by kishi on August 07, 2007
This blog includes open-source technology directed primarily at host-based logging, log file rotation and log file analysis. Many of these tools are very common free and open-source software tools that are distributed and preconfigured with most of the major Linux systems, including major vendors such as RedHat and Novell.
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by kishi on June 29, 2007
This is blog number six in the Systems Manageability Series. Patch Management and Maintenance focuses on those solutions available to deploy and install software update on Linux systems, with a primary focus on Novell based Linux systems...... more
- Friday, June 29, 2007
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by kishi on June 21, 2007
This is Part 5, continuation of the series of 8 blogs I’m doing on Systems Manageability. In this specific blog, I will focus on and explain the third part of the “ontology” which is “Monitoring”...... more
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by kishi on May 25, 2007
System Configuration and Management encompasses all tasks related to the configuration of a host in a standardized and (when possible) centralized way. Many projects in this category provide a common configuration interface, either command-line or GUI-based, designed to ease typical administrative tasks. Other projects, specifically Cfengine, provide a higher level policy-based system to provide... more
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by kishi on May 03, 2007
Deployment and Provisioning as we understand it, encompasses all tasks related to the initial installation of an operating system on remote system, as well as post-installation of software on a remote system. Much of these toolsets are geared toward automated system provisioning and cloning. There’s lots of different tools out there that can be used but we have focused on the most popular ones, namely... more
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by kishi on December 01, 2006
I started the first HPC blog (See “previous blog“) with an understanding that HPC is an area where there has been a surge of activity from a development/investment standpoint. So after getting a basic understanding behind the importance of why HPC matters, the next logical step that needed uncovering was “How to think” about HPC Infrastructure and tap into the “wisdom” behind managing it...... more
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by MichaelF on October 12, 2006
Capturing the sentiment from my colleagues, Anandeep, Hank and Sam – I LOVE THIS JOB !!! Last week I had a chance to meet w/ Mozilla, watch Sam interview Steve Wozniak and the wonder of it never ceases to amaze me...... more
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by jcannon on August 01, 2006
Today, the IT departments offering and managing various IT Services might find themselves in what I would call a “pressure-cooker”. They are faced with a multitude of tasks and added pressure to maintain daily operations while driving efficacy, managing the growing complexity of Service Offerings and most importantly, doing so while keeping pace with the industry best practices. This has been one of... more
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by jcannon on July 11, 2006
A simple question that has always perplexed me is how software and hardware OEM’s across the world simulate heterogeneous environments under lab conditions. I have witnessed several different approaches, practices and stages of this adaptation and each one of them is unique and correct in its right and merit. I guess, that leaves the “big” question which remains unanswered i.e., how do you bring a... more
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by admin on June 16, 2006
Every computing device in existence today lives and breathes on some sort of a Network. Doesn’t matter if your Home PC is connected to a Cable Modem or if you’re office laptop is part of an extended WAN, your device is persistently living and breathing on the Network...... more
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by admin on June 05, 2006
Part 1: Domains Portfolio Management... more
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