Linux tips : tftpd
cloudibee When you are trying to analyze/debug tftpd service on your linux boot server , you expect tftpd to return more debug information on the logs. To setup tftp in debug…
December 2007
Netapp : Pocket Survival Guide
The url http://www.cs.fiu.edu/~tho01/psg/netapp.html has good information on netapp command set and its usage. A quick reference guide for a netapp admin. The site also has tips for Solaris, Veritas, EMC,…
Netapp Tips : Changing exports
/etc/exports file controls the nfs exports on a netapp filer. An easy way to edit this file is described below. From your unix box : rsh netapp rdfile /etc/exports >…
Perl : Xen API
Xen host can be monitored and controlled via Xen API ( it uses XML-RPC communications). Here is a sample how to program using XenAPI. For XenAPI to work, you should…
Filesystem : noatime
Most file systems store and maintain three separate time stamps per file. They are create time last modified time last accessed time The last accessed time stamp may have to…
Netapp : disk zero spares
To clean up the spare disks and zero them, use the below command. Having a zero’d spare disks can reduce time when on volume creation or on volume reconstruction. filer1>…
Linux VLAN configuration
1. Connect the eth0 interface of your linux machine to the switch. 2. Remove the IP Address information on the eth0 interface # ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 # ifconfig eth0 up…