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July 23, 2021July 23, 2021

Cool App Friday : Macs Fan Control

Mac’s Fan Control is an awesome little app that lets Mac users throttle up their fans, create new fan profiles, etc. It even works on Mac’s running Windows via bootcamp. So – you may be asking, why would I want to mess with my fan settings? The only real world answers to that I have […]

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VMWare

June 18, 2021

Manually update an ESXi host

Is your host unable to get directly to the internet? Having some proxy issues? A quick solution for applying patches: Download your offline update bundle Upload the file you’ve downloaded to storage the host will have access to (NFS/Local/etc) Put the host in maintenance mode Putty to the system Type the following command:ESXCLI SOFTWARE VIB […]

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Apple

April 27, 2021April 27, 2021

Quickly Install Rosetta 2 on your new M1 Mac

What is Rosetta 2? Good question. Rosetta is a bit of software that runs on your Mac that allows code/programs that are written for INTEL based Mac’s to run on your M1 based Mac. Long story short, programs are created with specific hardware in mind (usually) and when that hardware isn’t what’s being used, running […]

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VMWare

April 16, 2021

Reset lost VCenter 6.5/7.X root password

So you forgot your root password. No worries. This is an easy fix. Backup your VCenter (export the config) Find the name of the host the VCenter runs on. Connect to the host running the VCenter. Issue a shutdown command to the VCenter Wait for it to power down. Snapshot the VM. Def do some […]

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April 14, 2021July 17, 2021

No, you SHOULD NOT update flash player

I’ve had this bite a few friends and family members that I know. They’re browsing the web, even searching google and click on a link that seems legit – some data pops up that looks relevant, and then a few seconds later they get a VERY legit looking popup that informs they that they need […]

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Wordpress Tip

November 7, 2020November 6, 2020

Slow down slider on NewsUp theme

This should be an option in the theme but… Its not…. Anywho…. Edit the following file: in the themes folder/newsup/js/custom.js You will see a BUNCH of “autoPlay: 3000”. This means rotate after 3000 milliseconds. Just change that 3 to 6 for 6 seconds, or 10 (for a valule of 10000) for 10 seconds, etc. I […]

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November 6, 2020

PiHole : Stuck at “Update local cache of available packages”

So – your trying to update your fancy lil PiHole and your stuck at “Update local cache of available packages”? I found my issue to be that the device was trying to use IPV6 instead of IPV4. So – a few things you can do: Manually set APT-GET to use IPv4 once via command line […]

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Cool App Friday

October 24, 2020October 20, 2020

Cool App Friday : Dozer (BarTender Alternative)

SO, I use a mac (a few actually) daily. I run a few small apps that are great, but they clutter up my top menu bar pretty badly. I had been using Bartender for the longest time, but after Big Sur beta was released – it looks like the folks that make Bartender have decided […]

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September 28, 2020

VMWare Fusion 12 + Mac OS11 (Big Sur) – “Could not connect” nic.

So – your running that fancy new Big Sur? Nice.. You want to use VMWare fusion but your getting: “Could not connect ‘Ethernet0’ to virtual network ‘/dev/vmnet8’. More information can be found in the vmware.log file.Virtual device ‘Ethernet0’ will start disconnected.” and when you try to connect the NIC it fails. Fix : Open up terminal […]

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VMWare

September 10, 2020

Quickly change ESXi host name/FQDN via Putty

Put host in maintenance mode For safety, remove the host from vCenter if its connected to one. This will keep your vCenter clean. Make sure DNS is correct (A records point at the correct IP’s) Putty to your target host Check the current name by typing: esxcli system hostname get Change the hostname by typing:esxcli […]

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Yahoo Aabaco Small Business services – Perfect provider if you hate your customers.

Write a quick file without an editor or notepad from command line

Who is logged onto my VMWare Console!?

Where/what/who is my PSC? Find the name/IP of your VSphere’s PSC server

What PSC is my VCenter server using? (Terminal Commands)(Updated2/21/19)

vSphere 6.0/6.5 web client crashing

VMXNET3 Dropped Packets – TOE/Offloading/Chimney/Buffer Sizes – Windows VM

VMWare Fusion 12 + Mac OS11 (Big Sur) – “Could not connect” nic.

VMWare ESXi Host Build Numbers

vCenter VMDK to Mount Point chart

Crowd Strike Explosion

Unjoin VCenter from Domain – PowerCLI

Easy way to List ESXi Hosts associated with VCenter : Postgres

Cool App Friday : Macs Fan Control

Manually update an ESXi host

Quickly Install Rosetta 2 on your new M1 Mac

Reset lost VCenter 6.5/7.X root password

No, you SHOULD NOT update flash player

Slow down slider on NewsUp theme

PiHole : Stuck at “Update local cache of available packages”

Cool App Friday : Dozer (BarTender Alternative)

VMWare Fusion 12 + Mac OS11 (Big Sur) – “Could not connect” nic.

Quickly change ESXi host name/FQDN via Putty