I’m busy to deploy a new virtualized infrastructure based on Solaris zones. A pool of physical servers will run multiple zones dedicated per applications. Each one being load-balanced or for failover. It seams that running a NFS server on a non-global zone is not supported!? :-[ From /lib/svc/method/nfs-server: # The
Author: Xavier
Happy Anniversary OpenSolaris!
33000 downloads 14000 users 100 contributors 40 communities 29 user groups 28 projects 5 distributions 1 year Happy Anniversary OpenSolaris!
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Yesterday, my best friend “Windows Update” agent notified me that updates were available on my XP home desktop. Update process was launched via a RDP session. Reboot. Nothing else! Back @ home, a nice BSoD… I had to perform two restoration points to boot XP correctly! I googled for DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.
KISS!
Even when trying to help a user/customer/friend/…, always apply the KISS (Keep It Simple & Stupid) philosophy! I just spend 30 minutes on the phone to help a guy who can’t connect on the Internet… You know the classic cry: “Internet is down!? Of course, I immediately checked lot of
OpenSSH & files security
To sync files or export data between servers, I usually use rsync on top of ssh. With public/private key pairs, you can easily automate the jobs via a cron without password issues. I also create a dedicated user who has only the required privileges to run rsync on the destination.
High-tech hardware
In my company, such as everywhere, we have some coffie machines. Depending on the model, drinks are more or less “acceptable” 😉 The machine which gives the best coffie (IMHO) is installed in the mess and produces a very high numbers of coffies per day, 24 x 7 (!) So
Top Ten passwords in UK
thomas arsenal monkey charlie qwerty 123456 letmein liverpool password 123 Of course this list comes from a study in UK (Liverpool and Arsenal are in good positions) but it must be the same everywhere. I’m sure that the same list in Belgium should contain “Standard” or “Bonnen” 😉 That’s another
How to detect when you’re not yet awaked?
… when you use your PDA stylus to shake your coffee! 🙁
Dynamic default printer
In my company, the huge part of team members are using the SUN thin client solution called Sunray. (Sun Ray Software is a secure, cost effective solution that delivers a rich, virtual Windows, Linux or Solaris OS desktop to Sun Ray clients.) Why choose thin clients? This reduces the management
Increase your chance to get support? Not sure!
Received this mail: Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 02:15:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Mohammed 10vir To: solaris-l@Groups.ITtoolbox.com, sunmanagers@sunmanagers.org, “os_solaris@yahoogroups.com” , “scsa-scna@yahoogroups.com” , “solaris-cert@yahoogroups.com” , “solaris10@yahoogroups.com” , “solaris8@yahoogroups.com” , “solaris9@yahoogroups.com” , “solaris_adm@yahoogroups.com” , “solaris_admin@yahoogroups.com” , “solaris_cert@yahoogroups.com” , “solaris_lovers@yahoogroups.com” , “solaris_security@yahoogroups.com” , “solarissysadmin1@yahoogroups.com” , “solarissysadmin@yahoogroups.com” Subject: Processor Faulted ERROR….. I’m not sure this