https://www2.mfenn.com/ 2026-04-22T05:12:04+00:00 https://www2.mfenn.com/ https://www2.mfenn.com/lib/tpl/dokuwiki/images/favicon.ico text/html 2011-09-10T17:37:29+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www2.mfenn.com/converting_a_partition_image_to_a_disk_image?rev=1315690649&do=diff This will document the steps necessary to convert a singe-partition image (a la Xen) to a full disk image suitable for use with KVM. Essentially, we need to make a disk with the partitions laid out in such a way that the QEMU virtual device can find them. For this first iteration, we are only going to try to create a device with a root and swap partition. text/html 2011-09-10T17:37:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www2.mfenn.com/osg_tips_and_tricks?rev=1315690650&do=diff OSG Tips and Tricks Submitting a Job mfenn@engage-submit:~$ cat script.sh #!/bin/sh echo "Hello, World!" mfenn@engage-submit:~$ globus-job-run osgce.cs.clemson.edu/jobmanager-fork /bin/sh -c 'echo $OSG_APP' /export/osg/app mfenn@engage-submit:~$ globus-job-run osgce.cs.clemson.edu/jobmanager-fork /bin/sh -c 'mkdir -p $OSG_APP/engage/mfenn' mfenn@engage-submit:~$ export MYDIR=/export/osg/app/engage/mfenn mfenn@engage-submit:~$ globus-url-copy file:///home/mfenn/script.sh gsiftp://osgce.cs.cle… text/html 2013-02-16T17:13:49+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www2.mfenn.com/setting_up_ipmi?rev=1361052829&do=diff In general, the BMC must be set up from within the OS unless you feel like going through the console on quite a few servers. Each manufacturer is of course different. Dell Dell is pretty good about using IPMItool for everything. The iDRAC 6 Express tends to flake out though. Script to set it up is below: text/html 2022-12-26T20:55:47+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www2.mfenn.com/start?rev=1672106147&do=diff Welcome Welcome to my personal website. Below you will find my resume and academic publications. There are also links to some of my sysadmin HOWTOs. I am an alumnus of Clemson University. I am currently a Systems Administrator at D. E. Shaw Research, LLC. I contribute to various open source projects: text/html 2013-02-16T16:27:44+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www2.mfenn.com/vmware_vsphere?rev=1361050064&do=diff vSphere HOWTOs This page has some information related to VMware vSphere. * vSphere 5.1 bootstrap without using Windows * vSphere 5.1 Virtual Center (vCenter) Appliance configuration * vSphere 5.1 vSphere configuration * vSphere 5.1 migrate Xen domU text/html 2013-02-16T16:54:32+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://www2.mfenn.com/vsphere_5.1_bootstrap_without_using_windows?rev=1361051672&do=diff vSphere 5.1 bootstrap without using Windows * Install ESXi as per normal. Configure the network with “Configure Management Network” in the DCUI F2 menu. Also in the F2 menu, go to “Troubleshooting Options” and enable SSH. Verify that you can ssh to the hypervisor.