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Expanding a Virtual Disk in VMware ESX Server

By Oliver Aaltonen | Published: December 20, 2006
It may be necessary at some point to increase the size of a virtual disk on a guest OS. Here’s how to do it without creating a new disk and migrating the data manually: Shut down the VM Expand the virtual disk Log into the ESX server via ssh Navigate to the guest’s storage location (ex: /vmfs/volumes/cx300/guest) Use the vmkfstools [...]
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Squid Caching Appliance

By Oliver Aaltonen | Published: August 14, 2006
Content Caching with Squid This guide will present a solution to network bandwidth and latency issues using an application-layer solution that is completely transparent at the network layer. Objective New web-based deployment architectures have placed a strain on wide area network connections. I am attempting to alleviate some of this pain by providing a simple-to-use virtual appliance that [...]
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Backup Early, Backup Often

By Oliver Aaltonen | Published: February 9, 2006
A friend of mine recently had an issue with his computer that sparked a panic at the possibility of losing years of irreplaceable personal and business data. Lucky for him, I was able to rescue the data and get him back on his feet in the course of a few hours. The experience left him [...]
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Logitech MX1000 under Ubuntu

By Oliver Aaltonen | Published: August 26, 2005
This one’s a quick-and-dirty one, folks. Just got myself a new mouse recently and was tired of the “back” and “forward” thumb-buttons not working in Firefox under Ubuntu 5.04. For those of you in a similar predicament, edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and replace the appropriate “InputDevice” with the new configuration as shown below. First, we’ll make a backup [...]
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