Using docker, you can package your enterprise application into one self-contained container, which is guaranteed to run on any environment. This makes it easy for both developer and sysadmins to manage the application. If you are an administrator, you don’t have to hear this excuse from developer anymore: “But, it works on my dev environment!” [...]
Ramesh Natarajan
Even if you are a sysadmin or developer, when you have Oracle running in your environment, you might encounter a situation where you have to do some basic DBA tasks. One such task is to export data from an Oracle database. Using Oracle’s exp utility, it is very easy to dump data from database. In [...]
We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do. ~Mother Teresa Happy New Year to all TGS readers from Me and My Daughters (Diya and Neha). We wish you and your family a happy and prosperous New Year. As you already know, at TGS, with your tremendous love and support, we [...]
Node.js framework is very lightweight and does not use threads. Node.js is an event driven framework. It is also asynchronous. Using Node.js developers can write scalable application without having to worry about writing logic to take care of thread related tasks. This article explains two methods to Install Node.js on your Linux system. I. Install [...]
The first hands-on Linux sysadmin workshop for this year is here. I’m excited to announce that the registration for the Los Angeles Linux Sysadmin workshop is now open. Workshop Date and Location Workshop Date: 05-Mar-2015 (Thu) and 06-Mar-2015 (Fri) Location: 2000 East Mariposa Avenue, El Segundo, CA 90245 (This is the Courtyard by Marriott that [...]
Question: On my DELL PowerEdge server, in the front panel, I see this error message: W1228 Raid controller battery capacity <24hr error message. But, everything seems to be working fine on the server. What should I do to fix this issue? Is this something I should be worried about? Answer: In most situations, the solution [...]
The 1st live hands-on Linux sysadmin workshop for this year is here. This time, it will be in Los Angeles. This is two days of hands-on training, where all the participants will work on several well structured lab exercises on a Linux system. This workshop is for newbies or intermediate users of Linux who would [...]
If you are sysadmin, sometimes you might find yourself dealing with Oracle backups. Apart from taking oracle RMAN backup, you should also understand how to Delete the old backups from the RMAN catalog and from physical filesystem. If you don’t properly delete obsolete and expired Oracle DB backup from the catalog, it will cause some [...]