As a server administrator I seldom have to check to see if a file exists in the directory. But what if you have a long list of files that you need to check for? Checking for the existence of many…
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Scripts to automate the process of identifying and compiling an RDM to LUN mapping list for VMware ESX 3.0
In an earlier posting I listed a copy of the article explaining how to manually create a RDM to LUN mapping for VMware ESX. I have created scripts to completly automate this process, ftp the result and email the result…
How to identify and compile a RDM to LUN mapping list for VMware ESX 3.0
Below is a copy of the article from VMware knowledge base. It explains the steps to create the Raw Decive Mapping to Logical Unit Number. But is you have a VMserver with many virtual clients and LUNs attached, then this…
Command to display the current run level in Solaris
If you forget the current run level you have loaded in Solaris, here is a handy command to help you find out what it is. who -r This will output to screen the current run-level.
Robocopy GUI makes copying files across the network easy with the click of the mouse.
Sometime ago I had written an article about using robocopy to copy files across the network. It is a reliable way to copy files with all the attributes intact. Robocopy can withstand interruption to the network connectivity and will pick…
Deleting a large file does not free up space in Unix.
The root file system on my Solaris Unix server was low on free space, it was 98% full. Upon investigation I found out that there was a very large file 1.8 G in size. This file nohup.out was created by…
Changing the NTP server in Solaris or Linux.
Here is how you can change the NTP server’s information on your Solaris server. Edit /etc/inet/ntp.conf add the below line server ntp.paris.hilton.com You will now need to restart the NTP service. /etc/init.d/xntpd stop /etc/init.d/xntpd start The last thing you need…
How to automate ftp login and file transfer with bash script
Sometime ago I had posted a Korn script to automate FTP login and upload of file on a Unix or Linux computer. The default shell for most Linux servers is bash. I ran into a situation on a VMware ESX…
Blat a Windows command line utility to send email with attachment.
Blat is a handy command line utility that sends email with attachment using SMTP. It can also be used to post to usenet using NNTP. It is not an SMTP server, you will need an SMTP server for Blat to…
Enable outbound FTP ports on VMware ESX server.
The operating system on VMware ESX 3 is a striped down version of linux. It has only the bare necessities for VMware to function. I wanted to configure a cron job to email the log file, but because sendmail is…