Oracle JDK on Centos 7

Download and install the Oracle JDK
rpm -ivh jdk-7u80-Linux-x64.rpm


Set the Java environment variables
vi /etc/profile.d/java.sh


Add the following lines to java.sh
#!/bin/bash
JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_80/
PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
export PATH JAVA_HOME
export CLASSPATH=.


Make java.sh executable
chmod +x /etc/profile.d/java.sh


Set the variables,
source /etc/profile.d/java.sh

Copy / Move Outlook Profile to new computer

Copy or move your PST to the new location / computer.


Account Settings, POP servers, logins and all that info is stored in the registry.  Open the registry and export this key,


HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Windows Messaging Subsystem\Profiles\Outlook


Import the key into the new computer.

Ubuntu, extend LVM

- add new disk to the VM and reboot
- fdisk -l , should see the new disk, make note of its device name, ex. /dev/sdb or /dev/sda
- create a partition on the new space,
cfdisk /dev/sdb
or
fdisk /dev/sdb
- create physical volume and reboot,
pvcreate /dev/sdb
reboot
- vgdisplay to get the name of your volume group
- extend the volume group onto the new physical volume
vgextend Ubuntu-vg /dev/sdb1
- lvdisplay to get the name of our main logical volume
- extend the logical volume
lvextend -L +XXG LogicalVolumeName  , where XX is the number of gigs to add
lvextend -l +100%FREE LogicalVolumeName   , extends using all free space
lvextend -l +100%FREE /dev/Ubuntu-vg/root
- extend the filesystem
resize2fs /dev/ubuntu-vg/root

Ubuntu 14 Updates

apt-get install cron-apt
apt-get install unattended-upgrades


Edit the /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/50unattended-upgrades file
Remove the // to uncomment a line


Uncomment some lines shown below,


// Automatically upgrade packages from these (origin:archive) pairs
Unattended-Upgrade::Allowed-Origins {
        "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-security";
        "${distro_id}:${distro_codename}-updates";


// Do automatic removal of new unused dependencies after the upgrade
// (equivalent to apt-get autoremove)
Unattended-Upgrade::Remove-Unused-Dependencies "true";


// Automatically reboot *WITHOUT CONFIRMATION*
//  if the file /var/run/reboot-required is found after the upgrade
Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot "true";


// If automatic reboot is enabled and needed, reboot at the specific
// time instead of immediately
//  Default: "now"
Unattended-Upgrade::Automatic-Reboot-Time "05:20";




Edit the /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/10periodic file to look like this,
APT::Periodic::Enable "1";
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "1";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "7";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";


Verify that /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades is correct,
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "1";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "1";

Outlook only starts maximized

Outlook will only start maximized.  Disappears if you select to resize or normal window.


Delete the following reg key and restart Outlook: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Outlook\Office Explorer]
'Frame'=

Ubuntu 14

Change hostname
format is  hostname.domain.TLD   , ex.   server.domain.com
edit /etc/hostname,  vi /etc/hostname  , enter just the hostname
edit /etc/hosts, vi /etc/hosts   , format should be
127.0.0.1   localhost
127.0.0.1   hostname
192.168.168.99   hostname.domain.com hostname


reboot to see changes, type in hostname to see the hostname,  hostname -f  for the FQDN


Install gui without extras
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktop



Change to Static IP
need to edit /etc/network/interfaces

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
  address 192.168.67.23
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  network 192.168.67.0
  broadcast 192.168.67.255
  gateway 192.168.67.1
  dns-nameservers 8.8.8.8 4.2.2.2
  dns-search domain.com




Install VMWare Tools
Mount the cdrom, sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
Copy the tools to /tmp , sudo cp /VM.... /tmp
Extract file ,  tar zxvf VM....
Run Installer ,  sudo ./vmware-install.pl -d


Install Open VM Tools
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools


Update
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
or
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade


/boot is Full
uname -r to find the running kernel
cd into /boot , then rm -rf *3.16.0-41* for the different kernels not being used
apt-get -f install
apt-get autoremove
reboot

HP Procurve & VMWare & VLAN

Default VLAN - leave it alone - all ports left untagged


HP Switch - create a trunk - combines multiple ports into one logical port.
conf
trunk 10-13 trk1 trunk

to see it -> show trunk


VMWare side - set the vSwitch load balancing properties to "Route based on IP hash"


Voice VLAN - ID 2
- create vlan and assign IP
- add ports ( tag them )


create VLAN's on all switches
create trunk ports (multiple ports for speed) , tag the trunks with the vlans
enable routing on the "core or main" switch