SHIFT-WIKI - Sjoerd Hooft's InFormation Technology
This WIKI is my personal documentation blog. Please enjoy it and feel free to reach out through blue sky if you have a question, remark, improvement or observation. See below for the latest additions, or use the search or tags to browse for content.
Configure Syslog on ESXi 5.1
Summary: How to setup syslog in ESXi 5.1.
Date: Around 2012
Refactor: 29 April 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Configuring syslog on ESXi 5.1 is a two step plan. First configure the ESXi host to use the syslog server and then open the firewall to allow for outgoing syslog traffic.
SYSLOG
Summary: All about syslog.
Date: Around 2011
Refactor: 29 April 2025: Checked links and formatting.
AIX Post Install
Summary: ALthough AIX is by now on version 7.3 I find these old pages so fascinating I decided to keep them. On this page I'll show you what to do after a fresh AIX installation. This page is for AIX 5.3 and AIX 6.1.
Date: Between 2010-2013
Refactor: 21 December 2024: Checked formatting.
After installing AIX you are presented with a very basic version of AIX in which everything is default. This article shows you what I usually change on a system after a fresh install.
Find Sybase Version From Unix Commandline
Summary: How to find the sybase database version.
Date: Around 2010
Refactor: 29 April 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Small howto on finding the Sybase version without logging into the database tools (isql). You'll need to run sybase.sh to load the sybase environment into your shell. After that you can run the dataserver -v command.
I use the sybase user to run that command, it has the sybase environment by default:
$ dataserver -v Adaptive Server Enterprise/15.0.2/EBF 15967 ESD#6/P/x86_64/Enterprise Linux/ase1502/2537/64-bit/FBO/Thu Oct 2 01:33:23 2008 Confidential property of Sybase, Inc. Copyright 1987, 2008 Sybase, Inc. All rights reserved. Unpublished rights reserved under U.S. copyright laws. This software contains confidential and trade secret information of Sybase, Inc. Use, duplication or disclosure of the software and documentation by the U.S. Government is subject to restrictions set forth in a license agreement between the Government and Sybase, Inc. or other written agreement specifying the Government's rights to use the software and any applicable FAR provisions, for example, FAR 52.227-19. Sybase, Inc. One Sybase Drive, Dublin, CA 94568, USA