Adding Subject Lines to Postfix Logs

After trawling logs from users who give you a time and a recipient when they deal with this recipient quiet a lot is a pain…so i asked for the subject of the email only to notice its not there (new to this postfix malarkey) – so quick google and this enables the subject in the Read more about Adding Subject Lines to Postfix Logs[…]

Troubleshooting Storage Latency – VMWare ESXTOP

After having some issues with latency on a data store i decided to look a little deeper and after a few google searches found this was the best way to find the culprit or at least begin to. Im not going to go into massive detail just how to get to the bottom of it. Read more about Troubleshooting Storage Latency – VMWare ESXTOP[…]

Putty Add-on – Finally all my putty dreams come true.

I finally had enough of connecting multiple putty sessions, and wanted my switches naming rather than IP as I am getting older and struggling to remember them all 😉 I headed to google and found this little gem…. MTPuTTY (Multi-Tabbed PuTTY) PuTTY is the most popular SSH client for Windows. One, and probably the only Read more about Putty Add-on – Finally all my putty dreams come true.[…]

Update HP Procurve Firmware

First up if you dont already download a free TFTP Server – recommend this one http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/free_tftp_server.aspx Install and note IP address of machine installed on. For example here its 10.1.1.10 Log on to your switch… First, we will take a look at what version of firmware the switch shipped with (and already exists, therefore, on flash): Read more about Update HP Procurve Firmware[…]

Backup HP Switch Config

Easy one… Download a free TFTP Server – recommend this one http://www.solarwinds.com/products/freetools/free_tftp_server.aspx Install and note IP address of machine installed on. For example here its 10.1.1.10 Log on to your switch… Switch# copy run tftp 10.1.1.10 config1.cfg check the TFTP root directory and you should see your file – config1.cfg Done.