by Ron | May 12, 2009 | Linux
Need to transfer a really large file but are worried that it will fail before completing? Create a multi-part file using the split command, then join it on the remote server after it transfers. Example: Start with a zipped file (somefile.zip), then run… split -b...
by Ron | May 11, 2009 | Linux
Having problems getting iSCSI LUNs to appear in ESXi after enabling a second VMkernel switch on a separate subnet? Make sure you disable/re-enable the ESXi iSCSI Initiator AFTER adding the new vSwitch on the isolated network. I think iSCSI discovery only occurs on the...
by Ron | Feb 4, 2009 | Linux
At work, I was unable to access my Ensim control panel (on RHEL4); the browser kept timing out. So I thought I’d restart it to see if that would fix it. I did the usual: /etc/init.d/epld restart And got this error Stopping Ensim Pro For Linux Control Panel [ OK...
by Ron | Jan 14, 2009 | Linux
While trying to run a YUM update on a CentOS server today, I got an error message about my /boot partition being full. I ran a df -h and sure enough, there was only 100k left. (My standard install uses 100MB for the boot partition.) Here’s what I did to fix it....
by Ron | Oct 24, 2008 | Linux
This tip is for my friend Scarb. For years I’ve used the Linux command “tail -f” for watching logs… but only recently did I discover its versatility for extracting parts of files. Need to grab only the last 25 lines of a file? tail -n 25...
by Ron | Oct 20, 2008 | Linux
nano /etc/rc.local and add /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent start
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