http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/ Blog about life, family, work, IT and of course Palm en Copyright 2010 Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:33:15 +0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I have always been fascinated by guns, how they pack so much mechanical automation in a such a small package. http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2009/01/guns_animation.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2009/01/guns_animation.html Others guns Mon, 26 Jan 2009 22:33:15 +0800 here.]]> http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2009/01/palm_pre.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2009/01/palm_pre.html PDA Palm Palm Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:08:04 +0800 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? http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2009/01/target_account_name_is_incorre.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2009/01/target_account_name_is_incorre.html Windows Active Directory DNS replication Windows Sat, 10 Jan 2009 23:13:29 +0800 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. http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/12/guests_cannot_connect_to_vmwar.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/12/guests_cannot_connect_to_vmwar.html VMware VMware Windows Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:20:40 +0800 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. http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/12/joining_a_linux_server_to_acti.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/12/joining_a_linux_server_to_acti.html Linux and Unix Linux Windows Tue, 23 Dec 2008 02:13:19 +0800 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. http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/12/death_in_the_family_1.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/12/death_in_the_family_1.html Family family Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:10:48 +0800 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 http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/12/remote_access_authentication.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/12/remote_access_authentication.html IT IT Windows Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:10:27 +0800 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. http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/11/forklift_upgrade.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/11/forklift_upgrade.html Exchange Exchange Mon, 24 Nov 2008 22:45:59 +0800 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. http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/11/vmware_converter_30.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/11/vmware_converter_30.html VMware VMware Windows Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:27:56 +0800 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. http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/11/tools_for_converting_machines.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/11/tools_for_converting_machines.html VMware VMware Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:01:16 +0800 On powering up the virtual servers, they keep hanging. Strangely they use to be working just a few minutes ago? http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/10/what_happens_when_your_vms_ref.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/10/what_happens_when_your_vms_ref.html VMware VMware Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:44:55 +0800 Installing servers with vendor installation CD is to make your life easier as it comes with all the necessary drivers for their hardware. http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/10/installing_windows_2008_using.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/10/installing_windows_2008_using.html IT hp smartstart windows 2008 Sun, 12 Oct 2008 22:38:56 +0800 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. http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/09/playing_with_netbackup_ii.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/09/playing_with_netbackup_ii.html Data Backup Symantec Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:16:29 +0800 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. http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/09/playing_with_netbackup.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/09/playing_with_netbackup.html Data Backup Symantec Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:44:26 +0800 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.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/09/how_to_bypass_security_for_you.html http://www.alfredivy.per.sg/blog/2008/09/how_to_bypass_security_for_you.html PDA Palm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:21:35 +0800