I frequently need to ssh through multiple hosts to get to a destination. Frankly this is not really a problem, but there is a simpler way, and I like simpler. This is a really straight forward article, not a lot of explanation is really necessary. Sometimes I need to use…
Linux-KVM: Converting Raw Disk Images to LVM Logical Volumes Redux
This really is an update to my previous article “Linux-KVM: Converting Raw Disk Images to LVM Logical Volumes“, but the process is significantly different and thus requires more explaining than a simple inline update would do it justice. Now the big flaw with my first article was that by using…
Solaris 11: User Renames Not Simple Anymore
As part of the Solaris 11 Express Installation, you are required to create a named user, which is then the account you can log in as, no root for you. Anyways the problem here is that we had some machines which we subsequently wanted to change the name. Normally this…
Adventures in ZFS: Configuring Fibre Channel Targets
In our environment ZFS has become a critical component of our Storage Infrastructure. We have been able to provision Fibre Channel storage from our ZFS file systems which give us the benefit of data integrity, deduplication, performance through use of the ARC, L2ARC, and ZIL as needed. Additionally the real…