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How to grow a file system with Oracle Linux 6

Posted on January 16, 2017 by admin — 2 Comments ↓

I get asked this question all the time… “Can you please add 20 G to/u01 for me?” Many DBAs and Middleware admins are nervous about making changes to their Linux systems, especially if they do not understand how changes effect Continue reading How to grow a file system with Oracle Linux 6→

How to automatically load ssh keys when Windows 10 boots using putty pagent December 31, 2019
As more and more people move to the cloud, they start to use ssh keys to authenticate to their cloud instances. This is great, as keys are generally considered more secure than passwords. But, with many new users to ssh, Continue reading How to automatically load ssh keys when Windows 10 boots using putty pagent→ […]
An easier way to move a WordPress Site December 29, 2019
Recently you may have noticed a few outages on my sites, and some slow loading times, so it became time to move TFD ( And the other sites I host) to a new hosting company. Since I run on WordPress, Continue reading An easier way to move a WordPress Site→ The post An easier way […]
A better way to send emails from Linux November 23, 2019
I have been recently working on a few interesting projects, one which requires sending emails from servers with some attached files, while using Office365 email. While trying to make things easier I started to look for a better way to Continue reading A better way to send emails from Linux→ The post A better way […]
How to create a Linux partition larger than 2TB August 28, 2019
A question I get asked more and more, is how do you create a filesystem larger than 2TB on a linux server. Most admins know how to use fdisk, and then mkfs, but fdisk limits you to a 2T partition Continue reading How to create a Linux partition larger than 2TB→ The post How to […]
How to make a bootable USB using VirtualBox August 19, 2019
I get asked this all the time, how do I make a bootable USB drive on my Windows notebook. Natively Windows 10 does not have a great way to burn an ISO to a USB device with out installing additional Continue reading How to make a bootable USB using VirtualBox→ The post How to make […]
How to change the IP of an Oracle Linux OS 6.X server December 4, 2018
First you need to login in and get a terminal. The su – to root and cd to the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory This is where the network configuration files are; Eth0 is the ethernet port that is used for server access, Continue reading How to change the IP of an Oracle Linux OS 6.X server→ The […]
What are those numbers in Linux top command? November 16, 2018
I’m asked all the time about what the numbers in top mean, Most admins understand the basics like Memory and tasks but other fields are often miss understood or ignored. Lets take a look at the following top from one Continue reading What are those numbers in Linux top command?→ The post What are those […]
How to control OMC cloudagent using systemd on Oracle Linux 7 November 1, 2018
Controlling Oracle Management Cloud agent to startup at boot can be a little complicated. Often admins KLUDGE up shell scripts to make it work, but there is a cleaner way using systemd commands.systemd is one of the core components of Continue reading How to control OMC cloudagent using systemd on Oracle Linux 7→ The post […]
Enterprise Manager and Linux–Comparing Targets August 19, 2018
One of the cool things that Oracle Linux support gets you, is access to Oracle Enterprise Manager 13 to manage your Linux systems. You can use EM for lots of things, like patching systems, monitoring systems, provisioning systems and more. Continue reading Enterprise Manager and Linux–Comparing Targets→ The post Enterprise Manager and Linux–Comparing Targets appeared […]
Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.3 July 8, 2018
For a while people have been asking me, what’s going on with OEM? All your talking about these days is Oracle Management Cloud and it’s machine learning abilities. Even at conferences and client sites, I am being asked at every Continue reading Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.3→ The post Oracle Enterprise Manager 13.3 appeared first on […]