Adding Active Directory LDAP into a WebSphere Application Server 8.5 environment
This follows on from some earlier posts: -Using wsadmin to enable an LDAP Federated Repository in WebSphere Application Server 8.5More on wsadmin, LDAP servers ( Bluepages ) and WebSphere Application...
View ArticleWebSphere MQ Queue Manager Clustering
Webcast replay: WebSphere MQ queue manager clusteringWebSphere MQ Queue Manager Clustering [PDF]Webcast Replay: Cluster setup and basic usage of clustered queues and topics in WebSphere MQ 7Cluster...
View Article OS X and NFS
So I was seeing: -Operation not permittedwhilst trying to mount a NFS export from my Mac: -sudo mount -t nfs 192.168.3.5:/macbak /tmp/foobarSimple solution, thanks to Google: -Operation Not Permitted...
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Synology NAS - Ever wonder why you cannot write to a USB external drive ?
So I was seeing this: -cd /volumeUSB1/usbsharetouch footouch: foo: Permission deniedwhen I tried to write a file to an EXT2-formatted USB drive on my Synology DS414 NAS as a non-root user.However, I...
View ArticleAh, SSH from Mac OS X to OpenSuSE - The firewall, (s)he say "No"
So I was trying to work out why I wasn't able to SSH from my Mac to my new server running OpenSuSE 13.1.This is what I was doing: -ssh hayd@192.168.1.84but that was simply timing out.I then tried...
View ArticleVMware Workstation on OpenSUSE 13.1 - Success at last
So, the moral of the story is .....Hang on, what was the problem ?I tried, and failed - for several hours - to work out the precise combination to get VMware Workstation 9.0.0 working on OpenSuSE...
View ArticleRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 - Creating a local Yum Repository
This is an update to an earlier post, somewhat shortened: -Adding a local Yum repository to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2Pre-Requisites-RHEL 6.3 ISO is mounted in VMware FusionSee what we havecat...
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Ahh, Active Directory and LDAP ...
So I was seeing: -ldap_bind: Invalid credentials (49)additional info: 80090308: LdapErr: DSID-0C0903A9, comment: AcceptSecurityContext error, data 52e, v1db0and: -06:02:19 PM: Failed to connect to...
View ArticleIBM Business Monitor and Cognos performance problem
This from a friend: -Business Monitor and Cognos performance problem...Recently we have been seeing some issues with our Business Monitor servers on start up. After running IBM Business Monitor 7.5.1...
View Article"WARNING: CRIMA1218W A problem occurred during..." the installation of IBM...
And another one down :-)I've been "struggling" with the installation of IBM Operational Decision Manager 8.6 ( Decision Center / Decision Server ) over the past 24 hours or so.It was somewhat annoying,...
View Article"gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated "
I've seen this before, albeit not with Linux: -AIX - Fun with the tar commandThis is what I was doing: -tar xvzf /mnt/hgfs/Software/DB2V10/Product/DB2_ESE_10_Linux_x86-64.tar.gzand this is what I saw:...
View ArticleWebSphere Application Server - Auditing Ports
So one of the core tenets of Java development is to re-use, not re-invent.I had a requirement to report on the various TCP/IP ports being used by members of my various WAS 8.0 and 8.5 cells.Steve...
View ArticleProblems with LDAPSearch against Active Directory 2008
So I was doing this: -ldapsearch -h ad2008.uk.ibm.com -p 389 -D CN=ldapbind,CN=Users,DC=uk,DC=ibm -w passw0rd CN=ldapbindbut was seeing this: -# extended LDIF## LDAPv3# base <> (default) with...
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A blast from the past - suspend and resume in Ubuntu Linux
It has been a rather long while since I last blogged about the fun involved in getting Ubuntu Linux to successfully suspend and, more importantly, resume on an IBM Thinkpad.Lookng back it was just...
View ArticleIBM Business Process Manager 8.5.5 - The Requirements, The Whole...
Detailed System Requirements - IBM Business Process Manager Advanced 8.5.5Detailed System Requirements - IBM Process Designer 8.5.5Detailed System Requirements - IBM Integration Designer 8.5.5
View ArticleIBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business - System Requirements
So I'm looking at IBM's WebSEAL secure reverse proxy solution for the first time in a while ( last time was ~2010 although I've worked with clients using WebSEAL since then ).The world has moved on in...
View ArticleRed Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 - Creating a local Yum Repository
More of the same: -Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 - Creating a local Yum Repositorybut using RHEL 6.5.Here's the shortened version: -mount /dev/cdrom /mnt/mount: block device /dev/sr0 is write-protected,...
View ArticleUsing Jython to list ports within a WebSphere Application Server cell
To be 100% clear, I did NOT NOT NOT invent this script.The script came from a rather nice chap called Steve Robinson, who's posted it on his site here: -Jython script to list ports on a WebSphere...
View ArticleIBM Integration Bus and WebSphere Service Registry and Repository
Looking at the integration between IIB and WSRR ( which runs on WAS 8.5.5 ), so have a nice new learning curve or two.Here's a bit of ( for me ) pre-reading: -Integrating IBM Integration Bus with...
View ArticleIt's been too long - IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business ( WebSEAL ) ......
So I haven't installed/used IBM Tivoli Access Manager for e-business ( WebSEAL ) properly since ~2008, although I've worked with a number of clients utilising this secure reverse proxy access...
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