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• unix

  How can I access the ELOM serial console on my Sun Fire X2100 server?

  Accessing the serial console of ELOM systems like Sun Fire Sun Fire X2100, X2100 M2, X2200, X2200 M2, etc. you can do...

• unix

  How can I access the ILOM serial console on my Sun Fire X4100 server?

  Accessing the serial console of ILOM systems like Sun Fire X4100, X4100 M2, X4140, X4150, X4170, X4200, X4200 M2, X4250, X4270, X4600,...

• unix

  How do I download an rpm on my Linux server without installing it?

  The yumdownloader command will allow you to download an RPM to your current directory. yumdownloader is part of yum-utils package. To install...

• webserver

  How do I resolve the Apache error “no listening sockets available, shutting down”?

  If you get the error “no listening sockets available, shutting down” when starting Apache, you may be missing the Listen directive in...

• backups

  How do I list the NetBackup client excludes from the command line on my Unix server?

  Being able to identify client excludes from the command line can be very useful. This method however does not take into consideration...

• backups

  How do I set up NetBackup to page me when a backup fails?

  If you want to be notified when a backup fails, you can edit your backup_exit_notify script. By default, the backup_exit_notify script does...

• unix

  How do I clone a Virtual Box image on my Linux server and convert it to VMWare VMDK format?

  To convert a Virtual Box vdi file to a VMDK file you can run the command below. [root@localhost]$ vboxmanage clonehd CentOS_5-5.vdi CentOS_5-5.vmdk...

• unix

  How do I clone a Virtual Box image on my Linux server or desktop?

  If you would like to clone a VirtualBox VDI file, you may get an error regarding having a duplicate UUID like the...

• unix

  How do I use wget for URLs with ampersands?

  If you try using wget for a URL with an ampersand (&) you will discover that it will not work as expected...

• unix

  How do I configure my /etc/rsyncd.conf on my Linux server?

  Configuring your rsyncd.conf file is pretty straight forward. Here’s an example of 2 different modules. One is read-only and the other is...