Finding a Long Lost Friend

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Just a few short years ago, I was browsing my school photo albums and I noticed a friend in the photo whereby I remembered he migrated to United States when I was a student at primary three. I totally lost contact with him since he migrated to United States and somehow I would like to get contact with him to know his where about and current status. Ouch! I know it will be very hard for me to get in touch with him.

On the other hand, my wife suggest to do a people search using online search engine that allows you to find, contact and track anyone online. At first I don’t believe her but until one fine day, I stumble upon a checking public records website that has current and most accurate records. This real time people search tool that looks nearly every corner of the Internet is very helpful that helped me to find my long lost friend in United States.

For the successful search of my long lost friend in United States, now I am able to contact him. With this checking public records website, information that can be accessed by anyone readily to use for people search is a beneficial tools to public. I am very happy and thank to my wife. Thus, if you are in the same situation as me, then start finding.

Backup Favorite Video Files to DVD

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Recently, I bought a Full HD LCD TV. Without fully utilizing it I think it is a waste of effort spending the big buck. So, I ended up buying a media player and an external slim Blu-ray optical drive to watch all my 1080p video saved in the DVD-R disc. For newer 1080p video files that I am downloading, it will be saved to the media player’s hard disk. However, I do plan to backup those 1080p video files into some blank media which I like by using a CD DVD duplication equipment. This will surely prevent me from losing my favorite movies and TV series but I am not certain which CD DVD duplication equipment to buy.

Furthermore, after reading some DVD backup tips from VideoHelp.com website, I had spent the money wisely on the price tag that is affordable to me. I ended up buying a USB flash to Disc 4 target CD DVD duplicator and some 8.5GB dual layer DVD discs for the start as backup to Blu-ray disc is expensive for me as of now. I love my setup now as I can easily backup all my favorite movie files. Be sure to visit VideoHelp.com for more information on complex DVD backup tips.

Perhaps, you can share with me your backup strategy. I would love to hear from you.

How To Retrieve ESX Host Network Info Using vSphere PowerCLI

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Today, I would like to share how to retrieve ESX host network info using vSphere PowerCLI. Make sure you are connected to a vCenter. Below is the one liner command you can retrieve the ESX host network info and export to a CSV file: -

Get-VMHost | Where { $_.ConnectionState -eq "Connected"} | Get-VMHostNetwork | Select Hostname, DomainName, ConsoleGateway, DNSAddress -ExpandProperty ConsoleNic | Select Hostname, DomainName, PortGroupName, IP, SubnetMask, ConsoleGateway, Devicename | Export-Csv -NoTypeInformation C:\Temp\ESXHost.csv

How To Change Virtual Machine Network Adapter Type Using vSphere PowerCLI

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Today, I would like to share how to change VMware virtual machine (VM) network adapter type using vSphere PowerCLI. Make sure the VM is shutdown. Below is the one liner command you can change the network adapter type: -

get-vm virtual_machine_name | get-networkadapter | set-networkadapter -type "vmxnet3"

To know what network adapter available, you can visit VMware KB1001805. You need to power up the VM after the successful change of network adapter type. Thank you and enjoy.

Happy 20th Birthday Linux

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Linux is everywhere and you don’t even notice you are using it everyday when you browse the Internet. Happy 20th anniversary Linux :)


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