Connecting the dots with scp
Today, one of my colleagues was having trouble copying some files between Linux boxes. As a result, I learnt something about scp that I……
Deleting EBS Volumes While Snapshotting
I’ve been working with AWS quite heavily recently. A lot of the time, I find myself thinking, “I wonder what happens if I do this…”…
Shimming a disk into a VxVM disk group
We had a problem with an Oracle database on a four node Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) cluster recently. The symptom of our problem was that……
Using dlpiping to test VCS heartbeats
Imagine you have a couple of hosts with Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) installed, configured with the recommended two heartbeat interfaces……
Capturing CDP Packets with tcpdump
An oldie, but a goodie.…
When VxVM snapshots fail
So, I was casually using the snapshot function of Vertias Volume Manager (VxVM) the other day and learned something new. Let me tell you……
Error in vxdg configuration copies
A colleague and I experienced a pretty non-trivial issue with Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) today. The host was running Red Hat Enterprise……
Using Ansible through a bastion host
Are you trying to use Ansible through a bastion host? Me too.…