Category Archives: Sys Admin

Commvault Simpana 9.0 with Granular File Recovery for Linux under VMWare

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Jon Smith

I am currently going through the process of installing a brand new Commvault installation. One thing I am evaluating is doing most of my backups via the Virtual Server iDataAgent, this will give me “bare metal” recovery of my VM’s … Continue reading →

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Updated snapadm.pl file for ZFS Snapshots

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Jon Smith

In my post OpenSolaris Backup Solution with Rsync and ZFS Snapshots I provided a link to a script from Sun – snapadm.pl. I found a bug where if you were using the recursive function then the old snapshots would never … Continue reading →

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OpenSolaris Backup Solution with Rsync and ZFS Snapshots

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Jon Smith

I have recently been forced to learn how to admin an OpenSolaris machine with ZFS filesystems. After doing some reading on ZFS, I realised how using snapshots with an rsync server would make an excellent backup solution. Using several scripts … Continue reading →

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Exchange System Manager Tools on Windows 7 – The Easy Way

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Jon Smith

Since my migration to Windows 7 there have still been a few things missing that would be nice to have. One of those is the Exchange System Manager tools. There are ways and methods out there to getting this to … Continue reading →

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BMC Updating… Please Do Not Shutdown or PowerCycle System!

Posted on October 8, 2009 by Jon Smith

Error on HP DL160 G5 System boot taking 40 minutes – BMC Updating… Please Do Not Shutdown or PowerCycle System! Continue reading →

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