Swap file creation As root use dd to create a swap file the size of your choosing (M = Megabytes, G = Gigabytes). For example, creating a 512 MB swap file: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=512 Set the right permissions # chmod 600 /swapfile After creating the correctly sized file, format it to swap:

Before converting the VMDK file power off the VM and remove from inventory. ssh to the esx server that you store the VM server that needs conversion Go to /vmfs/volumes/YourStore/YourVMlocation and run the below command to convert the HDD vmkfstools -i ThickHDD.vmdk ThinHDD.vmdk -d ‘thin’ -a lsilogic When is done add the VM again on

Login to your server as root and run the below commands aptitude update Add the Key and Ajenti Repository wget http://repo.ajenti.org/debian/key -O- | apt-key add – echo “deb http://repo.ajenti.org/ng/debian main main ubuntu” >> /etc/apt/sources.list Install Ajenti via apt-get or aptitude aptitude update aptitude install ajenti -y Restart The Ajenti service by running the below command

Login to your server as root. sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list and at the bottom of the file add the bellow line: deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib Save the file and run the below command to install the security key: wget -q http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add – Update the sources by typing apt-get update or aptitude

Using Centos # yum install mailx Go to # vi /etc/mail.rc Add the 2 lines below set smtp=your.mail.server.com set from=your@email.sender.com Using Ubuntu # apt-get install mailx Go to # vi /etc/mail.rc Add the 2 lines below set smtp=your.mail.server.com set from=your@email.sender.com