How to view open files in windows server 2008
Often times, before server reboots in windows server 2008 you will want to verify that there are no open files. This is because if the […]
Get serial number from ipmitool
Ipmitool is a robust and generic tool for finding specific system information. It is generally possible to get the serial number of a host using […]
exclude package in yum
You may want to occasionally skip a package when using the yum package manager. To do this you can use the “–exclude” option in the […]
ganglia *** configure has failed *** sysconfdir
When compiling ganglia it failed because there was no sysconfig directory specified. You will need to create this directory and specify it in the ganglia […]
ganglia libpcre not found
Another error we get when compiling the ganglia source code is To get this package on the system you can download the package and compile […]
libconfuse not found
When downloading the ganglia source and performing the installation we get the following error “libconfuse not found” The libconfuse package is not available via the […]
ganglia configure: error: apr-1-config binary not found in path
When compiling ganglia in linux we get the following error: ./configure –prefix=/usr/local … configure: error: apr-1-config binary not found in path We are missing a […]
Disable selinux in Centos Linux
There a couple ways to disable selinux from enforcing file contexts. The first and preferred way is to And change “enforcing” to “permissive”. Once this […]
Change default gateway solaris
To change the default gateway in solaris you will need to make a modification to a config file in /etc. The specific file is /etc/defaultrouter. […]
Find IP address without ifconfig
On occasion you may need to find the IP address of a host without the ifconfig command. This often happens when you are using someone […]