Nov 24, 2015 Posted by newlife007

Upgrading From Fedora 21 to Fedora 23 with fedup

Introduction The warnings have been appearing, Fedora 21 is loosing support on December 1, 2015 due to the recent release of Fedora 23. So now is the time to upgrade. Well fear not the upgrade is simple with the application fedup.  We just need a good Internet connection and a bit of patience. So let’s get started. Preparing for the Upgrade So we are now ready to start the process. On your Fedora 21... read more

Nov 17, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Convert M2TS to MKV Using MKVtoolNIX

Introduction So you are in process of building a Media Server in your home to move your collection from DVD / Blu-Ray to your drive to stream to your TV’s and other devices. While transferring and you have run into a file on the Blu-Ray that has the m2ts file extension. The question is how do we make this available for streaming? Simple answer and solution is to convert to another format. In this... read more

Nov 10, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Convert DVD and Blu-ray with MakeMKV

Introduction To go along with other posts and conversion we have another tool to add to your arsenal called MakeMKV which runs on Windows, OS X and Linux. It is fast and easy to use. What is MakeMKV? According to the developer. MakeMKV is your one-click solution to convert video that you own into free and patents-unencumbered format that can be played everywhere. MakeMKV is a format converter, otherwise... read more

Nov 8, 2015 Posted by newlife007

How To Install and Config PowerPath on RHEL

Introduction PowerPath is EMC licensed software for managing SAN attached storage on your systems. In this post we will cover how to install, license and scan for newly attached storage. Prerequisites Download the PowerPath software from EMC powerlink website. If you’ve purchased EMC support, you should have access to powerlink. For RHEL 4 EMCpower.LINUX-5.3.0.00.00-185.rhel.x86_64.rpm... read more

Nov 2, 2015 Posted by newlife007

Retrieving EMC and Qlogic Fiber WWN on RHEL

Introduction So you need to add storage to a RHEL (RedHat Enterprise Linux) server and the storage guy has asked you for the WWN.  The question next is how do I get the WWN off my server? So how do we get QLogic and EMC WWN’s on RHEL. It is a lot easier than one might think. Let’s move forward and get the WWN information we need! Qlogic First identify your installed or recognized, this is... read more