Avinash C. Pillai

* rpm -qa --last will return all installed rpm packages with their installed time. The last installed packages will be at the top of the list. * rpm -qa --last less is will return all installed packages with their install date. Less allows you to scroll through the results. * rpm -qa --last tail -n [lines] will return the last 5 packages. Replace [line] with any number you want, in my case 5 for file lines. [root@testbox root]# rpm -qa --last tail -n 5termcap-11.0.1-17.1 Tue 09 May 2006 03:02:53 PM MYTsetup-2.5.27-1 Tue 09 May 2006 03:02:52 PM MYTfilesystem-2.2.1-3 Tue 09 May 2006 03:02:52 PM MYTbasesystem-8.0-2 Tue 09 May 2006 03:02:52 PM MYTredhat-logos-1.1.14.3-1 Tue 09 May 2006 03:02:51 PM MYT * rpm -qa --last grep [package name] will return the install date for a specific RPM package. In my case the apache web server

Oracle Database Starts but unable to start the Oracle Listner on LINUX Platform. It throws out the following error. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> oracle@db02 admin]$ lsnrctl start LISTENER_EPDP TNS-12537: TNS:connection closed TNS-12560: TNS:protocol adapter error TNS-00507: Connection closed Linux Error: 29: Illegal seek >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SOLUTION: Make sure that the /etc/hosts file the below entry, especially the last part "localhost" 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost Thanks & Regards Avinash Pillai

Overview 1) Pentium II Xeon 2) Pentium III Xeon 3) Xeon (DP) & Xeon MP (32-bit) 3.1 Foster 3.2 Prestonia 3.3 Gallatin Xeon (DP) & Xeon MP (64-bit) 5) Dual-Core Xeon 5.1 "Paxville DP" 5.2 7000-series "Paxville MP" 5.3 LV (ULV), "Sossaman" 5.4 5000-series "Dempsey" 5.5 5100-series "Woodcrest" 5.6 7100-series "Tulsa" 5.7 7200-series "Tigerton" 5.8 3000-series "Conroe" 5.9 3100-series "Wolfdale" 5.10 5200-series "Wolfdale DP" 6 Quad-Core and Multi-Core Xeon 6.1 3200-series "Kentsfield" 6.2 3300-series "Yorkfield" 6.3 5300-series "Clovertown" 6.4 5400-series "Harpertown" 6.5 7300-series "Tigerton" 6.6 7400-series "Dunnington" 6.7 5500-se...

Implementation of Active Directory & MS-Exchange Posted by Avinash Pillai on 02/11/2008 12:51:00 PM In brief the steps are shown below. I did the migration from exchange 5.5 to exchange 2003 same time Windows NT PDC to Active Directory 2003 for 3000 mailboxes. 1) Upgrade the same OS on the NT PDC Server to an Windows 2000/2003 Server 2) Configure the same Server as the Active Directory Server(This will pick up all the PDC DB by default) 3) By Default the AD Site will be in mixed mode. ( Dont change from domain from mixed modeuntil you completely migrate exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000/2003/2007) ) 4) Install Active Directory Connector (ADC) on the AD server so that the Active Directory can talk to Exchange 5.5 and vise versa. 5) Install Exchange 2003 on another system in the same forest and same exchange organisation where the Exchange 5.5 excists. 6) Move mailboxes from Exchange 5.5 to new Exchange 2003 one by one ( this help us to analyse errors, if any while moving mailboxes) 7) ...

How can we free up more space on Exchange 2003 Server Posted by Avinash Pillai on 01/27/2009 01:05:00 PM Best solution that i can provide you is: Since running "eseutil" requires the Exchange DB to be stopped and hence need a complete downtime during this time. I would suggesst you to create a different mailbox store and map them to a diff drive or to a diff server then move every mailboxes one by one. Once the entire mailboxes are moved to the new store either run "eseutil" on the old store and make the DB slim or just delete the old store. Advantage: 1) Not require any downtime since you are not running "eseutil" on live DB. 2) All the mailboxes that are moved to the new store will carry only the exact size of the data that it hold at the time of its transfer. i.e the Data that it will show after running the "eseutil". __.____._ Copyright © 2009 Toolbox and message author.No redistribution. Regards Avinash Pillai URL : http://avinashpillai.b...

Useful commands for Windows Administrators Notes: (1) Commands that use external, or third party, or non-native utilities contain hyperlinks to these utilities' download sites. (2) Replace command arguments displayed in italics with your own values. (3) Commands or utilities that require Windows Server 2003 are marked bright blue. How many users are logged on/connected to a server? Sometimes we may need to know how many users are logged on to a (file) server, like maybe when there is a performance degradation.At the server's console itself, with native commands only: NET SESSION FIND /C "\\" Remotely, with the help of SysInternals ' PSTools : PSEXEC \\servername NET SESSION FIND /C "\\" By replacing FIND /C "\\" by FIND "\\" (removing the /C switch) you'll get a list of logged on users instead of just the number of users. Who is logged on to a computer? We often need to know who is currently logged on to a remote computer.With n...

Dear All, Microsoft has released SQL 2008 and it supports a direct upgrade from SQL 2000/2005. Attaching the details FYI... SQL 2008 Features: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/whats-new.aspx SQL 2000 can be upgraded to SQL 2008 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb677622.aspx Reference URL: http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/overview.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb418491.aspx SQL 2008 Versions: SQL Server Enterprise Edition 2008 SQL Server Standard Edition 2008 SQL Server Developer Edition 2008 SQL Server Workgroup Edition 2008 SQL Server Web Edition 2008 SQL Server for Small Business 2008 Regards Avinash Pillai URL : http://avinashpillai.blogspot.com/ Email: avinashp[AT]aztecsoft[DOT]com, avinashp25[AT]gmail[DOT]com