ESX Server – Change The Hostname
KB ID 0000276 Problem Should you wish to change the hostname of your ESX server i.e. you have it on DHCP and it’s got the hostname of Terrys-Laptop or something from your DNS server. The option will be grayed out in the VI client. Solution 1. Log onto the ESX server terminal as the root user. 2. Issue the following command, esxcfg-advcfg -s <newname> /Misc/HostName 3. then reboot the server with the following command,...
VMware vCenter Install ‘Error 26002’
KB ID 0000941 Problem While attempting to install vCenter 5.5, I got the following error. Error 26002. Setup failed to register vCenter Server. This might indicate a problem with the SSL certificates for vCenter Server. Search the VMware Knowledge Base (http://kb.vmware.com) for “Error 26006” for more information. Earlier on in the install it had asked me if I wanted to overwrite the certs, and I just clicked OK, this...
Cannot Install Malwarebytes (Already Infected) – Deploy Chameleon
KB ID 0000750 Problem If I’m working on a machine that I suspect is infected by Malware/Spyware then one of the first tools I reach for is Malware Bytes. Spyware / Malware Rogue AV and Rogue Antispyware “Scareware” As it’s one of the most popular repair tools, it’s not uncommon for the writers of these pieces of malicious code, to actively block the installation of Malwarebytes. So the publishers of...
Rename / Change all File Extensions In a Folder and All Subfolders Recursively
KB ID 0000896 Problem I long time ago this site was hosted in my dining room, on a PC under my desk. I was running Windows and IIS. When I moved the site to a hosted Apache Linux server, I discovered that Linux is a little more rigid on its rules for file extensions. For example in Windows .JPG and .jpg is the same thing, but on a Linux box that’s NOT the case. As I’ve used the Windows Snipping Tool a lot in the past my older...
Batch Resizing and Batch Renaming Images in Photoshop
KB ID 0000597 Problem I have to do this quite a lot, I take a lot of screen-shots for the site, and have to resize them down, (usually to 550 pixels) so that, they fit with the layout. In addition I scale the larger screenshots down to 900 pixels for the images I Hyperlink to. This means I spend a long time in Photoshop messing about with image sizes. The smaller of the two images you see on the site nearly always has the same name,...