The first post for this year… Simple FTP backup script # nano backup_script# nano backup_script Add next lines and save. #!/bin/bash DM=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d") tar -Pzcf /backup/backup_$DM.tar.gz /backup/some_dir/ cd /backup ftp …
Reducing ibdata1 – howto
One of the biggest mistakes you can make with MySQL is to leave its default configuration. It will work, but not as it should. For example, default MySQL installation (5.0x) …
Remove spikes from RRD graphs – howto
Round robin works with a fixed amount of data, and a pointer to the current element. This can be described like a circle with N dots plotted on the edge …
DebConf11 official dates
As you already know (I hope you know), DebConf11 will be held in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina and according to this LINK, official dates are: DebCamp: 25th – 31st …
mcelog problem
Few servers I maintain totally confused me. The loadavg is steadily increasing every round hour. With top command I can’t see any relevant process which can produce high load. top …
YUM problem: rpmdb: Lock table is out of available locker entries
Few days ago I had a strange problem with yum and instead of clean install and update process I got Python errors and rpm message “rpmdb: Lock table is out …
End of the road for Xmarks
2 million users across their 5 million desktops… 3000 accounts every day… Unfortunately Xmarks goes down in next 90 days… More can be found here…
Exclude some packages from update
During update process RH based distros will always try to update all installed packages. Sometimes it is not recommended to do that. For example default Postfix goes without quota patch …
Java jokes
A group of computer science majors were listening to a lecture about Java programming at a university. After the lecture one of the men leaned over and grabbed a women’s …