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Windows server unable to extend the C driver even with free space on the disk

 Issue: In my case i have 8GB of  space on my windows OS disk 0 But when i trued to extend the C driver from disk manager, the extend option is greyed out. Solution: 1.Open "Command manager" (run->cmd) 2.Type "diskpart" 3.Type "list disk" 4.Type: "select disk 0" -> if your disk is different change the # 5.Type: "List partition" 6. Note down the "Recovery partition #" having size of ~500MB 7.Type "Select partition 3" 8.Type " delete partition override" 9.Tyep "select partition 2"  ->partition # from step3, our Cdriver partition 10.Type "extend" Done
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How to create an ESXi VM on HPE Morpheus VM essentials

 1.Upload esxi ISO image to VM Essentials UI-Library->>Virtual Images: 2.Create a VM instance selecting the OS:ESXI      Network adpater typer: E1000      Select 300GB disk size      Select 32GB RAM 3.Once VM created .Login to KVM host:     virsh edit <VMNAME>      update network type: e1000e     example: <interface type = 'network'> <mac address = '00:24:00:0f:12:7c'/> <source network = 'Management'/> <model type = 'e1000e'/> </interface>    virsh destroy <VMNAME"   virsh start <VMNAME" 4.Use SATA disk for all the storage
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Ubuntu how to increase the / file system using growpart

 Issue: last time i faced a problem in my ubuntu to increase the / file system, even this is a part of LVM. When I tried lvextend and resizefs also the / file system not expanding. Solution: Using the growpart package 1.Install growpart:  apt install -y cloud-guest-utils 2.Run: growpart <disk name> <partition name>     example: growpart /dev/vda 3 3.Extend LV: lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv 4.Extend FS:  resize2fs /dev/ubuntu-vg/ubuntu-lv
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KVM Ubuntu Network not pinging when added a new bridge to my existing bond network

 The problem I faced is that When I already a two NIC on my ubuntu server and i have an existing netplan like this:     bond1:       addresses:       - 192.168.0.7/16       interfaces:       - ens52       - ens53       nameservers:         addresses: []         search: []       parameters:         lacp-rate: fast         mode: 802.3ad         transmit-hash-policy: layer3+4 Later i have added a new bridge on top of this with name: #ovs-vsctl show    Bridge datantwk         Port bond1             Interface bond1         Port datantwk             Interface datantwk                 type: internal Then problem started as IPs in ...
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How to create Storage array for iscsi disk on a linux machine

 Use Case: I have to create a KVM cluster using GFS Datastore. #Create a Ubuntu Linux to act as storage server array: # Make sure the system have enough resources(Storage,MEM&CPU) #Install TargetCLI tool:        apt install targetcli-fb -y #Create LUN:  mkdir -p /iscsi_disks  fallocate -l 600G /iscsi_disks/disk01.img  targetcli        /backstores/fileio create disk01 /iscsi_disks/disk01.img 600G        /iscsi create iqn.2025-01.com.example:storage1       /iscsi/iqn.2025-01.com.example:storage1/tpg1/luns create /backstores/fileio/disk01       /iscsi/iqn.2025-01.com.example:storage1/tpg1/acls create iqn.2025-01.com.example:client1       /iscsi/iqn.2025-01.com.example:storage1/tpg1/acls create iqn.2025-01.com.example:client2      /iscsi/iqn.2025-01.com.example:storage1/tpg1/acls create iqn.2025-01.com.example:client3 #Allow all network to acce...
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morpheus hpe-vm-essential installations fails with port error

Error Error while installing hpe-vme using teh command: dpkg -i hpe-vm-essentials_8.0.8~rc1-1_amd64.deb  (Reading database ... 74587 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack hpe-vm-essentials_8.0.8~rc1-1_amd64.deb ... Unable to install Morpheus Appliance! Make sure that no ports are listening on any of the following ports: 3306, 8080, 80, 443, dpkg: error processing archive hpe-vm-essentials_8.0.8~rc1-1_amd64.deb (--install):  new hpe-vm-essentials package pre-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing:  hpe-vm-essentials_8.0.8~rc1-1_amd64.deb Solution: Check any ports using the command:  ### lsof -i :3306 -i :8080 -i :80 -i :443 if this output contains any container ,run below command:   ###3systemctl list-units |grep docker If this list anything: disable and stop those service using: systemctl disable <service> systemctl stop <service> Now check any snap servcie r...
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Windows net use share gives error: Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again"

Error  When you try to access a network share path you will see below error: Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one user name, are not allowed. Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again Solution: Check what are the network shares disconnected with same name using: cmd>net use Now delete these sessions with command: cmd>net use Now connect again with below command: cmd>net use \\<network share>  /user:doamin\username <Password> /PERSISTENT:YES
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