PowerCLI: Get All Snapshot Information
KB ID 0001690 Problem This was asked on EE today, and it was an interesting one so I wrote it up. How to locate all the Snapshots in your VMware virtual infrastructure, and see how much space they are taking. Solution Use the following PowerCLI; Get-Snapshot * | Select-Object -Property VM, Name, SizeGB, Children | Sort-Object -Property sizeGB -Descending | ft -AutoSize Related Articles, References, Credits, or External Links...
Ubuntu – Change the Logon Screen Keyboard Layout and language
KB ID 0000405 Problem I’m in the United Kingdom, and even when I set the UK Keyboard layout, Ubuntu wants to use a US keyboard layout for the logon/login screen. For most people this won’t be a problem, but if you log into a domain you need the @ symbol. A US Keyboard has that in a different place, it’s only a small niggle because I know where it is, but if it annoys me, it will be annoying someone else. Solution 1....
Windows – Compressed (zipped) Folders Error ‘File not found or no read permission’
KB ID 000077 Problem Seen when attempting to compress a folder or file using Windows Explorer. Compressing… Compressed (zipped) Folders Error File not found or no read permission. Solution This is not really a permissions error at all! The built in Windows Explorer compression tool does NOT LIKE large files and folders. Unfortunately that’s a limitation you are stuck with. But there is nothing to stop you using the free...
Windows SBS – Moving the Windows Software Update Services Database (SUSDB.mdf)
KB ID 0000609 Problem Last week a client rang in to say their servers system drive was running out of room. A quick scan showed me the biggest thing on there was a 12 GB database called SUSDB.mdf. A few searches told me what I’d already guessed from the name, WSUS was the offender, so I set about moving it to their data drive that had lots of free space. Solution 1. Launch the Windows SBS Console > Backup and Server Storage...
Stop Exchange Store.exe Taking 99 – 100% Physical Memory
KB ID 0000903 Problem Before you go any further with this article THIS IS COMPLETELY NORMAL! It may look a little odd if you look in Task Manager. Store.exe will take as much RAM as it can get hold of, the difference between that, and a program that ‘hogs’ memory is, it has been designed to monitor the system, and release memory as it’s required by other processes. So for 99.999% of you stop reading now! OK, You can...