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How to change console keymap on Photon OS

Jan

13

2017

If you live outside US, like me, you might want to change default keymap on Photon OS. This is very easily done. Install Linux Keyboard Tools package, kbd, and run localsectl set-keymap <keymap_code>. Below is an example how to set console keymap to Finnish. # tdnf install kbd # localectl set-keymap fi This setting is ...

Unofficial Palo Alto Networks #Slack team founded

Jan

12

2017

Since I joined Santa Monica Networks Oy I have been extending my knowledge from VMware technologies to networking and network security solutions like firewalls. One networking security vendor I have come to love, is Palo Alto Networks. I run their NGFW as Virtual Appliance at home and I have been consulting their solutions at our ...

Tintri enters All-Flash market with VMstore T5000 series

Aug

21

2015

Yesterday we saw a big product launch from Tintri, maker of VM-aware storage array VMstore. Up until yesterday Tintri VMstore arrays have been Hybrid-Flash arrays which contain both SSD and HDD capacity with efficient space saving methods and intelligent tiering algorithms to maximize performance. Yesterday we saw Tintri to enter All-Flash array market with their ...

Leap second adjustment on 30th of June may cause issues 2

Jun

10

2015

Next leap second adjustment is scheduled for 30th of June 2015 at 23:59:60 UTC and it may cause issues on NTP synchronized devices and operating systems. Systems based on older Linux kernels are known to be affected by leap second, several vendors have released KB articles regarding leap second impact on their software. VMware Certain versions ...

VDP 6.0 configuration utility not compatible with Google Chrome – Updated

May

2

2015

Google removed SSL support from recent Chrome versions because of major security flaws in SSL protocol. Unfortunately this breaks some web applications which are running on web servers configured to support only SSL and not more secure TLS, VMware Data Protection configuration utility is one of these applications. If you try to access VDP configuration utility at ...

VMFS Datastore UNMAP using vCenter Orchestrator 2

Aug

31

2014

If you are using thin provisioned block volumes for your VMware vSphere VMFS datastores you will certainly benefit from this new vCenter Orchestrator workflow I created. VMware introduced VAAI UNMAP capability in vSphere 5.0, and since vSphere 5.0 update 1 UNMAP has been on-demand operation which requires use of CLI on VMware ESXi host. With ...

VMWorld 2014 US top 10 session recordings now online!

Aug

28

2014

Recordings of top 10 sessions at VMWorld 2014 US are now available online! STO1965.1 – Virtual Volumes Technical Deep Dive NET1674 – Advanced Topics & Future Directions in Network Virtualization with NSX BCO1916.1 – Site Recovery Manager and Stretched Storage: Tech Preview of a New Approach to Active-Active Data Centers INF1522 – vSphere With Operations ...

Schedule VM version upgrades with vCenter Orchestrator 1

Aug

8

2014

Upgrading large number of virtual machines to higher virtual machine version can be painstakingly laborious task if done manually using GUI tools, as a result virtual machine versions are usually left untouched, until it is absolutely necessary to upgrade to new version to unlock new vSphere features. However, if your server gear is recent enough ...