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Installing RHEL 5 using the VMware Paravirtualized SCSI driver (pvscsi)

How to install RHEL 5 with the VMware Paravirtualized SCSI driver embedded into the installation media, and then how to automate the installation using it Continue reading

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Generating a java heap dump when WebSphere AppServer is not responding

How to convert a system dump to a java heap dump . Continue reading

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CNTR0019E: Initialization failed due to invalid property “supportedMemberTypes”.

Any problem where WMM (WebSphere Member Manager) doesn’t start properly is a deal breaker for Portal. Once WMM fails, every other component will fail, and you’ll be faced with a nasty 404 message. After installing 6.0.1.4-WP-IFPK83731.zip and 6.0.1.4-WP-IFPK70263.zip on a … Continue reading

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5 Steps to installing Portal 6.1.5 on Ubuntu 9.10

Here’s how to install Portal 6.1.5 on Ubuntu 9.10 Continue reading

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The security certificate “America Online Root Certification Authority 2″ has a public key of length greater than 2048 bit.

I’m doing a bit of work for a client and they run this crazy Citrix Metaframe thing, which I’ve heard of but never used before. It’s like a remote access tool / website wrapped in java applets and special clients … Continue reading

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Creating a Virtualbox guest machine from a physical machine

How to create a virtual machine from a physical machine using a Linux live CD and VirtualBox. Continue reading

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Oracle runstats oneliner (ok, two liner)

Use this to generate a runstats script for your Oracle system. Only works for 6.1 . Also very ugly #!/bin/bash export PROFILE_PATH=/opt/WebSphere/wp_profile cat ${PROFILE_PATH}/ConfigEngine/properties/wkplc_comp.properties | grep DbUser | grep -v source | grep -v ‘#’ | grep -v DBA | … Continue reading

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Tips for changing your Portal datasources

How to edit the portal datasources and meet off potential transaction log problems if they arise. Continue reading

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Best comment spam ever

funny comment spam Continue reading

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How to get your own local copy of the Infocenter

How to get your own local version of the WebSphere Portal infocenter, in case you can’t get to the website. Continue reading

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