MySQL does not start after an Plesk update (14-March, 2017)

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Note: article describes the issue caused by MySQL update from Atomic repository, make sure you have Atomic repository enabled before applying fix: After update MySQL cannot be started. In Plesk the following error message is shown: or There are no records in /var/log/mysqld.log Cause Atomic issued broken mysql package to their repositories. During updates installation … Read more

Create swap file for SAN running FreeNAS 9.3

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Some instances, the iscsi connection fails. This may be due to swap space. Adding a swap file can help. How to create a swap file. Pre-9.3 NAS loses iSCSI or NFS/CIFS connectivity arbitrarily From NAS /var/log/messages: Aug 15 22:24:01 nas kernel: pid 29173 (smbd), uid 65534, was killed: out of swap space Aug 15 22:27:11 … Read more

Connecting to your Storage Volume using ISCSI

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The Open-iSCSI project is a high performance, transport independent, multi-platform implementation of RFC3720 (The iSCSI specification). It consists of a minimal set of kernel modules combined with powerful userspace utilities. Once installed on a system, a daemon process iscsid can be controlled using the iscsiadm management utility. Open-iSCSI requires a Linux kernel of 2.6.16 or … Read more

Installing Microsoft CALS’s

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You will need to add the Remote Desktop role first. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2833839/guidelines-for-installing-the-remote-desktop-session-host-role-service-on-a-computer-running-windows-server-2012-without-the-remote-desktop-connection-broker-role-service After doing so you can continue installing the CAL license following these steps. 1. Click on Start->Administrative Tools->Remote Desktop Services->Remote Desktop Licensing Manager 2. Click on “All Servers” and right click on the server you want to add the RDS CALs to and click … Read more

Installing R1Soft Linux Manager Server on CentOS

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The first step to install the Server Backup Manager is to create a new YUM .repo file with the R1Soft repository information.  Save the file in the yum.repos.d directory (typically located in /etc/). Add the following: Verify what was written to the file by running ‘cat /etc/yum.repos.d/r1soft.repo’ Now that the repo is added, run ‘yum … Read more

Installing the R1Soft Linux Agent on CentOS

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The first step required for installing the agent is to configure the YUM repository. Modify the repository as follows: Or… Add… Save the files and then run ‘yum install serverbackup-agent’: Next, restart the agent: Next, we need to get the Server Backup Manager Server key from the Manager server: NOTE: If the server manager is … Read more

R1soft-setup –get-key failed

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When adding the key – Error message Note: When configuring the R1Soft Manager – http and https ports were set using the command: Thus, the following command should work when setting up the key on the agent server to the Manager server: You can manually configure the key by doing the below steps: 1) Login … Read more

Use a File for Additional Swap Space

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The following dd command example creates a swap file with the name “swapfile” under /root directory with a size of 8192MB (8GB). To create the swap space (non-persistent): Change the permission of the swap file so that only root can access it. Make this file as a swap file using mkswap command. Enable the newly … Read more