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EMC ECS CLI Command Reference

21 Aug 2017 5 min(s) 46 sec(s) 5959 visits.

Managing EMC ECS resources is easy with the command line interface (ecscli). Using the -h flag lists options available for each command.

What is the NetWorker hostid?

20 Jul 2015 59 sec(s) 3833 visits.

NetWorker uses hostid for authorization code. hosted depends on the IP address of the computer used.

Troubleshooting NetWorker pool attributes

13 Jul 2015 6 min(s) 36 sec(s) 2861 visits.

In order for NetWorker to determine the volume to use, the pool criteria have to match exactly.

What is the pathownerignore file?

9 Jul 2015 1 min 4 sec(s) 4178 visits.

This article describes the purpose and function of the pathownerignore file

Solaris LDOM vs Zones

29 Jun 2015 2 min(s) 22 sec(s) 2786 visits.

A Sun Logical Domain (LDom) is a full virtual machine whereas a Solaris zone is a virtual operating system.

Resolving "AH00558: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name"

3 Sep 2020 1 min 10 sec(s) 2646 visits.

Setting the "ServerName" directive globally in Apache2 is no black art. Here we list the default locations for various platforms and version.

Solaris 11 Patch History

20 May 2015 1 min 50 sec(s) 2052 visits.

Using the pkg history command you can take a look back and see what happened on your image.

A brief comparison of Linux Package Managers

18 Feb 2016 1 min 50 sec(s) 722 visits.

A Comparison of Popular Linux Package Managers

openSUSE Quick Reference Guide

17 May 2015 2 min(s) 0 sec(s) 844 visits.

This article provides a quick reference guide for the open SuSE operating system

Hard drive sanitisation - A homebrew approach

22 Sep 2016 7 min(s) 13 sec(s) 3841 visits.

The most efficient means of sanitising computers and/or a storage media device is to overwrite the entire device with zeroes or with a random pattern.