This one is from a while ago. I originally used this back in May of 2009 and just realized that I hadn’t posted the link and info. Basically, shortly after migrating to Microsoft Exchange 2007 in-house, we purchased an SSL certificate for various reasons. Long story short, Outlook 2007 clients starting throwing certificate errors upon … Read more
Just thought that I would drop this link for anyone that may need assistance with recovery. This is basically a page full of links on how to recover from various disaster/app failures, such as Exchange, SQL, etc. –Himuraken
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
You can easily determine the status of your cluster members from a simple command line / DOS shell. Just run the following command: cluster group Simple but useful. It is worth noting that the cluster server must be running on the system that you run the command from. –Himuraken
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