Category: Computers

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Running Juniper SA SPE on VirtualBox using Named Pipes

This article explains howto run the Juniper Virtual Appliance on VirtualBox and hopefully Oracle VM.   First Install VirtualBox Download the Juniper Virtual Appliance SA SPE and unzip the file into a folder. Import the appliance as OVF. Create a 10 Gig Dynamic VDI for the Disk. Since the Juniper Appliance needs a serial console …

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Backup and Restore Magento

This explains howto export and import all the data and images from a Magento Ecommerce system.   First from the export machine, goto the the Admin for Magento. Then System / Import-Export / Dataflow-Profiles / Export All Products. Then choose Run Profile from the Menu on left. This will create a local file on the …

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Fixing OVM 3.1.1 Database

I found myself in a situation where I had “ghost” repository servers in presented to my nfs repository. This stopped my from being able to import anything into the repository. Not good. So I found this quick fix….   Ran as follows: /etc/init.d/ovmm stop NOTE: cat /u01/app/oracle/ovm-manager-3/.config (This provides some of the info you need …

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Upgrade Oracle VM 3.0.3 to 3.1.1

Download patches p14227416_30_Linux-x86-64.zip = OVM Manager Upgrade p14775391_30_Linux-x86-64.zip = OVM Server Upgrade   OVM Manager Upgrade. Unzip and mount the iso inside the zip file [root@ovmm303 ~]# unzip p14227416_30_Linux-x86-64.zip Archive:  p14227416_30_Linux-x86-64.zip inflating: ovmm-3.1.1-upgrade-b544.iso inflating: README.html [root@ovmm303 ~]# mount -o loop ovmm-3.1.1-upgrade-b544.iso /cdrom [root@ovmm303 ~]# cd /cdrom [root@ovmm303 cdrom]# ls components  EULA  LICENSE  runUpgrader.sh  TRANS.TBL  upgrade …

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Citrix Receiver install on OEL / Redhat 6.3

Download and install Citrix Reciver client Install complained about alsa-lib sounds drivers. Apparently it needs 32bit alsa-lib so: yum install alsa-lib.i686 Install complained about libcrypto so had to install the 32bit openssl yum install openssl.i686 Modify the /opt/Citrix/ICAClient/util/integrate.sh script to include the correct Firefox config executable. ########## found_netscape() { ALREADY_MIMETYPE=0 ALREADY_MAILCAP=0 arch=`uname -m` if [ …

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