Posted on November 1, 2009 by symbolik
NOTE: This is only an overview. Due to the detailed nature of this project, I will break it up over several more-focused articles over time for easier reference.
Well, despite my more negative impression of this year’s VMworld conference, it still really paid off. There I learned about stateless ESX deployment. Using this information, I was [...]
Filed under: Kernel, Kubuntu, Microsoft, NFS, Programming, RAID and LVM, VMWare, XFS | Tagged: 64-bit, 6509, Bl465c, bonding, c7000, channel-group, Cisco, console, datastore, Dell, DRS, ESX, ESXi, etherchannel, HA, Hardware, hostname, HP, LACP, midwife, modules, networking, NFS, Onboard Administrator, partitions, Perl, port-channel, port-group, PowerCLI, PowerShell, RAID-1, RAID-10, samba, scripts, Security, shared storage, troubleshooting, Ubuntu, V-Net, VC E-net, Virtual Center, Virtual Connect, virtual machine, VLAN, VM, VMWare, VMware-Server 2, vmworld, volumes, Windows, XFS | 1 Comment »
Posted on July 5, 2009 by symbolik
I went ahead and decided to upgrade my kernel, and to go to the latest NVIDIA driver (180.51). I downloaded the kernel and the nvidia driver file, built the kernel, and removed the nvidia restricted driver. This is on a 64-bit build of Kubuntu 9.04.
However, I was not done.
When I tried to install the kernel [...]
Filed under: Kernel, RAID and LVM, Xorg | Tagged: 2.6.30.1, 64-bit, firmware, HowTo, Kernel, modules, nvidia, restricted, troubleshooting, Xorg | Leave a Comment »
Posted on June 4, 2009 by symbolik
These are both related to MythTV, but can apply to any XFS filesystem you may be using.
XFS Filesystem: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/XFS_Filesystem
Optimizing Performance: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Optimizing_Performance
Filed under: File Systems, RAID and LVM, Tips… | Tagged: XFS, defrag, filesystems, RAID, fstab | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 10, 2009 by symbolik
I started last night. First, I decided to use the 32-bit LiveCD installer. I booted off the CD after shutting down Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium, and soon was at the GUI (I chose the first option; to test before installing). Once there, i opened up a konsole session, ran “sudo -i” to get root, [...]
Filed under: File Systems, Hardware, KDE, Kubuntu, Microsoft, Security, Smartcard, Vista, Xorg | Tagged: AKO, Atheros, CAC, coolkey, defrag, defragment, DoD, DVD, Home Premium, java, no zap, partition, rebuild, resize, restricted, skype, Thunderbird, TTF, Vista, webcam, wireless, XFS, Xorg | Leave a Comment »
Posted on May 2, 2009 by symbolik
So far, RAID-10/LVM/XFS is working quite well with Kubuntu 9.04. Jaunty picks up hardware effortlessly. I plugged in a USB thumb drive, and a little notification pops up.
Ok.
I plug in my camera, and it sees it fine,no muss, no fuss.
Better.
I plug in my webcam – no notification, it just works.
Sweeeet.
I plug in my HP printer, [...]
Filed under: Apps, Desktops, Distros, File Systems, Hardware, KDE, KVM, Kubuntu, Linux, Microsoft, Open-Source, RAID and LVM, VMWare | Tagged: Jaunty, VMware-Server | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 1, 2009 by symbolik
Building a high-performance, yet fault-tolerant RAID system on 64-bit Kubuntu (Jaunty Jackalope). I hope…
Filed under: Desktops, Distros, File Systems, Hardware, HowTo, KDE, Kernel, Kubuntu, Linux, Open-Source, RAID and LVM, VMWare | Tagged: 2.6.28, 64-bit, 9.04, alternate install CD, Jaunty Jackalope, KDE 4.2.2, LILO, LVM2, power supply, RAID-1, RAID-10, SATA, XFS | 2 Comments »
Posted on November 15, 2008 by symbolik
As I learn more about VMware ESX, I am starting to see the flexibility and possibilities available. You have five major sets of pieces to play with – vswifs, vmknics, portgroups, vswitches, and vmnics.
You can tag or untag your portgroups, and can assign multiple portgroups to a vmnic.
You can have multiple vswifs on multiple vswitches.
You [...]
Filed under: NFS, VMWare | Tagged: VMWare, ESX, VLAN, VIM, NFS, vmkernel, vmknic, vmnic, vswif, vswitch, portgroup, command line, console, networking, virtual machine, VM, NTP, VMotion, HA, DRS | Leave a Comment »
