation Day (http://www.sysadminday.com/) A sysadmin unpacked the server for this website from its box, installed an operating system, patched it for security, made sure the power and air conditioning was working in the server room, monitored it for stability, set up the software,...
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1 - systeminfo – Have a need to display operating system configuration information for a local or remote machine, including service pack levels? Then systeminfo is the tool to use. When I need to connect to a system that I am not familiar with, this is the first tool I run. The output of this command gives me all...
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Best Practices for Becoming an Exceptional SQL Server DBA Join (or start) a local SQL Server users group (chapters.sqlpass.org ) Join SQL PASS (www.sqlpass.org) Attend at least one professional conference each year. Attend at least one training session each year. Read at least four books on SQL Server each year. Read the free e-book, How to Become an...
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To use switches, at the Start menu, Run command type: Outlook /switch Occasionally you’ll need to use the full path to Outlook, so the command line looks like: “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Outlook.exe ” /switch Notes: Before using a command line switch, you need to close Outlook and verify it’s closed in Task Manager’s Processes tab....
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Problem 1 Using Microsoft Outlook 2007, the autocomplete feature runs slowly when VSE Buffer Overflow protection is enabled Problem 2 There is a delay after typing in the first few characters of a recipient’s address before Outlook displays the list to select from. Problem 3 Outlook 2007 autocomplete runs slowly when typing a recipient address. Problem 4 This...
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How to consolidate Archive / PST file and merge them together? Sadly, there is no easy way to merge them directly but there are some workarounds for this. As technically an archive is no different from any other pst-file, you can reconnect to them via File-> Open-> Outlook Data File… to access and view...
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Notes: (1) Commands that use external, or third party, or non-native utilities contain hyperlinks to these utilities’ download sites. (2) Replace command arguments displayed in italics with your own values. (3) Commands or utilities that require Windows Server 2003 are marked bright blue. Warning: Most commands on this page are very powerful tools. Like...
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There are three known workarounds to silence the shutter click: Make a phone call immediately before you take your picture. Plug in a headset to the BlackBerry while you’re taking the picture Or download the following app. Camera Mute Blackberry Applications Camera mute 1.20 for Blackberry www.changar.com/blackberry_apps/CameraMuteApp.jad
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Wireless networking is easy to set up, and it’s convenient, especially if you like to move around the house or office without your portable computer while staying connected. But because they use the airwaves, wireless communications are more vulnerable to interception and attack than a wired connection. Here are some tips for securing your...
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