If one attempts to mount a QNAP disk encrypted with LUKS without unlocking it first, the following error will be shown: mount: unknown filesystem type ‘crypto_LUKS’ To mount and read data from a d...
Installing the NVIDIA driver on Linux requires dropping to a command prompt without X windows running in the background. Switch to root user: su – Password: Stop the window manager: /etc/init.d/gd...
Using VNC to connect to the iDRAC of a server is a great way to avoid Oracles eternal Java upgrades, security flaws, etc. At the other hand the Java viewer allows for mapping of ISO files when inst...
Automating VM power control over the command line can be very useful. Especially to simplify test scenarios when tens or hundreds of VM’s are used. A couple of simple examples below. Unfortunately...
I needed to extend the main storage of my fileserver this morning. While VMware happily extended the storage volume for the VM when I asked it to, Windows 2012 R2 was not so helpful. Luckily this i...
When accessing remote systems using SSH it can be handy to use RSA keys rather than having to enter a password every time. Especially handy if doing automation using Ansible or similar tools. Here’...
SSH to the iDRAC of the machine: jonas@nyx:~$ ssh root@192.168.0.2 root@192.168.0.2’s password: Enter RACADM: /admin1-> racadm Check for existing RAID volumes: racadm»storage get vdisks racadm...
Background Yesterday I needed to setup an R720 remotely and it needed a new RAID volume created. The issue was that rather than the normal Enterprise license the server had an iDRAC Express license...
Set the DNS first to ensure the iDRAC can resolve the NTP host names: racadm -r 10.1.1.100 -u root -p calvin set idrac.ipv4static.dns1 8.8.8.8 Set the NTP server names: racadm -r 10.1.1.100 -u roo...