Apr 16, 2012
SQL Server Configuration Manager unable to connect error
While running SQL Server Configuration Manager on a Windows 2008 server I received an unable to connect error. The issue was an WMI corruption in the sqlmgmproviderxpsp2up.mof. The issue was resolved by the following steps. In the start menu type “cmd” (without quotes) and on the top search result, right click the program icon and choose Run as administrator Type “net stop... read more
Apr 16, 2012
Rebuild the base performance counters Windows 2003
Recently ran into issues with some Windows 2003 servers showing corruption in the performance counters and causing issues with monitoring. The correction was pretty easy to correct. Extensible counter information is stored in both of the following locations: • The following registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\Perflib\009 • The... read more
Apr 14, 2012
Disable ipv6 on CentOS 6
With several late CentOS 6.2 systems being built on the network I have been running into network disconnect and performance issues being caused by IPV6. Since I am currently not using it on my network I decided to disable it. Here is what I found from several different resources on the Internet. We can modify /etc/sysctl.conf: net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1 net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1... read more
Apr 14, 2012
Multiple Nagios Instances on a Single Server
In this post I will cover how to run Multiple Nagios Instances on a Single Server. This will take a single installation of Nagios and allow you to run separate instances as you would to separate out different environments, such as production, development, certification, etc…. It allows for flexibility of configurations and allows Nagios to run faster for checks and execution. This installation... read more
Apr 11, 2012
Adding Additional Disks RHEL 6
Ever wondered how to add an additional disk to RHEL 5/6 and create a new LVM(Logical Volume Manager). In this post I will try to show how to do just that. This is assuming a second disk was added (/dev/sdb) to the system. If the disk is different (dev/sdc…) just make the changes to the command. # fdisk /dev/sdb Create the Physical Volume # pvcreate /dev/sdb Physical volume “/dev/sdb”... read more
