Saturday, 6 July 2013

How to add your video(s) in Joomla website

There are eight steps to configure, upload and embed video(s) in Joomla website;

  1. Download video player software from the Joomla Extensions Directory (JED)
  2. Upload and install the video player software to your Joomla website
  3. Enable and Configure the plug in
  4. Change setting to permit video files e.g. FLV
  5. Add a folder under the images section in Media Manager
  6. Upload your video(s) into the folder (images/video)
  7. Add a new article to embed the FLV video
  8. Add a new menu item linking to the video article

The following are five steps to set up system which have to be done once.

Wednesday, 3 July 2013

Bonded network interface in Red Hat Linux

Below is a simple steps to create a bonded network interface in Red Hat Linux by teaming 2 interefaces as one.

Cannot remediate ESX host

When you do the ESX/ESXi host remediation using VMware Update Manager fails.

The Error Messge / Symptom
Cannot remediate host "hostname" because it is a part of a HA admission control enabled cluster.

vCentre server failed to start

After rebooted the Windows Server 2008, vCentre server failed to start; and found below;
  • the vSphere client cannot connect to vCenter Server
  • and remote desktop connect to the vCenter Server and found that VirtualCenter Server service did not start, even manually restart it, still fai

Below are the Error Messges / Symptoms;

Saturday, 22 June 2013

TV / Monitor screen size comparison

For a small home study room, we normally use a smaller TV or Monitor. We are always told about the TV or monitor size are e.g. 19", 20", 22" ... etc. We know that they are measured diagonally. If I watch a DVD or Blue Ray movie, do we know the real visible size from the screen? 

Wednesday, 19 June 2013

Upgrade HP Virtual Connect Firmware

To upgrade the HP virtual connect firmware, you need to ensure you have an up to date On-board Administrator firmware since this will be used to perfrom the virtual connect upgrade.

Steps:

Thursday, 13 June 2013

Keeping User Name / Password Safely

How many username + password do you have?

My answer is over 180 items. Of course, I cannot memorize all these usernames + passwords. However, I don't want to store these important data in unsafe file and paper. Most of the usernames + passwords were   forgotten if I hadn't used for a long time. Sometimes I have to reset the password before login the account. I was struggling on how to keep them until I found Password Safe and KeePass.

Wednesday, 12 June 2013

T-Mobile Voicemail UK

Below shows how to set-up; 


VOICE MAIL

If your voice mail isn't set up, please call 222 from your T-Mobile phone. It will dial to the right number automatically.
This will set up your voice mail box and make sure your phone has the right number stored to send any unanswered calls to your voice mail.

GREETINGS

To personalise your voice mail by recording a personal greeting:

Call voicemail either by pressing the 1 key on your phone or by using the menu options
Listen to the announcement and select option 2  - record a personal greeting
Record your message

CALL DIVERTS

Once you've recorded your greeting, you then need to set your call diverts.
You can do this through the menu button on your phone, be sure to check your voice mail for details.

VMware Update Manager failed

Problem:
When trying to enable Update Manager, you received the following error message;

There was an error connecting to VMware vCenter Update Manager <server name>:8084.  Database temporarily unavailable or has network problems.


Solution: