Old laptop + Ubuntu

Install minimum only base system. (you can use the server/alternate cd)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

sudo aptitude -y install xserver-xorg-core xinit menu menu-xdg jwm fluxbox alsa-utils mrxvt-m

# sudo aptitude install jwm
# sudo aptitude install fluxbox
# sudo aptitude install fvwm-crystal
# sudo aptitude install icewm icemc wmctrl
# sudo aptitude install --without-recommends lxde
# sudo aptitude install xfce4
# sudo aptitude install gnome-core
# sudo aptitude install kde-core
# sudo aptitude install kde4-core

first, put the lxde repo into /etc/apt/sources.list :

# sudo nano -w /etc/apt/sources.list
# then paste this line into it:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/lxde/ubuntu hardy main
# then:
# sudo aptitude update
# sudo aptitude install --without-recommends lxde

Browsers
sudo apt-get install firefox

Plugins
sudo aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree sun-java5-plugin
sudo aptitude install ubufox adblock-plus firebug firefox-greasemonkey firefox-webdeveloper

# to make plugins works for firefox 1.5 or swiftweasel
cd /opt/firefox/plugins
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/flashplugin-nonfree/libflashplayer.so
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.15/jre/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so

Other:

# other stuffs
sudo aptitude install openjdk-6-jdk pidgin gkrellm wine qemu gxine xarchiver evince
# tools for desktop
# sudo aptitude install conky
# sudo aptitude install gkrellm
#
# stuffs i like, tools i use
# sudo aptitude install zim

Great url http://knol.google.com/k/ubuntu-minimal-desktop-installation-guide#

Ubuntu update

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Ubuntu 10.10 - Sound freeze on Toshiba Satellite Pro A10

Remove the package "python-gi" it fixes them all, I did it and got exaile 3.2 working. This fixes the problem with it crashing when you try to play a song.

Ubuntu 10.10 - Sakis3g

Tips on getting Modem-Manager to work?

Choose "More Options"
Choose "Use 3G"

To avoid modem-manager error messages

Remove Modem Manager

sudo apt-get purge modemmanager

Windows 2008 R2 - RemoteApp Certificate Error

Add " authentication level:i:2" to the RDP-TCP Settings
To access these settings go to
* Server Manager
* Remote Desktop Services
* RemoteApp Manager
* Click on RDP Settings - Change



If this doesn't work change the authentication to 0

2 = N

MS Window 2008 R2 - Remote Desktop Services

Terminal Server have had a name change to Remote Desktop Services

Install Remote Desktop Services
Change the servername here:



This is what the new login looks like:

Open with IE

http://ipaddress/rdweb

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 Error "FP: Bad component offset.Form:80Wind:1Fld:14

Reinstall or Repair will fix this infrastructure problem.

WatchGuard - FireCluster layout

Fire Cluster layout

As you can see we have a Primary and Secondary (Firebox) in the FireCluster

Leased lines connects to eth0 and eht3 (both External)

Exchange 2007 - exporting mailboxes - "mapi error"

Export-mailbox -Identity useralias -PSTFolderPath "c:\user.domain.com.pst"





"Manage full access permissions"

Nagios - monitor sql server

define service{
use generic-service
host_name BHLHRSQL2
service_description SQL Database - Boxtop
check_command check_nt!SERVICESTATE!-d SHOWALL -l MSSQL"$$"BOXTOP
}

Nagios: check_nt (my examples)

Monitoring IIS

define service{
use generic-service
host_name BHLHRDC
service_description World Wide Web Publishing Service
check_command check_nt!SERVICESTATE!-d SHOWALL -l "W3SVC"
}

Monitoring DNS

define service{
use generic-service
host_name BHLHRDC
service_description DNS Server
check_command check_nt!SERVICESTATE!-d SHOWALL -l "DNS"
}

Make sure the "check_command" specifies your

Monitoring Backup Exec Services

define service{
use generic-service
host_name BHLHRDC,BHLHRSQL2,BHLHRTS,BHLHRGP
service_description Backup Exec Remote Agent for Windows Servers
check_command check_nt!SERVICESTATE!-d SHOWALL -l "BackupExecAgentAccelerator"
}

Monitoring SQL Service

MS Dynamics GP 2010 & Win 2008 R2 Terminal Server

Setting up a new Instance on TS

Pre-req's

1. Setup new Company
2. Setup new Instance


Current TS RemoteApp Settings



Open Service Manager on Windows 2008
- Click on Add RemoteApp Program (this will launch the RemoteApp Wizard)
- Click on Browse
- Select the right instance and choose dynamics.exe
- Click on Properties - Change the name to the correct name you want
- Click on the "Command Line Arguments" select "Always use the following command-line arguments" then add dynamics.set and click OK

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 - Company Databases & Names

GP - Company Name Change

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Company Databases

Company Names

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 - Setting up new Instance on Terminal Server (2008 R2)

Make sure you've setup a new company using GP utilities.

Run GP 2010 installation

Choose "Create New instance"
- Name the new instance


To install a new GP Instance on Terminal Server (2008 R2)

Follow onscreen prompts
Connect to correct SQL Server



Error if you've specified an incorrect SQL Server path



To Remove a GP Instance from Terminal Server

Open Control Panel
- Choose Remove Programs
- Choose the Instance you want to remove
- Choose "Change"
- Choose "Remove"

Microsoft Exchange 2007 - exporting mailboxes

1. Install Microsoft Exchange Admin Pack 32bit on 32bit PC

2. Open PowerShell - Run command

export-mailbox -Identity username -PSTFolder "c:\folderpath\username.domain.com.pst"

Sophos Enterprise Management

Sophos Services that should be running

Sophos Management Console Error "CoInitializeSecurity failed. ..."

Sophos Management Service

"CoInitializeSecurity failed..."

When trying to run the service

Steps to fix

1. Check if AD have a "Sophos Console Administrators" Group
2. If not create one - and add user that need to run Sophos Console to this new group
3. Start Sophos Database
4. Logoff
5. Log back on & open Services & Start Sophos Managerment Service
6. Still cannot start Management Service

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 - Terminal Server (2008) upgrade error

Backuped up my Dynamics folder, Upgraded Terminal Server to SP1, did a restart.
Launched Utilities were presented with the following error message:

Possible fixes:

** Try rerun the Service Pack
** in Microsoft Dynamics\Instance Name\ rename "Addins"
** Drag dynamics onto dynamics.set

Unable to get the version number of the Database
Version number kept in table called "DU00000030"

Upgrade

dbo.DB_Upgrade - keeps all version information

Check Log file - products listed in DYNUTILS.txt

DYNUTILS.txt - all products listed
- remove the problematic items out of the dynutils
- rerun the Utilities

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 - error message

A get change first operation on table '******' is for an invalid
key'


This is incorrect ODBC settings.
Check user/database permissions.

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 - upgrade to SP1 *issues*

Backed up Companies
Ran SP1
Did a restart


Error when trying to open GP "Dictionary c:\program files\Microsoft Dynamics\GP2010\Data\FORMS.DIC needs to be upgraded. Use Dynamics Utilities to update your modified forms and reports.


Error when trying to open GP "Dictionary c:\program files\Microsoft Dynamics\GP2010\Data\REPORTS.DIC needs to be upgraded. Use Dynamics Utilities to update your modified forms and reports.

When running Utilities - GP comes up with an error message "Microsoft Dynamics GP has encountered a problem and neeeds to close."

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1. Rerun service pack
2. Run Utilities
- validating company information

When you load any new version - ALWAYS ALWAYS run Utilities first - otherwise if you run GP first, it will corrupt data.

2 tables and 1 file that hold the working version - if these become out of sync you cannot fix it.

Updating Client GP Installations with SP1
* Run SP1 update on all clients.
* Run Utilities
*

Microsoft Dynamics GP 2010 - Peak inside...

Backups
To Backup a company
Click on Maintenance - Backup
Select company
Select

Renaming a company
Microsoft GP - Tools - Setup Company - Company

Nagios: Getting SNMP MIB Information

From Nagios run Smtpwalk (this will output a list of the MIB's)
MIB = management information bases

snmpwalk -c public -v 1 200.200.200.120

-c Community string
-v version

GP

Run GP Utilities, Press Next

"Create a company"
id = 5 DIGIT


GP Utilities

MS SQL 2008 Server - Activity Monitor

To open Activity Monitor in SQL Server Management Studio

1.

On the SQL Server Management Studio standard toolbar, click Activity Monitor.
2.

In the Connect to Server dialog box, select the server name and authentication mode, and then click Connect.

You can also open Activity Monitor at any time by pressing CTRL+ALT A.
To open Activity Monitor in Object Explorer

*

In Object Explorer, right-click the instance name, and then select Activity Monitor.

To open Activity Monitor when opening SQL Server Management Studio

1.

On the Tools menu, click Options.
2.

In the Options dialog box, expand Environment, and then select General.
3.

In the At startup box, select Open Object Explorer and Activity Monitor.
4.

To activate the changes, close and reopen SQL Server Management Studio.

Nagios - setting up a new service (Check_Printer)

(When testing a plugin - use the full path to the plugin)

1. Download & unTar
Download and copy the extracted new plugin to /usr/local/nagios/libexec/

2. Setup new service in commands.cfg

#Monitor Printer via SNMP

define command{
command_name check_printer
command_line check_printer.sh
}

3. Verify Nagios Configuration
/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg

4. Setup Service
vi /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/
define service{
use generic-service ; Inherit values from a template
host_name BHLHROPSCOLOUR,BHMANOPS,BHLHRACC,BHLHROPSCOLOUR,BHLHROPS,ScannerFaxCopier
service_description Printer Status ; The service description
check_command check_printer ; The command used to monitor the service
normal_check_interval 10 ; Check the service every 10 minutes under normal conditions
retry_check_interval 1 ; Re-check the service every minute until its final/hard state is determined
}
5. Restart Nagios
/etc/init.d/nagios restart

try accessing using snmpwalk to see if you can access the device
snmpwalk -c public -v 1 200.200.200.123

Nagios - Frequently used commands

Verify Configuration
/usr/local/nagios/bin/nagios -v /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg

Nagios - changing main screen after upgrade

After an upgrade Nagios changes the main screen - to change it back to your tactical view:

Edit Index.php
vi /usr/local/nagios/share/index.php

Restart Apache2
/etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Restart Nagios
/etc/init.d/nagios restart

Nagios - check setup

check config.log


root@bhlhrnagi:~# vi /nagios-3.2.2/config.log
configure:9208: result: *** Configuration summary for nagios 3.2.2 09-01-2010 ***:
configure:9215: result: Nagios executable: nagios
configure:9217: result: Nagios user/group: nagios,nagios
configure:9219: result: Command user/group: nagios,nagcmd
configure:9230: result: Embedded Perl: no
configure:9234: result: Event Broker: yes
configure:9240: result: Install ${prefix}: /usr/local/nagios
configure:9242: result: Lock file: ${prefix}/var/nagios.lock
configure:9244: result: Check result directory: ${prefix}/var/spool/checkresults
configure:9246: result: Init directory: /etc/init.d
configure:9248: result: Apache conf.d directory: /etc/apache2/conf.d
configure:9250: result: Mail program: /usr/bin/mail
configure:9252: result: Host OS: linux-gnu
configure:9259: result: HTML URL: http://localhost/nagios/
configure:9261: result: CGI URL: http://localhost/nagios/cgi-bin/
configure:9263: result: Traceroute (used by WAP):

GP Dynamics 2010 - RPC Server unavailable

When trying to Run Integration manager a box pops-up with the following message:

"RPC Server unavailable"