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55700 hours or the grey old age of a SATA drive
Friday - Jul 7th 2017 - in category: Hardware - 0 comments
Firmware-Upgrade of a Dahua IPC-HFW1320S network camera
Tuesday - Apr 18th 2017 - in category: Hardware Security Network - 0 comments
TVHeadend Mutex Scan Settings for Cablecom and Thurcom (Switzerland)
Tuesday - Dec 6th 2016 - in category: Personal Hardware - 0 comments
Downgrade Mac OS X on a new iMac? Forget about it!
Monday - Nov 21st 2016 - in category: Personal Hardware - 0 comments
Remove old and install new version of Dell OMSA on CentOS
Tuesday - Sep 6th 2016 - in category: Hardware Linux - 0 comments
SD card of Raspberry Pi dead - after almost (or only?) a year runtime
Wednesday - Jul 6th 2016 - in category: Hardware Linux - 0 comments
Raspberry Pi sd card issue after power outage (constant red led)
Tuesday - Jun 7th 2016 - in category: Hardware Linux - 0 comments
Bugfix in check_equallogic when volume does not exist
Tuesday - Oct 6th 2015 - in category: Nagios Icinga Monitoring Hardware - 0 comments
Finally a good example of a long lasting SATA drive
Wednesday - May 20th 2015 - in category: Hardware Linux - 0 comments
Upgrade a HDD running Windows 7, fix boot issues and resize NTFS
Wednesday - Apr 29th 2015 - in category: Hardware Windows Linux - 0 comments
check_smart: Change of syntax when -g (global) parameter is used
Thursday - Mar 12th 2015 - in category: Nagios Monitoring Hardware - 0 comments
Solaris: Cannot copy partition table (not aligned on cylinder boundary)
Tuesday - Mar 3rd 2015 - in category: Solaris Hardware - 0 comments
check_smart: Your opinion is needed for a bugfix
Monday - Feb 16th 2015 - in category: Nagios Monitoring Hardware - 0 comments
check_smart: Version 5.5 released (run plugin outside of nagios plugin dir)
Thursday - Feb 12th 2015 - in category: Nagios Monitoring Hardware - 0 comments
check_smart: Version 5.4 released (allow SAS drives behind MegaRaid)
Thursday - Feb 5th 2015 - in category: Nagios Monitoring Hardware - 0 comments
check_smart version 5.3 released (support for more than 26 devices)
Wednesday - Feb 4th 2015 - in category: Nagios Monitoring Hardware - 0 comments
check_equallogic: Bugfix in percentage calculation in volume check
Tuesday - Feb 3rd 2015 - in category: Nagios Monitoring Hardware - 0 comments
Will I still be root if I install an update on Sony Xperia Android?
Friday - Jan 23rd 2015 - in category: Android Hardware - 0 comments
Bug (cannot concatenate) fixed in new version of check_esxi_hardware plugin
Monday - Jan 19th 2015 - in category: Nagios Monitoring Hardware VMware - 0 comments
Server does not detect network card anymore (as if the card was gone)
Wednesday - Jan 14th 2015 - in category: Network Hardware - 0 comments
check_esxi_hardware: Support for multiple serial numbers for blade servers
Friday - Jan 9th 2015 - in category: Monitoring Nagios Hardware VMware - 0 comments
New version of check_equallogic features snmp connection check
Friday - Jul 25th 2014 - in category: Nagios Monitoring Hardware - 0 comments
Presenting new Nagios plugin: check_promise_vtrak
Friday - Jul 4th 2014 - in category: Nagios Monitoring Hardware - 0 comments
Bugfix in etherror check type in check_equallogic
Friday - Jun 27th 2014 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
CPU upgrade on a Toshiba Satellite C660D notebook (AMD V140 to Turion II)
Wednesday - May 28th 2014 - in category: Hardware - 7 comments
Some disk write performance statistics on a Raid-50
Monday - May 26th 2014 - in category: Linux Hardware - 0 comments
Ubuntu freeze due to bug in tg3 driver for Broadcom NIC (?)
Monday - May 12th 2014 - in category: Linux Hardware - 0 comments
Bug fixes in check_smart plugin (version 5.2)
Monday - May 5th 2014 - in category: Nagios Monitoring Hardware - 0 comments
New version of check_smart supports multiple disk check (-g, --global)
Friday - Apr 25th 2014 - in category: Hardware Linux Nagios Monitoring - 0 comments
Multiple ways to monitor physical hard drives, very different results
Wednesday - Apr 23rd 2014 - in category: Hardware Linux Nagios Monitoring - 1 comments
check_smart Nagios plugin version 4.2 released
Thursday - Mar 20th 2014 - in category: Nagios Monitoring Hardware - 0 comments
Another two Dell elements ignored in check_esxi_hardware
Wednesday - Mar 19th 2014 - in category: Monitoring Nagios Hardware VMware - 0 comments
System freeze because of defect Storage Controller ECC Memory
Monday - Mar 3rd 2014 - in category: Hardware Solaris Unix - 0 comments
Added snmp authentication support to check_storcenter
Monday - Jan 20th 2014 - in category: Nagios Monitoring Hardware - 0 comments
Remote SSH work on Android tablet with ConnectBot and physical keyboard
Monday - Dec 23rd 2013 - in category: Android Linux Hardware - 1 comments
check_equallogic: Bugfix in poolusage check
Thursday - Dec 19th 2013 - in category: Nagios Monitoring Hardware - 0 comments
check_equallogic: Bugfix in vol check and issue with firmware 7.0 (?)
Friday - Nov 22nd 2013 - in category: Hardware Nagios Monitoring - 0 comments
check_smart plugin now has its own (documentation-) page
Saturday - Nov 16th 2013 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
smartctl on FreeBSD with CCISS (HP SmartArray) raid: Watch out!
Monday - Nov 11th 2013 - in category: Hardware FreeBSD - 1 comments
Install and use smartctl (smartmontools) on Solaris (opencsw package)
Thursday - Nov 7th 2013 - in category: Solaris Unix Hardware - 2 comments
check_smart.pl saves server lifes (defect hard drive detected)
Tuesday - Nov 5th 2013 - in category: Hardware Nagios BSD Monitoring - 0 comments
check_smart.pl adapted to support cciss and handle grown defect list
Monday - Nov 4th 2013 - in category: Monitoring Hardware Nagios BSD Linux - 4 comments
check_equallogic: Bugfix in temp check and optical cleanup
Friday - Oct 25th 2013 - in category: Hardware Nagios Monitoring - 0 comments
Continuous reboot loop after RAM upgrade in Notebook (solved)
Monday - Oct 21st 2013 - in category: Hardware - 2 comments
check_smart plugin now supports FreeBSD
Monday - Oct 14th 2013 - in category: Nagios Monitoring BSD Hardware - 0 comments
Check SMART values of disks behind an Intel Raid on FreeBSD
Friday - Oct 11th 2013 - in category: BSD Hardware - 0 comments
How to test if a SDHC card is defect or is dying
Saturday - Oct 5th 2013 - in category: Personal Linux Hardware - 0 comments
HP Gen8 Servers: Intelligent Provisioning is stupid
Thursday - Sep 12th 2013 - in category: Hardware - 0 comments
Replace hard drive in Solaris 10 on IBM x3650 with arcconf and zpool
Thursday - Sep 5th 2013 - in category: Solaris Hardware Unix - 0 comments
check_ilo2_health 1.58 fixes drive check for multiple backplanes
Friday - Aug 9th 2013 - in category: Hardware Nagios Monitoring - 1 comments
Query disk information from HP Proliant Servers through SNMP
Thursday - Aug 8th 2013 - in category: Hardware Unix Linux - 1 comments
check_equallogic and copying to spare raid status
Tuesday - Aug 6th 2013 - in category: Hardware Nagios Monitoring - 0 comments
Updated Dell warranty information check in check_esxi_hardware
Thursday - Jul 25th 2013 - in category: Nagios VMware Hardware Virtualization Monitoring - 0 comments
Improved authentication error timeout in check_esxi_hardware
Thursday - Jul 11th 2013 - in category: Nagios VMware Hardware Virtualization Monitoring - 0 comments
check_smart with support for hardware raid controllers
Monday - Jul 8th 2013 - in category: Nagios Hardware Linux Perl Monitoring - 0 comments
HP ILO Download Mirror
Tuesday - Jul 2nd 2013 - in category: Hardware Internet - 1 comments
A dying SDCard (EMMC) causes strange effects on Android
Wednesday - Jun 19th 2013 - in category: Android Hardware Personal - 2 comments
Solaris: Add a new hard drive to existing zfs pool (with hpacucli)
Monday - Jun 17th 2013 - in category: Solaris Hardware Unix - 0 comments
Seagate ST3000DM001-9YN166: A catastrophic disk
Tuesday - Jun 11th 2013 - in category: Hardware Linux - 4 comments
dd copy: How long does it take for a 3TB SATA Disk?
Saturday - Jun 1st 2013 - in category: Linux Hardware - 1 comments
ILO update 1.16 to 1.55 fails - use 1.28 as intermediate version
Wednesday - May 22nd 2013 - in category: Hardware - 0 comments
Monitor zfs pools - which Nagios plugin should be used?
Tuesday - May 7th 2013 - in category: Nagios BSD Hardware Unix Monitoring - 2 comments
ILO4 Firmware 1.20 changed the XML output
Wednesday - Mar 13th 2013 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 3 comments
rm: cannot remove due to Input/output error (EXT4-fs error)
Saturday - Mar 2nd 2013 - in category: Linux Hardware - 1 comments
ILO2 Firmware Upgrade fails with Internet Explorer 9
Monday - Feb 18th 2013 - in category: Windows Hardware - 0 comments
grub2 boot issues after hdd replacement
Saturday - Jan 26th 2013 - in category: Linux Shell Hardware - 0 comments
Solaris: Replace defect HDD with hpacucli and zpool
Thursday - Jan 17th 2013 - in category: Unix Solaris Hardware - 1 comments
check_equallogic now also checks power supply fans
Monday - Dec 31st 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Building a home file server with HP Proliant N40L
Friday - Dec 28th 2012 - in category: Hardware Linux - 4 comments
Raid verifying percentage in check_equallogic
Tuesday - Dec 4th 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Disk failures are not always seen by S.M.A.R.T.
Sunday - Nov 4th 2012 - in category: Linux Hardware - 1 comments
New check_esxi_hardware.py version adds workaround for Dell PE x620
Saturday - Oct 27th 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware VMware Virtualization Monitoring - 0 comments
check_esxi_hardware and Dell PowerEdge R620: Riser Config Err 0
Friday - Sep 21st 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware VMware Virtualization Monitoring - 1 comments
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 295 running on openSuSE 12 with dual screens
Thursday - Sep 20th 2012 - in category: Hardware Linux - 0 comments
Mass unpacking, racking and cabling of ProLiant DL380s
Friday - Sep 14th 2012 - in category: Hardware - 0 comments
Raid percentage bugfix in check_equallogic
Thursday - Sep 13th 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Fixed Cleaning Status check in check_ibm_ts_tape.pl
Saturday - Sep 1st 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 1 comments
CentOS 6.3 changed device names from /dev/cciss to /dev/sdX
Wednesday - Aug 29th 2012 - in category: Linux Hardware - 0 comments
New version of check_ibm_ts_tape.pl released!
Wednesday - Aug 22nd 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
check_equallogic shows status of raid reconstruction
Thursday - Aug 16th 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Fixing slow Wireless LAN - the damn Multicast Rate setting
Wednesday - Jul 25th 2012 - in category: Internet Windows Android Hardware Personal - 0 comments
Some notes on how to replace a HDD in software raid
Wednesday - Jul 25th 2012 - in category: Linux Hardware - 0 comments
Bugfix in check_equallogic (info check)
Thursday - May 3rd 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Bugfix in check_esxi_hardware (Manufacturer discovery)
Tuesday - May 1st 2012 - in category: Nagios VMware Hardware Virtualization Monitoring - 0 comments
Monitor Equallogic Snapshots with check_equallogic
Monday - Apr 30th 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
New/rewritten pool checks in check_equallogic
Friday - Apr 6th 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Monitor how many (virtual) tapes are left available in Datadomain
Thursday - Mar 29th 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware Backup Monitoring - 0 comments
New plugin to monitor IBM System Storage TS Tape Libraries
Monday - Mar 19th 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Performance data added to volumes check in check_equallogic
Wednesday - Jan 25th 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Bugfix in check_equallogic (volumes check)
Monday - Jan 23rd 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Minor update of check_equallogic (info and temp check)
Thursday - Jan 5th 2012 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Dell OMSA + ESXi 5.0 is now working!
Monday - Dec 19th 2011 - in category: VMware Nagios Hardware Virtualization Monitoring - 1 comments
check_esxi_hardware + ESXi 5.0 + DELL OMSA = FAIL
Tuesday - Nov 8th 2011 - in category: Nagios Hardware VMware Virtualization Monitoring - 19 comments
New versions of check_storcenter and check_equallogic
Monday - Oct 31st 2011 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
First minor update of check_storcenter
Thursday - Oct 20th 2011 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Bugfix in check_equallogic and new Nagios plugin: check_storcenter
Thursday - Oct 13th 2011 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 1 comments
New (and final) version of check_equallogic released
Monday - Aug 8th 2011 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Possibility to check disk pool utilization on Equallogic
Thursday - Aug 4th 2011 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 1 comments
Improved disk check on check_equallogic Nagios plugin
Monday - Jul 25th 2011 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Bad luck or bad manufacturing?
Tuesday - Jul 19th 2011 - in category: Hardware - 2 comments
Mount a HDD which is a member in Intel Raid to back up data
Friday - Jul 8th 2011 - in category: Windows Hardware Linux - 0 comments
Printing issues on Mac OS X 10.6 after upgrade to Snow Leopard
Tuesday - Jul 5th 2011 - in category: Hardware Apple - 0 comments
USB3 problems with Asus P8H67-M EVO and Windows 7 64bit [solved]
Thursday - Jun 30th 2011 - in category: Hardware Windows - 2 comments
check_esxi_hardware now reads file for username AND password
Tuesday - Jun 14th 2011 - in category: VMware Nagios Hardware Virtualization Monitoring - 0 comments
Testing some Swiss Online-Shops for Hardware Upgrade
Tuesday - Jun 7th 2011 - in category: Personal Hardware Internet - 0 comments
HP's customized ESXi 4.1U1 fails on HP BL460C (Gen1)
Monday - Jun 6th 2011 - in category: VMware Nagios Hardware Virtualization Monitoring - 3 comments
Modified Nagios Plugin check_dell_warranty (Adapted to euro website)
Thursday - May 26th 2011 - in category: Nagios Internet Hardware Monitoring - 1 comments
Bugfix for IBM Blade Servers in check_esxi_hardware
Friday - May 20th 2011 - in category: Nagios VMware Hardware Virtualization Monitoring - 0 comments
Nagios plugin check_esxi_hardware updated and comments on blog
Thursday - May 19th 2011 - in category: Nagios VMware Internet Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Gotcha, little bugger (Wyse WTOS 7 DomainList and SelectGroup bug)
Tuesday - May 17th 2011 - in category: Hardware Virtualization Wyse - 0 comments
Everything bad has to die some day
Monday - May 2nd 2011 - in category: Hardware - 0 comments
New/Rewritten temperature check in check_equallogic
Thursday - Apr 7th 2011 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
check_equallogic: Bugfix in volumes and etherrors thresholds
Monday - Apr 4th 2011 - in category: Nagios Hardware Network Monitoring - 0 comments
check_equallogic now catches ethernet packet errors
Monday - Mar 28th 2011 - in category: Nagios Hardware Network Monitoring - 0 comments
The fight to install HP Mgmt Agents and System Mgmt Homepage
Thursday - Mar 24th 2011 - in category: Hardware Linux - 2 comments
Lost check type 'temp' added again to check_equallogic
Wednesday - Mar 23rd 2011 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Some minor changes in check_equallogic plugin
Tuesday - Mar 15th 2011 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Why Philips DVP 3360 has problems with large DivX files
Sunday - Mar 13th 2011 - in category: Hardware Personal - 0 comments
Space + Speed = 600GB SAS 15k
Thursday - Feb 24th 2011 - in category: Hardware Virtualization - 0 comments
HP Color LaserJet 2600n prints red 'background'
Sunday - Feb 20th 2011 - in category: Hardware - 0 comments
New version of check_esxi_wbem (Intel server bugfix)
Monday - Feb 7th 2011 - in category: Nagios Hardware Virtualization Monitoring - 0 comments
Major Update of check_equallogic: Volumes check
Thursday - Dec 2nd 2010 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Added 'fan' type in check_equallogic
Tuesday - Nov 2nd 2010 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
New version 20101026 of check_equallogic
Tuesday - Oct 26th 2010 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
And I still hate Blade Servers
Monday - Oct 25th 2010 - in category: Hardware - 0 comments
First fights with UCS -> Port Channel Uplink doesn't work [solved]
Friday - Oct 22nd 2010 - in category: Hardware Network - 6 comments
Magical ethernet interface
Sunday - Sep 19th 2010 - in category: Hardware Personal Network - 0 comments
Hello Cisco UCS, goodbye SUN!
Friday - Sep 10th 2010 - in category: Hardware - 0 comments
ESXi 4.1 and the disk capacity... Update!
Friday - Sep 3rd 2010 - in category: VMware Hardware Linux Virtualization - 0 comments
Yes, you have maintenance, but not for batteries
Friday - Sep 3rd 2010 - in category: Hardware Internet - 0 comments
iSeries/AS400 Disk Expansion Installation
Thursday - Aug 26th 2010 - in category: Hardware - 0 comments
Connection type fix in new version of check_equallogic
Thursday - Aug 12th 2010 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
When Windows 2003 setup doesn't find the (SAS-)disks...
Friday - Jul 16th 2010 - in category: Windows Hardware - 1 comments
New version 20100705 of check_esxi_wbem
Monday - Jul 5th 2010 - in category: Nagios VMware Hardware Virtualization Monitoring - 0 comments
New version 20100630 of check_equallogic released
Wednesday - Jun 30th 2010 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
New version 20100628 of check_esxi_wbem
Monday - Jun 28th 2010 - in category: Nagios VMware Hardware Virtualization Monitoring - 0 comments
Hands on Dell PowerVault 124t (LTO5)
Wednesday - Jun 9th 2010 - in category: Hardware - 0 comments
The iPad has arrived - and this is serious!
Friday - May 28th 2010 - in category: Hardware Internet Personal Android - 0 comments
New version 20100526 of check_equallogic available
Friday - May 28th 2010 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Wyse support: Frustration guaranteed
Tuesday - May 18th 2010 - in category: Hardware Wyse Virtualization - 0 comments
What might be the best Blade system?
Wednesday - May 5th 2010 - in category: Hardware Internet - 0 comments
HP re-releases ESXi Offline Bundle 1.3
Tuesday - May 4th 2010 - in category: Hardware VMware - 0 comments
HP ESXi Offline Bundle 1.3 - not working and disappeared?
Thursday - Apr 29th 2010 - in category: Hardware VMware Virtualization - 0 comments
New version of check_equallogic released
Tuesday - Apr 20th 2010 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Dear LiteON support
Thursday - Mar 18th 2010 - in category: Hardware - 0 comments
The HP Blade nightmare continues
Wednesday - Mar 3rd 2010 - in category: Hardware - 0 comments
Changes in Sun's Customer Support since Oracle took over
Tuesday - Feb 16th 2010 - in category: Hardware Internet - 1 comments
Dell's official answer and bugfix of Equallogic plugin
Friday - Jan 8th 2010 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
check_equallogic with more than one member
Thursday - Dec 10th 2009 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Immediate Availability of check_equallogic
Saturday - Nov 21st 2009 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
Good support, bad support
Friday - Nov 20th 2009 - in category: Hardware Internet - 0 comments
Nagios Plugin for Dell Equallogic
Monday - Nov 9th 2009 - in category: Nagios Hardware Monitoring - 0 comments
New mobile phone - a difficult decision
Friday - Jun 19th 2009 - in category: Personal Hardware - 0 comments
Why I hate Blade servers
Sunday - Nov 30th 2008 - in category: Hardware - 0 comments
Asus EAH 2400 Pro shows videos in green - solved
Friday - Nov 7th 2008 - in category: Windows Hardware - 0 comments
Computer = Style
Tuesday - Aug 5th 2008 - in category: Personal Internet Hardware - 0 comments
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