tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2011:/blog/1 2009-01-26T15:14:11Z Blog about life, family, work, IT and of course Palm Movable Type 3.31 tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2009:/blog//1.698 2009-01-26T14:33:15Z 2009-01-26T15:14:11Z

Guns animation

Alfred Loo I have always been fascinated by guns, how they pack so much mechanical automation in a such a small package. Firearm Blog have these great links. 1911 Pistol Glock Beretta 92FS Revolver AR15 HK 416 vs M-4 AK-47 Gatling machine gun]]> tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2009:/blog//1.697 2009-01-11T08:08:04Z 2009-01-11T08:14:03Z

New Palm Pre

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DNS partition problem, solved by netdom reset machine password and the SYSVOL error is solved by forcing a full replication.

Alfred Loo A customer encountered this error message, when he tried to join computer to domain or change the DNS from Primary to AD integrated. Oh did I mention that the 2 out of 3 domain controllers in the domain are offline? Create DNS partition, DNS fix link, the SYSVOL fix and here]]> tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2008:/blog//1.693 2008-12-24T10:20:40Z 2008-12-24T10:24:56Z

Guest cannot connect to VMware server host.

Alfred Loo This sounds a bit weird. If you have VMware server running on Windows 2003 SP2, you might encounter connection problems from the guest. I have tested using Window shares or UNC paths. this]]> tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2008:/blog//1.692 2008-12-22T18:13:19Z 2009-01-11T01:44:37Z

Joining Samba server to Active Directory domain

Alfred Loo A file server running on Linux with Samba is an attactive option to reduce license cost. Samba is configure is easy enough. To get the user permissions right, you will need to join the Linux sever to the Active Directory domain. here and here]]> tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2008:/blog//1.696 2008-12-12T04:10:48Z 2009-01-11T02:05:30Z

Death in the family

Alfred Loo This is more of a follow up from the previous post. This post is done retroactively, eg I change the posting date to time of death. My mother passed away today, after a two year fight with cervical cancer. She underwent a hysterectomy and was in the clear for a year. Last year about the same time, a tumor was discovered and the cancer specialist recommended a surgical removal. The surgeon was unable to remove as the tumor was sitting too near nerves and blood vessels. So he made a bypass to "make her comfortable" and "buy time". This was later followed up with rounds and rounds of chemotherapy and radiation. This was not successful and her condition deteriorated considerably in December 2008. Looking back, the cancer even though does not affect the brain, the cancer and the chemotherapy changed her psychologically. She became short tempered, irritable later forgetful. The old memories came rushing back on this last day. On the last day, she could not woken up for breakfast and the staff gave her an oxygen feed, which made her more alert. Thinking it was one of the usual phase, we went back to work. She stopped breathing at 12 Dec 08, at about 12 noon. tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2008:/blog//1.691 2008-12-01T15:10:27Z 2009-01-11T01:43:48Z

Configuring Windows 2008 for Radius

Alfred Loo Your users wants to have VPN access to access stuff on the road. The VPN tunnel stops at the appliance. You loathe create an access control list just for that box. Not to mention internal audit is going to you hell for static passwords. The solution is RADIUS this to guide you. If you did not create a Connection Policy, the authentication will pass, (4142 0) and it will be rejected (4142 49), "Did not match connection request policy". ]]> tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2008:/blog//1.690 2008-11-24T14:45:59Z 2008-11-25T01:45:44Z

Exchange forklift upgrade using disasterrecovery switch.

Alfred Loo What happens if you need to upgrade the creaking old server hardware that Exchange is sitting on? Especially if you want to keep the same name to prevent users from going bonkers and yourself from updating all the docs. Read on. supports forklift upgrade reusing back the same version of operating system.]]> tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2008:/blog//1.688 2008-11-02T16:27:56Z 2009-01-11T01:37:49Z

VMware converter on Windows 2000 and Linux servers. Remember to disable your anti-virus software.

Alfred Loo A customer have a bunch of really old Compaq servers running, you guess it a mission critical application that nobody knows how to reinstall. So I convinced them to virtualize the machines as a business continuity plan. That way hardware failure will not affect applications. link link Stuff to have on hand before conversion ]]> tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2008:/blog//1.689 2008-11-02T04:01:16Z 2008-11-04T08:50:30Z

Some helpful tools to aid in VMware conversion.

Alfred Loo VMware converter CD and the following: 1. Linux Live CD, eg Ubuntu, not UBCD. 2. Hiren CD, for TestDisk to read partition information. 3. Boot.ini configuration 4. Installed SCSI adapter type. tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2008:/blog//1.687 2008-10-13T14:44:55Z 2008-10-13T14:50:55Z

VMware guest os cannot start

Alfred Loo On powering up the virtual servers, they keep hanging. Strangely they use to be working just a few minutes ago? Check the properties of each of the virtual servers. Uncheck all devices that are connected at power up. If all else fails, check the log files. tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2008:/blog//1.686 2008-10-12T14:38:56Z 2008-10-13T14:30:58Z

Installing Windows 2008 using HP SmartStart 8.1

Alfred Loo Installing servers with vendor installation CD is to make your life easier as it comes with all the necessary drivers for their hardware. HP SmartStart Deployment Wizard will create a hidden partition and a system partition. Thereafter it will copy the drivers on to the server disk, followed by the OS CD. For some reason the SmartStart 8.1 wizard refuse to recognize the DVD, flat file or ISO image for Windows 2008. If you are caught in the same bind, fret not. Pop in the Windows 2008 DVD and reboot the server. Boot from the DVD and commence installation. The Windows installer will install based on the questions answered during the SmartStart phase. Lastly, did you match 64 bit installer with 64 bit OS DVD? tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2008:/blog//1.685 2008-09-28T02:16:29Z 2008-09-29T00:52:26Z

Symantec Netbackup Media server, SAN media server and SAN client

Alfred Loo Some important Netbackup terminology that you should know but are buried deep in the PDF docs. You need to settle on the method of backup before committing to buy the licenses. Licensing Standard Client - Client license for backup via LAN. Enterprise Client - SAN Media Server, SAN Client, Snapshot client. SAN Media Server are Media server that can only backup itself via SAN. It is also a Standard client. Enterprise Server - Media servers that can backup itself and others via SAN. It offloads the work from the master server. It is also a Standard client. Not to be confused different editions of Netbackup, Netbackup Enterprise Server, Netbackup Server and Netbackup Starter Pack. The Enterprise Server costs much more than Enterprise Client. SAN Client - These clients that do not have access to tape, it can send data via SAN to a FT Media server that has. Not commonly used. This is the second part of a two part article on Netbackup. Link Other options available Core]]> tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2008:/blog//1.684 2008-09-26T01:44:26Z 2008-10-13T14:43:10Z

Installing Netbackup to do SAN based backup.

Alfred Loo I was passed a job to get Netbackup 6.5 to do a SAN based backup. There are three ways to perform a backup of server/s data from a dedicated server, LAN, backup LAN and lastly SAN. part II for details on the above terminology.]]> tag:www.alfredivy.per.sg,2008:/blog//1.683 2008-09-17T10:21:35Z 2008-09-17T10:50:50Z

How to install unsigned applications for your UIQ3 device

Alfred Loo How to install unsigned applications for your UIQ3 device. I have tried this successfully on my P1i Briefly, you need to unlock the protected folders to install two applications and a driver. One to unlock security, the other to take unsigned applications. http://www.agathosyne.de/files_ext/CapsSwitch.zip to download the software to unlock protected folders. Note this involves installing Python, Extensions for Windows and Serial Port Extensions. If you are not comfortable using the software here, you can download the latest version from SourceForge. I did. A better guide to use the software is available http://aeblogs.com/uiq/how-to-access-uiq-protected-folders Don't forget to install CapsSwitch and copy the driver to device's c:\sys\bin folder. Install installserver.exe from http://www.agathosyne.de/files_ext/sis-installer_mod.zip Note I tried using swmail's installserver.exe, it does not work. Installing any application just causes the screen to blink. Once the installserver.exe is in, you can install any software you desire at your own risk.]]>