Add nexentastor to domain (ldap/samba)

I have PDC on LDAP/SAMBA 3.x on CentOS 5. Domain memberships – Linux/Windows (Xp..7). For add computer account in PDC i run (on PDC) smbldap-useradd -w workstationname on the linux, configure smb.conf smbpasswd -w password_for_ldap_admin net join -S PDC_NAME -U domainadmin Welcome to domain.. At now, i have one NexentaStor OS machine (v40-0-18, beta) uname … Read more

Debian 7 NGINX OwnCloud – move data-folder to NFS-mount permission problems?

Case: Debian 7.1.0 server running nginx 1.2.1, hosting OwnCloud 5.0.13 OwnCloud default installed in /var/www/owncloud Files uploaded to owncloud reside in /var/www/owncloud/data However, diskspace is running low. Idea is to move data to a file server which has more space, but I have a permissions problem. File server in question is based on OmniOS (illumos … Read more

Why bareos bpipe job fails with: Fatal error: bpipe-fd: Pipe read error: ERR=Error 0

Using bpipe plugin with Bareos Backup I get an error: Fatal error: bpipe-fd: Pipe read error: ERR=Error 0 after zfs send -R dpool/some_dataset finished, executed from bash script.But only iff dpool/some_dataset has child datasets (there is dpool/some_dataset/child1 for example). The -R option includes the child within the zfs send. This is my script zfs_create_send_snapshot.sh: #!/bin/sh … Read more

Nexenta storage metro cluster – what are components involved?

As Nexenta is built on Illumos, a successor of OpenSolaris, I was wondering what components are involved in their storage metro clustering? Can anybody enlight me as to what components are doing this site-to-site mirroring? If these components are open source, is it possible to build your own site-to-site storage cluster? Answer I’d assume that … Read more

Disk names in Solaris 10 for ZFS: SAS WWN instead of c0t0d0

I currently have a server running Solaris 10u9 with a SAS enclosure (Dell PowerVault MD1000) filled with SATA disks attached to an SAS card (LSI 3801E). It happily recognizes the 15 disks in the MD1000 and presents them each disk in the traditional solaris form (c1t12d0, c1t13d0, c1t15d0, etc). My home ZFS setup (Nexenta CP3 … Read more

Forcing server as idle as possible (all OSes, but possibly illumos too)

Sometimes a server will start showing some kind of hardware failures, not disabling its functionalities, but requiring hands-on presence (it could be days to reach, if remote post). In some such cases, the server must be kept on to preserve some inner state: it cannot be powered off, nor restarted, but at the same time, … Read more

How do I set up IP over FC on OpenSolaris / Illumos?

This article implies that it’s easy, but gives no details. I have a double QLogic card in my OmniOS server, connected via two fibre-optic cables to SFP adaptors in my Procurve switch. What I would really like is to aggregate the two connections so I have one double-capacity IP connection between switch and server. I’ve … Read more