Xsan + serialnumberd Troubleshooting

With Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.x, Mac OS X Server, Xsan, Final Cut Server and a number of other serialized products were switched to a whole new solution for managing serial numbers: a newly redone serialnumberd. If you run otool against serialnumberd in 10.5.7 and below you’ll notice no dependencies; it stood alone so [...]

Simple Networking Commands

Troubleshooting the network is faster and more thorough when it is done using the command line. Here are some simple command-line utilities that can perform a variety of tasks that can help when administering many services and multiuser environments: Whoami lists the user you are currently logged in as from the command line. Who lists [...]

Posted on October 10, 2009 at 11:33 am by admin · Permalink · Leave a comment
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The Cut, Copy & Paste Daemon in OS X

Ever seen com.apple.pboard in a launchctl list?  Wondered what it did?  This is the infamous clipboard (aka – pasteboard, or on the iPhone the NSPasteboard server).  If you unload the pboard entry in launchctl then you will no longer be able to cut, copy and paste.  pboard relies on the existence of and the accessibility [...]

Posted on June 29, 2009 at 12:01 am by admin · Permalink · One Comment
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NetWare + Portlock

When you run into booting issues with NetWare it’s often a simple fix.  Move a file, edit a file, rename a file, etc.   But getting to the point where you can actually implement the fix can be a pain.  The Portlock Boot CD can come in pretty handy at this point.  It enables you [...]

Posted on June 24, 2009 at 12:02 am by admin · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Xsan: Stripe Group Down Errors

If you are getting Stripe Group Down errors in your Xsan logs then this usually means there is a problem with your workstation accessing LUNs in the environment.  This can be an issue with a given workstation having problems seeing the SAN fabric or it can be a problem with any other system seeing the [...]

Posted on October 28, 2008 at 5:38 pm by admin · Permalink · Leave a comment
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Setting Compatibility Mode for Windows Applications

Some applications need a little help to run. If it’s an older application and it will not launch then think about changing the compatibility mode. In order to do so, right-click on the application and click on the Compatibility tab. From here, set the compatibility mode to a previous version of Windows and then try [...]

Posted on January 22, 2007 at 3:34 pm by admin · Permalink · Leave a comment
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