Open IT Forum: Tell us your must-read IT blog or Twitter feed & earn 50 knowledge points!
We’re always looking for great resources to share with the community, so here’s your chance to share what’s in your own bag of tricks! Share your favorite IT blogs or Twitter personalities, what they write about, or a link to a post that taught you something you’ll never forget. Don’t have a favorite tech blog? [...]
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| August 23, 2011 4:25 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, ITKE, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
We’re always looking for great resources to share with the community, so here’s your chance to share what’s in your own bag of tricks! Share your favorite IT blogs or Twitter personalities, what they write about, or a link to a post that taught you something you’ll never forget. Don’t have a favorite tech blog? [...]
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| August 23, 2011 4:25 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, ITKE, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Open IT Forum, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Earn 50 knowledge points by tweeting out our iPad contest!
We’ll give you 50 knowledge points for sending out a tweet about our iPad contest, happening now through February 16th! Spread the word, earn points, and qualify yourself for an iPad or Amazon.com gift card! Contest details at the Community Blog.
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| February 3, 2011 3:51 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, ITKE, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, twitter, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
We’ll give you 50 knowledge points for sending out a tweet about our iPad contest, happening now through February 16th! Spread the word, earn points, and qualify yourself for an iPad or Amazon.com gift card! Contest details at the Community Blog.
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| February 3, 2011 3:51 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, ITKE, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, twitter, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Windows XP under loop
One of my computer, there r 4 OS loaded for various reasons. Two linux distro and XP and Windows 7. After getting boot sector virus affected and system file problem on XP, I tried to reinstall xp by setup disk. It accepts the 1st phase, but when it restarts, again it starts from scratch. i.e. [...]
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| February 9, 2011 12:17 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Windows 7, Windows XP
One of my computer, there r 4 OS loaded for various reasons. Two linux distro and XP and Windows 7. After getting boot sector virus affected and system file problem on XP, I tried to reinstall xp by setup disk. It accepts the 1st phase, but when it restarts, again it starts from scratch. i.e. [...]
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| February 9, 2011 12:17 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Windows 7, Windows XP
Free IT Book: Computer Incident Response and Product Security
This week’s free IT book is a practical guide to building and running incident response and product security teams. To win Cisco’s Computer Incident Response and Product Security answer one of these five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion area below. Good luck! Mitigating cloud server risks during DDoS attacks [...]
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| February 1, 2011 5:18 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
This week’s free IT book is a practical guide to building and running incident response and product security teams. To win Cisco’s Computer Incident Response and Product Security answer one of these five questions and post the link to your answer in the discussion area below. Good luck! Mitigating cloud server risks during DDoS attacks [...]
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| February 1, 2011 5:18 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, Giveaways, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows Server
Dos Printing problem
On Linux (SuSE), there is a vb based program (exe, via WINE) that generates some reports in text format like Notepad or Dos Edit. and the same time it prints the outputs at run time. There is a DMP attached with linux (Server) and no other printers are there. The client is XP and there [...]
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| January 31, 2011 9:53 AM
DOS program, Samba, SUSE Linux, SUSE Linux Printing, Windows XP
On Linux (SuSE), there is a vb based program (exe, via WINE) that generates some reports in text format like Notepad or Dos Edit. and the same time it prints the outputs at run time. There is a DMP attached with linux (Server) and no other printers are there. The client is XP and there [...]
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| January 31, 2011 9:53 AM
DOS program, Samba, SUSE Linux, SUSE Linux Printing, Windows XP
Patches on Unix servers
How do I know if my patches have actually been implemented in unix servers
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| January 27, 2011 5:57 AM
Unix, Unix administration, Unix patch management, Unix Patches
How do I know if my patches have actually been implemented in unix servers
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| January 27, 2011 5:57 AM
Unix, Unix administration, Unix patch management, Unix Patches
AS/400 to Linux Box
ITKE, I saw where in 2009 you had an AS/400 box and I believed you had changed it over to Linux? I have a iseries 270. it is running fine except I dont know much of the AS/400 command language. I’d like to learn the language so what books would you suggest also, i like [...]
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| January 26, 2011 3:35 AM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 to Linux OS, iSeries 270, Linux, Linux administration
ITKE, I saw where in 2009 you had an AS/400 box and I believed you had changed it over to Linux? I have a iseries 270. it is running fine except I dont know much of the AS/400 command language. I’d like to learn the language so what books would you suggest also, i like [...]
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| January 26, 2011 3:35 AM
AS/400 administration, AS/400 to Linux OS, iSeries 270, Linux, Linux administration
Can I download virtual machines on my Windows box?
Can I download runnable virtual machines on my windows box like Ubuntu for example? Can I run that within windows? Is it somewhere out on the net preconfigured?
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| October 18, 2011 5:30 PM
Desktop virtualization, Ubuntu, Virtual machine software, Virtual Machines, Windows Box
Can I download runnable virtual machines on my windows box like Ubuntu for example? Can I run that within windows? Is it somewhere out on the net preconfigured?
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| October 18, 2011 5:30 PM
Desktop virtualization, Ubuntu, Virtual machine software, Virtual Machines, Windows Box
Sybase to Oracle
If I move a database from Sybase to Oracle with no coding changes what is the impact on the target database with respect to CPU, Memory, IO, etc? Note that the OS will go from Solaris to LINUX also.
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| January 21, 2011 4:18 PM
Linux, Oracle, Oracle Database, Solaris, Sybase, Sybase Databases
If I move a database from Sybase to Oracle with no coding changes what is the impact on the target database with respect to CPU, Memory, IO, etc? Note that the OS will go from Solaris to LINUX also.
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| January 21, 2011 4:18 PM
Linux, Oracle, Oracle Database, Solaris, Sybase, Sybase Databases
TGIF: IT Book Giveaway
Happy Friday, everyone! If you want to take a break from your hectic day at the office, you’ve come to the right place to get those competitive juices flowing. We’re giving away Embedded Linux Primer, Second Edition from the Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series. If you want this little goody mailed to you [...]
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| January 21, 2011 4:10 PM
Desktop virtualization, embedded Linux, Giveaways, Hyper-V, IT Books, Linux, NetApp, Open source software, VirtualBox, VRDP
Happy Friday, everyone! If you want to take a break from your hectic day at the office, you’ve come to the right place to get those competitive juices flowing. We’re giving away Embedded Linux Primer, Second Edition from the Prentice Hall Open Source Software Development Series. If you want this little goody mailed to you [...]
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| January 21, 2011 4:10 PM
Desktop virtualization, embedded Linux, Giveaways, Hyper-V, IT Books, Linux, NetApp, Open source software, VirtualBox, VRDP
Converting old computers with Linux
[title][/title] [style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> [/style] I have 34 computers. In which 16 are P3 1.10 Ghz, Foxconn MB with various mb of ram viz. 128Mb, 256mb even 64mb are also there..And rest r Intel P4 2.80 Ghz, original MB with 512 [...]
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| February 5, 2011 6:11 AM
Fedora, Fedora Linux, Linux, Linux servers
[title][/title] [style type="text/css"> <!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> [/style] I have 34 computers. In which 16 are P3 1.10 Ghz, Foxconn MB with various mb of ram viz. 128Mb, 256mb even 64mb are also there..And rest r Intel P4 2.80 Ghz, original MB with 512 [...]
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| February 5, 2011 6:11 AM
Fedora, Fedora Linux, Linux, Linux servers
Mount windows NFS filesystem on ubuntu & ubuntu filesystem on windows
I want to mount windows nfs filesystem on ubuntu and ubuntu filesystem on windows
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| January 19, 2011 4:27 PM
File System, File systems, NFS, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Servers, Windows Operating System
I want to mount windows nfs filesystem on ubuntu and ubuntu filesystem on windows
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| January 19, 2011 4:27 PM
File System, File systems, NFS, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Servers, Windows Operating System
Ubuntu Xen error message: execvp: ./chk: Permission denied
I’m trying to install Xen 4.0.1 on Ubuntu 10.10. When i run the “make world” it gives the following error at the end…. make -C check clean make[4]: Entering directory `/home/hirantha/xen-4.0.1/tools/check’ ./chk clean make[4]: execvp: ./chk: Permission denied make[4]: *** [clean] Error 127 make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/hirantha/xen-4.0.1/tools/check’ make[3]: *** [subdir-clean-check] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory [...]
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| January 17, 2011 4:26 AM
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Errors, Ubuntu Servers, Xen 4.x
I’m trying to install Xen 4.0.1 on Ubuntu 10.10. When i run the “make world” it gives the following error at the end…. make -C check clean make[4]: Entering directory `/home/hirantha/xen-4.0.1/tools/check’ ./chk clean make[4]: execvp: ./chk: Permission denied make[4]: *** [clean] Error 127 make[4]: Leaving directory `/home/hirantha/xen-4.0.1/tools/check’ make[3]: *** [subdir-clean-check] Error 2 make[3]: Leaving directory [...]
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| January 17, 2011 4:26 AM
Ubuntu, Ubuntu Errors, Ubuntu Servers, Xen 4.x
Graphic card in SCO Unix
we have sco unix 5.04 and teleperm xp software of siemens company installed on it.when i installed a new graphic card the om screen (graphical screen )can not initialized and screen is black.what i must do .there are some script of om software.the previous graphic card was 16 color and current graphic card is 256 [...]
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| January 17, 2011 5:41 PM
Graphical User Interfaces, Unix, Unix administration, Unix client
we have sco unix 5.04 and teleperm xp software of siemens company installed on it.when i installed a new graphic card the om screen (graphical screen )can not initialized and screen is black.what i must do .there are some script of om software.the previous graphic card was 16 color and current graphic card is 256 [...]
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| January 17, 2011 5:41 PM
Graphical User Interfaces, Unix, Unix administration, Unix client
IT Knowledge Exchange’s iPad Contest Starts Today!
Today marks a new contest around IT Knowledge Exchange. The Lowdown (i.e. The Rules**) Every member who earns 500 knowledge points in the next 4 weeks (between today and Wednesday, February 16th) will be entered into a drawing for 5 names. You must have a completed profile including a photo or avatar to be eligible [...]
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| January 20, 2011 4:55 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Contests, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, iPads, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows, Windows Server
Today marks a new contest around IT Knowledge Exchange. The Lowdown (i.e. The Rules**) Every member who earns 500 knowledge points in the next 4 weeks (between today and Wednesday, February 16th) will be entered into a drawing for 5 names. You must have a completed profile including a photo or avatar to be eligible [...]
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| January 20, 2011 4:55 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, Contests, CRM, Database, DataCenter, Development, Exchange, iPads, ITKE Contests, Linux, Lotus Domino, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP, Windows, Windows Server
Telnet problem on SCO Unix 5.05
hi.i have a problem with my pentium 4 computer with sco unix 5.0.4 operation system to server computer or another computer (pentium 1) .the network is tcp-ip.eather i can not ping to server or other client.if you help me i been grateful of you.
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| January 12, 2011 3:08 PM
Server connectivity, TCP/IP, Telnet, Unix
hi.i have a problem with my pentium 4 computer with sco unix 5.0.4 operation system to server computer or another computer (pentium 1) .the network is tcp-ip.eather i can not ping to server or other client.if you help me i been grateful of you.
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| January 12, 2011 3:08 PM
Server connectivity, TCP/IP, Telnet, Unix
Why is my POP3 password always refused by Evolution?
I have not yet been able to access my.ail through evolution. it refuses my POP pass word continuously… I am getting very upset as I have to go elsewhere etc…
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| February 3, 2011 4:41 PM
Evolution, POP3, POP3 accounts, POP3 server, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Errors
I have not yet been able to access my.ail through evolution. it refuses my POP pass word continuously… I am getting very upset as I have to go elsewhere etc…
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| February 3, 2011 4:41 PM
Evolution, POP3, POP3 accounts, POP3 server, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Errors
Linux for laptops
Happy new year! I’d like to know which is the best or recommended Linux distro for an older Dell laptop. I’d like to preserve the wireless networking function of the Intel processor.
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| January 11, 2011 2:31 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Linux applications, Linux configuration
Happy new year! I’d like to know which is the best or recommended Linux distro for an older Dell laptop. I’d like to preserve the wireless networking function of the Intel processor.
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| January 11, 2011 2:31 PM
Linux, Linux administration, Linux applications, Linux configuration
Backup solutions for VMware environment
We’ve added VMware servers to our data center, and we’re looking for a backup solution that works. There will be a mix of ESX 4.0 and ESX 3.5 hosts along with vCenter 4.0 with a mix of Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Red Hat 4.x and 5.x, SQL Server 2005 and Oracle database. TSM [...]
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| January 3, 2011 7:57 PM
Desktop virtualization, ESX 3.5, ESX 4.0, Oracle Database, RedHat, Server virtualization, SQL Server 2005, vCenter 4.0, VMware, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
We’ve added VMware servers to our data center, and we’re looking for a backup solution that works. There will be a mix of ESX 4.0 and ESX 3.5 hosts along with vCenter 4.0 with a mix of Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Red Hat 4.x and 5.x, SQL Server 2005 and Oracle database. TSM [...]
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| January 3, 2011 7:57 PM
Desktop virtualization, ESX 3.5, ESX 4.0, Oracle Database, RedHat, Server virtualization, SQL Server 2005, vCenter 4.0, VMware, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008
Best solution for deploying Linux virtual desktop
I’m looking to replace Windows XP client that’s used only for web applications & mail with Linux/Ubunutu virtual desktop using a thin client or old PC. I’d like to have failover and balancing capability and a simple UI. Any suggestions?
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| February 3, 2011 5:09 PM
Desktop virtualization, Failover, Linux, Linux Virtual Server, Thin clients, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Linux, Windows XP, Windows XP clients
I’m looking to replace Windows XP client that’s used only for web applications & mail with Linux/Ubunutu virtual desktop using a thin client or old PC. I’d like to have failover and balancing capability and a simple UI. Any suggestions?
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| February 3, 2011 5:09 PM
Desktop virtualization, Failover, Linux, Linux Virtual Server, Thin clients, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Linux, Windows XP, Windows XP clients
