Have you ever needed/wanted to set up a single Red Hat Enterprise Linux server to sync all you servers to for package updates? 32 and 64 bit machines pointing to the same server? Different distros on the same server? Here’s how…
This tutorial is for setting up mrepo only. It’s the first part of setting up a Spacewalk instance to mirror RHN. If you’ve already completed this, go on to Part Two…(coming soon)
Part One: Setting up a mrepo server to mirror RHN’s Satellite repositories.
[Edit- mrepo tutorial has been posted. See here…]
Okay, a Primer, first.
Spacewalk is an open-sourced software suite for maintaining a number of Red Hat based servers. The Commercial version is Red Hat’s Satellite Server. SatServer has a few more bells and whistles, and the added benefit of support from the big Red Hat themselves, but also costs about $50,000 a copy. (Okay, I realize that number is off, depending on your situation, but my point remains. It’s expensive.)
What does it do? A lot, actually. You can use it for building new servers, and maintaining existing Continue reading Spacewalk as a viable replacement for Satellite
Bad idea: SAN storage on iscsi that mounts after fstab.
Worse idea: labeling them with /dev/sdX tags so they look like normal disks.
Worser idea: telling someone you’re adding disks to the raid array when you’re actually not- you’re adding it to a SAN the engineer still doesn’t know exists.
Mind numbingly worst idea: not having start/stop scripts on your Oracle RAC server because the whole “unable to mount the iscsi” drives configuration problem. Even with that whole mount/unmount problem- you SHOULD STILL HAVE A STOP SCRIPT so you don’t reboot a server with a live DB running.
Flat tax woes:
Let’s say a national sales tax of %10 goes into effect.
Man/woman who makes $20,000 a year spends approximately $20,000 a year. Every person at this income level does. Nominal tax rate = 10%.
Man/woman who makes a $1,000,000 is not likely to spend 100% in income in a year. Some will, most wont. Let’s be generous and say a person spends $990,000, and only saves or donates $10,000. Nominal tax rate = 9.9%. Continue reading …and a post for you “flat-tax”ers…and balanced budgeters
I am thoroughly annoyed at the Right, but that’s nothing new. I am annoyed with the majority of the populace, as well, because people don’t seem to call them to task, well, ever.
I know, you think nobody is calling the Democrats to task, either, but that’s not exactly true. The Right has Fox and Rush and the like, who call EVERYTHING into question, without really explaining how or why it’s exactly bad. The old Rudy Giuliani quip works here: every sentence they utter contains a noun, a verb, and SOCIALISM!!!. Continue reading Not a solution, but a big step towards recovery…
I am not an “organized” person. I like to go with the flow, be spontaneous, and shoot from the hip. I fully acknowledge that is not always the best way to be in a profession such as computing, but it is what it is. In my professional capacity, I am a proponent of organization on a much larger scale than I could ever do in my personal life. I think Christy is to blame for that. 🙂
At any rate, I started my new job in May, and was thrust into a position where there are 6 datacenter-ish locations (5 DC’s and HQ has a server room with a fair number of live boxes)… still a far cry from the 3,000 Linux boxes we had at Fidelity. Continue reading On the need for structure in a budding Enterprise environment…
Well, it’s that time again…every 4-6 years our cars come due for relatively annoying issues, and high mileage, and it comes time to think about replacing them.
Christy had a 2007 Saturn Vue, little over 4 years old and starting to show wear. It was at around 80K, too. Continue reading New cars for the Kling Clan…
…if you know where to look.
Apparently you can enable the iPhone facebook app to iPad mode just by adjusting a setting in the app itself. Just change the UIDeviceFamily setting from 1 to 2, and voila, instant FB in the native format. The offical release can’t be more than a few days away, but @AeroEchelon sent along the fix via twitter with a bit of a headstart. Enjoy!
I’m sure this is a common occurence, but it’s still a bit annoying. Nobody has been told about this blog, with the exception of a single twitter post, that I added just to test out my google analytics plugin. (It’s working, btw…)
Regardless, insincere comments about how “impressive” my blog is when it’s a grand total of 6 posts and a generic WP template with absolutely zero customization kinda makes me not want to use your services. Ever. I am not signing up for your SEO optimization program or whatever it is you’re selling. If your search methods really did work, your blog would be at the head of google searches, and clearly they aren’t.
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I am a bit stoked. I’ve met with a new CFI (certified flight instructor, for those not in the know), and starting back up with my pilots certifications- gonna work on getting my IFR and multi ratings. I haven’t been in the air in more than 10 years, and I’m really missing it. Just starting this blog got me thinking about it, and a few weeks ago I made some calls, and found a nice little Cessna 172 with my name on it. Continue reading Getting back in the cockpit again.
