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Crush FTP new admin account

Progpen — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:43:58 +0000

I was working on an sftp server (Crush FTP, which I’d never worked with before) and needed to set myself up as an admin on the web interface. This will get you there.

Find out where the CrushFTP.jar is then

java -jar CrushFTP.jar -a “username” “password”

You can now log into the Crush FTP web interface with admin rights.

NetApp “disk assign: Disk xx.xx is not owned by this node.”

Progpen — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 14:21:14 +0000

I recently added a new -used- DS14 MK4 shelf to an FAS 3020 we obtained from a different department. The shelf was added without issue and the drives were there, but when I went to unassign them so I could reassign them to the controller (with the command disk assign xx.xx -s unowned), I got the error “disk assign: Disk xx.xx is not owned by this node.“ I also tried disk reassign -s -d , but it errored telling me that this can only be done in maintenance mode or during takeover in advanced mode. After a quick WebEx with a co-worker I found that disk assign xx.xx -f -s unowned did work. I then assigned the disks to the new controller and was off and running.

Sprint 4G in Minneapolis is simply not reliable.

Progpen — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 14:08:12 +0000

I’ve been using the Sprint 4G network for about a month now and have yet to find a spot that I can use the service reliably for more than a few minutes at a time, without it dropping. So far this is only on one phone, a Samsung Galaxy SII, so it hasn’t been reproduced on another phone. I’m now looking into replacing my phone (and possibly service) for something that is reliable.

Installing vmware tools on Ubuntu 12.10

Progpen — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:17:19 +0000

I was installing vmware-tools on some new Ubuntu 12.10 VMs and ran across this error:

The path “” is not a valid path to the 3.7.0-7-generic kernel headers. Would you like to change it? [yes]

After putzing around with it a bit I stumbled on this post at Juanma’s Blog that covers the workaround. The headers have moved with the 3.7 kernel and the link does the trick. The command I used was:

ln -s /usr/src/linux-headers-3.7.0-7-generic/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h /lib/modules/3.7.0-7-generic/build/include/linux/

Installing VMware Workstation 8.0.4 on Mint 14

Progpen — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 03:29:01 +0000

I just replaced Windows with Linux Mint 14 (kernel 3.5.x) on my laptop and found that after installing Workstation 8.0.4, it will not start, but continues to try to install the modules. After some putzing around I found this at Slack Blogs that is a great fix. Willy has written patches for the 3.1 through 3.5 kernels as well as for Workstation 9.x. Many thanks to Willy for the patches that work like a charm and for the great instructions.

From his article:

First off, remove your old VMWare installation by removing all files under these directories:
/etc/vmware*
/usr/lib/vmware*

Next, start your VMWare installation using –ignore-errors parameter like this:
./VMware-Workstation-Full-8.0.4-744019.i386.bundle –ignore-errors
After that, you download the patch that you can fetch on my SlackHacks repository. Extract it and open patch-modules_3.4.0.sh file. Edit the vmreqver line and change it into 8.0.4. Give execute permission to the bash script and start it using ./patch-modules_3.4.0.sh (use root)

It will patch and recompile all VMWare modules and in the end, it should work again

hostdatastoresystem.queryvmfsdatastorecreateoptions

Progpen — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 02:57:14 +0000

I’ve run into this a couple of times in my lab when I’ve added a drive to an ESXi host that had been formatted and used elsewhere. Going through the “Add Storage” wizard, I get the error:

Call “HostDatastoreSystem.QueryVmfsDatastoreCreateOptions” for object “ha-datastoresystem” on ESXi “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx? failed.

The first time I ran into this was on 4.x and I was able to log into the host and use fdisk to delete partitions and then use the disk. Now with 5.1, fdisk is being deprecated and we are now supposed to use the partedUtil command, although you can still use fdisk to list the volumes to compare to the device name in the “Add Storage” wizard.

Thanks to Ballyhoo4U for the info.

First,

fdisk -l (use the output to compare to the device you are trying to add in the “Add Storage” wizard)

Then

partedUtil mklabel /dev/disks/ msdos

Now you can go back and add the storage via the wizard.

Upgraded Zimbra Open Source Edition from 7.2 to 8.0.2

Progpen — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 02:22:34 +0000

Over the weekend I upgraded my collaboration and email server from 7.2 to 8.0.2 (after performing a full backup of /opt/zimbra). I have it installed on Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS and did not yet upgrade the OS, so the Zimbra upgrade was quick and painless. The installer found the 7.2 installation and the upgrade went without a hitch.

I like the new web based appearance, as it seems a little more contemporary. The layout really isn’t too much different. In the admin console, the layout changed quite a bit and I actually like the new look more. Seems easier to navigate. The one great thing about 8.0 is the integration with Mitel and Cisco’s Unified Communications. Some other new things are:

Click2Call, voicemail, presence, and chat out-of-the-box with Cisco and Mitel
Flexible and extensible to integrate with other UC providers
Visual Voicemail with inline playback, management, and MWI status update
Call Record history of placed, received, and missed calls
Presence and click to chat from hover over contact card of any address

Tighter Active Directory integration and remote device wipe from Admin Console are two other great features for the enterprise.

My next step will be to build a 12.04 LTS server with Zimbra and then migrate over.