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How to: Remove Database Mirroring (Transact-SQL)

To remove database mirroring Connect to either partner. Issue the following Transact-SQL statement: ALTER DATABASE <database_name> SET PARTNER OFF where <database_name> is the mirrored database whose session you want to remove. This statement removes the database mirroring session and removes mirroring from the database. You can specify OFF on either partner. For more information about […]

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VIM_VCDB database ‘PRIMARY’ filegroup is full (part 2)

After cleaning up your Virtual Center Database to get us back and running I came across the following vCenter Server 4.x has a Database Retention Policy setting that allows you to specify when vCenter Server tasks and events should be deleted. Since this setting does not affect performance data records it is still possible to purge […]

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VIM_VCDB database ‘PRIMARY’ filegroup is full

Additional Errors:  CREATE DATABASE or ALTER DATABASE failed because the resulting cumulative database size would exceed your licensed limit of 4096 MB per database. Cause:  The 4 GB limit is a limit of SQL Server Express 2005.   If you needed to grow your database beyond that size, you would want to upgrade to SQL Server 2005 Workgroup […]

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KMS Client Setup Keys

By default, the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 operating systems use KMS for activation. In volume installations, the setup key is installed by default, which makes the system a KMS client. If you are converting a computer from a KMS host, MAK, or retail edition of Windows to a KMS client, install the applicable setup key […]

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alsamixer

alsamixer is a graphical mixer program for the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA). It is used to configure sound settings and to adjust the volume. It has an ncurses user interface and does not require the X Window System. It supports multiple sound cards with multiple devices. The top-left corner of alsamixer is the area […]

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Kismet – Fate or Luck (or both)

Kismet is an 802.11 layer 2 wireless network detector, sniffer and intrusion detection system (IDS). Kismet works with almost any wireless card which supports raw monitoring (rfmon) mode, and can sniff 802.11a,g, and 802.11n traffic. Kismet Features: 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11a, 802.11n sniffing Standard PCAP file logging (Wireshark, Tcpdump, etc) Client/Server modular architecture Multi-card and channel […]