Virtual Machine Archives - Shane Bartholomeusz

Azure 15th January 2018

Azure VM “The Server Encountered An Internal Error”

And so it begins … The day had only just begun … I got into the office … I grabbed a coffee … sat down at my desk. I tried connecting to one of my Azure dev VM’s but for some reason I couldn’t RDP to it. I waited a bit of time and then […]

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Administration 28th July 2016

Azure – Scheduled VM Stop/Start

Overview One of the most common Azure administration tasks is scheduling an auto stop & start of your Azure VM’s to save you a few $$$. Here’s a quick post showing how you can do this. UPDATE: Azure now provides the ability to auto start and shutdown ARM based VM’s. If you are however still using a Classic VM, […]

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Administration 20th June 2015

Shrink Oracle VirtualBox VM

Dynamic Disks If you use a Dynamic Disk in Oracle VirtualBox then you’ll probably notice that your disk space usage will increase over time however this space never reclaimed when you delete data from your virtual machine.

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Miscellaneous 13th May 2015

How to setup Apple iTunes within Oracle Virtualbox

Let me explain … Ok, for the record, I’m not the biggest fan of iTunes for Windows, and that’s why when I needed to use iTunes I decided to install it within an Oracle Virtualbox virtual machine. This configuration provides the benefit of portability and it also prevents Apple iTunes from wreaking havoc on your host PC. Hooray for no iTunes […]

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