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PowerCLI script for changing pathing policy en masse

Say you deploy a new SAN, and you’re in the process of migrating all your VM’s from the old datastores to the new. When you go to add the new datastores, ESX sets the incorrect pathing policy so now you have to go change it on each and every datastore, on each and every ESX server. I’ve had to go through this and it’s a pain in the bum. Here’s a small PowerCLI script I wrote that will save you the hassle of doing it by hand. Connect-VIServer SERVER $esxservers = Get-Datacenter “DATACENTRE” | Get-VMHost foreach ($server in $esxservers) { […]

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Installing Dropbox on a Debian server

There are a lot of old instructions on how to install Dropbox on a headless linux server, most of them outdated. I had to recently go through this pain myself so i’ve compiled a set of updated instructions to make life easier for you. These were performed on a clean Debian 6 install, so you may already have some of the dependencies required, along with the Dropbox client v1.4. Installing Dropbox on a Debian server without a GUI. Install the following packages with aptitude to satisfy the dependencies of Dropbox. python-gtk2 libatk1.0-0 libcairo2 libglib2.0-0 libgtk2.0-0 libpango1.0-0 There’ll be a bunch more packages you’ll have to

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Smelly glass tabletop

We’ve had a dining room set for many years and the glass tabletop had recently started to smell bad, kinda like an old fish tank. Over the last few months we’ve tried anti-bacterial wipes, surface cleaner, and vinegar. Nothing worked. We eventually found a solution. I’ve learned that despite the smooth appearance, glass is actually porous. Over the years it absorbed all manner of scents and smells. We first sprayed a fine layer of vinegar on the tabletop, then sprinkled bicarb soda all over the surface until there were no exposed glass showing. This was then left for a number

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Fixing push notifications for the Facebook app on iOS

Every now and again, push notifications would stop working on the Facebook app on my iPhone. Previously I had completely removed and re-installed the app and that fixed the problem, but i’ve discovered an easier and quicker way to fix them up. Go into Settings. Tap on Facebook. Tap on Push Notifications. Turn all the sliders off. Go back a screen. Tap on Push Notifications again. Turn the features you want notifications for back on. Go back a screen. I did get a bit paranoid and exited the push notification settings after turning them off then went back in as

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Mounting an IBM XiV LUN onto a RHEL v5 host without installing the HAK

There are two methods of doing this. The first is installing the IBM Host Attachment Kit (HAK). This makes mounting any LUNS from the XiV dead easy, but isn’t what this article is about. Installing the HAK will blow away your multipath.conf and any changes you might have made to it. What if you wanted to mount the LUN without installing the HAK? What if you wanted to mount LUNs from two different SANs? This is where manually modifying multipath.conf comes in. I’m documenting the changes that the HAK made to multipath.conf so you don’t need to install it. blacklist

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