Quick Tip – Allow unsupported CPUs when upgrading to ESXi 7.0

As outlined in the vSphere 7.0 release notes (which everyone should carefully read through before upgrading), the following CPU processors are no longer supported: Intel Family 6, Model = 2C (Westmere-EP) Intel Family 6, Model = 2F (Westmere-EX) To help put things into perspective, these processors were released about 10 years ago! So this should not come… Leer más »

Adding a putty .ppk key to MacOS SSH terminal.

Converting .ppk key to .pem key on a Mac macOS by default doesn’t recognize .ppk files, so for that, we need to convert it into a .pem file. It can be done easily via homebrew & putty.  Install Homebrew if you are booting into a fresh version of macOS there is a fair chance that… Leer más »

3 handy command-line internet speed tests – bandwidth

Speedtest Speedtest is an old favorite. It’s implemented in Python, packaged in Apt, and also available with pip. You can use it as a command-line tool or within a Python script. Install it with: or Then run it with the command speedtest: $ speedtestRetrieving speedtest.net configuration…Testing from CenturyLink (65.128.194.58)…Retrieving speedtest.net server list…Selecting best server based on ping…Hosted by… Leer más »