WannaCry Hot Fix for Windows XP!
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When Dell Runs Out of Stock
By admin, June 1, 2017 19:10
This is what my friends showed to me recently.
When Dell ran out of Equallogic disks (15K RPM, 600GB 3.5″ SAS), they supplied him with this alternative solution.
A 2.5″ 15K RPM, 600GB SAS!
This is how it fits into the original 3.5″ tray, seems the tray is a revised version with 4 new holes on the back in order to fit that 2.5″ SAS disk.
Running Multiple PHP Versions on Windows Server
By admin, May 25, 2017 00:33
The trick is to create an extra environment variable PHPRC and point to the specific PHP version directory that contains php.ini.
* DO NOT put an extra \ at the end, ie, C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP 7.1.5 is the correct form without the ending \.
* Make sure you downloaded the Non-Thread Safe x86 version for PHP release
PHP Security Recommendations
By admin, May 19, 2017 13:09
The following settings can be used to tighten the security of a PHP installation. To make the recommended changes, locate and open the php.ini file and edit the configuration settings as described below:
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
| allow_url_fopen=Off allow_url_include=Off | Disable remote URLs for file handling functions, which may cause code injection vulnerabilities. |
| register_globals=Off | Disable register_globals. |
| open_basedir=”c:\inetpub\” | Restrict where PHP processes can read and write on a file system. |
| safe_mode=Off safe_mode_gid=Off | Disable safe mode. |
| max_execution_time=30 max_input_time=60 | Limit script execution time. |
| memory_limit=16M upload_max_filesize=2M post_max_size=8M max_input_nesting_levels=64 | Limit memory usage and file sizes. |
| display_errors=Off log_errors=On error_log=”C:\path\of\your\choice” | Configure error messages and logging. |
| fastcgi.logging=0 | The IIS FastCGI module will fail the request when PHP sends any data on stderr by using the FastCGI protocol. Disable FastCGI logging to prevent PHP from sending error information over stderr and generating 500 response codes for the client. |
| expose_php=Off | Hide the presence of PHP. |
CentOS 7 NIC is “Off” after reboot
By admin, May 15, 2017 21:43
Got a surprise today! It turns out this is the default policy for the new CentOS, all you need is to modify /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and change ONBOOT=no to ONBOOT=yes. In additional Static IP setups would need to set BOOTPROTO=static.
How to Clear a Equallogic RAID label via a CLI command
By admin, April 24, 2017 12:24
GrpName> mem sel <member name> disk select 0
GrpName(member_MEMBERNAME disk_0)> ?
clear-label - Clears the label on the selected disk if the disk contai
Just make DOUBLE sure you have the correct drive number. Remember first drive number is ZERO (0) not one (1).
You can issue it as one command. mem sel membername disk select <number> clear-label
However, I prefer to select the drive first. Then do a “show” to make sure it’s the disk I want.
show
______________________________ Disk Information _______________________________
Slot: 0 Status: spare
Model: ST900MM0006 Revision: LE09
Size: 838.36GB Errors: 0
Rpm: 10000 SectorSize: 512
Health: ok
What’s New in VMware vSphere 6.5?
By admin, November 4, 2016 14:11
After almost 6 years since the release of ESX 4.1 in Aug 2010, vSphere 6.5 has finally arrived. However imoo, I would still prefer to call it ESX 4.5 at max as there are not much new and useful features added to be honest.
vCenter Server Appliance 6.5 (VCSA) is probably the most interesting one as it comes with native high availability, so no more worry about that single point of failure.
Other than that, I bet most of the 99% out there won’t really find those so called new feature useful in their daily operation.
In additional, seems there is no major change in VMware’s licensing model, remember that horrible vRAM tax back in 2012? 
Finally, I am looking for Total SSD storage solution recently, and my eyes are on Pure Storage, but why their stock PSTG is dropping like hell?
Virtualization came-in and changed everything!
By admin, November 2, 2016 12:36
Come across this photo of my previous project today, can’t believe it’s almost 10 years already!…Used to setup a lot of cables, servers and network equipment before.
Then Virtualization came-in and changed everything, now with just after a few mouse clicks you have all the pieces ready in the photo, everything is software defined…well, at least it’s much more Eco-friendly for data center environment nowadays, and most importantly virtualization made my life much easier finally! (The answer is VMW if you know what I mean)
Dell PowerEdge FX2
By admin, February 2, 2016 17:54
Lovely design, everything is so compacted, looks like this is something from S.H.I.E.L.D.. I like it very much and it’s going to be my next 2U selection for VMware! Here is the review for FD332 and FC830 by StorageReview, also a video for FD332, the 16 disks component, finally most importantly, the GUI, hum…it does look like a Blade somehow.
Alternative SMD (Sunday Morning Drive), pushing up some IOPS
By admin, January 31, 2016 10:29
