Questions tagged [convert]
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bash: convert date from to unix timestamp changes timestamp
Running the following command at the xen-servers (either DOM0 or DOMU) at $company gives me a negativ number, on every other system zero (0) (even in my cygwin).
date -d "1970-01-01T00:00:00" "+%s"
$TZ is unset, /etc/localtime is the same file as…

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Easiest way to convert HVM DomU to PVM?
I've got a bunch of Xen 3.4 DomUs that are currently running as HVM because of our infrastructure (Kickstart which doesn't handle Xen PVM yet). Both DomU and Dom0 are RHEL5 machines. If I understand the documentation and configuration correctly, it…

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Convert hard drive to Virtual Machine
I'm looking for a way to convert a raw hard drive image (from a machine that had Windows 10 installed on it) to a bootable working virtual machine, preferable VMware based. Everything I'm finding online talks about converting a machine that is…

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Convert ESXi 5.0 & 5.5 VM's to Xenserver 6.5
I'm looking to convert about 50 esxi vm's to xenserver 6.5. I am running the free version of xenserver 6.5. I've seen posts for the citrix xen converter tool and I've tried out the VMware OVF Conversion Tool with some vmdk/vmx files but did not have…

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Xen: Convert image to lvm with minimal downtime
My Goals:
Convert all my DomUs from image-based to lvm-based
Minimal downtime
Minimal performance impact on other DomUs/Dom0
My plan / setup:
All my images are in a big lvm-volume, all lvs for the new setup are created with the filesystem…

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Migrating from MySQL Server to MariaDB
I've heard that MariaDB has better performance than MySQL-Server. I'm running software that makes an intensive use of MySQL, thats why I want to try upgrading to MariaDB.
Please tell me your experiences doing this conversion, and instructions or…

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Expand existing RAID1 zpool into RAID10 zpool
I'd like to expand/convert my existing RAID1 (2x 3TB mirror) zpool to RAID10 zpool by adding 2 more 3TB HDDs without losing (or moving) data stored on my existing pool.
The final result will look like 2x3TB (existing mirror) + 2x3TB (new mirror)…

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How do I convert a plaintext file to a PDF on the command line on Windows 10 without paying money?
All I want is to turn a .txt with a proportional font (monospace/Courier New/Fixedsys/whatever) and fixed column width (80 chars) to be turned into a correct PDF document, so that it can be printed or shared as a PDF.
Requirements:
It must run on…

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How do I export my pem file to pfx with a password on the command line
I need to pass the password via the command line during the exporting in a bash script.
IBM has this on their website
openssl pkcs12 -export -in "$pem" -inkey "$key" -out "$pfx" -passout pass:pkcs12 "$pfxpass";
The above does not work for me.
The…

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qemu-img convert CentOS7 vmdk to qcow2 and vice versa error
I'm trying to convert CentOS7 from VMDK to QCOW2 and vice versa using qemu-img convert command.
when uploading the new Templates (OVF with the new converted vmdk and KVM template with the new converted qcow2 to KVM server) I'm getting…

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How can I virtualize a Unix machine using VMware?
I have a computer with a Unix OS installed on it. I want to convert this computer to a virtual machine so that I can run it on another computer with VMware workstation.

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mdadm RAID6 to RAID60
Is it easy to convert a RAID6 to a RAID60?
Right now, I have an 8-drive RAID6. I'm looking to upgrade to a 3U 16-bay system and thinking of having a 16-drive RAID60. Is it possible to move my drives over to the new system start the RAID6 and then…

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Create VHD file from a folder?
My scenario :
I have 100 Gb of data that contain a lot of folders and files , so is there a way to create a VHD file from this folders and files ?
Any help is thankful .

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ImageMagick unable to open image and file
I try to convert images to thumbnails with imagemagick. All works fine, so I will get a thumbnail. But I get some errors on my console:
convert: unable to open image `module': @ error/blob.c/OpenBlob/2489.
convert: unable to open image `*': @…

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