This document assumes that linux (Ubuntu) has already been installed on the new MySQL server.
Login to new MySQL server - IP Address with account Username
Install MySQL: enter the following command line.
apt-get install mysql-server
Assign password to root account and take note of it.
Install ssh: enter the following command line.
apt-get install ssh-server
Login to old MySQL server - [...]
We tried to create/install a new virtual machine (Ubuntu system) in our new ESXi 3.5 server and we got confused about setting up the cd boot. There are two ways to connect a CD/DVD to an ESXi 3.5 VMware machine.
Use Client Device - which means use the CD/DVD rom on your local PC
Use Host Device [...]
We have a Dell PowerEdge 2950 running VMWare ESXi 3.5. To monitor the Dell hardware, we are using the DRAC feature. Make sure you have a DRAC management card installed, and set it up with an IP address. Access the management page with any browser, and from there you can setup email notifications whenever there’s [...]
Four ways to manage VMWare ESXi 3.5.
VI Client - Provides you with a GUI to manage your virtual machines. This can be downloaded from VMware website or if you go to your ESXi server Welcome Page, you can get it there too.
SSH - Before you can SSH onto the ESXi machine, you need to enable [...]
Old server is an IBM with an EXP400 external storage attached
New server is a Dell PowerEdge 2950
I’m using setup.com /M:RecoverServer /DoNotStartTransport
Steps:
Make sure the new server has the same drive configurations. If you had C:\OS, D:\LOGS, and E:\Database on the old server, make sure you have the same on the new one.
Install the same OS. In [...]
Last weekend, we had to do an offline defrag of our exchange database. According to the event log and online defrag results, we can free up 21GB of space from the EDB files. The EDB file was originally 60GB in size.
So, we followed Microsoft Technet instructions on the offline defrag which are pretty straight forward.
There is [...]