Category Archives: Sys Admin

Cacti Error XML hash version does not exist

Posted on June 16, 2009 by Jon Smith

I thought I would write a quick post on this error, it is very simple to fix. If you receive the following error when importing a Cacti Template: This simply means the template was generated on a version of Cacti … Continue reading →

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OpenSUSE AutoYast/AutoInstall Howto Part 1

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Jon Smith

OpenSUSE and SLES (SuSE Linux Enterprise Server) both come with AutoYaST which is a very powerful tool that allows administrators to quickly and easily deploy servers that have an identical configuration for rapid server deployment. In this three part series … Continue reading →

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Monitoring Linux Disk Statistics with Cacti

Posted on June 9, 2009 by Jon Smith

Cacti Monitoring of Disk Statistics with iostat and vmstat that will show the disk mount point on the graph with details similar to what is found in Windows PerfMon. Continue reading →

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Shortcut to hosts file on Windows

Posted on May 14, 2009 by Jon Smith

This one was shown to me a while back but I needed to use it today and remembered how much easier it is. To quickly access the hosts file go Start -> Run -> Type drivers -> Ok. This will … Continue reading →

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Monitoring VMWare’s Free ESXi 3.5 with Cacti

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Jon Smith

Monitor the free VMWare ESXi 3.5 with Cacti to keep historical data based on CPU Utilisation and Memory Usage over time. Continue reading →

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