The third Supercomputer according to the Top 500 List is getting a CPU upgrade by Cray. The AMD Quad-Core processors are being replaced by Six-Core processors without having to replace any board.Posted in Hardware Tagged: amd, design, opteron,...
Topics: amd, design, Hardware, opteron, supercomputer

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Listing the logical volumes inside the volume group. AIX can’t determine the LV type.root@aix:/ # lsvg -l oravgoravg:LV NAME             TYPE       LPs   PPs   PVs  LV STATE      MOUNT POINToravg_lg           .
Topics: aix, exportvg, importvg, Sysadmin

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To check the OBP variables in your Solaris SPARC server and leaving Solaris up and running, you’ll need to use the eeprom commandroot@solaris:/ # eepromasr-policy=normaltest-args: data not...
Topics: eeprom, obp, solaris, sparc, Sysadmin

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I had this weird error when trying to start an X11 application.oracle@dbserver:~ $ xclockxlib: connection to “localhost:12.0″ refused by serverXlib: PuTTY X11 proxy: wrong authentication protocol attemptedError: Can’t open display:...
Topics: putty, Sysadmin, x11

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Whenever you see a volume inside a disk group with the NEEDSYNC state, you simply run vxvol -g <disk group> resync <volume> to change the status back to ENABLED.root@solaris:/ # vxprint -htg softwaredgDG NAME        ...
Topics: Sysadmin, veritas, vxvm

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