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Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 Quarterly Update 4 has been released

We're pleased to announce that the fourth quarterly update release of the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 (Version 2.6.39-400.109) for Oracle Linux 5 and 6 has been published. This release includes driver updates as well as fixes for bugs and security issues.

Some notable highlights include:

Friday Tips #32

Happy Friday! Our tip this week is about Oracle Secure Global Desktop and directory services.

Question:
What versions of Active Directory and LDAP does Oracle Secure Global Desktop support? 

Enabling SRIOV in BIOS for IBM Servers and Blade Servers

Step 1: Power on the system, and press F1 to enter the Setup utility.
Step 2: Select System Settings and then Network.
Step 3: Under the Network Device List, select the device to be configured and press Enter to see all the Network Device options (Figure 1).

recent librelp development

I thought I share some news on what I have been busy with and intend
to be in the future. In the past days, I have added more config options
to librelp, which now supports GnuTLS compression methods as well as
provides the ability to set the Diffie-Hellman key strength (number of
bits) and - for experts - to set the GnuTLS priorities, which select the
cipher methods and other important aspects of TLS handling.

System Memory Usage

mdb can be used to provide significant information about system memory usage. In particular, the ::memstatdcmd, and the leak and leakbuf walkers may be useful.

Instrumented soccer

After talking with one of the dads on Nathaniel’s team, I decided to start playing soccer again, this time in the PAASL Men’s B division. (I played a single season of AYSO Adult League in fall of 2011, but work got a bit too busy.

Ubuntu rename files uppercase to lowercase and viceversa

rename command in Ubuntu renames multiple files/directories at a time.
To rename a file(s)/directory with upper case name to lower case use following command:
$ rename 'y/A-Z/a-z/' NAME

It will rename file with NAME to name
To rename a file(s)/directory with lower case name to cace case use following command:
$ rename 'y/a-z/A-Z/' name 
It will rename file with name to NAME
Rename will only rename file/directory name, it won’t change any content in it.

Today I started learning CFEngine 3

Me and two colleagues went to Amsterdam today, for a 1-day CFEngine-3 training. I’ve worked with configuration management before (Puppet), and my goal is to explore alternatives to be able to pick the right tool. Today’s quick overview training was a nice opportunity to get into CFEngine and meet some people behind the scenes.   Diego […]

Oracle VM Myth Busting From Users in the OTN Latin America Tour 2013

Join Francisco Muñoz Alvarez as he debunks myths about Oracle VM. Francisco will also share his Oracle VM benchmarks, and best practices of using Oracle VM to virtualize Oracle Databases.

Don't Forget: July 15 is Virtual Sysadmin Day!

There are those who cynically claim that Virtual Sysadmin Day is just something made up to sell greeting cards and flowers, but I think it's a lovely holiday, and a chance to show the virtual sysadmins in your life that you car

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