Month: January 2021

MBR & GPT Disk Partitioning Comparisons

A quote one has provided to colleagues on this topic: Although speed is the same…

Enable Hibernation Option on Linux Mint 20

At first glance, one would be tempted to simply expand an existing a /swapfile as…

How to Become a DevOps Engineer in 2020

This note is scribbled up with about 5-minute of time. Thus, it may not have…

PowerShell: Get Windows Resource Utilization

# getWindowsResourceUtilization.ps1 # version 0.02 # Gather information on a list of Windows Machines #…

How to Clone VMWare Virtual Machine using CLI

1. SSH into the ESXi host to perform VM cloning via Command Line Interface (CLI)…

Microsoft SQL Server: How to Use T SQL to Move Transaction Log Files

Automated Script: # moveDbStorage.ps1 # Version 0.0.1 # This version is intended for a local…

How To Install Ubuntu Server 20.04

Overview: As of January 2021, the free version of Redhat, namely CentOS 8 has been…

PowerShell: Automating Dynamics CRM Migration

This is the source code that has been used to move hundreds of Dynamics CRM…

How To Format HTML Content For Email

Major email service providers such as Google Gmail and Microsoft Office 365 have been supporting…

PowerShell: Time Stamp Variable

This is useful in almost any script as it enables the accurate timestamp of log…

How To Disable Microsoft One Sync Service

OneSyncSvc is the parent object of OneSyncSvc_#####, and Sync Host_##### is the child's display name.…

Linux: Creating Volume Shortcuts

Run xfce4-keyboard-settings > select the 'Application Shortcuts' tab > Add > input one of the…

Linux: ‘Initramfs Unpacking Failed’ Error Upon Booting

Error: initramfs unpacking failed: Decoding failed Resolution: sudo sed -i 's/COMPRESS=lz4/COMPRESS=gzip/g' /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.confsudo update-initramfs -u# reboot…

How to Add Printers on Linux Mint 20

Overview: The Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) is an open source printing system developed by…

Linux Mint 20.04 Workstation Setup

Common Workstation Utilities: # Screenshot sudo apt install flameshot # RDP Client sudo apt install…

Linux: How to Add a Line into Crontab from Command Line

The easy method: newline=@reboot /usr/bin/numlockx(crontab -l && echo "$newLine") | crontab - Alternative (longer version)…

Enabling Virtualization Extensions in BIOS

The following steps are general instructions to perform this task on most computer bios: Boot…

How To Inject NIC Drivers into the ESXi Installation Image

Update 1/10/2021: ESXi-7.0 isn't compatible with the drivers in our previous illustration. Thus, this is…

How to Install Visual Studio Code on Linux Mint 20.04

Linux Mint versions earlier than 20.04 would allow a user to install snapd, prior to…

Linux: How to Manually Create a USB Bootable Drive for ESXi

Step 1: Find the USB mount root@kimlinux:/home/kim# ls /dev/s*/dev/sda /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdc1 /dev/sg1 /dev/snapshot /dev/stdin/dev/sdb…