http://kb.hurricane-ridge.com My personal - but public - knowledge base Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:49:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://kb.hurricane-ridge.com/links/bookmarks-for-november-16-2009 http://kb.hurricane-ridge.com/links/bookmarks-for-november-16-2009#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:10:17 +0000 admin http://kb.hurricane-ridge.com/?p=700 Links for November 16, 2009:

• Performance Study of VMware vStorage Thin Provisioning – VMware whtepaper on the effects of Thin, Thick and Eager-Zeroed Thick VMDKs on performance.
• NetApp Technology Network: Verifications are maxing out my… – Discussion of doing off-production Exchange server backup verifications using SnapManager for Exchange.

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• NetApp Technology Network: Exchange 2003 volumes with SnapManager… – Forum post on SME best practices.
• Performance Best Practices for VMware vSphere® 4.0 – "This book, Performance Best Practices for VMware® vSphere 4.0, provides a list of performance tips that cover the most performance-critical areas of VMware® vSphere 4.0. It is not intended as a comprehensive guide for planning and configuring your deployments."
• VSP1CLN Command-Line Options – "The Windows Vista Service Pack 1 (SP1) Files Removal Tool (VSP1CLN.exe) can be used to remove the files that are archived after Windows Vista SP1 is applied. Running this tool is optional."
• Ask the Core Team : What is the WINSXS directory in Windows 2008 and Windows Vista and why is it so large? – Explanation for large size, and continued growth of WINSXS component store directory.
• body.tex – Less known Solaris Features – wikis.sun.com – Joerg Moellenkamp's Less Known Solaris Features on Sun's wiki site.
• Installing FFMpeg on CentOS/RedHat 5.x successfully | TheNitai – "Please follow the below steps one by one to install FFMpeg on CentOS/RedHat 5.x. successfully. Some of these libraries might be older (some even from 2008), thought I used what worked best for me and were stable in production environment."
• vsphere-migration-prerequisites-checklist.pdf (application/pdf Object) – "This Upgrade Prerequisites Checklist document describes the requirements and prerequisites necessary to begin planning for the upgrade of an existing VMware Infrastructure 3 to VMware vSphere 4."
• Gallery2:Installation Requirements – Gallery Codex – "Gallery has certain technical requirements that must be met (i.e. installed and/or configured) on your server before you attempt to install it."
• Gallery2:FAQ – Gallery Codex – "How can I move my gallery installation from one server to another?"
• Gallery2:Multisite – Gallery Codex – "How to change a Multisite Gallery into a Standalone"
• Windows File Services Best Practices with NetApp Storage Systems – "This document describes the Windows® File Services best practices and recommendations for using a NetApp storage system in a Windows file sharing environment. It also provides basic guidelines to build a storage infrastructure for Windows File Services. It describes the typical deployment-related best practices used by system administrators and architects for integration with Microsoft® Active Directory® and services, securing and optimizing NetApp® storage systems using CIFS or SMB 2.0 protocol. The scope of this guide is limited to Data ONTAP® 7G releases."
• live-android – Google Code – Android LiveCD x86 build.
• Virtu-Al » PowerCLI: Daily Report – VMware PowerCLI Daily Report script for VMware infrastructure.

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