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  1. Need to know where a process is running from? cat /proc/PID/environ Where PID is the processe's ID number.
  2. Having trouble with file systems going read only in ESX? Try http://is.gd/4Iw0M
  3. To HOT ADD a SCSI disk echo "scsi add-single-device H S I L" where H=Host adapter S=SCSI channel I=ID L=LUN number.
  4. To Hot remove a SCSI disk echo "scsi remove-single-device H S I L" where H=Host adapter S=SCSI channel I=ID L=LUN number.
  5. To find a SCSI Disk's I "HOST adapter / SCSI channel / ID / LUN" number compare 'ls -al /dev/disk/by-id' with cat /proc/scsi/scsi.
  6. To Hot add a new SCSI disk to your system (no reboot) just echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 X 0" where X is the disk starting with 0.
  7. I found my Amanda backup problem was due to permissions on the /dev/stn0 (Tape device)
  8. Working with Amanda backup - amrecover is telling me "not an Amanda tape" but amcheck says it is OK.
  9. I'm fixing a IBM HS21 blade server after a SAS crash. A RAID-5 reconstruction without reinitialization would be magic.
  10. MySQL.com sid down If you need #MySQL documentation, use a mirror: http://is.gd/1HMgE - for downloads see http://is.gd/1HMhH
  11. can't ping your VMware 4.0 server thumb drive? It records the MAC Addr it was built on. SSH to the console and edit /etc/vmware/ esx.conf
  12. If you are interested in studying for the RHCE test check out http://is.gd/16iVN. The current group plans to complete it in 8 weeks.
  13. Wondered about how to tune that PostgreSQL server on you system?http://is.gd/YU4Y
  14. Need more details about how memory is being used? try vmstat -s
  15. You can gain SSH access to VMware 3i - Boot ESXi - Press ALT-F1- Type unsupported - vi /etc/inetd.conf - Uncomment SSH - kill -HUP inetd
  16. Gentoo system running on VMware ESx 3 or 3i stall and run very slowly. I found adding 'notsc' to the kernel options in grub fix the problem
  17. tar xvpfz backup.tgz -C / mkdir /proc mkdir /lost+found mkdir /mnt mkdir /media mkdir /sys
  18. And to restore:
  19. tar cvpzf SystemBackup.tgz --exclude-/proc --exclude-/lost+found --/exclude=/backup.tgz --exclude-/mnt --exclude=/media --exclude=/sys /
  20. Have you backed up your computer today? Did you know Amanda is built in? See: http://is.gd/3URq