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Using Linux command line tools to parse vSphere Export List output
Did you know that the output of the Export List command in vSphere is UTF-16 encoded? Here’s how you can change it. Continue reading
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Vmware player on RHEL 5: How to get rid of Clearlooks error
How to get rid of a clearlooks theme error when starting vmware from the command line. 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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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
DB2 and ConfigEngine : Security mechanism not supported
How to fix the error “Connection authorization failure occurred. Reason: Security mechanism not supported.” when using DB2’s DATA_ENCRYPT setting and WebSphere Portal’s ConfigEngine. Continue reading
W00t! Portal.Next beta available!
Been working on this one for a while. Download it here. If you’re a Linux person, I’d wait for the VMWare images to come out, as they’ll be Linux based installs.
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