Posts Tagged ‘ Server ’

How to change the IP address in Solaris 10

February 25, 2010
By Andrew Lin

Here is a list of files that you need to edit when changing the IP address of an interface in Solaris 10. /etc/hosts /etc/hostname.interface-name /etc/nodename /etc/defaultrouter /etc/resolv.conf /etc/netmasks Add the ip address and server name to the host file. vi /etc/hosts 10.0.0.10 server-name Select the interface you want, your server may have more than one network interfaces. vi /etc/hostname.bge0 10.0.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 Change the node name vi /etc/nodename server-name Add...
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How to create a virtual disk with the Dell OpenManage Server Admnistrator.

April 30, 2009
By Andrew Lin

Open the Dell OpenManage Server Administrator Click on System – Storage – PERC 5/E Adapter (PCI Slot 1) – Connector 0 (RAID) – Enclosure – Physical Disks. This will display all the Disk Drives in the right window. Under the column Available RAID DISK Space, you should be able to determine if there is any unused disk....
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TCP ports opened on firewall for Dell Remote Access Card – DRAC.

April 28, 2009
By Andrew Lin

The Dell Remote Access Card (DRAC) communicates via the following ports: 22 Secure Shell, SSH 23 Telnet 80 http 443 https 161 SNMP 3668 Virtual Media Server 5900 Console Redirection 5901 Console Redirection If you have a firewall in between you and the server, ensure that you have the above ports opened.
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How to find file that contains a specific word in Linux and Unix.

April 23, 2009
By Andrew Lin

The find and grep command is very handy when searching for files that contains a specific word. Both the find and grep commands are universal in Linux and Unix and the syntax is very similar. Below is an example. find /home/andrew -type f -exec grep -H ‘networks’ {} \; This will display all files in the...
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How to mount a volume with a different mount point in Aix ?

February 28, 2008
By Andrew Lin

I ran across a situation where my volume was running low on free disk space. In order to prevent my application from crashing, I had to either expand the volume or move the application files to a larger volume. Well, in this case the volume was created with Veritas and I wanted to move...
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Sendmail-largeboxes.conf displays warning for large mailboxes

November 5, 2007
By Andrew Lin

The sendmail-largeboxes.cof file is used to display warnings for large mailboxes.  The default configuration is hard coded to consider 40MB+ as large.  Users will receive email warnings that they have exceeded the 40MB mailbox size.  You can change the default 40MB to a different value.  On my Fedora Core 4 installation the file is...
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