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Cluster Installation – setting WCM_HOST and WCM_PORT

How to automate setting WCM_HOST and WCM_PORT values with a simple ConfigEngine script. Continue reading

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Getting the IBM Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) to run on Ubuntu 10.04

How to get the IBM Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) to run on Ubuntu Continue reading

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D-Bus library appears to be incorrectly set up; failed to read machine uuid: Failed to open “/var/lib/dbus/machine-id”

How to solve the problem of not having a machine-id file on Linux Continue reading

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Unable to install VMware Tools – no such file or directory

How to fix the common error of missing VMware Tools isos with ESXi. Continue reading

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What sort of disk is VMware ESXi running on?

How to tell which disk VMware ESXi is booting from. Continue reading

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Uninstall Process Server, keep Portal Server

How to uninstall WebSphere Process Server 6.0 from your WebSphere Portal 6.0 environment. Continue reading

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How to use the PVSCSI driver on Ubuntu Lucid

How to get the paravirtualized scsi driver going on Ubuntu 10.04. Continue reading

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Followup – ERRORCODE=-4214, SQLSTATE=28000 from DB2

New findings about this common DB2 error on Linux, with an even simpler fix. Continue reading

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DB2 Silent Install Error: The return value is “5121”.

Is db2setup having trouble creating users on your system with Db2 9.7 FP2? How to solve Return code 5121. Continue reading

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Cross platform DB2 backup and restore

A guide on how to move a DB2 database from one platform to another with special emphasis on migrating from Windows to Linux. Continue reading

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