Refreshing Test Dev SQL Environments using NetApp Technologies
The use of NetApp technologies such as FlexVol, FlexClone, SnapMirror and SnapManager for SQL (SMSQL),… [more]
iPhone – say hello! to NetApp
It's only natural for us to do this. We have strategic business relationships with both Apple and NetApp… [more]
Automated OSX backups with launchd and rsync
In this article, we'll take a look at using Leopard's launchd and rsync to develop a automated data backup… [more]
Integrating Leopard Autofs with LDAP
In the two-part series titled "Autofs goodness in Apple's Leopard (10.5)", we took a detailed look at… [more]
Drupal Profiles with Active Directory Integration
Recently, we were asked to provide a mechanism on our intranet that will allow our users to fill out… [more]
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Generating vCloud Director 1.5 SSL certificates – Updated 10/8/2011
As the VMware vCloud Director 1.5 Install Guide points out, each vCD server requires 2 SSL certificates. The procedures described in the install guide don't necessarily work out of the box. Here are a few pointers on how to properly install the SSL certificates: Make sure to use the keytool utility located in /opt/vmware/vcloud-director/jre/bin/keytool. Using other keytool binaries located elsewhere in the system might generate errors. The command string provided in the install guide to … [Read More...]
OnTap API for CIFS Shares Quotas
I was prompted to make this post by the comment entry on an another post relating to retrieving quota information using SNMP. The comment author was trying to get quota information to include the file share name itself. While there's no direct way to do it, I think the below script which utilizes the OnTap API might be of use towards that end. Note: Needs error checking routines and such #! /usr/local/bin/perl eval '(exit $?0)' && eval 'exec /usr/local/bin/perl $0 ${1+"$@"}' && eval … [Read More...]
Log file locations in NetApp Data ONTAP
The following list outlines the various log files and their locations used by Data ONTAP. In addition, ONTAP also uses syslogd daemon to log system messages (and uses the config file /etc/syslog.conf) Messages: /etc/log/messages (symbolic link to /etc/messages) SnapMirror: /etc/log/snapmirror FlexClone: /etc/log/clone Auditlog: /etc/log/auditlog Deduplication: /etc/log/sis LACP: /etc/log/lacp_log Backup: /etc/log/backup and /etc/log/ndmpdlog FTP: /etc/log/ftp.cmd … [Read More...]
MultiStore vFiler Tip
Here's a small tip on configuring additional IP addresses in a NetApp vFiler (configured using MultiStore license). Add the IP address to the vfiler simtap3> vfiler add myapp -i 172.16.56.143 simtap3> vfiler status -a myapp myapp running ipspace: default-ipspace IP address: 172.16.56.142 [e0a] IP address: 172.16.56.143 [unconfigured] Path: /vol/myapp_data1 [/etc] UUID: 18c11808-3121-11df-8019-000c299de18f … [Read More...]
Refreshing Test Dev SQL Environments using NetApp Technologies
The use of NetApp technologies such as FlexVol, FlexClone, SnapMirror and SnapManager for SQL (SMSQL), SnapManager for Exchange (SME) and SnapManager for Virtual Infrastructures (SMVI) are well known and documented. The references section at the end of this post lists links to technical reports and information on NetApp technologies applicable to Database environments. In this post, we'll cover the details of a perl script that refreshes a secondary SQL Database environment with data from … [Read More...]
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