OpenStack Virtualization
http://www.openstack.org/ Resource Links: VMware and OpenStack: https://communities.vmware.com/community/vmtn/openstack
Linux Mount of a Windows SMB Share from the Command Line
Mount Windows share using mount command This is simple way to share data between windows and linux system. You would like to access MS-Windows share called //windowsserver/sharename by mounting to /mnt/win directory under Linux system. Type the following command (replace username, windows server name, share name and password with actual values): # mkdir -p /mnt/win # mount -t smbfs -o username=winntuser,password=mypassword //windowsserver/sharename /mnt/win # cd /mnt/win # ls -l (or in CentOS, as root) mount.cifs //server/smbsharefolder /mnt/mountfolder user=username,pass=thepassword,dom=domainname …
Using a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation DVD as a Software Repository
Using a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Installation DVD as a Software Repository To use a Red Hat Enterprise Linux installation DVD as a software repository, either in the form of a physical disc, or in the form of an ISO image file. If you are using a physical DVD, insert the disc into your computer. If you are not already root, switch users to the root account: su – Create a mount point for the repository: mkdir -p /path/to/repo where…
How To Install the BIND DNS Server on CentOS 6
How To Install the BIND DNS Server on CentOS 6 Jun 12, 2013 DNS CentOS Preamble This article will show you how to setup and configure the BIND DNS Server. If you are looking for a guide on how to use DigitalOcean’s integrated DNS service, you may want to review the “How to Set Up a Host Name with DigitalOcean” article instead. Before we begin, it is recommended you have at least two cloud servers to run your nameservers. Two…
NetApp SysAdmin Pocket Survival Guide
NetApp NetApp 101 https://netapp.myco.com/na_admin # web gui URL. Most feature avail there, including a console. ssh netapp.myco.com # ssh (or rsh, telnet in) for CLI access get root mount of /vol/vol0/etc in a unix machint do to direct config on files. NOW = NetApp Support Site NetApp man pages (“mirror” by uwaterloo) RAID-DP IMHO Admin Notes Notes about NetApp export, NFS and Windows CIFS ACL permission issues. Best practices is for most (if not all) export points of NFS server…
VMware ESXi esxcli Command: A Quick Tutorial
VMware ESXi esxcli Command: A Quick Tutorial By Steve Jin | Published: May 12, 2015 The esxcli is a command tool that is available on VMware ESXi for managing ESXi. Unlike the vim-cmd command, it focuses on underlying infrastructure and touches lower level of controls of the ESXi hypervisor itself. Although it’s just one command, it packs a lot of functionalities with different namespaces/sub-namespaces, and sub-commands. Because they are organized in nice tree hierarchy, it’s actually quite easy to use…