Create a custom ESXi image for your RAID Driver | 3ware 9750 SAS RAID

Situation :

I have a new server with following RAID card : 3ware 9750 SAS
I would like to run ESXi on it but my RAID card is not supported by VMWare :-(
Since I have only one partition , I need to modify the original ESXi iso with my own RAID driver in order to be able to install ESXi on my server..

It’s easy , follow the next three steps :

Step 1 – Extract the 3ware 9750 SAS RAID-driver

Step 2 – Create your custom oem.tgz file

Step 3 – Create your custom ISO

If you have questions ,feel free to leave a comment here and if possible I will try to assist you!

Note : I spend quite some time on this issue during my work as an operation manager @ nomadesk  - The easiest and most secure way to share, synchronize and backup files wherever you are, online or offline! So thank you for that!

September 8, 2010 | Filed Under IT | 10 Comments 

Write your own twitter mashup using the Twitter API

Thinking about writing your own twitter mashup using php ? But you don’t know how to get started ?

It’s easy , just download the following twitter wrapping class for PHP and have a look at the example code below :

This code will print out the latest replies you have received on twitter

<?
require_once(“lib/phpTwitter/twitter.php”);

$t = new twitter(‘YOUR_USERNAME’,'YOUR_PASSWORD’);

echo’<pre>’;

$replies = $t->getReplies() ;
for ($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++) {

$reply = $replies[$i][text];
echo $reply;
echo “</br></br></br></br>”;

}
// Print out the complete replies array
//print_r( $replies );

echo’</pre>’;

?>

Now you know already how to retrieve and print out your replies, then it will be only a matter of walking through Tijs his class to know what else you can do with his wrapper(class)!

Eg :

I am sure you will have your script running within this and an hour !

Note : Formatting code in WP seems like a tough job , so you will have to do it yourself :-)

February 4, 2009 | Filed Under IT, Web 2.0 | 1 Comment 

Hattrick – The New Design VS PsicoTSI / Foxtrick

Since the design of hattrick is renewed recently, it is necessary (again) to upgrade to the latest version of psictsi and foxtrick. Since I am not a Certified Hattrick Product provider , I can only provide you with the url where you can find the latest Firefox extensions …

If you should have any questions regarding the installation of these extensions, don’t hesitate to leave a comment ….

Happy Holidays!

December 25, 2008 | Filed Under hattrick, IT | Leave a Comment 

How to monitor PostgreSQL processes

pg_top is ‘top’ for PostgreSQL. It is derived from Unix Top. Similar to top, pg_top allows you to monitor PostgreSQL processes. It also allows you to:

You can download it here…

How to install it :

A quick example :

More information :

Screenshots

An interestesting slideshare :

December 2, 2008 | Filed Under IT | Leave a Comment 

PsicoTSI Troubles resolved!

As you all may have noticed , PsicoTSI isn’t working anymore due to some changes hattrick made.

I will try to contact the original developer asap and I will keep you posted about the current status of this issue!
To be continued….

Update 06/09/2008 :

Foxtrick is already fixed, download the latest release here

And you can download here a fix for PsicoTSI thnx to psicotsi_user :

I had to delete the extension due to complaints from CHPP
/CHPP-IndianaRed

Update 30/09/2008 :

A new version has been released , please registrate yourself in order to be able to install the extension

Looking for a free virtual fileserver solution , try NomaDesk ?

September 5, 2008 | Filed Under IT | 18 Comments 

MinimizeToTray for Firefox 3 | Minimize to Tray for Firefox 3

After PsicoTSI for Firefox 3 , I was only missing one extension anymore for Firefox 3 : MinimizeToTray.

Thanks to Dicks I found a download link to MinimizeToTray for Firefox.

MinizeToTray for Firefox 3

MinizeToTray for Firefox 3

August 14, 2008 | Filed Under IT | 1 Comment 

How To Backup / Rsync all your data to Bluehost

Last Saturday I ordered a new domain name at bluehost : http://www.wijndaele.com

Why Bluehost (Red marked = The most important for me) :

And this for (only) 60 €/Yr. (96$/Yr) :-)

Because they offer unlimited hosting space I decided to start backing up al my files from my NAS to “my webspace“.

And since you have ssh access , you can use rsync (or something similar)

First I enabled SSH access on my nas. Then I enabled public-key authentication (How To) on my wijndaele.com account. When that was done I wrote the following script (combination of scripts I found on inet) and I placed it on to my NAS :

# This script does personal backups to a rsync backup server.
# directory to backup
BDIR=/volume1/photo/
# excludes file - this contains a wildcard pattern per line of files to exclude
EXCLUDES=/volume1/NetBackup/backup.exclude
# the name of the backup machine
BSERVER=YOUR_USERNAME@YOUR_IP
TODAY=`date '+%Y-%m-%d'`
# remote directory where we would like to backup our data to
RBDIR=/BACKUP
#####################################
#####################################
OPTS="--force --ignore-errors --delete-excluded --exclude-from=$EXCLUDES
--delete --backup --backup-dir=/$BACKUPDIR -avz"
# now the actual transfer
rsync $OPTS $BDIR $BSERVER:$RBDIR/current
ssh $BSERVER 'touch /BACKUP/current ; cp -al /BACKUP/current/* /BACKUP/`date '+%Y-%m-%d'` ; exit';

As you can see this is a small script that creates for every day a new subdir on your /BACKUP directory. Also at any time you can find the latest backup in  the following directory : /BACKUP/current

And If you may wonder about the last step :

ssh $BSERVER 'touch /BACKUP/current ; cp -al /BACKUP/current/* /BACKUP/`date '+%Y-%m-%d'` ; exit';

Here is some more info about it :

Download here the backup script : backup.sh

August 4, 2008 | Filed Under IT | 4 Comments 

Monitor your website (For Free)

Do you have small website/blog ?

Do you have any clue about the uptime off your site ?

One week ago I asked myself the same question (had the same answers) and I decided to do something about it!

So cheap as I am , I decided to look for free monitoring tools :

I decided to go for option one, Mon.itor.us , since you have a lot of extra options/utilities.

mon.itor.us

mon.itor.us

If you think I made the wrong choice , feel free to add some suggestions, arguments,…

And If you are willing to pay a small amount, check out Pingdom!

July 15, 2008 | Filed Under IT | 1 Comment 

Linux | Rebuild an existing package / rpm

You’ve installed an RPM on a server a while ago and now you are migrating to another server. And you don’t want to re-configure everything?Or you can’t retrieve/find that RPM anymore ?

Then I know a perfect tool for you : RpmRebuild.

What is it :

rpmrebuild is a tool to build an RPM file from a package that has already been installed
in a basic use, rpmrebuild use do not require any rpm building knowledge
(On debian, the equivalent product is dpkg-repack)

How to use this :

#yum install rpmrebuild

#rpmrebuild packagename

I never knew this existed untill one week ago, but know that I know. Damn so handy! :-)

June 30, 2008 | Filed Under IT | Leave a Comment 

PsicoTSI for Firefox 3

Since I am a huge hattrick fan I use the following Firefox extensions to help me out with making the correct decisions :

But since the upgrade of firefox to version 3.0 PsicoTSI isn’t working anymore so I decided to take a look at it and I made it compatible for firefox 3.0.

So here can you download psicotsi_te_1.0.12.xpi for FF 3.0

Or if you don’t want to registrate yourself … (updated on 06/09/2008)

Again, you are providing an unofficial version of PsicoTSI at http://www.wijndaele.com/wwdj/2008/09/psicotsi-troubles/

Please remove this version promptly or we will be forced to refer you to the GMs, who could lock your team.

Regards
/CHPP-IndianaRed

How can you install this extension :

  1. Download the xpi file and drag it on to your firefox window

Now you should be able to install and use it!

And if you feel into it, you can always buy me a beer for the effort that I’ve put in it ;-)

Looking for a free virtual fileserver solution , try NomaDesk ?

Update : 05/09/2008

More info on the current PsicoTSI Problem can be found here

June 24, 2008 | Filed Under General, IT | 24 Comments 

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