Configure Kerberos Make a backup of our original, just in case. These sections already exist in the file so you will want to replace them with the correct values for your environment. Quick recycle of the services or a start if they aren’t running. Check Name Resolution Configuration Your domain…
Solaris 11: Network Configuration Advanced
In my previous post we went over the basics of configuring a network interface in Solaris 11, without using the Network Auto Magic (NWAM) which is enabled by default. In this article we will go over some of the more advanced features which can be leveraged including VLANs, aggregation groups,…
Solaris 11: Network Configuration Basics
I have been doing research for my next big series “So You Want to Learn ZFS.” This series is basically going to be a multi-part series of How-To’s which hopefully will give you the ability to build a file server (or even a SAN) based on ZFS if you so…
Linux-KVM: Migrating Hyper-V VHD Images to KVM
I have always been a big fan of Hyper-V, and was actually a Virtualization MVP 2 years in a row. However recently I haven’t been able to get past the really poor support for Linux on the Hyper-V platform. We run a large number of hypervisors in our international sales…
KVM Guests: Install VirtIO Drivers for Windows Guests
Windows guests on the KVM hypervisors can get a very large kick in the pants when it comes to performance if you install the drivers necessary to leverage the VirtIO bus. So first here are the necessary download links so that you can download the drivers. http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/virtio-win-1.1.16.iso http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/ Inside of…