by ds | Feb 4, 2015 | Virtualization
Scenario You have created an image of an SD card containing a Linux operating system. Afterwards you want to access and extract files of the image, but do not have a spare physical storage available or you are working on a virtual machine. Unfortunately, it is not an...
by ds | Jan 14, 2015 | Virtualization
Problem WDS / PXE booting needs a unique GUID for every client workstation, e.g. if the PC has to be approved and given a name in the WDS console by the administrator. Sometimes it may happen that not every GUID is unique. But duplicate GUIDs can lead to painful...
by ds | May 24, 2014 | Administration, Virtualization
Problem / Scenario Backup Software like Acronis Backup & Recovery causes your Hyper-V Virtual Machines to freeze. Guest OS is Ubuntu. Sometimes this also happens when you restart your Hyper-V host or make a snapshot of your VM. The VM itself displays error...
by ds | Aug 24, 2013 | Administration, Virtualization
ownCloud is a quite simple and effective way to synchronize files and folders over LAN / internet, especially if you want to access them from mobile devices like Android phones / tablets, or via web interface. The problem of ready-to-use cloud services like Dropbox,...
by ds | Apr 5, 2013 | Administration, Virtualization
In this post I will describe how to install the free and powerful IT / development management tool The Bug Genie on Hyper-V 2008 R2 VM (or similar hypervisors) with guest OS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and LDAP / Active Directory authentification. First, create a new virtual...
by ds | Jun 11, 2012 | Virtualization
By default, it is only possible to export a Hyper-V virtual machine on a local hard drive. If you want to be able to export to a network share which is created on another machine, you have to add the computer name of the Hyper-V host to the security settings of the...
