by Farooq Ahmed | Jan 13, 2015 | ESXi
At home Lab I came across this error while adding a previously used Windows disk to ESXi. It appears half way while adding the disk via “Add Storage Wizard”. The error can be resolved by formatting the disk in DOS format using Parted utility inbuilt into...
by Farooq Ahmed | Jan 12, 2015 | RHEL / CentOS
Its best to secure /etc/fstab as it contains all the mount locations and can lead to boot issues if any novice person tinkers/plays around with it. The secure mode can only be enabled /disabled by root user only and completely secure. There is a simple one line...
by Farooq Ahmed | Jan 12, 2015 | RHEL / CentOS
Its possible add a LVM volume on the fly. The steps would involve formatting the newly added disk with LVM and creating a mount point and adding the new volume to it. The whole process would involve creating Physical Volume followed by Volume group and then assigning...
by Farooq Ahmed | Jan 11, 2015 | VMWare
Its possible to add a disk dynamically (without reboot) in a Linux host in Virtual Environment by following some simple steps in this article. In a Virtualized world there is a frequent requirement for adding extra disks/space on the fly, as and when required with...
by Farooq Ahmed | Jan 7, 2015 | Linux, RHEL / CentOS
In Linux when you try to SSH it may at times give you this warning that REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED. It usually happens when the hostname or IP has changed of a host or the host was rebooted and generated a new fingerprint Key ID. No need to worry, it can...
