Re: [CentOS] High load

2012-04-24 Thread Hakan Koseoglu
On 25 April 2012 07:09, Kaushal Shriyan wrote: > Is there a way to nail down the issue of high load on a server basically > trying to understand the reason behind high load at a specific time period. > I use top command but it does not have history. Among many other solutions, my favourite is nmon

[CentOS] High load

2012-04-24 Thread Kaushal Shriyan
Hi Is there a way to nail down the issue of high load on a server basically trying to understand the reason behind high load at a specific time period. I use top command but it does not have history. Nagios reports saying "*[04-25-2012 10:11:00] SERVICE ALERT: dev;LOAD;WARNING;HARD;3;WARNING - lo

Re: [CentOS] Not Quite Minimal CentOS 6.2

2012-04-24 Thread Al Sparks
You're right. The stack was there. First, I was inaccurate when I said I installed 6.2.  I actually installed 6.0, and later updated via yum. Second, yeah I was able to start the network service, so there was a stack.  All I'd get would be the loopback or "lo" interface, but it was there. Bu

Re: [CentOS] ldap, 2.3 primary, 2.4 secondary

2012-04-24 Thread Craig White
On Tue, 2012-04-24 at 14:40 -0400, aurfalien wrote: > Hi all, > > Is it possible to use a 2.3 OpenLDAP primary while having a 2.4 OpenLDAP > secondary? > > Currently I have all at 2.3 (Centos 5) but am needing to up a remote facility > to Centos 6 before doing the main facility to 6. > > Hopin

Re: [CentOS] strange partitioning problem

2012-04-24 Thread Boris Epstein
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:17 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 04/24/12 2:24 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > > Anyway, with 18TB of raid 6 might cause performance problems .. raid > > 60 or raid 10 looks much better solution. > > 18TB of raid6 is only 8 3TB drives (6 + 2 parity) thats not an > unrea

Re: [CentOS] strange partitioning problem

2012-04-24 Thread John R Pierce
On 04/24/12 2:24 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > Anyway, with 18TB of raid 6 might cause performance problems .. raid > 60 or raid 10 looks much better solution. 18TB of raid6 is only 8 3TB drives (6 + 2 parity) thats not an unreasonable size for a raid6 set. for the 81TB nearline storage boxes

Re: [CentOS] Not Quite Minimal CentOS 6.2

2012-04-24 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 04/24/2012 08:53 PM, Al Sparks wrote: > I recently did a minimal 6.2 install recently, and it was annoying that it > didn't include the network stack. > > What use is an install w/o the network? > It has the network stack ... you must configure it during the install. If you do not configure a

Re: [CentOS] Not Quite Minimal CentOS 6.2

2012-04-24 Thread Al Sparks
I recently did a minimal 6.2 install recently, and it was annoying that it didn't include the network stack. What use is an install w/o the network?     === Al From: Bob Hoffman To: CentOS mailing list Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 5:18 PM Subject: Re: [Cen

Re: [CentOS] Not Quite Minimal CentOS 6.2

2012-04-24 Thread Bob Hoffman
On 4/24/2012 7:22 PM, listmail wrote: > I a working on configuring a not-quite minimal installation of CentOS 6.2. I > tried doing the "minimal" installation available with the installer, but it's > a bit too minimal to be useful. So I'm cutting down from a less minimal > starting place. I'm pretty

Re: [CentOS] Not Quite Minimal CentOS 6.2

2012-04-24 Thread listmail
On Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:22:17 -0700, listmail wrote > Also, any > ideas as to what would be launching cups would be appreciated. > I answered one of my own questions: cups was being started by the VMware tools startup script. I fixed this for now by editing the VMware startup script and removing

[CentOS] Not Quite Minimal CentOS 6.2

2012-04-24 Thread listmail
Hi All, I a working on configuring a not-quite minimal installation of CentOS 6.2. I tried doing the "minimal" installation available with the installer, but it's a bit too minimal to be useful. So I'm cutting down from a less minimal starting place. I'm pretty familiar with 5.x, but what I'm find

[CentOS] NTLMv2 compatibility in Samba 3.0.33 standard packages

2012-04-24 Thread Andrew Reis
Good afternoon/morning/evening everyone, I've been running into the problem of clients using Windows 7 with CentOS 5.X and file/printer sharing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the stand samba-3.0.33-x.x.x packages DO NOT provide compatibility with Windows Vista/7. I've had to manually compile s

Re: [CentOS] [CentOS-announce] CESA-2012:0465 Critical CentOS 5 samba Update

2012-04-24 Thread Johnny Hughes
On 04/24/2012 05:00 PM, James A. Peltier wrote: > Any idea about samba3x packages? Are they vulnerable? > > - Original Message - > | > | CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2012:0465 Critical > | > | Upstream details at : > | http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0465.html > | > | The

Re: [CentOS] [CentOS-announce] CESA-2012:0465 Critical CentOS 5 samba Update

2012-04-24 Thread Keith Keller
On 2012-04-24, James A. Peltier wrote: > Any idea about samba3x packages? Are they vulnerable? A CESA about samba3x was sent out on the same day, IIRC. --keith -- kkel...@wombat.san-francisco.ca.us ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http:/

Re: [CentOS] [CentOS-announce] CESA-2012:0465 Critical CentOS 5 samba Update

2012-04-24 Thread James A. Peltier
Any idea about samba3x packages? Are they vulnerable? - Original Message - | | CentOS Errata and Security Advisory 2012:0465 Critical | | Upstream details at : | http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0465.html | | The following updated files have been uploaded and are currently | sync

Re: [CentOS] strange partitioning problem

2012-04-24 Thread Gé Weijers
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 1:52 PM, Boris Epstein wrote: > Ge, > > Thanks! I am afraid that will still not address the issue of how I would > partition the drive for the installation. Any way you'd like. CentOS can't BOOT from a GPT partitioned device if the BIOS does not support it, but you can cer

Re: [CentOS] strange partitioning problem

2012-04-24 Thread Eero Volotinen
2012/4/25 Eero Volotinen : > 2012/4/25 Markku Kolkka : >> 24.4.2012 23:52, Boris Epstein kirjoitti: >>> Thanks! I am afraid that will still not address the issue of how I would >>> partition the drive for the installation. >> >> Don't partition it at all, assign the whole drive as a LVM physical vo

Re: [CentOS] strange partitioning problem

2012-04-24 Thread Eero Volotinen
2012/4/25 Markku Kolkka : > 24.4.2012 23:52, Boris Epstein kirjoitti: >> Thanks! I am afraid that will still not address the issue of how I would >> partition the drive for the installation. > > Don't partition it at all, assign the whole drive as a LVM physical volume. Is it really possible to bo

Re: [CentOS] strange partitioning problem

2012-04-24 Thread Boris Epstein
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:29 PM, Markku Kolkka wrote: > 24.4.2012 23:52, Boris Epstein kirjoitti: > > Thanks! I am afraid that will still not address the issue of how I would > > partition the drive for the installation. > > Don't partition it at all, assign the whole drive as a LVM physical volum

Re: [CentOS] strange partitioning problem

2012-04-24 Thread Markku Kolkka
24.4.2012 23:52, Boris Epstein kirjoitti: > Thanks! I am afraid that will still not address the issue of how I would > partition the drive for the installation. Don't partition it at all, assign the whole drive as a LVM physical volume. -- Markku Kolkka markku.kol...@iki.fi _

Re: [CentOS] strange partitioning problem

2012-04-24 Thread Boris Epstein
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 5:24 PM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > 2012/4/24 Boris Epstein : > > Ge, > > > > Thanks! I am afraid that will still not address the issue of how I would > > partition the drive for the installation. > > > > Boris. > > > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Gé Weijers wrote: > > >

Re: [CentOS] strange partitioning problem

2012-04-24 Thread Eero Volotinen
2012/4/24 Boris Epstein : > Ge, > > Thanks! I am afraid that will still not address the issue of how I would > partition the drive for the installation. > > Boris. > > On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Gé Weijers wrote: > >> Here's the low-tech approach: put /boot on a memory stick, and boot >> fro

Re: [CentOS] "rename3" ethernet NIC?

2012-04-24 Thread Digimer
On 04/24/2012 02:10 PM, Boris Epstein wrote: > Hello listmates, > > Bizarrely enough, I ended up with what I intended to be called "eth1" being > called "rename3". Would anybody have any idea what the cause could be of > this? > > Thanks. > > Boris. This should help; On CentOS 6.x: https://al

Re: [CentOS] strange partitioning problem

2012-04-24 Thread Boris Epstein
Ge, Thanks! I am afraid that will still not address the issue of how I would partition the drive for the installation. Boris. On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Gé Weijers wrote: > Here's the low-tech approach: put /boot on a memory stick, and boot > from that (assuming your BIOS can be set to b

Re: [CentOS] strange partitioning problem

2012-04-24 Thread Gé Weijers
Here's the low-tech approach: put /boot on a memory stick, and boot from that (assuming your BIOS can be set to boot of a USD device). /boot usually only get access when you do kernel updates. -- Gé ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://list

Re: [CentOS] strange partitioning problem

2012-04-24 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 4/24/2012 1:32 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 04/24/12 4:46 AM, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn wrote: >> I used the raid controller for this. On a regular disk you just create two >> partitions I guess. > which part of MBR not supporting disks over 2TB do you not understand? > you have to use GPT to pu

[CentOS] ldap, 2.3 primary, 2.4 secondary

2012-04-24 Thread aurfalien
Hi all, Is it possible to use a 2.3 OpenLDAP primary while having a 2.4 OpenLDAP secondary? Currently I have all at 2.3 (Centos 5) but am needing to up a remote facility to Centos 6 before doing the main facility to 6. Hoping I can mix and match but it looks like I may not be able to. My LDAP

[CentOS] "rename3" ethernet NIC?

2012-04-24 Thread Boris Epstein
Hello listmates, Bizarrely enough, I ended up with what I intended to be called "eth1" being called "rename3". Would anybody have any idea what the cause could be of this? Thanks. Boris. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org

Re: [CentOS] strange partitioning problem

2012-04-24 Thread John R Pierce
On 04/24/12 4:46 AM, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn wrote: > I used the raid controller for this. On a regular disk you just create two > partitions I guess. which part of MBR not supporting disks over 2TB do you not understand? you have to use GPT to put a partition past 2^32 * 512 bytes == 2TiB --

[CentOS] CentOS-announce Digest, Vol 86, Issue 13

2012-04-24 Thread centos-announce-request
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Re: [CentOS] Latest 6.2 kernel is broken

2012-04-24 Thread Ned Slider
On 24/04/12 15:56, Lars Hecking wrote: > Peter Kjellstr??m writes: >> On Monday 23 April 2012 17.54.33 Lars Hecking wrote: >>> I just kickstarted a new machine with the latest CentOS 6.2 files, >>> including kernel 2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64. It came up without network >>> interfaces. >>> >>> d

Re: [CentOS] Latest 6.2 kernel is broken

2012-04-24 Thread Lars Hecking
Peter Kjellstr??m writes: > On Monday 23 April 2012 17.54.33 Lars Hecking wrote: > > I just kickstarted a new machine with the latest CentOS 6.2 files, > > including kernel 2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64. It came up without network > > interfaces. > > > > dmesg says: > > bnx2: Can't load firmware fi

[CentOS] About audit2allow generated rules

2012-04-24 Thread Min Wang
HI I have something in /var/log/audit/audit.log like: avc: denied { write } for pid=23739 comm="httpd" name="renderd.sock" dev=dm-0 ino=1183752 scontext=unconfined_u:system_r:httpd_t:s0 tcontext=unconfined_u:object_r:var_run_t:s0 tclass=sock_file use audit2allow it generates somethin

Re: [CentOS] XEN or KVM - performance/stability/security?

2012-04-24 Thread Dennis Jacobfeuerborn
On 04/24/2012 11:58 AM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby wrote: > On 04/23/2012 06:44 PM, Peter Peltonen wrote: >>> I would add some LXC pins for quick ehanced chroot, depending on the use >>> case >> LXC sounds interesting: are there any yum repositries / RPMs / >> tutorials for CentOS available? > > You

Re: [CentOS] strange partitioning problem

2012-04-24 Thread Dennis Jacobfeuerborn
On 04/24/2012 05:38 AM, John R Pierce wrote: > On 04/23/12 8:31 PM, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn wrote: >>> um, LVM can't see over 2TB of the drive either, unless its formatted GPT, whereupon it can't be used as a boot device on a non-EFI system. >> The idea is to create multiple 2TB partitions. >>

Re: [CentOS] Latest 6.2 kernel is broken

2012-04-24 Thread Peter Kjellström
On Monday 23 April 2012 17.54.33 Lars Hecking wrote: > I just kickstarted a new machine with the latest CentOS 6.2 files, > including kernel 2.6.32-220.13.1.el6.x86_64. It came up without network > interfaces. > > dmesg says: > bnx2: Can't load firmware file "bnx2/bnx2-mips-09-6.2.1b.fw" This i

Re: [CentOS] problems with PV snapshots

2012-04-24 Thread Riccardo Veraldi
hte main problem is that when I use pvchange -u it refuses to make operation to clsutered volume Volume Groups with the clustered attribute will be inaccessible. Found duplicate PV 46dU6F2rU9xqqOaWf8eihFwbdGp672lS: using /dev/mapper/mpathh not /dev/mapper/mpathk Found duplicate PV 5ZTDC

Re: [CentOS] problems with PV snapshots

2012-04-24 Thread Riccardo Veraldi
On 4/24/12 12:05 AM, Ljubomir Ljubojevic wrote: > On 04/23/2012 03:44 AM, James A. Peltier wrote: >> |> pvs >> |Found duplicate PV 5ZTDCmWHDH6M04nl58Wyyi3nYG8BOCRo: using >> | /dev/mapper/mpathl not /dev/mapper/mpathi >> |PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree >> |/dev

Re: [CentOS] XEN or KVM - performance/stability/security?

2012-04-24 Thread Mihamina Rakotomandimby
On 04/23/2012 06:44 PM, Peter Peltonen wrote: >> I would add some LXC pins for quick ehanced chroot, depending on the use >> case > LXC sounds interesting: are there any yum repositries / RPMs / > tutorials for CentOS available? You dont need rpms: the libvirt directly use the LXC API. A tutorial: