Thanks to VM Guru for the article Sometimes you need another root account for an administrator and don’t want to start using key-pair relationships to log in remotely. Here’s how you do it: Run the following command on the Service Console: adduser -u 0 -o -g 0 -G 0,1,2,3,4,6,10 -M root2 (If you need to [...]
Posts from ‘December, 2008’
EMC storage arrays and QLogic HBAs
Very few people know, but EMC put out a guide on best practice HBA settings for their CX-series of arrays. Not only can adhering to their standards, improve peroformance, but it can also provide for a more stable and less problematic system. The following parameters list shows the differences between the QLogic default and the [...]
Blog migrated!
I’m the proud owner of my own company now! It’s called Core IT Services And as such, I’m now hosting this blog, on the company website. No more dynamic DNS! Cheers, Leo
Auditing ESX root logins with email…
Had an interesting request for/from a customer tonight – he wants to audit every time someone logs on as root to the Service Console. There are many ways of doing this, but he wanted a way that would leave no ability to erase past records. Email would seem to be the answer. Download sendEmail – [...]