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Using disk images with Time Capsule to share files

January 3, 2010
By Gabriele Bozzi
Using disk images with Time Capsule to share files

I needed to use an Apple Time Capsule (actually backing up our home Macs) to share some files. The issue here is that Time Machine (OSX’s backup program) might use up all the space on the disk: there is no way to tell Time Machine to stop at a certain quota. Workarounds are known...
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vSphere: Invalid Virtual Machine Configuration

September 17, 2009
By Gabriele Bozzi
vSphere: Invalid Virtual Machine Configuration

Cannot Power xxxx. host on: Invalid virtual machine configuration. This error is a nice “catch all” and leads to configuration files corruption, improper snapshotting of VMs and other horror stories. My case is just one of “administration sloppiness”.. Indeed it’s worth to be mentioned to avoid some body’s else scratch their heads and think being overconfident. I...
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