Installing XenServer updates via XenCenter fails

(Disclaimer: I am by no means an expert with XenServer. So please don't take anything you read here for granted. It's my own experience and what I found in documentation and online.) There is at least one reason why installing updates for XenServer via XenCenter may fail (with unhelpful error messages of course): You haven't … Continue reading Installing XenServer updates via XenCenter fails

Find all subdirectories containing xml files on Linux command line

So I don't forget: The following Linux command shows a list of all subdirectories that contain a least one *.xml file: find . -type f -name '*.xml' | sed -r 's|/[^/]+$||' | sort | uniq This finds all xml files where the extension is all lower case. But since many Windows programs upper case it … Continue reading Find all subdirectories containing xml files on Linux command line

SyncThing as an alternative to BitTorrentSync (btsync)

A while ago I blogged about using BitTorrentSync as a privacy conscious alternative to the more popular cloud services like Google Drive or DropBox. BitTorrent recently released btsync version 2 which, apart from trying to sell you a so called PRO version, changed the user interface yet again and also changed the way you set … Continue reading SyncThing as an alternative to BitTorrentSync (btsync)