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Archive for February, 2009

Linux: dd – Passing User Defined Variables For Status

• February 18, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Hardware, Linux
Tags: -USR1, /dev/urandon, 2.5, attached disk, background process, block size, bs=4k, copied, dd, kill, LinkedIn, pid, process id, raid, raid 1, sata, speed, stats, status, ubuntu, urandom, user defined variables, USR11

VMware: ESX Restart A Hung Virtual Machine

• February 9, 2009 • 6 Comments

Posted in VMWare
Tags: axfww, efww, esx, force, getstate, hung, list vm, pid, process, ps, restart, start, stop, vm, VMWare, vmware-cmd, volumes

Programming/Linux: Perl Implementing Lockfiles With Syslog

• February 5, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Linux, Programming
Tags: checklock, die, error, facility, LinkedIn, lock file, lockfile, LockFile::Simple, locl, logger, logger::syslog, perl, Programming, simple, sub, subroutine, syslog, trylock, unlock

Colocatoion/Hardware: Tools of The Trade

• February 4, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Colocation, Hardware
Tags: cable tester, Colocation, data center, dc, fluke, snips, toner, tool, toolkit, tools, wax string

Linux: lsof Interaction With Networking

• February 3, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Linux, Networking
Tags: centos, close_wait, debian, device size, established, esx, LinkedIn, Linux, listen, lsof, lsof -i, lsof tcp, Networking, pid, redhat, session, ssh, tcp, type, ubuntu, udp, user

What I Am Doing

@interslice lol. Don't forget the required vmkernel port on th vswitch. If seperate from other networks ;) 12 hours ago
@aarondelp it's for production #vmware and Websphere environments at our office. FCOR should make life a lot easier. 12 hours ago
@rogerlund Central North Carolina 15 hours ago
@nash_j They must be adding anyones blog now-a-days ;) 16 hours ago
@rogerlund lol. Not sure how long I can put off opening those boxes. 17 hours ago
@interslice cool. Let me know how it goes. We did iscsi for vmware a few years ago. 17 hours ago
It's here! http://twitpic.com/17xqx6 #cisco #ucs @nash_j 17 hours ago
@interslice if it does, it will give you the option to setup a VMFS there 20 hours ago
@interslice if the vmware server is zoned to it, click on a vm server go to config tab -> storage -> add storage. server should detect LUN 20 hours ago
@interslice how are you thinking about connecting? ISCSI, NFS, Fiber Channel, etc? 1 day ago