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When the only thing readily available for stirring your tea is a pile of PCIe brackets 🙂

When the only thing readily available for stirring your tea is a pile of PCIe brackets 🙂
Resolving OpenStack Nova Live Migration CPU Compatibility Issues Background This week I’m hosting a hands-on OpenStack training for some clients. The ability to perform live migrations of running...
UPDATE: It turns out that installing the new client can cause issues with Keystone. I found this out the hard way yesterday when it failed during a demo, preventing authentication from the command ...
Currently installing a few C6320 servers with RHEL7.1 to create an OpenStack demo cluster. Since all servers need almost identical setups I wrote some Expect scripts but unfortunately didn’t put th...

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Detecting speakers / audio devices without logging off can be done by executing: pulseaudio -k && sudo alsa force-reload
Overview Useful commands for modifying port groups and VLAN settings on ESXi standard vSwitches. Can be used in scripts of course to do additions / removals / changes in bulk. Versions These comma...
Managing XenServer VM Snapshots from the Command Line While taking snapshots from the command line in XenServer is straightforward, restoring them can be more challenging. This guide explains how ...
XenServer VM Management via Command Line This guide provides useful commands for managing XenServer VMs from the command line, which is particularly helpful for batch operations and automation. L...