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Configuring a SLES DHCP failover

In most networks DHCP is one of the single-point-of-failures. If DHCP failes, every devices relying on DHCP cannot function. In order to  provide a high availability to your DHCP server, set up a backup DHCP server running the same Linux distribution and version, as follows: Stop DHCP on both DHCP servers (rcdhcpd stop). On your […]

Wednesday June 23rd, 2010 in Uncategorized | 4 Comments »

Move ZCM10 embedded Sybase database to a external server

I wanted to move a embedded Sybase database of a existing ZCM10 installation  to a external (SLES11) server for better performance. In this example I’m assuming you have already installed a SLES11 server. Step 1 Installing the Sybase database server Mount the iso file in (for example) /mnt/iso by giving the command mount -o loop […]

Friday June 4th, 2010 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Install/Disk1/InstData/Linux/VM/install.bin: Input/output error

Just a quick note for all you guy’s who get this error. I was trying to install ZCM10.3 on a SLES11 server when I got the error: Install/Disk1/InstData/Linux/VM/install.bin: Input/output error I didn’t know if this was a error from a bad download or that I tried to install ZCM10.3 on a SLES11 machine. After a […]

Friday June 4th, 2010 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Novellcongres.nl

Yesterday I was at the Novell Congres in Ede the Netherlands. And I must say it was really nice day with a lot of interesting session. In the morning I followed a session from Ron van Herk about ZENworks Configuration Management 11. A few things about this session were very intresting: The interface of ZCM11 […]

Thursday June 3rd, 2010 in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Google ditches Windows

The Financiel Times reports that Google is replacing all there Windows desktop in there organisation. The reason for this is the security of Windows (duh!). As you all will know, Google was a victim of a attack of the Chinees country. As of then (januari 2010) the strategy of Google is to replace all there […]

Tuesday June 1st, 2010 in Uncategorized | No Comments »