How to change VMware ESXi 4.x password

How to change VMware ESXi 4.x password Login in to VMware vSphere Client Click on Host Server    and click on Local users and group then Right click on “root” choose edit Click on Check box “Change Password” Insert the new password  and Confirm the password then click OK . Now Logout from vShpare Client and … Read more

How to configure Gtalk on Trixbox

Configuring the gtalk account in Trixbox. This can really be your company DID for receiving and making gtalk to gtalk or gtalk to world calling. Follow the below steps :- 1- Install start up modules # yum update # yum install gcc* # yum install theo* # yum install ikse* # yum install gnutls* # … Read more

How to install ntop on CentOS

How to install ntop on CentOS Follow the following steps 1-  Install rpmforge repository: http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/RPMForge Choose your CentOS vesion and install rpmforge repository 2- # yum install ntop 3-  There is a bug in the /etc/init.d/ntop startscript we need to fix. #  nano  /etc/init.d/ntop change the line at start function from: daemon $prog -d -L … Read more

How to backup MS SQL Server 2005 database

How do I backup my MS SQL Server 2005 database using Management Studio? The following article explains how to backup your MS SQL Server 2005 database using Management Studio. The backup can then be used at a later date to restore the database if information is lost. The backup file needs to have a .bak … Read more

How to Bind Multiple IP Addresses to a Single Network Interface Card (NIC)

How to Bind Multiple IP Addresses to a Single Network Interface Card (NIC) Network card information are located in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/. Go into that directory. cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ The file we’re interested in is ifcfg-eth0, the interface for the Ethernet device. Let’s assume we want to bind three additional IP’s (10.34.10.1, 10.34.10.2, and 10.34.10.3) to the NIC. We … Read more

How to backup MySQL on Linux

How to backup MySQL on Linux Connect to your Linux server via SSH Use the mysqldump utility to create your database backup. The command is run in the format “mysqldump –host server_name –user username –password db_name > backup_file_name.mysql” Host: the hostname or IP Address of the MySQL server that hosts your database User: your MySQL … Read more

How to install VOS3000 Server on CentOS 5.x

How to install VOS3000 Server on CentOS 5.x Follow the below steps as tested on CentOS 5.x Configure the Time Zone according to your Country Zone setup rm -f /etc/localtime ln -s /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Dhaka /etc/localtime # nano /etc/sysconfig/clock ZONE=”Asia/Dhaka” UTC=true ARC=false #  date –set=”02 SEP 2011 20:50:00″              (ddMMYYYY HH:MM:SS) To disable security firewall # nano /etc/sysconfig/selinux … Read more

Best practices for Shared Folders on Windows Servers

Assign permissions to groups, not user accounts. Assigning permissions to groups simplifies management of shared resources, because you can then add users to or remove them from the groups without having to reassign permissions. To deny all access to a shared resource, deny the Full Control permission. Assign the most restrictive permissions that still allow … Read more

Step by Step Cacti installation for Monitoring on Cent OS

Step by Step Cacti installation for Monitoring on Cent OS Login as root Create the yum repository to install cacti through  yum #cd /var # mkdir download # wget http://packages.sw.be/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm # rpm –import http://apt.sw.be/RPM-GPG-KEY.dag.txt # rpm -ivh rpmforge-release-0.5.2-2.el5.rf.i386.rpm #yum update Install required component for Cacti # yum install mysql-server mysql php-mysql php-pear php-common php-gd php-devel … Read more

How to install SNMP client on Cent OS / Linux

How to install SNMP client on Cent OS / Linux Login as root # yum install net-snmp-utils Rename the snmpd.conf # mv /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf.org # nano /etc/snmp/snmpd.conf copy and paste below line rocommunity  public syslocation  “Your Datacenter” syscontact   support@yourdomain.com save the file and exit Start the SNMP service on linux # /etc/init.d/snmpd start # chkconfig … Read more