Changing IP and VLAN on host - no VM downtime

It is possible to change the service console (COS) IP and VLAN id for hosts in a cluster without having VM downtime (see this post for changing hostname). The trick is to change the COS IP first on all hosts and then wait with the changing of the vMotion IP until all COS IP's have been changed. This way, you will be able to put the hosts into maintenance mode one by one and vMotion will still work with the old IP even though COS IP's will differ in range and VLAN id.NB. It may be neccesary to disable HA for the cluster before you begin as...

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Changing hostname from the service console

The easiest way to change the hostname is via the vSphere client (see this post for changing IP address and VLAN IP). If, however, this is not an option for some reason, the hostname can be changed from the service console the following way:This KB article actually explains most of the proces which includes:-----------------1. Open the /etc/hosts file with a text editor and modify it so that it reflects the correct hostname.2. To change...

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Cant See Secure Sites

Fix the problem with seeing them secure sites (banks or online stores) i found this very useful to me at my work (Any way... what u need to do is make a new notepad file and write in it the following DLL's.. just copy-paste theseregsvr32 SOFTPUB.DLLregsvr32 WINTRUST.DLLregsvr32 INITPKI.DLLregsvr32 dssenh.dllregsvr32 Rsaenh.dllregsvr32 gpkcsp.dllregsvr32 sccbase.dllregsvr32 slbcsp.dllregsvr32 Cryptdlg.dlland save it as > all file types, and make it something like securefix.bat.then just run the file and ur problem should be go...

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