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Configuring RAID on a VM Host for best performance of multiple Virtual Machines
What is the best way to configure disks in a VMWare server that will be hosting multiple machines?
A single RAID 5 array hosting multiple VMs would provide good throughput but means all VMs are ...
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Restrict Apache to only allow access using SSL for some directories
I have an Apache 2.2 server with an SSL certificate hosting several services that should be only access using SSL.
ie: https://myserver.com/topsecret/ should be allowed while http://myserver.com/...
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Freeing up memory (RAM) on Ubuntu 8.04 Server [duplicate]
I run an Ubuntu 8.04 on a Slicehost virtual server with some lightweight server apps - apache22, svnserve, mysql, and proftpd. The only serious service limitation is RAM - 256MB is what I'm paying for....
DV
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Why does Cisco IOS require domain-name to be set before SSH keys can be generated?
Is there a technical reason why IOS requires the device's domain-name to be set (via ip domain-name) before an SSH key can be generated? Is the domain-name used in any way in the generation of the ...
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Why does my global address book take up to a day to update when adding or removing users?
I'm currently an admin at a company and am part of a windows domain with two Primary Domain Controllers in different locations connected via a vpn, There is at least one backup domain controller in ...
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Mac WebDAV Connection Read-Only Issue on Windows Server 2008 WebDAV Folder
I set up Windows Server 2008 (x64) and installed the WebDAV extension to IIS 7 (also x64) and created a WebDAV share. I also created a self-signed certificate and enabled HTTPS on the box - requiring ...
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Managing iptables rules in Linux
I have a lot of rules for my iptables setup (routing, ssh bans etc) I also picked up a list of IP's to ban from here http://blacklist.linuxadmin.org and now its getting really complicated.
My /etc/...
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SQL Server restore a backup results in an error
I have a database in dev (SQL Server 2005 on Windows Server 2008) that I need to move to prod (SQL Server 2000 on Windows Server 2003). My process is as follows:
Login to dev, open SQL Server ...
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Backup SQL Server to a Network Share
How do you backup an SQL Server Database to a Network Share?
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ubuntu servers - what do i need to do to keep it uptodate
I am setting up an ubuntu server and want to know what I should be doing on it regularly.
apt-get update/upgrade seems obvious.
Is there a glsa check for example? Anything else I should be running? ...
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Amazon EC2 Data Persistence
According to the Amazon EC2 FAQ, when an instance is terminated the data is gone. What steps can I take to preserve data in the event my instance is rebooted? I've been looking into EBS and S3 - would ...
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How to forcibly close a socket in TIME_WAIT?
I run a particular program on linux which sometimes crashes. If you open it quickly after that, it listens on socket 49201 instead of 49200 as it did the first time. netstat reveals that 49200 is in ...
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How to bind MySQL server to more than one IP address?
Is there a secret way to bind MySQL to more than one IP address?
As far as I can see the bind-address parameter in the my.cnf does not support more than one IP and you can't have it more than once.
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Domain pointing to wrong IP address but DNS records seems correct
http://www.example.com points correctly to the IP address of the server where the site is hosted.
http://example.com (notice the lack of www) points to a different IP address.
The DNS records for ...
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SQL Server to SQL Server linked server setup
Please explain what is required to set up a SQL Server linked server.
Server A is SQL 2005 Windows logins only .
Server B is the same (SQL 2005 Windows logins only) .
Server A runs Windows XP .
Server ...
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How to dump a Microsoft SQL Server database to a SQL script?
Is there any way to export a Microsoft SQL Server database to a SQL script?
I'm looking for something which behaves similarly to mysqldump, taking a database name, and producing a single script which ...
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Managing consistent mounting of external USB hard drives in Linux (CentOS 5)
I have configured a server with CentOS 5.2 and am now working out a backup strategy. I plan on using Amanda as the backup application. Additionally, I am leaning towards using some USB hard drives for ...
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Installing IIS on Win Server 2003 without the installation CD?
The title says most of it.
I have a VM running Windows Server 2003. While setting it up, I didn't install IIS. Now I need it and the installation ISO I installed from is on another machine that I don'...
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Is there a site that can track all the domain names I own?
I've been using a spreadsheet to keep track of domain names. Is there a web service anywhere that maintains a domain name database and tracks all the domains we own? The most important feature is that ...
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