Let me first say, that it does work for Linux guest. It doesn’t work on Windows guest because there is a know bug (/issue) with the default hardware layout – made of i440FX BIOS. VirtManager would not allow us to replace the settings, so we need to create the VM ourselves using XML. You can…
I was required to auto map a USB DoK to a KVM VM (specific VM, mind you!), as a result of connecting this device to the host. I’ve looked it up on the Internet, and the closest I could get there was this link. It was almost a complete solution, but it had a few…
There are many sites explaining how to install Oracle GI 12.2, however, there are some special tricks which can simplify GI installation. For once, when installing GI and then installing the huge PatchSet (which is usually around 1.4GB in size) – it takes time. A lot of time. A simple but not very well documented…
When you need to troubleshoot SMTP issues, it is a known fact that a simple telnet to port 25 of the SMTP server in question would get you far. It will get you to see the problems. When connecting to Office365 (outlook.com) to relay mail, and you want to check how things work, you can…
The idea in general is to have multiple wireless networks at home – one for the house residents, the other for visitors. The home network should have full access to everything, while the guest network should be able to reach the Internet, but nothing else. I have Asus RT-AC87U, which is a fine router, but…
I use this blog as an external memory. I found myself lately looking for the obvious patches for Oracle GI and RDBMS products, and although I eventually reach the right location, the time consumed looking for them is a wasted time. So – to make sure I can remember them correctly, here are the two…
