SHIFT-WIKI - Sjoerd Hooft's InFormation Technology
This WIKI is my personal documentation blog. Please enjoy it and feel free to reach out through blue sky if you have a question, remark, improvement or observation. See below for the latest additions, or use the search or tags to browse for content.
Grow VMFS Datastore
Summary: How to grow a VMWF datastore.
Date: Around 2012
Refactor: 1 March 2025: Checked links and formatting.
With the introduction of vSphere 4 VMware introduced an extra way for increasing the size of VMFS datastores. In previous versions you could add extra extents to increase the size, since vSphere 4 there is also the option available to just grow the datastore. There is one catch though, the space should be adjacent to the current datastore. Of course that is usually not the case but in our environment the storage is on a SAN from NetApp which uses WAFL, which never uses adjacent space in the first place, but tells that to the SAN clients anyway. So increasing the size of a VMFS datastore with NetApp SAN storage has become really easy:
Remove Group Policies
Summary: How to temporary remove group policies from your Windows pc.
Date: Around 2020
Refactor: 1 March 2025: Checked links and formatting.
In case group policies are bothering you and you are an administrator on your local PC you could temporarily remove them:
- Go to C:\Windows\System32
- Remove the folder ~GroupPolicies
- Wait a minute
- Open a command prompt
- Issue the command:
- gpupdate /force
The group policies are now gone for a while, just until the domain policy will put them back in place.
How to work with git tags
Summary: On this page I'll explain a few thing regarding git tags and why they are important in modern infrastructure. I'll show you the most used commands, and what to take into account when using git tags for argocd. I'll also share tips and tricks to help you work with git tags more efficiently.
Date: 9 December 2024
Getting Started With Azure
Summary: How to get started with Azure in the cheapest way possible.
Date: Around 2016
Refactor: 1 March 2025: Checked links and formatting.
This page will get you started with Azure… why… well do you remember the old days? I want to practice around with some software? You just got some old hardware from your employer which was just waiting in the basement and there you go. Download some software, burn it on a CD… got some old license keys and off you go. No costs, but a lot of fun. Hey sometimes we had pizza night and went on for hours… But nowadays things are different… Even if you have small demands… clouds cost you money… After all, cloud is just someone else his computer and they want you to pay for it. This page will show you two ways to get started, first using a MSDN subscription from your employer and second getting a personal Visual Studio subscription.