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Setting up BMC event log file and size

When the cache becomes full, events are removed from it and placed in the repository file, which uses the following naming convention

Event log for BMC Patrol 9.5

As new events are created, older events are written to a log file called the PEM log.

Sun Serial number locations

A simple table which provides a listing of where to locate the serial number on various Sun related products.

Turn On/Off Apache Directory Listing

To enable the directory browsing in Apache server, we need to add the directory option in apache configuration file.

Special file permissons (setuid, setgid and sticky bit)

setuid and setgid are unix access rights flags that allow users to run an executable with permissions of the executables owner and group respectively

Creating dummy files with mkfile/fsutil

The following command will create a dummy file in the specified path with the specified size (in bytes):

GIT vs SVN

This is a simple post which lists the basic equivalent commands for both git and svn version control systems.

Running ESXi and vSphere 5.1 in a VMware workstation

VMware workstation will be installed on a host such as a laptop and the ESXi/ESXi free/V-Sphere will run on a VM guest within VMware workstation.

Virtualisation products compared

The 3 major players, at the moment, in the virtualisation market are VMware, Microsoft and Citrix.

Introduction to Virtualisation

When starting off in virtualisation you can use products such as MS Virtual server or VMware workstation/server.