Enterprise Storage is currently broken. IT departments big and small spend way too much money on completely ineffective storage solutions which only partially fulfil the companies storage need. All the while having to justify massive expenditures to the business which do not meet the need. Essentially IT departments everywhere have…
Solaris 11: Join AD Domain for Samba
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: Converting Raw Disk Images to LVM Logical Volumes
Linux Logical Volume Manager provides a better method for managing your disks in the home and even more so in the datacenter. I briefly outlined some of the benefits afforded us by LVM2 in a previous article Linux LVM2: Flexible Local Storage Management. In this article I will provide you…