Installing Linux Integration Services v2.1 Hyper-V R2 On CentOS 5

When installed on a virtual machine that is running a supported Linux operating system, Linux Integration Services for Hyper-V provides the following functionality: Driver support for synthetic devices: Linux Integration Services supports the synthetic network controller and the synthetic storage controller that were developed specifically for Hyper-V. Fastpath Boot Support for Hyper-V: Boot devices now …

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Hyper-v won’t start if you booted from Secondary disk on soft RAID1

You’re running a Hyper-V on a Server with 2 disks and using Windows Software RAID-1. Your primary disk fails and your windows crashes, but on the reboot you have an option to boot from a secondary “plex” disk. If you choose the secondary disk as it’s your only option to boot now, the boot configuration …

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How to Flush DNS on Mac and Windows

To flush or reset DNS on a Mac OS X type the following into terminal and run: dscacheutil -flushcache If you have older Mac OS X, this might work for you: lookupd -flushcache To flush DNS on any Windows version, click start > Run and type in command: ipconfig /flushdns Hope this fixes your DNS …

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Static IP vs Dedicated IP

There has been a lot of confusion between static and dedicated IP addresses. There are a lot of customers open a support ticket with request to get a static IP address. Today I would like to discuss this issue. There are two types of IP addresses Dynamic and Static. Dynamic is the IP address that …

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