Happy New Year TwentyTen! How many times have you “forgotten” a root password? Or been given control of a server set up by someone else? Hey it happens. CentOS Password Reset At the GRUB Loader, select the installation to reset, press A to append and press ENTER.You will be presented with a prompt that looks … Read more
Recently, I converted a decently spec’d terminal server into an ESXi server after doing a P2V on the TS. After that, it was time to play. I installed a fresh copy of Ubuntu 9.04 server and then installed FOG. If you don’t know what FOG is, you may want to read FOG’s overview here. Once … Read more
Firefox is a great browser, it really is. But I find that Opera just works better. I know that it isn’t open source, but it just has the features that I want. Plus, anyone that does research owes it to themselves to use Opera. Although Opera tends to have sane defaults, I find its built … Read more
Some time ago, I was looking for a simple way to backup my Linux desktop machines. I use to take the time and create my own rsync scripts etc, and get versioned snapshots. A few months back I found BackInTime. This tool makes backing up with snapshots easy. Check it out here: http://backintime.le-web.org/ –Himuraken
Original Post: Open Source Technology As Business Solutions: Openfiler – Symantec CPS Destination We quickly noticed an issue with the iSCSI connector not automatically re-connecting the drive mapping when either the Openfiler server or the CPS server was rebooted. After some troubleshooting and most testing failed to resolve this issue, this project was scrapped in … Read more
For anyone that is not a Linux command-line expert (myself included!) webmin is an invaluable tool. A very quick install of this allows advanced administration from any web browser that can access the IP address of the server. Version 1.480 is the current release. Check it out and you will be pleasently surprised… Instructions provided … Read more
Clearly Symantec is NOT open source. The solution to a common data backup problem can be found with open source tools however. Issue: Backup2Tape provided long backup windows and an unreliable media. Soloution must use open source tools and existing hardware. Solution: Ubuntu 9.04 (64-bit) NFS share running on Dell 2950 with six Seagate 1.5TB … Read more
Been working on a backup project and needed to use a NFS export as a backup to disk destination in Backup Exec. The best (read free) way to accomplish this is to setup Windows Services for Unix so that your server can map a network drive to the NFS export. Backup Exec does not allow … Read more