How do I configure VMware guestOS(s) to talk to Vista Home Premium as a Host to access DB2 or any other database?
Greetings all, I have a Vista home premium 64-bit, 4GB AMD ram, etc on a HP pavillion Laptop. My goal is to work with DB2 in testing advanced features such as replication, federation, failover and data partitioning (DPF). I want to do all of this with one physical machine (a spare office laptop) hence I want [...]

Answer Question   |  October 6, 2009  9:28 PM
DB2 replication, Linux servers, Network connectivity, Vista, Vista Home premium 64-bit, VMware, Windows Server 2003

Can’t copy from NFS share to NFS share
Looking for help with a an NFS issue I have two shares one with zfs filesystem the other with a UFS filesystem shared via NFS. I use the shares as home directories for my users The ZFS has the following in dfstab running on solaris 10 share -F nfs -o anon=0,log /mypool/home The UFS has [...]

Answer Question   |  October 8, 2009  7:42 PM
NFS, Solaris 10

Ideal memory for DB2 (V8 fixpak17a) on 64 bit Linux (SLES10SP2) box.
We are running one instance of DB2 (V8 fixpak17a) on 64 bit Linux (SLES10SP2) box. this box is dedicated to Db2. We have 32G of memory. I would like to know what is the ideal amount of memory to be allocated to DB2 and how much for the OS? Also how much of swap space [...]

Answer Question   |  October 1, 2009  5:05 PM
DB2, Linux, Linux Box, Memory management

The IT Blog Top 10: Oct. 1, 2009
10. Choosing a block size when creating VMFS datastores Eric Siebert provides a guide detailing how to choose a block size for VMFS datastores. 9. Using VRDP to view VirtualBox virtual machines remotely Rick Vanover walks through Sun’s xVM VirtualBox’s ability to tap into VRDP remote viewing. 8. Does Larry care about Oracle customers? When [...]

Answer Question   |  October 1, 2009  3:54 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Development, Exchange, IT Blogs, ITKE, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP

Automatic exchange of file between AS400 and Linux
Hi! A sympathic  colleague of my office comes to me and ask a very simple question  : Is ist difficult for a software working on LINUX to go and import Files in an AS400. I said him there are a lot of very good emulators functionning with windows. There are even possibilities of ODBC links [...]

Answer Question   |  October 8, 2009  3:27 PM
AS/400 File Transfer, AS/400 interoperability, Linux Virtual Server

LINUX Key Audit checklists
Is there any standard LINUX Audit checklist procedure for assessment?

Answer Question   |  September 24, 2009  3:56 PM
Linux, Linux security, Security Audit

Installing apache with yum or kloxo fails
I’m running a VPS with Kloxo admin. When switching program I get an error install_httpd_failed  I’ve tried installing httpd via ssh and the problem seems to originat from yum. Any command to install or update a serive via yum gives the following error message Loaded plugins: fastestmirror Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile Traceback (most [...]

Answer Question   |  October 6, 2009  5:20 PM
Apache, Linux, VPS, Yum

EMC SAN and Ubuntu
Has anyone had success connecting their Ubuntu installation to an EMC SAN? They do offer Navisphere Agent support for Ubuntu

Answer Question   |  September 23, 2009  5:08 PM
EMC Navisphere Management Suite, EMC SAN, Ubuntu

The most-watched IT questions this week: Sept. 22, 2009
Curious as to what the most popular IT questions and answers are on  ITKE? So were we! So we’ve been watching the watchlists, so to speak, to bring you the top 10 questions, answers and discussions at the top of user watchlists this week. Read them all at our Community Blog.

Answer Question   |  September 22, 2009  2:32 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Development, Exchange, ITKE, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP

Nominate a member for our latest Panasonic flatscreen giveaway
In our latest (and biggest!) IT Knowledge Exchange giveaway, we’re giving thanks to the star members of the community who provide quality contributions in their questions, answers and discussions. Did a member answer your question in a particularly great way? Did someone recently contribute to a thoughtful discussion? Has someone asked a question that made [...]

Answer Question   |  November 25, 2009  3:12 PM
AS/400, Contests, Data Center, Exchange, Flatscreen, ITKE, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Panasonic, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP

blocking sites(URLs) by squid proxy server (Linux)(with webmin)
How to block some IP addresses of users so that they cann’t access some defined sites by use of Webmin in Squid Server(access contol) ? Please help….?  

Answer Question   |  September 15, 2011  8:09 AM
Linux, Proxy servers, Squid, Squid configuration

Dual boot Windows 7 and Unbuntu
Does anyone have instructions on how to dual boot Windows 7 and Unbuntu

Answer Question   |  November 1, 2011  3:03 PM
Dual Boot, Ubuntu, Windows 7

What’s the license of VM which running Windows or Linux?
What’s the license of VM which running Windows or Linux? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Live Chat which took place on August 27th.

Answer Question   |  September 17, 2009  12:32 PM
Linux, Microsoft virtualization, Virtual Machines, Windows

Redhat linux- What print command checks the list of print jobs yet to be processed
What print command checks the list of print jobs yet to be processed

Answer Question   |  September 17, 2009  1:58 PM
CUPS, Linux, Linux printer drivers, Red Hat

The most-watched IT questions this week: Sept. 15, 2009
As part of a new feature on the IT Knowledge Exchange Community Blog, we’re highlighting the top 10 most-watched questions. Here are the top 5: Virtualization vs. Consolidation Tracing a computer to an IP address Connect remote Oracle 11g server in VB 6.0 How to utlize multiple static IP’s when ISP limits physical router connectinos [...]

Answer Question   |  September 15, 2009  3:26 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Development, Exchange, ITKE, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP

UNIX Security Assessment
What is the best way UNIX Assessment procedure?

Answer Question   |  September 22, 2009  4:48 PM
Unix administration, Unix security

Is there a release date for the Red Hat integration components?
Is there a release date for the Red Hat integration components? This question is from the Microsoft Virtualization Chat held on August 27th.

Answer Question   |  September 14, 2009  5:26 PM
Microsoft virtualization, Microsoft Virtualization Chat 8/27, Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Community Update: The IT Blog Top 10 for Sept. 10, 2009
As part of a new feature on the Community Blog, each week we’ll be doing a run down of the 10 most popular blog posts over the previous week, in case you were wondering what your peers were reading or a hot topic somehow missed your radar. Still think we missed something? Send me an [...]

Answer Question   |  September 10, 2009  3:28 PM
AS/400, Channel, CIO, CRM, Database, DataCenter, DataManagement, Development, Exchange, ITKE, Linux, Lotus Domino, Microsoft Windows, Mobile, Networking, Oracle, SAP, Security, SQL Server, Storage, Virtualization, VoIP

Unix/Linux vs. Windows
What are the advantages and disadvantages of UNIX/Linux vs. Windows?

Answer Question   |  September 8, 2009  1:19 PM
Linux, OS, Unix, Windows

UNIX audit checklists
What are the key UN*X (AIX/HP/SOLARIS & LINUX) audit checklist in a network environment.

Answer Question   |  October 14, 2009  9:20 AM
Unix, Unix Audits, Unix Servers