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Why Relationships Mater
No I am not talking about human relationships – although they matter too. I am talking about configuration management. Let me explain. First of let me clarify configuration management. I am not talking...
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Social Networking for Servers
In my last post I extolled the virtues of mapping relationships between configuration items. As I was thinking about this more, it came to me that there are many similarities between this and social...
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More on social networking for servers
Very often the discipline of documentation does not come naturally to systems administrators. When it comes to aspects like relationship data, this is not immediately obvious to them, and the benefits...
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Some notes on Ubuntu 10.04
Ubuntu 10.04, the Lucid Lynx is now released to the wild. There is lots of stuff out there talking about all the cool stuff that is included. I am going to talk about some of the stuff that you...
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More details on how to integrate Ubuntu 10.04 into a Windows Domain
I notice that my notes from a couple of days ago gets a lot of hits, so I feel inclined to be a bit more detailed about how to integrate Ubuntu Lucid Lynx in to a windows domain. Setting up Kerberos...
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Tivoli Directory Server – Performance monitoring with Zenoss
If you are trying to collect performance data from IBM’s Tivoli Directory Server, and you do not have Tivoli Directory Integrator installed, then you can still monitor some performance metrics with...
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Help Developing Zenpacks
Creating your first Zenpack? Me too. I am finding these resources very helpful: A Zenoss Labs webcast on developing Zenpacks. It is in multiple parts on Youtube: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 They are...
View ArticleConfiuraing Samba as a member Server in a Windows Domain
I found myself pulling this all together from various places. I actually did it a couple years back so somebody else may have put up a better howto by now. The end result here will be a samba server on...
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The fruits of another evenings youtube watching. Mexican Monterey – Savourna Stevenson. Not entirely sure what those fingers are doing but it sounds really cool. Melissa Etheridge – Like the way I do....
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So, what has caught my attention recently? Queen of Argyll: Wolfstone live at Glamis Castle These Are The Days: Wolfstone live at Glamis Castle Hayseed Dixie – Ace of Spades Kung Fu World Champion –...
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