January 2009

SuSE Enterprise Linux 9 file server migration to OpenSuSE 11

Submitted by admin on Sat, 01/03/2009 - 08:14

OpenSuSE 11One of my clients has a production SuSE Enterprise Server 9 file server in place and their previous network administrator was a little power trippy so nothing was documented and shortcuts were taken to make things work.

This server is a fairly basic configuration the primary use of the server is to serve files of a samba share and to provide network printing capabilities.

After the restore of all the data the server was unable to boot properly, thus they gave me a call early morning today which is all fine and dandy.  So we did some basic troubleshooting and I made the following conclusions:

  • Upgrade the current OS (SELS 9) to the current OpenSuSE 11 revision
  • Confirm Data Integrity of the production user shares
  • Configure Samba as it was previously setup -- Confirm the workings
  • Configure CUPS as it was previously setup -- Confirm the workings
  • Install and Configure SNMP (They previously were not doing any performance monitoring so there was no indication of any resource utilization)
  • Reconfigure NovaNET 11 backups to tape in effort to ensure proper RTO and minimal RPO

So far we're at the point of pulling down the OpenSuSE 11 dvd.... 3 hours into the migration :) I will post as progress is made.. fun times

 

Full ZFS Tutorial

Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/09/2009 - 11:48

Chicago.. . home... LA farewell..

Submitted by admin on Sun, 01/18/2009 - 15:00

So as you may have heard I have moved on from NovaStor and have began my work with a very ambitious company called DataHEALTH.  They primarily provide online backup services.  I have been brought aboard to help expand the business and customerbase to a larger demographic than just the medical industry.  This is a very exciting opportunity for me and the people I will be working in collaboration with are very great and intelligent people to work with.

My first weekend was pretty eventful / non-eventful.  I got in Thursday which was Chicago's coldest day in history from the past 8 years.  Of course flying into Chicago was a headache as always during the winter time.  I had  a layover in Phoenix and of course since I went the Cheap-ass route for my fare which actually ended up costing me quite a bit (stupid luggage fees!!) . The plane that was making the trip from Phoenix to Chicago had something wrong on it... so everyone was boarded and then the infamous intercom anoucement "Folks, the engineers are working on this issue, they are estimating 1 - 1.5 hours"  I was like great! So knowing me, I can't sit still for the life of me I'm fidgiting like ahhh com'on lets fucking move already!.  Once we got landed I was sooo cold in the jetway and the terminal I was like there is no way this is going to work.  So I got my taxi, who did an amazing job of avoiding the rush hour bullshit, and made it to the Westin on Michigan Ave. right around 4:30PM.  Then me and my friend went to one our favorite places to Tavern on Rush which serves the best Prime Rib Steak Teryaki lil sticker thinger for an appetizer that I've had.