Sometimes you need to control the guest OS or the virtuals by script. Good example is stopping all the guests or virtuals to take a backup. For VMware server, this is controlled by using Perl script via vmware-cmd.
Creating a Linux Virtual Machine
Recently I have the chance to create a Fedora 9 virtual machine on VMware server. This is to replace a crashed server that ran out of disk space. Since it was running off a Compaq ML server. I thought this…
Mass Import into Movable Type 4 is now broken
I was planning to go live when I remembered I still have a bunch of photos to publish. An excellent opportunity to test mass import into the blog. That gave me a shock
Posted to a charity organization
Going there to straighten out the processes.
Death in the family
This is more of a placeholder for me. How bereavement affects children How do children learn about death? As adults, we know that death is universal, inevitable and the end of physical life. But children’s understanding of death comes gradually.…
Driving roundabouts
Traffic circle or circus or roundabouts are fast disappearing in Singapore. Most have been removed for the more efficient signalized traffic junction. The few remaining circles are Suntec City Roundabout, Serangoon Garden Circle and Newton Circle. Newton Circle is signalized…
Hitachi Data System SAN
Recently I have the chance to work on HDS AMS 200 SAN. It was quite an interesting experience.
HFMD
According to latest statistics from the Ministry of Health, Hand Foot and Mouth Disease, HFMD, the number of cases jumped to 1000 in week ending 15 Apr. This is up from 892 in the previous week, giving a total 6315…
Another project completed
After 3 months of straightening up processes, my work at this charity is done. Along the way, I managed to rebuild a Linux server. My first production Linux server, not really a complete set up as I actually wanted it…
Migrating Symantec Endpoint Security Management Server
Symantec Endpoint Protection is a marriage of Symantec Antivirus 11 and Sygate Firewall. As a result the management server is quite a different animal from the previous version. It is much more similar to Mcafee ePO.