Archive for October, 2008

Acura vs. Lexus … just to get a quote …

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

I ask the acura guy …
how much for the car
he writes back …

Special Financing available for all 2008 Acura TL’s in stock for .9% for 36 months and 2.9% for 60 months on approval of credit.

2008 TL Navi for $30,000+ Tax + Licensing Fees (MSRP $36,940).

idiot from lexus …
Catherine: i’m thinking of getting a used bmw
Because there are so much variation in equipment options, in order to put together most aggressive and accurate price possible, I was wondering if you could either send an email or give me a phone call with options you want on your new vehicle.  I will be calling you soon and/or emailing you. To contact me you can call me directly at (650)994-2255. I look forward to serving you.
then …
I copy acura’s quote
and say I want something similar
he writes back …

If you compare to the price, for sure Acura is cheaper, but I want you to understand the more you pay, more you get. Lexus use the finest material to build our cars, so you can find that vehicle dependability report we’re always No.1, our vehicle will be much more luxury than a acura, engine much smooth and quite. Is all your decision, acura is a nice car too, if you want something more budget, I think is a good choice. If you want to get the finest and luxury vehicle, Lexus is your choice!
my response …
I don’t want to come in and look first. I’m not only considering price. I’ll test drive the two after I get a quote.

According to this: http://www.newcars.com/lexus/es350/reviews/acura-tl.html

The prices should be comparable.
he comes back with … what equipment that you interested to have it in the ES350?
I was like … what the hell!
finally! he goes …

If you want navigation this is the package you will get for 2008:
P             Z1             Trunk Mat, Cargo Net and Wheel Locks
F             BE             Rear Seat Side Airbags                               F             HH             Heated and Ventilated Front Seats                               F             NV             Navigation System Includes:                               F             PM             Premium Package Includes:

MSRP: $39615 + fees, and you can have it for $34423 + fees, color is limited for 2008.Please let me know when is the better time for you to come! Thanks
and of course, I come back with what I forgot …

Ok. Which colors are available and do you have any special financing like Acura does?

it took 4 emails from lexus what it took 1 from acura!

HOWTO set debug logging for QLogic

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

esxcfg-module –s “extended_error_logging=2” <qladriver>

http://communities.vmware.com/message/782916

modinfo /usr/lib/vmware/vmkmod/qla4022.o

HOW TO register all VMs through command line

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

find /vmfs/volumes/ -name ‘*.vmx’ -exec vmware-cmd -s register {} \;

HOW TO move ESX hosts between clusters without maintenance mode

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

***this may not be a good idea

1. Disconnected ESX host from VC
2. Remove from VC (may hang VC temporarily (in the few minute range, operation may time out) re-log back into VC, once you are able to it host should be gone from the cluster
3. Re-add to VC under new cluster

Could not destroy the res pool hierarchy on the host.  The host /vpx/host/#18245 is not reachable.

HOW TO force VirtualCenter to load after SQL Server on the same system

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/193888

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<Service name>

<Service name> = vpxd for VirtualCenter
modify the DependOnService key and add MSSQLSERVER

ESX 3.x – HOW TO enable hostd debug logging

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

<log>
<directory>/var/log/vmware/</directory>
<name>hostd</name>
<outputToConsole>false</outputToConsole>
<level>info</level>
<maxFileSize>5242880</maxFileSize>
<maxFileNum>5</maxFileNum>
</log>

HOWTO set ESX advanced settings through commandline

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

esxcfg-advcfg –set 5 /Mem/VMOverheadGrowthLimit

/proc/vmware/config/Mem/VMOverheadGrowthLimit

HOW TO PSOD an ESX host

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

This can be done using vsish: ‘set /reliability/crashMe/Panic’.

ls -l /scripts/support/bin/vsish*

HOW TO manually create VMFS volume

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

vmkfstools -C vmfs3 -S “storage” /vmfs/devices/disks/vmhba0:0:0:9

HOW TO enable verbose logging on ESX

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

/proc/vmware/config/Misc/ProcVerbose