Category: Computers

Howto and other interesting information on computers systems and programming.

Restore OVM 3.x Manager with MySQL database

Mount OVM Manager CD Run the runInstaller.sh -u {UID of OLD Manager} Restoring the MySQL Database for Oracle VM Manager To restore the database to one of the available backups, the manager and the database need to shutdown, for example as the root user execute the following commands: # service ovmm stop; service ovmm_mysql stop …

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Install VMWare Workstation on Fedora 20 64bit

There was a problem compiling the modules for VMWare Workstation to work on Fedora 20. Turns out there was / is a bug with netfilter. From https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VMware $ curl http://pastie.org/pastes/8672356/download -o /tmp/vmware-netfilter.patch $ cd /usr/lib/vmware/modules/source # tar -xvf vmnet.tar # patch -p0 -i /tmp/vmware-netfilter.patch # tar -cf vmnet.tar vmnet-only # rm -r vmnet-only # vmware-modconfig …

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VirtualBox install on Fedora 20 64bit

Since I always forget the details, here is how to install VirtualBox on Fedora 64bit Download and install VirtualBox Install the following required packages for /etc/init.d/vboxdrv to setup correctly yum install kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms Next run the /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup You should see the following output /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup Stopping VirtualBox kernel modules [ OK ] Uninstalling …

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OVM 3 Mass Upgrade

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Doing a mass upgrade on OVM 3.1.1 using Cisco UCS Manager. 10 servers at a time!

Weblogic startup scripts using “UpStart”

I previously wrote on how to create weblogic startup scripts using standard init.d scripting. There is an even easier way to do things now. Why not use upstart, which is an event based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon. Simply create a file “wlnode.conf” and put it in the /etc/init directory. This will start the Weblogic …

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