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Simpana 9.0 Service Pack 4a available for download

If you don’t logon to Commvault’s  Maintenance Advantage daily, you might not know that Service Pack 4s is now available for Simpana 9.0.

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Simpana 9 – Check Readiness on Windows, Linux and Macintosh passes although backups fail

Came across an interesting thing today and thought I would publish it, as it could certainly catch people out. You’ll find the Client Readiness Check will pass on Windows, Linux and Macintosh clients (those I have checked so far), although … Continue reading

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Mac Mini 4,1 Kernel Panics

Been having some very odd issues on the Mac Mini 4,1 system I have. It looks like the mouse started to play up, and oddly enough new batteries never changed the issue. Soon as I removed the ram, and put … Continue reading

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HP Proliant N40L

I know am a little behind, but I too am considering the purchase of a HP Prolian Microserver. Considering a N40L, which is the replacement to the N36L. With 4 x 2Tb drives, I figure it would make a good … Continue reading

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CommVault Simpana Linux client can backup but not restore

Had an interesting issue with a Linux client that was running CommVault Simpana where it could backup fine but any attempts to restore would not work. Problem is the error indicate network/comms related. Although wasn’t the case. Errors indicated kernel … Continue reading

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Just another hot and humid day.

Looks like summer might be a hot one if the weather today is anything to go by. It’s quite overcast at the moment, and the heat is just hanging about. Had a nice BBQ earlier today with family and I … Continue reading

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Novell Certified Linux Administrator (CLA)

And thanks to Novell who have a partnership with LPI and provide LPIC-1 as an education path to the Novell Certified Linux Administator (CLA) certification, now have this certification too as of passing LPIC-1. So it’s been a good week. … Continue reading

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LPIC-1 Certification verification

As I said yesterday, my LPIC-1 certification can be verified now. It’s updated on my transcript. If you would like to verify it. You can do so here. My LPI ID and verification code is below. LPI ID: LPI000241416 Verification code: skl3azy73n

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Solaris Training

It looks like Solaris 11 training updates are just around the corner (I noticed Oracle mention beta exams starting in 2012), so I am guessing if anyone was considering Solaris training, it would be wise to wait. Is this the … Continue reading

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LPIC-1 Certification complete

Today I passed my LPIC-1 Exam 102, so I now have completed my LPIC-1 certification. I passed LPIC-1 Exam 101 last month. Next goal was to do LPIC-2 which is 2 more exams, that was planned for next year, however … Continue reading

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