Category Archives for UNIX
Selective Site Mirroring with wget
Since Cloudera doesn’t seem to support an rsync server for us to mirror against, I had to resort to using wget to mirror their CDH distribution. To save some time for those who are attempting to do something similar, here’s … Continue reading
Fix zimbra logrotate issues
If this error occurs on a host with Zimbra installed: /etc/cron.daily/logrotate: error: zimbra:64 unexpected text It’s due to a typographical error in /etc/logrotate.d/zimbra that has not been fixed in the latest release (6.0.3.) The log rotate configuration file for Zimbra … Continue reading
Fix Logwatch emails on Zimbra hosts
We’ve had an issue for a while where Logwatch emails are not getting through properly in Zimbra with Zimbra complaining about relay issues. While our migration to Zimbra will be the subject of another, much longer post, our last remaining … Continue reading
Easy ways to convert a man page
I typically author UNIX man pages for projects a couple of times a year. When I do, the next request I usually receive is to provide a hard copy of the man page as well. Depending on the system, there … Continue reading
New Netbackup RMAN job issue?
Ever run into issues with a NetBackup RMAN job failing for what seems no reason? Do your logs look something like below? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 RMAN-03009: failure of … Continue reading
HP dc5800 Linux Boot Fix
If your attempting to install CentOS 5.2 on a HP dc5800 and it’s hanging, you need to alter the boot line during install. linux pci=nommconf This will allow the CentOS Installation to continue.
Removing EMC SAN Disk from AIX using powerpath
To unmap EMC disk that is connected and using powerpath: Remove the device from powerpath: powermt remove dev=[hdiskpowerX] Remove powerpath hdiskpower devices from system: rmdev -dl hdiskpowerXX Remove standard SAN disk devices: rmdev -dl hdiskX Confirm lsdev -Cc disk and … Continue reading