'Linux' Category
What do you do when your VMware server dies?
You start panicking of course Ok seriously now. You try to fix the problem first. If that doesn’t work then you bring the server back from the backups you are so regularly making. You are aren’t you? And you always make sure that your backup plan is actually working. Don’t you? About a week ago [...]
Upgrading your stable Debian
Do you know how to upgrade you stable Debian release? I am not talking about upgrading packages, but upgrading your Debian to a new stable release when that comes around. Typical Debian installation has “sources.list” like that deb http://ftp.si.debian.org/debian/ lenny main deb-src http://ftp.si.debian.org/debian/ lenny main deb http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main [...]
Backup your linux (Debian) virtual machines (VMWare)
In the last post I wrote about a free NAS solution for you home (or office) backup strategy. I wrote about the ease of setting it up and how I searched for a free and simple way to backup my windows machines. I am stil using GFI Backup 2009. The only change is, that I [...]
Do you need a free NAS (Network Attached Storage)?
For a long time a have been avoiding the centralization of my backup plans. In our house, we have 2 desktop computers, one laptop and one server with several virtual machines running on it (including this blog). So there is a need for a network accessible storage device that would serve as a backup medium [...]
Chrony: If you need a simple NTP daemon
Chrony is a small NTP daemon that synchronizes the local time against a number of remote servers. To get it just do (debian) apt-get install chrony The website is at: http://chrony.sunsite.dk/