Feb 25, 2013
How To Install MySQL Community Edition on RHEL 6 x86_64
Recently had the need to install the latest Community edition of MySQL on a RHEL 6.3 x86_64 server. For most purposes the included version of MySQL works but if you want the latest version you will need to install the Community edition. First download the latest Community Edition MySQL from here. At the time of this post 5.6.10 is the current version. From the drop down select Oracle & RedHat Linux 6.... read more
Feb 20, 2013
How To Fix VMware Error IP address already assigned to another adapter
There has been times when you have deleted a NIC in VMware and to the eye it looks like it is gone but really it is still there and it rears it’s ugly head when you try to re-add it to a Windows VM. You will receive errors similar to the following. The IP address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX you have entered for this network adapter is already assigned to another adapter Name of adapter. Name of adapter is... read more
Feb 19, 2013
How To Enable Named Pipes and TCP/IP for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 SQLExpress
During a recent installation of HP Insight Manager 7.1 on Windows 2008 R2 server the prerequisites failed complaining about you must enable named pipes and TCP/IP for the existing database service Microsoft SQL Server 2008. After a default install they are usually disabled. This applies to Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Express as well. To enable named pipes and TCP/IP for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Click Start... read more
Feb 13, 2013
How To Start and Stop Services Using PowerShell Remotely
Admit it, you’re an admin that likes to do everything possible from the desk or laptop and if possible from a command line because automation is our friend. With the addition of PowerShell this is getting more of the norm for Windows and starting and stopping services remotely is probably one of the most used. To perform this task we will need to several cmdlets, some get-service stop-service... read more
Feb 10, 2013
How To Install Skype on Fedora 18 x64
Skype is a widely used application and running Skype is easy to do on Fedora 18 x64, so how do we install it? First we need to install the 32 bit libraries. $ sudo yum -y install libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 pulseaudio-libs.i686 pulseaudio-libs-glib2.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686 qtwebkit.i686 Download the Skype rpm from the website http://www.skype.com/go/linux. The current... read more
