Wednesday 25 May 2011

Test1

test1

Linux : Asset tag under linux

/usr/sbin/dmidecode | egrep -i 'serial|asset'

VMWare : Getting vmplayer to stop/start by remote control

Download VMWare VIX api from http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vix-api/
Install in linux by running bash VMware-VIX-1.10.3-368992.x86_64.bundle (needs gui)
Use vmrun command eg.
vmrun -T player start /local/vmware/Bangor/Bangor.vmx
vmrun -T player stop /local/vmware/Bangor/Bangor.vmx



Thursday 5 May 2011

Oracle : Clone grid control agent

In Grid Control->Deployments->Install Agent->Clone Agent

On source server in dir above the agent home
 zip -r agent11g_201105v1.zip agent11g
Copy to target server or the OEM server

Take care to pick the correct OS in the drop down, linux != linux x64!