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Archive for November, 2008

Linux: Bouncing Interfaces. ifconfig vs ifup

• November 25, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Linux
Tags: down, ifconfig, ifconig up, ifdown, ifup, ip, ip address, LinkedIn, Linux, netmask, offline, online, sysconfig, up

NetApp: When NetApp Lies (Web GUI Gateway)

• November 24, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in NAS, Networking
Tags: 3020, 7.2.5.1, default, default gateway, dgateways, fas, fas3020, gateway, gui, gw, LinkedIn, netapp, netstat, netstat -r, ping, route, route -s, route add, vif, web

Splunk: Port is already bound

• November 18, 2008 • 2 Comments

Posted in Linux, Security
Tags: -9, 8000, 8089, already bound, bound, kill, license, LinedIn, lsof, lsof -i, python, splunk, splunkd, splunkweb

Hardware: IBM 3850 M2 and VMware

• November 17, 2008 • 6 Comments

Posted in VMWare
Tags: 3.5, 3850, 3850M2, battery, charged, error, esx, esx3, false positive, health check, ibm, LinkedIn, m2, ram, storage controller, utilization, VMWare

Linux: RM Files Using xargs. Another: Argument list too long

• November 15, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Linux, VMWare
Tags: ctime, delete, grep, LinkedIn, recursive, rm, vmfs, wc, xargs

NetApp: Enabling Deduplication (ASIS) On A Volume

• November 14, 2008 • Leave a Comment

Posted in NAS, Uncategorized
Tags: asis, a_sis, compression, dedupe, deduplication, LinkedIn, nearstore, nearstore_option, netapp, schedule, sis, volume

What I Am Doing

@interslice how are you thinking about connecting? ISCSI, NFS, Fiber Channel, etc? 1 hour ago
@interslice should be able to format a USB device and mount in on the local vmware console. Heard its been done before, I haven't tried. 1 hour ago
@interslice ESXi can not do USB storage for VMs. full version of vmware has a service console (currently) that is linux based. 1 hour ago
@interslice VMware vSphere 4 best practices for NetApp: http://bit.ly/a3c9mn . Communities are also a good source 1 hour ago
RT @sudeeppatil: RT @josephkern: #sysadmin ... we made the list! "Best Jobs in America": http://tinyurl.com/yere48v < Where do they work??? 4 hours ago
@nash_j those fiber cables in your lab look a little to long :) 7 hours ago
@nash_j No #UCS yet. hoping it gets here soon. Everything go smoothly in Greensboro? 7 hours ago
@nash_j Haven't learn much at all yet. I don't like their lab using host based (windows) splitter software instead of SAN splitters. 7 hours ago
Today is going to be a good day. #Breakfast #chic-fil-a chicken minis. 8 hours ago
@Texiwill thats what they all say.. . . I have been leaving my home lab powered off most of the time now a days. to much going on. 1 day ago