February | 2016 | Jim's Knowledge Base

Re-run boot loader

Posted on February 12, 2016 by jhudgins

Often when updating my Ubuntu systems, I am presented with the following after running apt-get Generating grub configuration file … Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-77-generic Found initrd image: /boot/initrd.img-3.13.0-77-generic Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.elf Found memtest86+ image: /memtest86+.bin done The link /vmlinuz.old is a damaged link Removing symbolic link vmlinuz.old you may need to re-run your boot…

Fixing VMware ESX cannot synchronize host

Posted on February 3, 2016February 3, 2016 by jhudgins

In the process of upgrading some ESXi hosts, I had one host that showed an error as follows. vmware esx cannot synchronize host To resolve this issue, resynchronize the password with the vCenter Server database. To resynchronize the password with the vCenter Server database: Right-click the ESXi host and click Disconnect. Reconnect the host and enter…