韓國五日之旅(第一天)

引頸期盼韓國旅遊的日子終於來臨了!

從報名7/11旅遊假期後,全家人就開始在期盼著,尤其是小朋友---我女兒與兒子. 原本今年是與老婆計畫到日本東京自由行,帶小孩再次到迪士尼與Hello Kitty等周遭樂園遊玩,原因是小朋友上次去東京時年紀都還很小,幾乎每個景點都已經忘記,再加上上次去玩的各個景點都覺得很有趣,只是時間不夠沒有通通玩到,所以才會想要再次重溫舊夢.只是今年老天不作媒,日本發生核災,老婆與我都覺得此時過去日本不太適合,最後才決議今年到韓國走走.

7/11星期一當天特別早期,因為要打包行李,做最後檢查. 11點左右接機服務也到家門口,順利將我們帶到第二航廈. 雖然是下午3點多的飛機,但考量旅遊團下午1點多就要先集合,及從住家到國際機場也需要1小時的時間,所以特別提早1個小時出門作為若遇到塞車時間的緩衝時間.
很顯然路途一切順暢,12點多左右就到飛機場,距離集合時間還早到將近1小時左右. 既然還很早,就趁著空檔幫家人拍張出發前的照片吧!

等著等著,時間也到了,但遲遲遇不到拿著"品冠"旗幟的領隊,但卻有其他出團人員也出現在預計等候的地點上. 這時,老婆眼尖,看到有位女士拿著"喜鴻假期"旗幟在問一些人士,就趕緊叫我過去詢問. 一問之下才知道,果然是同團的,而這位女士就是我們的領隊,看起來個性很隨和、容易與人相處.

當領隊詢問我們家人確認身分,並拿取護照辦登機證後,我們就緊跟著領隊,深怕一不小心就脫隊. 只是沒多久,領隊又跑來問我們是不是參加這一團的? 真是有點... 再加上辦理托運行李時又跑來告知老婆的護照沒有刷到,真是讓我有點擔心,感覺上做事有點散散的、沒有經驗,不太會管控團體. 心想:這次到韓國可能要自求多福了!

到了仁川機場、出了停機坪後,眼見所有的文字就是一大多看不懂得符號,且周遭隱約聽到如同是看韓劇般的對話,韓國真的到了! 有點如同劉姥姥進大觀園般,"東瞧瞧、西看看",因為這裡到處充滿著新鮮感,畢竟這是我第一次到韓國,應該也是家人第一次到韓國!

通過出關身分檢驗而到了大廳,領隊就把我們全部集合起來,並介紹新的成員---導遊,一位看起來有點學術氣息的男士,經介紹後才得知:這位人士才是這次在韓國五天旅遊中真正帶隊的導遊.再聽他充滿自信的解說及後續行程的安排,此刻心情才算是較愉悅,而心裡一塊石頭總算放下來. 因為先前所擔心已經消逝,畢竟由較有經驗的帶團安排與介紹旅程會較有樂趣些.

在團員上完洗手間且上了遊覽車後,導遊開始介紹稍後行程---"用餐地點及周邊商店",當然,也不忘記推銷日後採買行程"即不建議團員購買太多的東西,只建議買足夠自己用的東西即可".
其中,較讓我印象深刻的介紹就是:"由於回飯店的路程在不塞車的情況下大約是1小時左右,故上車前要先上洗手間",因為這句話在這往後五天回飯店的行程當中都一再重提,我想是因為我們所住的飯店都離市區較遠,所以回飯店車程會較久一點的關係吧!

到了用餐地點,像極台灣店家小吃店般(非飯店內),我們一行人就浩浩蕩蕩走上3F.今晚晚餐為"韓式魷魚湯+五花肉+小菜四碟",雖然看起來不是很豐盛(比不上飯店吧!,我想),但至少還合我口味,且吃得飽,畢竟個人不太挑食. 況且出門前也做過功課,得知韓國旅遊吃與住與其他國家地點旅遊比較起來較一般. 我想:團費較日本便宜但物價較東南亞高,這樣比較應該較客觀些,所以整體而言個人還算可以接受.

吃完飯逛完當地超商並上遊覽車後,導遊首先就與大家商談晚上行程變更---"逛東大門改明天".當然,聽導遊說明原因:"即現在可逛時間短,且今晚又下雨,可能店家會提早打烊",再加上大家舟車勞頓,團員中小孩較多的關係,大家也都同意導遊的安排,無異議地打道回飯店.

這時,導遊開始介紹工作人員的任務,(1)遊覽車司機 (2)領隊 (3)導遊 (4)導遊助理與跟團拍照的小妹,當然,介紹過程中也加了一些帶團經驗,即各地人文特質與性質. 當中也穿插了些詼諧的說詞來吸引旅客的注意,從座位安排到行程調度解說,果然是位經驗老道且口才極佳的導遊,因為從上車到飯店,一路上都一直機哩瓜啦地說,在這樣舟車勞頓的行程中讓我沒有睡意地一直地在聽,果然是位當導遊的人才.

也不知道過了多久,在這小雨朦朧的夜晚下,終於來到我們今晚第一個過夜的窩---"四星級的港灣大飯店". 小小的入口、小小的櫃檯,有種類似商務旅遊所住的飯店,因為單單櫃台位置就塞不下我們這團一行約30人(含四位工作人員).

至於房間呢? 簡單樸實、該有的都有,對我而言,這些都已經足夠了!

PS: 只是第一天個人又鬧一個笑話 --- "要五毛給一塊"!

在超商買了韓幣3700的物品,既然給店家韓幣40000. 幸好店家老實還我多的錢來,否則個人將損失韓幣30000,且又鬧國際笑話,到時候人財兩失,好丟臉ㄡ!!!

To expand VMware disk by Virtual Disk Factory

Recently, I make a plan to install SNMP component on all online servers in my job. There is more and more servers need to be install it manually so that this will spend a lot of time to handle for me. Whether has smart & good tool to install it remotely?  I find out one free tool can help me to finish my thought. It is "Solarwinds Enable Enabler for Windows". In official expression, this tool can install, configure, enable SNMP component remotely.
If it is true, I think it will help us to save more time to handle it by remote control.

Due to I have no system right or no time to focus on testing it in company, so I decide to make a lab for verifying at home. Of course, this lab will be built on virtual environment --- VMWare Workstation because it is my familiar virtual tool now.

I never boot the virtual machine of window 2003 system for a long time since Windows 7 or Windows 2008 R2 is on the market. When I boot it and install the related security hotfix up to date, I find the drive C space is not a little enough.

Whether has method to expand the original disk space? I know there is a command to finish this target, but I forget how to do it. Suddenly, I think I ever use a tool to do the same thing. That is "Virtual Disk Factory".

At first, you have to power off your VM for expanding disk space. In VDF GUI, click "Expand" tab next to click button in Virtual Disk attribute for selecting a .vmdk file.

If VM disk never interrupt or the function is normal, it will pop up a window that show "Current Disk Information" as current disk size = 8GB

In Disk Size group, the first step click GB option next to key in 30 for expanding disk from 8GB to 30GB.

If the above step finish, please click "Expand Disk" button to begin the expand disk process.

Finally, you will see old & new C/H/S and completion message.

Please boot to VM again and check disk size by computer management. You will see the Disk Size is 30 GB but additional disk belong to the second partition.

If you want to extend partition from two to one, maybe you can use tool as Gparted Live CD to do it!

Add "New Disk" on Windows 2008 R2 Server Core by Diskpart Tool

When I have already finished installing Windows 2008 R2 Server Core with Hyper-V role on VMWare workstation, I find out that the system structure never plan the space for Hyper-V location until now. I don't want to locate the system or data file on the same partition. If I do it, maybe it is difficult for me to maintain system performance or extend disk space in the future. As far it will be true if the practice environment use the physical server with physical disk.

So now, I will use remote administrator tool as Computer Management to connect to Remote Server Core for initiating this new disk. When I switch to Storage Management, the error message show up as "The RPC Server is unavailable".

Although the system log tell me the indicator as follows and I also follow it to execute this command on Server Core, the result still fail not to connect to Remote Server Core by Storage Management.

 In my thought, I just want to know whether exist the other method to finish my target except for this GUI tool. By Google, I find out this answer. It is windows built-in utility --- Diskpart.
To study the related document, I decide to do it on Server Core environment for testing.

At first, the diskpart command execute on Prompt Command of Server Core and execute "list disk" for realizing the disk number and status now. In the following image, you will see there is 100GB new disk size to wait for initiating.

To "select disk 0" next to execute "detail disk", it will realize the original disk information as including two partition and volume. Or one is System Rese, the other is drive letter C, and so on.

The next step is "select disk 1" about new additional disk next to execute "detail disk" for realize the present disk status --- Offline.

To execute command "online disk" and confirm whether its status is online now by command "detail disk".

When you continue to execute "create partition primary", it will fail and show up the error message as follows.

Why? Because the Current Read-only State is Yes!

How to resolve it? To execute "attribute disk clear readonly" this command and confirm it again by "detail disk".  So do that you will see the Current Read-only state is No.

To create primary partition and assign letter by the following command.

To select this partition and quickly format it with NTFS.

To do the above steps, please execute "detail disk" to confirm whether new disk has already been added now.

Or it also can verify the all status by "list disk", "list partition", "list volume".

Until now, I have own the new disk "drive E" for locating Hyper-V file by using Hyper-V management tool.

To create linked clone VMDK by vdk.exe tool

After confirming the hardware to realize whether can install Hyper-V on my computer, I will prepare to build the Lab on VMware environment. I have no enough disk space then so that think whether can create OS by linked clone disk. For this reason, I will prepare to use the built-in function on VMware Workstation because I ever do it successfully on 32-bit Windows XP.

In VMware Workstation, I want to create linked clone on 64-bit Windows 2008 R2 Server by clicking the "Import or Export ..." function.

When click "Import or Export..." in menu list, the Conversion Wizard will show up.

After following the Wizard process and select "Source VM or image", it show me error message "Unsupported guest operating system". So far, I know the Conversion Wizard built-in VMware Workstation cannot convert "Windows 2008 R2 Server" VM or image so that the linked clone activity cannot built now.

Whether is there the freeware utility to create linked clone VMDK? By Google, I find out the vdk.exe can do it! Thank Ken Katos develop this and share it on public environment.

To search this tool by Google and download it on VMDK source, you can see two files --- vdk.exe and vdk.sys.

To open CMD prompt by Run as administrator and switch to VMDK source path, please type the command as vdk.exe open 0 "Windows Server 2008 R2 x64.vmdk" /undo on 32 bit Windows 7 host.

                         Note: VM must power off then and its state is good that boot process is normal before.

In execution process, please ignore any unknown message to type i always due to vdk.exe cannot judge new function.

Finally, it will create new file with extension name .REDO on the source directory.

Do the above steps, please remember to unmount image disk by typing vdk close 0

Next to copy these files to new directory \LinkCloneDisk and remove these extension name .REDO from these new files. So the extension name is .VMDK as follows.

To open "Windows Server 2008 R2 x64.vmdk" by Text editor and correct its content without .REDO extension.

Before Correct it

After Correct it

And parentFileNameHint point to the full path as follows:

Before Correct it

After Correct it

Now you have already created linked Clone VMDK template disk!

How to use it later?

The steps is like before by using the New Virtual Machine Wizard on VMware Workstation.

The key point is that select "Use an existing virtual disk" option on "Select a Disk" step.

And select "Windows Server 2008 R2 x64.vmdk" under the LinkCloneDisk directory.

After finishing the Wizard, the system will be boot normally.