Dell PowerEdge 2950 receiving errors
My Dell PowerEdge is receiving errors on boot up. It is a 2950 and the error isPCIE Training Error: Embeded I/O Bridge device 18. I have taken the entire server apart and reseated everything. What is this error?
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| June 16, 2011 5:19 PM
Dell PowerEdge, Dell Poweredge 2950, Error Messages, I/O devices, PCIe
My Dell PowerEdge is receiving errors on boot up. It is a 2950 and the error isPCIE Training Error: Embeded I/O Bridge device 18. I have taken the entire server apart and reseated everything. What is this error?
Facility and disaster recovery
Our global company is interested in outsourcing the disaster recovery for our manufacturing facilities. For example, if there is a fire at a plant, we need a point person who is the expert at getting general contractor to get crews in to clean up debris, hire electricians to repair electrical, etc. most Disaster Recovery articles that I’ve [...]
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| October 13, 2011 4:47 PM
Data Center, Data Center administration, Disaster Recovery, IT outsourcing, Open IT Forum
Our global company is interested in outsourcing the disaster recovery for our manufacturing facilities. For example, if there is a fire at a plant, we need a point person who is the expert at getting general contractor to get crews in to clean up debris, hire electricians to repair electrical, etc. most Disaster Recovery articles that I’ve [...]
Free IT Book: The Data Warehouse Mentor
The Data Warehouse Mentor by Robert Laberge will show you how to plan, design, construct, and administer an integrated end-to-end DW/BI solution. He’ll explain how to choose appropriate components, build an enterprise data model, configure data marts and data warehouses, establish data flow, and mitigate risk. Change management, data governance, and security are also covered [...]
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| June 8, 2011 12:43 PM
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The Data Warehouse Mentor by Robert Laberge will show you how to plan, design, construct, and administer an integrated end-to-end DW/BI solution. He’ll explain how to choose appropriate components, build an enterprise data model, configure data marts and data warehouses, establish data flow, and mitigate risk. Change management, data governance, and security are also covered [...]
Blocking access to internal file server based on IP address
Can we block users based on IP address from accessing our internal file server containing confidential material. Windows Server 2003 R2 standalone.
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| June 14, 2011 2:39 PM
File Server, File servers, IP address, IP Addresses, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2
Can we block users based on IP address from accessing our internal file server containing confidential material. Windows Server 2003 R2 standalone.
Websphere MQ v7 iSeries download
Where do i find IBM websphere MQ 6 & 7 to order via CD? Any links please? for both windows & iSeries
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| June 27, 2011 12:23 PM
IBM WebSphere, MQ for iSeries, WebSphere, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Development Studio Client v7.0
Where do i find IBM websphere MQ 6 & 7 to order via CD? Any links please? for both windows & iSeries
How is my web hosting company’s ftp server setup?
I’m trying to figure out how my web hosting company’s ftp server that allows access to my web site is setup. I have ssh access so I can see some of the system files. I’ll share some of these system files in order to help figure out how there ftp server is setup. bash-3.2$ whoami [...]
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| October 15, 2011 1:15 AM
File permissions, FTP, FTP Server, Web hosting, Web hosting services
I’m trying to figure out how my web hosting company’s ftp server that allows access to my web site is setup. I have ssh access so I can see some of the system files. I’ll share some of these system files in order to help figure out how there ftp server is setup. bash-3.2$ whoami [...]
Tips for PC and MAC hybrid network?
What is the best way to have a hybrid network with PC users and MACs? We want to cater to everyone so what should we choose as our authentication scheme not to screw anything up?
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| June 2, 2011 7:33 PM
Hybrid 2.0, Mac, Mac hardware, Network design, Network hardware, Network infrastructure
What is the best way to have a hybrid network with PC users and MACs? We want to cater to everyone so what should we choose as our authentication scheme not to screw anything up?
Restore System 38 file to iSeries V5R3
I’ve been trying to restore a file from our old system. The backup was taken by reel tape then migrated to another media format (e.g. 3590) now I am trying to restore the file, unfortunately I cannot. What command should I use to restore? Screenshot from DISPLAY TAPE File Block Recg Record Block File [...]
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| June 13, 2011 8:13 AM
iSeries, iSeries Access, iSeries data center, V5R3
I’ve been trying to restore a file from our old system. The backup was taken by reel tape then migrated to another media format (e.g. 3590) now I am trying to restore the file, unfortunately I cannot. What command should I use to restore? Screenshot from DISPLAY TAPE File Block Recg Record Block File [...]
Free IT Book: Building Applications in the Cloud
This week’s free IT book, Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects, is Christopher Moyer’s guide to help you not just migrate to the cloud, but “use cloud architectural patterns that deliver superior performance, scalability, and availability.” Whether you’re building a new cloud solution or adapting code that already exists, this is a [...]
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| June 2, 2011 1:35 PM
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This week’s free IT book, Building Applications in the Cloud: Concepts, Patterns, and Projects, is Christopher Moyer’s guide to help you not just migrate to the cloud, but “use cloud architectural patterns that deliver superior performance, scalability, and availability.” Whether you’re building a new cloud solution or adapting code that already exists, this is a [...]
COBOL SubFile Processing
Hello All. I am sure that this question has already been answered somewhere but I am not able to find the answer so please bear with me. My DDS contains 4 records 1) MAP1 RECORD 2)MAP1S SFL 3)MAP1C SFLCTL 4) MAP1S MAP2 RECORD Map1 contains fields that are used to filter the results to be [...]
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| May 26, 2011 5:28 PM
AS/400 Subfiles, AS400 - COBOL, COBOL, Subfile
Hello All. I am sure that this question has already been answered somewhere but I am not able to find the answer so please bear with me. My DDS contains 4 records 1) MAP1 RECORD 2)MAP1S SFL 3)MAP1C SFLCTL 4) MAP1S MAP2 RECORD Map1 contains fields that are used to filter the results to be [...]
Oracle fails due to disk partition is full. Data now is corrupted.
Hi all, I have a big trouble with one application that is working in a wrong way due to Oracle failure. Oracle is running on AIX. I just have access to see the disk partitions on the server with df command but I have no access to see Oracle logs. I can see that one [...]
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| May 26, 2011 5:06 PM
AIX, Corrupted database, Oracle, Oracle Database, Oracle database administration, Oracle error messages, Oracle errors
Hi all, I have a big trouble with one application that is working in a wrong way due to Oracle failure. Oracle is running on AIX. I just have access to see the disk partitions on the server with df command but I have no access to see Oracle logs. I can see that one [...]
Nullify Password in Solaris
I have a userid (eg:rock) created with a password assigned to it now I want to nullify the password so that if I type in the userid (i.e. rock) the user should login without being prompted for a password
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| May 23, 2011 7:27 PM
Administrator password, Security, Solaris, Solaris User Accounts
I have a userid (eg:rock) created with a password assigned to it now I want to nullify the password so that if I type in the userid (i.e. rock) the user should login without being prompted for a password
You Pick: Drupal’s Building Blocks, Scalability Rules, Building Cloud Apps, DTrace
This week, you get your pick of our most recent IT book titles. Check out our latest titles in the IT Bookworm Blog for more details on these books: Scalability Rules Multicore Application Programming Drupal’s Building Blocks Building Applications in the Cloud DTrace To win one of these great resources, answer a question from the [...]
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| May 25, 2011 5:22 PM
AS/400, Business Intelligence, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, IT answers, IT Books, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
This week, you get your pick of our most recent IT book titles. Check out our latest titles in the IT Bookworm Blog for more details on these books: Scalability Rules Multicore Application Programming Drupal’s Building Blocks Building Applications in the Cloud DTrace To win one of these great resources, answer a question from the [...]
How can I use the application server in Oracle Developer 10g?
i am using oracle database 10g with oracle developer 10g and i want to use the appilcation server to run the form in different machine
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| May 23, 2011 2:08 PM
Application servers, Oracle Database 10g, Oracle Developer 10g, Windows Application Server, Windows Server
i am using oracle database 10g with oracle developer 10g and i want to use the appilcation server to run the form in different machine
Contest Bounty: Ask/Answer questions this weekend, earn 100 points!
Is the rain keeping your weekend plans from getting off the ground? Well, IT Knowledge Exchange has a chance for you to take advantage of staying indoors. Ask or answer 10 questions* this weekend, and you will earn 100 knowledge points, good for our current contest! Any combination of asking/answering is acceptable. Post the links [...]
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| May 20, 2011 3:50 PM
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Is the rain keeping your weekend plans from getting off the ground? Well, IT Knowledge Exchange has a chance for you to take advantage of staying indoors. Ask or answer 10 questions* this weekend, and you will earn 100 knowledge points, good for our current contest! Any combination of asking/answering is acceptable. Post the links [...]
AS/400 error message
ERROR AJCUG7PA -I received this error message and I’m not entirely sure how to identify the application whether it is a licensed IBM program or not.
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| May 18, 2011 1:15 PM
AS/400 error messages, AS/400 errors, IBM
ERROR AJCUG7PA -I received this error message and I’m not entirely sure how to identify the application whether it is a licensed IBM program or not.
Allocating 2 CPU for a VM
Hi there, Iam vmware conultant for a coporate organisation, i would like to know what are the disadvatanges of adding 2 CPU on 1 VM for 2 node VM cluster example, cluster has 10 VMs and i add 2 CPU to one or two VM will this make the cluster inconsistent. I can see increase [...]
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| May 22, 2011 7:04 AM
CPU, CPU Utilization, Virtual Machines, VMware ESXI 4.0 Performance, vSphere
Hi there, Iam vmware conultant for a coporate organisation, i would like to know what are the disadvatanges of adding 2 CPU on 1 VM for 2 node VM cluster example, cluster has 10 VMs and i add 2 CPU to one or two VM will this make the cluster inconsistent. I can see increase [...]
Free Syslog tools
What is the best free syslog tool? We used to use kiwi but it is no longer free. We need to simply monitor a syslog, write it to disk and resolve IPs in it to host names.
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| May 18, 2011 6:48 PM
IPS, Kiwi Syslog, Kiwi Syslog Server, Syslog, System monitoring
What is the best free syslog tool? We used to use kiwi but it is no longer free. We need to simply monitor a syslog, write it to disk and resolve IPs in it to host names.
Free IT Book: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud
This week’s free IT book is from Prentice Hall: SOA Governance: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud. From the publishers: “[This book] is the result of a multi-year project to collect proven industry practices for establishing IT governance controls specific to the adoption of SOA and service-orientation….[It] steps the readers through the most [...]
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| November 30, 2011 4:04 PM
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This week’s free IT book is from Prentice Hall: SOA Governance: Governing Shared Services On-Premise and in the Cloud. From the publishers: “[This book] is the result of a multi-year project to collect proven industry practices for establishing IT governance controls specific to the adoption of SOA and service-orientation….[It] steps the readers through the most [...]
Wireless channel architecture
In your article of designing 802.11n, you state ‘Channel architecture: Nearly all products use multiple channels to create micro-cells, but at least two vendors use a single channel to create one big RF layer. The latter clearly cuts roam time when clients move, but trade-offs are hotly debated.’ What are teh trade-offs that are hotly [...]
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| May 17, 2011 5:47 PM
802.11n, IT architecture, Networking, Wireless Architecture, Wireless data transmission systems, Wireless networking
In your article of designing 802.11n, you state ‘Channel architecture: Nearly all products use multiple channels to create micro-cells, but at least two vendors use a single channel to create one big RF layer. The latter clearly cuts roam time when clients move, but trade-offs are hotly debated.’ What are teh trade-offs that are hotly [...]





