when RSS meet twitter

In times where social networks grows bigger and bigger, i was wondering how to put online available for any followers, all my virtualization rss feeds without the need to use several tools aside of a twitter app.

with a little bit of google lucky style, i found http://twitterfeed.com (@twfeed)
some kind of a gateway to broadcast your favorite rss feeds. on twitter, facebook …

and voila ! @xinity_bot has born to do the job.

here is what the dashboard look like,

deeply for yellow-brick for example(@duncanYB you would ow me one ):

as you can see, @xinity_bot has not so many followers (only one click) , but nevermind

the bad side of this cool tool is how to add nearly 150 rss feeds with some kind of a script ?
The web GUI is nice, but not very handly when you have many rss feeds to add.

Oh btw i’m aware that i tricked the original use of twitterfeed

What next ? … follow @xinity_bot so you can stay up to date with most valuable virtualization bloggers post without leaving you twitter account

How To move your SQLServer2005 Express DB

Days ago i tried to update my VCenter (virtual) and UpdateManager on the same guest (i know it’s bad),using vsphere u2 iso.
I came across a little problem: “c:\ not enough free space”.
Another bad thing i’ve made is my SQLServer DB shares the same partition with my XP System,Vcenter Server …..

That’s when i found a useful tool: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio Express.
My problem is solved, the only thing i need to do is migrate my DB to another partition, here is how to do this:

right after a successful installation, launch the SQL Server Management Studio Express.

As you can see, i have both SQL DB in the same instance: SQLEXP_VIM

Now i want to move the 2 of them in another local partition, wich is in my case E:\

First:
I had to stop all running vmware services:

Second:
right click on VIM_UMDB and choose “Task” and then “detach” (read detacher in french )

Third:
Check if in the message box there is no other connexion to the DB, if not then click “OK” at the bottom left and the screen:

Do exactly the same with VIM_VCDB

Once all DB are detached, move them to another partition.
In my case E:\, i’ve created mssql-vmware-DB folder and put both of them there.

To reattach your DB, it’s easy!

Fifth:
Right click on Database and choose “attach” (read joindre in french)

You’ll have a screen like this one:

Click on the “Add” button, and browse to the folder you’ve moved your mdf files to, choose one of them and click “OK”

Do the same with the other mdf file, restart all vmware services you’ve stopped before, and it’s done !

vmware view open-client on snow leopard 10.6.4

for a test platform provided by one of our virtualisation partner, i had to connected through Vmware View.
as i’m using a mac laptop and a Linux Desktop at my office, i though it was a good opportunity to test the vmware view open-client.

The vmware view open-client project is hosted on google code website: http://code.google.com/p/vmware-view-open-client/
The version i used is : 4.5.0 Beta 2.1

The application is self-used, no need to install, just drop it in your /Applications or /Applications/Utilies folder and you are done with it.
Start it and you’ll see this screen:

Once you’ve answered Address and clicked “Continue” , you will have to enter your credentials in the next screen.

right after, you will have a screen like this:

Click on “Continue” and …. voila here it goes !!!!

Thanks to P.Gillet (virtuali) letting me play with a whole test platform (more about my test on this platform to come in future articles)