1) Login into Amazon Management Console and click ‘Launch Instance’. In the right top corner, you can choose which region you want the server to be placed. 2) Select an OS type. Here I choose Windows 2012 /w SQL express. Give the instance a name then click ‘Download’ to get the key pair which will … Continue reading Create Windows instance in AWS
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Encrypt disk in Ubuntu
I installed a Ubuntu 12.04 desktop by using the 12.04.2 alternate CD. After generated a distribution iso, I found the disk encryption feature was not included in the custom install process. To make the new iso support disk encryption, I wrote a script. Here is how it works: 1) Boot from the live CD. 2) … Continue reading Encrypt disk in Ubuntu
SQL express dynamic port causes vCenter service fail to start
A friend called and asked me why his vCenter service failed to start after the server reboot. After spending some time in investigation, I finally found the root cause – he uses SQL express to host the DB. And the SQL server port changed to another after the server reboot, which led to the SSO … Continue reading SQL express dynamic port causes vCenter service fail to start
vCO: Virtual Machine Inventory
I used to use PowerCLI to generate the VM inventory report, now I make it available in vCO as well. The scripts defined in the ‘VM Inventory’ script block. var vms = VcPlugin.getAllVirtualMachines();var Name, Status, Power, OS, IP, CpuCore, RAM, ToolVer, Des, Log, Log1;var Num = 0, NumOn = 0, NumOff = 0; content = … Continue reading vCO: Virtual Machine Inventory
vCO: Find VM name based on UUID
My colleague asked me can I find out the VM name based on its UUID. I helped him by running a PowerCLI command: Get-VM | Foreach ($_) {If ((Get-View $_.id).config.uuid -eq "422041b7-8ccd-xxxx-xxxx-2770502e404a") {Write-host $_.name}} I was thinking why not build up a vCO workflow so they can help themselves in the future in case they … Continue reading vCO: Find VM name based on UUID
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