#in-use

[rvexillology]

Since its Glyndwr day, i decided to do a little mashup of the currently in-use and the other flag which is put up during this holiday.

from /r/vexillology Top comment: Was the yellow over red intentional, or an aesthetic choice? Either way, I like it

[omarboulakjar]

Purported (brief) video claims to show light blue ‘iPhone 5C’ in action

Similar in style to the previous purported iPhone 5C hands-on video, website C#Tech has uploaded a new video claiming to show the light blue/cyan iPhone 5C in action. It’s unclear if the video is legitimate, but it certainly looks plausible. The video shows no new information, but the leak of the device is notable as it […] http://j.mp/1ak53Qq

[mykb]

Backup a VMware running VM

I have always wanted to be able to backup a running virtual machine. That way I could make regular backups of the files that make the VM without actually shutting down. Warning--by using this method the VM believes it was shut down improperly.

Delete all virtual machine snapshots.

Take a new snapshot of the virtual machine. Title this snapshot "Temp-Backup" (the name is not important, just label something to delete.) You do not need to capture memory, but queisce the file system if possible.

Browse the datastore that hosts the virtual machine and open the folder where the machine resides.

Download a copy of the VMDK virtual disk file. Do not download the snapshot file (this file is in use and cannot be accessed).

Remove the snapshot on the virtual machine.

Download the rest of the files that make up the virtual machine. (.nvram, .vmx, .vmsd, .vmxf, etc).

Several projects are scripting to do this manual process. If you want to automate the process look into the script.