Installing older Linux systems on new hardware is always fun. SuSE 8 especially might be tricky, due to several assumptions during install: 1. The install kernel is the Single CPU version. However, on an SMP system, the Single CPU kernel would not be actually installed. 2. HP assume you have a floppy with your server….
cat /proc/scsi/qla2xxx/$Z” where Z represents the SCSI interface the Qlogic has taken for itself, you’ll get something like this: <Snip> . . </Snip> SCSI LUN Information: (Id:Lun) * – indicates lun is not registered with the OS. ( 0: 0): Total reqs 63185608, Pending reqs 0, flags 0x2, 0:0:81 00 Assuming you’ve just added the…
While trying to install RHEL 4 on VMware ESX 2.1 I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Linux installation which was unable to detect disks. A quick search in VMware’s web site resulted in a download page for RHEL 4 Update 2, which, unfortunately, wasn’t the version I was using. Before running around and searching the…
I’ve lost an external DAS (Direct Attached Storage) today. Not lost as in could not find, but lost due to power supply failure. I’ve been home, got a phone call saying all the company’s Unix storage, which is contained on a DAS including two 72GB HDDs in a mirror (DiskSuite on Solaris8) is not available….
I’m in the process of installing VCS on two guest (virtual) Linux nodes, each using the following setup: 256MB RAM One local (Virtual) HDD, SCSI channel 0 Two shared (Virtual) HDDs, SCSI channel 1 Two NICs, one bridged, and one using /dev/vmnet2, a personal Virtual switch. The host (carrier) is a Pentium 3 800MHz, with…
During the past few days/weeks, I’ve had the pleasure (and will have in the future as well) of playing with VMware ESX (2.5.2) and GSX (3.2.1), as well as Workstation in my long forgotten past, and here I try to describe my own personal impressions of the product. First – it is a good product….
