One of my VMware Linux virtual machine takes a long time to boot. And there are couple warnings on the screen complaining RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4 routing table. According to VMware KB2048572, this issue occurs when the Linux iputilis package causes a delay in the boot process. A warning message appears when the guestinfo … Continue reading RecordRoutingInfo: Unable to collect IPv4 routing table
Category: Virtualization
Create Linux instance in AWS
Follow the same process described in Create Windows instance in AWS to build the Linux instance. The only two differences are the security group settings and the remote connection method. 1) Create a new security group to allow the SSH (and VNC) inbound traffic. 2) There are 3 ways to connect to the remote Linux … Continue reading Create Linux instance in AWS
Create Windows instance in AWS
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
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
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