Powerware 5110 Linux Setup Question.

Due to Powerware's completely inadequate customer service where they have basically not got back to me at all. I have a question about installing the LanSafe program.
Details:
USB:Powerware UPS:
UPS 5110 700VA
Vendor Name: Powerware
Speed: Up to 1.5 Mb/sec
Product ID: 2 ($2)
Bus Power (mA): 500
The part I'm stalling on is:
Select Installation Option
Controller - This computer will monitor and manage a UPS and
possibly other computers that receive power from the UPS.
Member - This computer will receive power from a UPS but
will not communicate with the UPS and will be commanded to
shut down by the LanSafe Controller.
1. Controller
2. Member
As this is the sole computer I tried the Controller option but then it asked:
How will this Controller communicate with the UPS?
1. Serial connection (COM port)
2. SNMP network adapter
I answer the first one because it is a USB connection and it then asks me to Verify Detection.
Verify Detection
Do you want Setup to automatically look for a serially connected UPS?
Detection could take from 15 seconds to more than one minute.
1. Yes
2. No
0. Go back
Enter selection 0-2 [1]: 1
I choose 1. to automatically find the port. It asks me for a custom port name including full path
Please enter the UPS port name (including full path)
I also have a DVD problem that I think might be due to my inability to install the LanSafe app.
Or, am I installing the wrong app altogether.
I'm over it! Can someone tell me what I need to do here?
1.8 GHz PowerPC G5 Mac OS X (10.3.9) 1 GB DDR SDRAM

Yes, please do. Here is the link to their help:
http://www.powerware.com/Products/SoftwareConnectivityManuals.asp
In fact page 14 on LanSafeUserManual.pdf may solve some of my problem.
I had some FAQ thing last time which wasn't very helpful.
I'll check this manual out when I get home tonight. But if you find anything important please let me know.
Thanks.

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[root@fiorano ~]# lsusb
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 0592:0002 Powerware Corp. UPS (X-Slot)
[root@fiorano ~]# ls -l /dev/bus/usb/005/002
crw-rw-r-- 1 root nut 189, 513 Jan 3 16:44 /dev/bus/usb/005/002
Config files:
# nut.conf
MODE = standalone
# ups.conf
[myups]
driver = bcmxcp_usb
port = auto
desc = "Powerwave 5110"
# upsd.conf
no changes
# upsd.users
[monmaster]
password = 1
allowfrom = localhost
upsmon master
instcmds = ALL
# upsmon.conf
DEADTIME 15
FINALDELAY 5
HOSTSYNC 15
MINSUPPLIES 1
MONITOR myups@localhost 1 monmaster 1 master
NOCOMMWARNTIME 300
POLLFREQ 5
POLLFREQALERT 5
POWERDOWNFLAG /etc/killpower
RBWARNTIME 43200
SHUTDOWNCMD "/sbin/shutdown -h +0"
# upssched.conf
CMDSCRIPT /usr/local/ups/bin/upssched-cmd
# /etc/udev/rules.d/52-nut-usbups.rules
# various models - bcmxcp_usb
SYSFS{idVendor}=="0592", SYSFS{idProduct}=="0002", MODE="664", GROUP="nut"
I can communicate with the UPS and the process is being performed by the nut user so udev rules file is ok
[root@fiorano ups]# bcmxcp_usb -D -a myups
Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.21 (2.4.1)
USB communication subdriver 0.17
debug level is '1'
Shutdown delay longer than battery capacity when Low Battery warning is given. (max 60 seconds)
USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND
nut 1608 0.0 0.0 1800 788 pts/0 S+ 17:09 0:00 bcmxcp_usb -D -a myups
This time with more debug data....
[root@fiorano ups]# bcmxcp_usb -DDDDD -a myups
Network UPS Tools - BCMXCP UPS driver 0.21 (2.4.1)
USB communication subdriver 0.17
send_to_all: SETINFO driver.parameter.port "auto"
debug level is '5'
send_to_all: SETINFO ups.firmware "Cont:00.50 Inve:01.50"
send_to_all: SETINFO ups.power.nominal "700"
send_to_all: SETINFO output.phases "1"
send_to_all: SETINFO ups.model "POWERWARE UPS 700VA"
Length of meter map: 92
Index Offset Format NUT
0027 0000 51 output.frequency
0028 0004 51 input.frequency
0033 0008 51 battery.voltage
0041 0012 f0 None
0043 0016 f0 battery.charge.low
0047 0020 f0 None
0056 0024 f0 input.voltage
0065 0028 51 output.current
0068 0032 51 output.current.nominal
0078 0036 f0 output.voltage
Length of alarm map: 24
Index Alarm Supported
-001 INVERTER_AC_OVER_VOLTAGE No
-001 INVERTER_AC_UNDER_VOLTAGE No
-001 INVERTER_OVER_OR_UNDER_FREQ No
-001 BYPASS_AC_OVER_VOLTAGE No
-001 BYPASS_AC_UNDER_VOLTAGE No
-001 BYPASS_OVER_OR_UNDER_FREQ No
0000 INPUT_AC_OVER_VOLTAGE Yes
0001 INPUT_AC_UNDER_VOLTAGE Yes
0002 INPUT_UNDER_OR_OVER_FREQ Yes
-001 OUTPUT_OVER_VOLTAGE No
-001 OUTPUT_UNDER_VOLTAGE No
-001 OUTPUT_UNDER_OR_OVER_FREQ No
-001 REMOTE_EMERGENCY_PWR_OFF No
-001 REMOTE_GO_TO_BYPASS No
-001 BUILDING_ALARM_6 No
-001 BUILDING_ALARM_5 No
-001 BUILDING_ALARM_4 No
-001 BUILDING_ALARM_3 No
-001 BUILDING_ALARM_2 No
-001 BUILDING_ALARM_1 No
-001 STATIC_SWITCH_OVER_TEMP No
-001 CHARGER_OVER_TEMP No
-001 CHARGER_LOGIC_PWR_FAIL No
-001 CHARGER_OVER_VOLTAGE_OR_CURRENT No
-001 INVERTER_OVER_TEMP No
0003 OUTPUT_OVERLOAD Yes
-001 RECTIFIER_INPUT_OVER_CURRENT No
-001 INVERTER_OUTPUT_OVER_CURRENT No
-001 DC_LINK_OVER_VOLTAGE No
-001 DC_LINK_UNDER_VOLTAGE No
-001 RECTIFIER_FAILED No
-001 INVERTER_FAULT No
-001 BATTERY_CONNECTOR_FAIL No
-001 BYPASS_BREAKER_FAIL No
-001 CHARGER_FAIL No
-001 RAMP_UP_FAILED No
-001 STATIC_SWITCH_FAILED No
-001 ANALOG_AD_REF_FAIL No
-001 BYPASS_UNCALIBRATED No
-001 RECTIFIER_UNCALIBRATED No
-001 OUTPUT_UNCALIBRATED No
-001 INVERTER_UNCALIBRATED No
-001 DC_VOLT_UNCALIBRATED No
-001 OUTPUT_CURRENT_UNCALIBRATED No
-001 RECTIFIER_CURRENT_UNCALIBRATED No
-001 BATTERY_CURRENT_UNCALIBRATED No
-001 INVERTER_ON_OFF_STAT_FAIL No
-001 BATTERY_CURRENT_LIMIT No
-001 INVERTER_STARTUP_FAIL No
-001 ANALOG_BOARD_AD_STAT_FAIL No
-001 OUTPUT_CURRENT_OVER_100 No
-001 BATTERY_GROUND_FAULT No
-001 WAITING_FOR_CHARGER_SYNC No
-001 NV_RAM_FAIL No
-001 ANALOG_BOARD_AD_TIMEOUT No
0004 SHUTDOWN_IMMINENT Yes
0005 BATTERY_LOW Yes
0006 UTILITY_FAIL Yes
0007 OUTPUT_SHORT_CIRCUIT Yes
0008 UTILITY_NOT_PRESENT Yes
-001 FULL_TIME_CHARGING No
-001 FAST_BYPASS_COMMAND No
-001 AD_ERROR No
-001 INTERNAL_COM_FAIL No
-001 RECTIFIER_SELFTEST_FAIL No
-001 RECTIFIER_EEPROM_FAIL No
-001 RECTIFIER_EPROM_FAIL No
-001 INPUT_LINE_VOLTAGE_LOSS No
-001 BATTERY_DC_OVER_VOLTAGE No
-001 POWER_SUPPLY_OVER_TEMP No
-001 POWER_SUPPLY_FAIL No
-001 POWER_SUPPLY_5V_FAIL No
-001 POWER_SUPPLY_12V_FAIL No
-001 HEATSINK_OVER_TEMP No
-001 HEATSINK_TEMP_SENSOR_FAIL No
-001 RECTIFIER_CURRENT_OVER_125 No
-001 RECTIFIER_FAULT_INTERRUPT_FAIL No
-001 RECTIFIER_POWER_CAPASITOR_FAIL No
-001 INVERTER_PROGRAM_STACK_ERROR No
-001 INVERTER_BOARD_SELFTEST_FAIL No
-001 INVERTER_AD_SELFTEST_FAIL No
-001 INVERTER_RAM_SELFTEST_FAIL No
-001 NV_MEMORY_CHECKSUM_FAIL No
-001 PROGRAM_CHECKSUM_FAIL No
-001 INVERTER_CPU_SELFTEST_FAIL No
-001 NETWORK_NOT_RESPONDING No
-001 FRONT_PANEL_SELFTEST_FAIL No
-001 NODE_EEPROM_VERIFICATION_ERROR No
-001 OUTPUT_AC_OVER_VOLT_TEST_FAIL No
-001 OUTPUT_DC_OVER_VOLTAGE No
-001 INPUT_PHASE_ROTATION_ERROR No
-001 INVERTER_RAMP_UP_TEST_FAILED No
-001 INVERTER_OFF_COMMAND No
-001 INVERTER_ON_COMMAND No
-001 TO_BYPASS_COMMAND No
-001 FROM_BYPASS_COMMAND No
-001 AUTO_MODE_COMMAND No
-001 EMERGENCY_SHUTDOWN_COMMAND No
-001 SETUP_SWITCH_OPEN No
-001 INVERTER_OVER_VOLT_INT No
-001 INVERTER_UNDER_VOLT_INT No
-001 ABSOLUTE_DCOV_ACOV No
-001 PHASE_A_CURRENT_LIMIT No
-001 PHASE_B_CURRENT_LIMIT No
-001 PHASE_C_CURRENT_LIMIT No
-001 BYPASS_NOT_AVAILABLE No
-001 RECTIFIER_BREAKER_OPEN No
-001 BATTERY_CONTACTOR_OPEN No
-001 INVERTER_CONTACTOR_OPEN No
-001 BYPASS_BREAKER_OPEN No
-001 INV_BOARD_ACOV_INT_TEST_FAIL No
-001 INVERTER_OVER_TEMP_TRIP No
-001 INV_BOARD_ACUV_INT_TEST_FAIL No
-001 INVERTER_VOLTAGE_FEEDBACK_ERROR No
-001 DC_UNDER_VOLTAGE_TIMEOUT No
-001 AC_UNDER_VOLTAGE_TIMEOUT No
-001 DC_UNDER_VOLTAGE_WHILE_CHARGE No
-001 INVERTER_VOLTAGE_BIAS_ERROR No
-001 RECTIFIER_PHASE_ROTATION No
-001 BYPASS_PHASER_ROTATION No
-001 SYSTEM_INTERFACE_BOARD_FAIL No
-001 PARALLEL_BOARD_FAIL No
-001 LOST_LOAD_SHARING_PHASE_A No
-001 LOST_LOAD_SHARING_PHASE_B No
-001 LOST_LOAD_SHARING_PHASE_C No
-001 DC_OVER_VOLTAGE_TIMEOUT No
-001 BATTERY_TOTALLY_DISCHARGED No
-001 INVERTER_PHASE_BIAS_ERROR No
-001 INVERTER_VOLTAGE_BIAS_ERROR_2 No
-001 DC_LINK_BLEED_COMPLETE No
-001 LARGE_CHARGER_INPUT_CURRENT No
-001 INV_VOLT_TOO_LOW_FOR_RAMP_LEVEL No
-001 LOSS_OF_REDUNDANCY No
-001 LOSS_OF_SYNC_BUS No
-001 RECTIFIER_BREAKER_SHUNT_TRIP No
-001 LOSS_OF_CHARGER_SYNC No
-001 INVERTER_LOW_LEVEL_TEST_TIMEOUT No
-001 OUTPUT_BREAKER_OPEN No
-001 CONTROL_POWER_ON No
-001 INVERTER_ON No
-001 CHARGER_ON No
-001 BYPASS_ON No
-001 BYPASS_POWER_LOSS No
-001 ON_MANUAL_BYPASS No
-001 BYPASS_MANUAL_TURN_OFF No
-001 INVERTER_BLEEDING_DC_LINK_VOLT No
-001 CPU_ISR_ERROR No
-001 SYSTEM_ISR_RESTART No
-001 PARALLEL_DC No
-001 BATTERY_NEEDS_SERVICE No
-001 BATTERY_CHARGING No
-001 BATTERY_NOT_CHARGED No
-001 DISABLED_BATTERY_TIME No
-001 SERIES_7000_ENABLE No
-001 OTHER_UPS_ON No
-001 PARALLEL_INVERTER No
-001 UPS_IN_PARALLEL No
-001 OUTPUT_BREAKER_REALY_FAIL No
-001 CONTROL_POWER_OFF No
-001 LEVEL_2_OVERLOAD_PHASE_A No
-001 LEVEL_2_OVERLOAD_PHASE_B No
-001 LEVEL_2_OVERLOAD_PHASE_C No
-001 LEVEL_3_OVERLOAD_PHASE_A No
-001 LEVEL_3_OVERLOAD_PHASE_B No
-001 LEVEL_3_OVERLOAD_PHASE_C No
-001 LEVEL_4_OVERLOAD_PHASE_A No
-001 LEVEL_4_OVERLOAD_PHASE_B No
-001 LEVEL_4_OVERLOAD_PHASE_C No
0009 UPS_ON_BATTERY Yes
-001 UPS_ON_BYPASS No
-001 LOAD_DUMPED No
-001 LOAD_ON_INVERTER No
-001 UPS_ON_COMMAND No
-001 UPS_OFF_COMMAND No
-001 LOW_BATTERY_SHUTDOWN No
-001 AUTO_ON_ENABLED No
-001 SOFTWARE_INCOMPABILITY_DETECTED No
-001 INVERTER_TEMP_SENSOR_FAILED No
-001 DC_START_OCCURED No
-001 IN_PARALLEL_OPERATION No
-001 SYNCING_TO_BYPASS No
-001 RAMPING_UPS_UP No
-001 INVERTER_ON_DELAY No
-001 CHARGER_ON_DELAY No
-001 WAITING_FOR_UTIL_INPUT No
-001 CLOSE_BYPASS_BREAKER No
-001 TEMPORARY_BYPASS_OPERATION No
-001 SYNCING_TO_OUTPUT No
-001 BYPASS_FAILURE No
-001 AUTO_OFF_COMMAND_EXECUTED No
-001 AUTO_ON_COMMAND_EXECUTED No
0010 BATTERY_TEST_FAILED Yes
Lengt of Config_block: 64
Length of statistics map: 0
Lengt of command list: 22
Lengt of outlet_block: 0
Lengt of alarm_block: 11
send_to_all: SETINFO output.voltage.nominal "240"
send_to_all: SETINFO ups.serial ""
send_to_all: SETINFO input.voltage.nominal "240"
send_to_all: SETINFO input.frequency.nominal "50"
send_to_all: SETINFO input.frequency.low "45"
send_to_all: SETINFO input.frequency.high "55"
send_to_all: SETINFO input.transfer.boost.high "216"
send_to_all: SETINFO input.transfer.trim.low "260"
Shutdown delay longer than battery capacity when Low Battery warning is given. (max 60 seconds)
send_to_all: SETINFO ups.beeper.status "enabled"
send_to_all: SETINFO input.transfer.low "186"
send_to_all: SETINFO input.transfer.high "280"
send_to_all: SETINFO ambient.temperature.high "1"
send_to_all: ADDCMD shutdown.return
send_to_all: ADDCMD shutdown.stayoff
send_to_all: ADDCMD test.battery.start
send_to_all: SETINFO output.frequency " 49.9"
send_to_all: SETINFO input.frequency " 49.9"
send_to_all: SETINFO battery.voltage " 13.5"
send_to_all: SETINFO battery.charge.low "11"
send_to_all: SETINFO input.voltage "234"
send_to_all: SETINFO output.current " 0.3"
send_to_all: SETINFO output.current.nominal " 1.8"
send_to_all: SETINFO output.voltage "234"
send_to_all: SETINFO ups.load " 16.7"
send_to_all: SETINFO ups.status "OL"
send_to_all: DATAOK
dstate_init: sock /var/state/ups/bcmxcp_usb-myups open on fd 5
send_to_all: SETINFO driver.version "2.4.1"
send_to_all: SETINFO driver.version.internal "0.21"
send_to_all: SETINFO driver.name "bcmxcp_usb"
send_to_all: SETINFO driver.parameter.pollinterval "2"
send_to_all: SETINFO input.voltage "236"
send_to_all: SETINFO output.voltage "236"
send_to_all: SETINFO battery.voltage " 13.7"
send_to_all: SETINFO input.voltage "234"
send_to_all: SETINFO output.voltage "234"
send_to_all: SETINFO input.voltage "236"
send_to_all: SETINFO output.voltage "236"
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But starting the daemon and things fail...
:: Starting UPSd Daemon [DONE]
[root@fiorano ups]#
Broadcast message from nut (Sun Jan 3 17:24:55 2010):
Communications with UPS myups@localhost lost
Broadcast message from nut (Sun Jan 3 17:25:00 2010):
UPS myups@localhost is unavailable
Here are my daemon and message logs, showing a comms issue with the UPS but I am using the exact same settings as my previous OS build?
[root@fiorano ~]# tail -f /var/log/messages.log
Jan 3 17:24:55 fiorano bcmxcp_usb[1730]: Startup successful
Jan 3 17:24:55 fiorano upsd[1731]: listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3493
Jan 3 17:24:55 fiorano upsmon[1735]: Startup successful
Jan 3 17:24:55 fiorano upsmon[1737]: Communications with UPS myups@localhost lost
Jan 3 17:24:55 fiorano wall[1739]: wall: user nut broadcasted 1 lines (46 chars)
Jan 3 17:25:00 fiorano upsmon[1737]: UPS myups@localhost is unavailable
Jan 3 17:25:00 fiorano wall[1742]: wall: user nut broadcasted 1 lines (36 chars)
[root@fiorano ~]# tail -f /var/log/daemon.log
Jan 3 17:24:55 fiorano bcmxcp_usb[1730]: Startup successful
Jan 3 17:24:55 fiorano upsd[1731]: listening on 127.0.0.1 port 3493
Jan 3 17:24:55 fiorano upsd[1731]: not listening on ::1 port 3493
Jan 3 17:24:55 fiorano upsmon[1735]: Startup successful
Jan 3 17:24:55 fiorano upsmon[1737]: UPS [myups@localhost]: connect failed: Connection failure: Connection refused
Jan 3 17:24:55 fiorano upsmon[1737]: Communications with UPS myups@localhost lost
Jan 3 17:25:00 fiorano upsmon[1737]: UPS [myups@localhost]: connect failed: Connection failure: Connection refused
Jan 3 17:25:00 fiorano upsmon[1737]: UPS myups@localhost is unavailable
Jan 3 17:25:05 fiorano upsmon[1737]: UPS [myups@localhost]: connect failed: Connection failure: Connection refused
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Jan 3 17:25:15 fiorano upsmon[1737]: UPS [myups@localhost]: connect failed: Connection failure: Connection refused
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Didn't help.
R00KIE wrote:Can you post the script you call in /etc/rc.d to start/stop/restart the service? Maybe someone can spot a problem there.
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#!/bin/bash
. /etc/rc.conf
. /etc/rc.d/functions
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[ -z "$PID" ] && /usr/sbin/upsd &>/dev/null
/usr/sbin/upsmon &>/dev/null
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
stat_fail
else
add_daemon upsd
stat_done
fi
stop)
stat_busy "Stopping UPSd Daemon"
/usr/bin/upsdrvctl stop &> /dev/null
/usr/sbin/upsmon -c stop &> /dev/null
[ ! -z "$PID" ] && kill $PID &> /dev/null
if [ $? -gt 0 ]; then
stat_fail
else
rm_daemon upsd
stat_done
fi
restart)
$0 stop
sleep 3
$0 start
echo "usage: $0 {start|stop|restart}"
esac
exit 0
R00KIE wrote:Maybe someone more experienced in debugging these kind of problems can help, I'm all out of ideas now.
Hopefully someone else stops by, but really appreciate your help. I'm sure its something small that I'm overlooking!
R00KIE wrote:forget about your config files for a moment and try something different and check if it works
Things is, NUT is fairly simple to begin with, there is really only 3 items you need to get it to work that I can see. The UPS driver, upsd user and monitor line.

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solarwind wrote:
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Thanks for the help!

Tim,
Migrating from HP Virtual Connect (VC) -> UCS might change your network design slightly, for the better of course . Not sure if you're using 1G or 10G VC modules but I'll respond as if you've using 10G modules because this is what UCS will provide. VC modules provide a 10G interface that you can logically chop up into a max of 4 host vNIC interfaces totaling 10G. Though it's handy to divide a single 10G interfaces into virtual NICs for Service Console, VMotion, iSCSI etc, this creates the opportunity for wasted bandwidth. The logical NICs VC creates provides a max limit of bandwidth to the adapter. For example if create a 2GB interface for your host to use for vMotion, then 2G of your 10G pipe is wastes when there's no vMotions taking place!
UCS & 1000v offer a different solution in terms of bandwidth utilization by means of QoS. We feel it's more appropriate to specifiy a "minimum" bandwidth guarantee rather than a hard upper limit - leading to wasted pipe. Depending on which UCS blade and mezz card option you have, the # of adapters you can present to the Host varies. B200 blades can support one mezz card (with 2 x 10G interfaces) while the B250 and B440 are full width blades and support 2 Mezz cards. In terms of Mezz cards now, there's the Intel/Emulex/Qlogic/Broamcom/Cisco VIC options. In my opinion the M81KR (VIC) is best suited for virtualized environments as you can present up to 56 virtual interfaces to the host, each having various levels of QoS applied. When you roll the 1000v into the mix you have a lethal combination of adding some of the new QoS features that automatically match traffic types such as Service Console, iSCSI, VMotion etc. See this thread for a list/explanation of new features coming in the next verison of 1000v due out in a couple weeks https://www.myciscocommunity.com/message/61580#61580
Before you think about design too much, tell us what blades & adapters you're using and we can offer some suggestions for setting them up in the best configuration for your virtual infrastructure.
Regards,
Robert
BTW - Here's a couple Best Practice Guides with UCS & 1000v that you might find useful.

New Mac Pro setup questions..

Hi,
Just pulled the trigger on a Mac Pro 3gh, 4gb, ATI 1900. I am going to that from a dual 1.42 quicksilver and had some questions.
It seems migration assistant may not be the best way to go. Is this true, should I reinstall everything? Is it possible to drag and drop apps to the new machine?
Is it possible to get mail info from another machine to the new one? I have an iMac at home that I have been using Mail with and would like all the email addresses on the new machine at work. My old setup, I was still using Enterouge (sp) and would like to use Mail like at home.
I have the stock 250gb drive and I need to figure out different drive scenarios. I recently bought two external 500gb drives before even thinking about a new system. I am a commercial photographer and one drive is a backup that lives offsite from my studio for protection. Should I mirror with an external?
Thanks for any help!
HD

This FAQ may be helpful:
A Basic Guide for Migrating to Intel-Macs
If you are migrating a PowerPC system (G3, G4, or G5) to an Intel-Mac be careful what you migrate. Keep in mind that some items that may get transferred will not work on Intel machines and may end up causing your computer's operating system to malfunction.
Rosetta supports "software that runs on the PowerPC G3 or G4 processor that are built for Mac OS X". This excludes the items that are not universal binaries or simply will not work in Rosetta:
Classic Environment, and subsequently any Mac OS 9 or earlier applications
Screensavers written for the PowerPC
System Preference add-ons
All Unsanity Haxies
Browser and other plug-ins
Contextual Menu Items
Applications which specifically require the PowerPC G5
Kernel extensions
Java applications with JNI (PowerPC) libraries
See also What Can Be Translated by Rosetta.
In addition to the above you could also have problems with migrated cache files and/or cache files containing code that is incompatible.
If you migrate a user folder that contains any of these items, you may find that your Intel-Mac is malfunctioning. It would be wise to take care when migrating your systems from a PowerPC platform to an Intel-Mac platform to assure that you do not migrate these incompatible items.
If you have problems with applications not working, then completely uninstall said application and reinstall it from scratch. Take great care with Java applications and Java-based Peer-to-Peer applications. Many Java apps will not work on Intel-Macs as they are currently compiled. As of this time Limewire, Cabos, and Acquisition are available as universal binaries. Do not install browser plug-ins such as Flash or Shockwave from downloaded installers unless they are universal binaries. The version of OS X installed on your Intel-Mac comes with special compatible versions of Flash and Shockwave plug-ins for use with your browser.
The same problem will exist for any hardware drivers such as mouse software unless the drivers have been compiled as universal binaries. For third-party mice the current choices are USB Overdrive or SteerMouse. Contact the developer or manufacturer of your third-party mouse software to find out when a universal binary version will be available.
Also be careful with some backup utilities and third-party disk repair utilities. Disk Warrior (does not work), TechTool Pro (pre-4.5.1 versions do not work), SuperDuper (newest release works), and Drive Genius (untested) may not work properly on Intel-Macs. The same caution may apply to the many "maintenance" utilities that have not yet been converted to universal binaries.
Before migrating or installing software on your Intel-Mac check MacFixit's Rosetta Compatibility Index.
Additional links that will be helpful to new Intel-Mac users:
Intel In Macs
Apple Guide to Universal Applications
MacInTouch List of Compatible Universal Binaries
MacInTouch List of Rosetta Compatible Applications
MacUpdate List of Intel-Compatible Software
Written by Kappy with additional contributions from a brody.
Here is a list of where your important data is stored ("~" stands for "Home"):
Your Data in Documents:
~/Library/Application Support/AddressBook (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Application Support/iCal (copy the whole folder)
Also in ~ / Library/ Application Support (copy whatever else you need)
~/Library/Keychains (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Mail (copy the whole folder)
~/Library/Preferences/com.apple.mail.plist (This is a very important file which contains all email account settings and general mail preferences.)
~ / Library/iTunes (copy the whole folder)
~ / Library/Safari (copy the whole folder)
~/ Pictures/iPhoto Library
If you want cookies:
~/Library/Cookies/Cookies.plist
~/Library/Application Support/WebFoundation/HTTPCookies.plist
For Entourage users:
Entourage is in Documents/Microsoft User Data
Also in ~ /Library/ Preferences/Microsoft
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New W530 setup questions...

Just received my W530 in the mail and I've been trying to get up to speed on all the new technology out there and how to properly setup my computer... I've tried various searches but haven't got a clear answer I don't think - here goes:
W530 8gb RAM (2x4), K2000, 500 gb HDD with raid option, x64 win 7, hi res screen
I already bought a Samsung EVO SSD 250GB for the main drive which I will pickup from my US mailbox on Monday.
The reason I bought the computer is because my 4 year old Acer just couldn't handle the intensity of PlanSwift and On-Centre digital estimating programs for construction. In addition I dabble with Chief Architect Premiere for 3D house design and the Adobe Suite to do graphics stuff for the company, etc., etc. I will likely take some CAD related courses at school as well in the future.
My plan was to install OS and programs on the new SSD in the main bay and keep current project files on there. All misc pictures, videos and company files and other things on the HDD which would be in the UltraBay. I currently use about 180 GB and have another 250GB stored on an old laptop which I'd like to transfer over so everything is on one laptop. That one will be for internet searches in the garage for dirtbike repairs
Questions:
1. Is it worth getting a 128 GB mSata drive for the OS (under $100 for Crucial)? Then have all program files on SSD in main bay and misc files on HDD in ultrabay? do I need an adapter for the ultrabay or is it already able to accept the HDD in the ultrabay? I haven't popped out the ultrabay yet to see...
2. I hear of using the mSata drive for Caching? Is 128 GB enough for OS and caching? When is the caching helpful? Should I use the mSata just for caching?
3. Do I setup the computer with the OS on the HDD in the main bay and then clone/image it to the mSata drive oro SSD drive? Or do I start with the SSD in the main bay? I'm really confused on this part...
4. If necessary I will upgrade the RAM later - I think this is a straightforward upgrade as long as the voltages with the original RAM are the same - is this correct?
5. I currently use a Sony KDL 40XBR8 TV as a second monitor at work - what connection should I be using to get the best display settings? I currently use an HDMI with my Acer for no particular reason. I also have an Acer 23" at home which will be replaced with another Sony or Samsung TV when we move into our new house...
sorry for the noob questions... I am typically really good at finding answers to my questions but i really didn't find any clear answers or they were so technical I didn't realize it was the answer to my question ;-)
Can someone give me a practical approach to setting up my computer so I can start off right... thanks!!
Daniel
Thanks in advance
Daniel
ps can't wait to light this thing up with the SSD! It should rip pretty good...
| W530 | i7-3630QM | 16GB DDR3 | 128GB mSATA | 250GB 840 EVO | 500GB HDD | 1920x1080 | QUADRO K2000M |

Hi Daniel. When I bought my w530 I immediately installed a 256gb SSD. And now, over a year later I'm looking at getting a 256gb mSata for the boot drive.
1. The mSata port may only be Sata II but I figure it's not likely that I'll notice the difference. High transfer rates are really only realized with large files and the OS is usually a large collection of very small files. But that's just an opinion and your experience may vary.
For an ultrabay adapter, check out newmodeus. Quite a few forum posts mention success with this adapter versus the cheap ones from eBay. I haven't bought one yet myself, but this is what I will get when the time comes. (they also sell an adapter to convert your optical drive into an external USB optical drive.)
http://www.newmodeus.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_7&products_id=400
Also, search the forum and be aware that there are many who report problems of the w530 kicking out the ultrabay drive, but it seems better with the newmodeus adapter (as I recall; it was quite a while back when I read about it). I haven't looked at what ncix carries for adapters but would be interested to know if you find something that works.
And the drives shipped with the w530 come in different heights, and if it doesn't match the height of your SSD you will need rubber rails. I still haven't ordered mine and I'm letting my drive sit in the overheight internal bay without proper support. I just carry it very carefully. I'm not sure of the best place to get rails, direct from Lenovo or elsewhere. Last time I checked with Newmodeus they didn't sell just rails, but that may have changed (it was quite a while ago that I checked).
2. Caching only helps if your OS boot partition is on a traditional harddrive. With an SSD you won't utilize the caching as it won't be any faster (and may be slower).
3. I would try installing direct to the mSata/SSD instead of cloning. For a new system it's probably just as easy and less prone to issues. Windows will take care of alignment, etc., and turning off features unnecessary for SSD (superfetch/prefetch/and all that).
I also don't believe it necessary to install Win7 fresh. It depends on your view. I didn't want the hassle of tracking down a legit copy of Win7 install that I would trust, not to mention the hassle of installing it. Instead, I made the restore DVD(s) using the Lenovo tools whlie the original harddrive was installed, then switched the drive with the new SDD and restored from the DVDs. Then I went through and uninstalled any Lenovo software I didn't think was useful. It's been working nicely ever since and I don't regret not starting with a fresh install. Your experience may vary, though.
4. Upgrading ram is very easy. I'm not sure about specs, but if you don't match voltage and speed the system will downgrade both to the lowest common available. You should be able to find many discussions about matching RAM voltage on the 'net. You also would have to wait until your system arrives anyways because you don't know the specs of the RAM in advance (since Lenovo uses different suppliers).
I'm not sure how much RAM you'd need for CAD software. I upgraded mine to 32gb because I didn't want to find myself wishing I had more (for software development). I think I only ever hit as high as 20gb used, and am usually around the 6-12gb mark (depends on how many VMs I have going).
5. Sorry, I can't answer your video question. I use the docking station with two monitors via DVI. I haven't tried HDMI.
Before you sell off the extra parts, make sure you don't need them for warranty coverage. Warranty will only cover the system with original parts, so if you have to send in your system you would remove all custom parts and reinstall the originals. I'm not sure about onsite service, if you have to revert your system or not to original specs.
All comments I made above were in respect of Win7 Pro. I have no idea if anything changes under Win8/8.1.
Good luck! I hope you enjoy your w530 as much as I do mine.
w530 i7-3820QM / 32GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 RAM / 256GB Plextor M3P SSD / Quadro K1000M

XMLP 5.6.2 Generic setup questions

We have this configuration and wish to get started with XML Publisher:
11.5.9 Linux Production application server
9.2.0.6.0 Linux Production database server
11.5.9 Linux Development/Test (shared) application server
9.2.0.6.0 Linux Development/Test (shared) database server
Our Fusion Middleware rep suggested that we download the XMLP562_generic.zip and install XML Publisher.
I have read the Install Notes and have a few technical questions that the rep could not field.
1) Where does the Publisher get installed? The application server?
2) If so, and we install it on our shared Dev/Test server, will it affect both instances?
3) 10g is required to 'send' or 'schedule' reports. What is the definition of 'sending'?
4) After it is installed, will we see any changes to our 11i existing .rdf reports?
I'd like to know these answers before we pass the instructions along to our DBAs.
Thanks,
-Tracy

I know it 's been a long time since this post, but I am trying to achieve the same in 10.1.3.2 Standalone. The documentation for Standalone is not clear, or I'm missing something. Has someone gotten bursting working using data from the original xml output as the source for bursting and gotten it to work?
If so, please help.

Newb setup question re: 500 cannot compile error

HTTP Status 500 -
type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP
An error occurred at line: -1 in the jsp file: null
Generated servlet error:
[javac] Compiling 1 source file
This is on the default index.jsp page that installs with Apache Tomcat/4.1.18... at http://localhost:8080/index.jsp which maps to C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1\webapps\ROOT\index.jsp
by now I have way too many java sdks installed...
C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.1_01
C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.0_03
C:\j2sdk1.4.0_03
C:\j2sdkee1.4
The first one I tried got me the same error I am getting now.. and since I have tried different versions changing JAVA_HOME
Right now..
JAVA_HOME = C:\j2sdkee1.4
CATALINA_HOME = C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Tomcat 4.1
I have no idea what's going on here not having much experience in settting up web servers or java SDKs. But in order to learn the stuff I have planned to I need teh following to get up and running on Win2K.. any help is greatly appreciated.
Java JDK 1.4.
Tomcat servlet\JSP engine 4.0.1.
MySQL database 3.23.46
If I stick a standard html page in the tomcat root it will show just fine.. so I suspect the whole Java thing is buggin for some reason.
Here's the full text of the returned error followed by the text of the index.jsp file
HTTP Status 500 -
type Exception report
message
description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.
exception
org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP
An error occurred at line: -1 in the jsp file: null
Generated servlet error:
[javac] Compiling 1 source file
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:130)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:293)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateClass(Compiler.java:340)
     at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:352)
     at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:474)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:184)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:295)
     at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:241)
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:260)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:191)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke(StandardContext.java:2415)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:180)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:172)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:641)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline$StandardPipelineValveContext.invokeNext(StandardPipeline.java:643)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke(StandardPipeline.java:480)
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke(ContainerBase.java:995)
     at org.apache.coyote.tomcat4.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:223)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.process(Http11Processor.java:432)
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol$Http11ConnectionHandler.processConnection(Http11Protocol.java:386)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.TcpWorkerThread.runIt(PoolTcpEndpoint.java:534)
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.ThreadPool$ControlRunnable.run(ThreadPool.java:530)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Apache Tomcat/4.1.18
<!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title><%= application.getServerInfo() %></title>
<style type="text/css">

</style>
</head>
<body>

<table width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="left" width="130"><img src="tomcat.gif" height="92" width="130" border="0" alt="The Mighty Tomcat - MEOW!"></td>
<td align="left" valign="top">
<table>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top"><b><%= application.getServerInfo() %></b></td></tr>
</table>
</td>
<td align="right"><img src="jakarta-banner.gif" height="48" width="505" border="0" alt="The Jakarta Project"></td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<table>
<tr>

<td valign="top">
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" bordercolor="#000000">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#D2A41C" bordercolor="#000000" align="left" nowrap>
<font face="Verdana" size="+1"><i>Administration</i>      </font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFDC75" bordercolor="#000000" nowrap>
Tomcat Administration<br>
Tomcat Manager<br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" bordercolor="#000000">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#D2A41C" bordercolor="#000000" align="left" nowrap>
<font face="Verdana" size="+1"><i>Documentation</i>      </font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFDC75" bordercolor="#000000" nowrap>
Tomcat Documentation<br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" bordercolor="#000000">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#D2A41C" bordercolor="#000000" align="left" nowrap>
<font face="Verdana" size="+1"><i>Tomcat Online</i>      </font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFDC75" bordercolor="#000000" nowrap>
Home Page<br>
Bug Database<br>
Users Mailing List<br>
Developers Mailing List<br>
IRC<br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" bordercolor="#000000">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#D2A41C" bordercolor="#000000" align="left" nowrap>
<font face="Verdana" size="+1"><i>Examples</i>      </font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFDC75" bordercolor="#000000" nowrap>
JSP Examples<br>
Servlet Examples<br>
WebDAV capabilities<br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<br>
<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" bordercolor="#000000">
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#D2A41C" bordercolor="#000000" align="left" nowrap>
<font face="Verdana" size="+1"><i>Miscellaneous</i>      </font>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#FFDC75" bordercolor="#000000" nowrap>
Sun's Java Server Pages Site<br>
Sun's Servlet Site<br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
<td>     </td>

<td align="left" valign="top">
<p><center><b>If you're seeing this page via a web browser, it means you've setup Tomcat successfully. Congratulations!</b></center></p>
<p>As you may have guessed by now, this is the default Tomcat home page. It can be found on the local filesystem at:
<blockquote>
<p class="code">$CATALINA_HOME/webapps/ROOT/index.html</p>
</blockquote>
</p>
<p>where "$CATALINA_HOME" is the root of the Tomcat installation directory. If you're seeing this page, and you don't think you should be, then either you're either a user who has arrived at new installation of Tomcat, or you're an administrator who hasn't got his/her setup quite right. Providing the latter is the case, please refer to the Tomcat Documentation for more detailed setup and administration information than is found in the INSTALL file.</p>
<p><b>NOTE: For security reasons, using the administration webapp
is restricted to users with role "admin". The manager webapp
is restricted to users with role "manager".</b>
Users are defined in <code>$CATALINA_HOME/conf/tomcat-users.xml</code>.</p>
<p>Included with this release are a host of sample Servlets and JSPs (with associated source code), extensive documentation (including the Servlet 2.3 and JSP 1.2 API JavaDoc), and an introductory guide to developing web applications.</p>
<p>Tomcat mailing lists are available at the Jakarta project web site:</p>
<ul>
<li><b>[email protected]</b> for general questions related to configuring and using Tomcat</li>
<li><b>[email protected]</b> for developers working on Tomcat</li>
</ul>
<p>Thanks for using Tomcat!</p>
<p align="right"><font size=-1><img src="tomcat-power.gif" width="77" height="80"></font><br>
<font size=-1>Copyright © 1999-2002 Apache Software Foundation</font><br>
<font size=-1>All Rights Reserved</font> <br>
</p>
<p align="right"> </p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

I ended up uninstalling every java this and that.. and tomcat.
Then installing only the j2sdk1.4.0_03 SDK.
Then set up JAVA_HOME for all users and modified the path with full path to the bin (c:\j2sdk1.4.0_03\bin)
Lastly I reinstalled tomcat and, voila, everything was working.
It can be quite maddening when you THINK you did everything by the boook and something doesn't work. When you replied and confirmed that I was on the right track.. uninstalling and trying yet again became les frustrating an option.
Thanks.
BTW- I needed this env to do the projects in what sems to be a very interesting book.. "macromedia Flash MC application design and development" by Jessica Speigel .. published by New Riders.
Her flash help website is at www.were-here.com.. the projects in the book are for flash-based multiplayer games and multi-user formums and such.

Ftp setup question

sorry if this a repeat question, but i'm stumped. i've set up
a number of sites previously, and never had a problem using the ftp
with dw. my typical setup has been
ftp host: ftp.mysite.com
host directory: public_html/
username
password
never a problem.
now i'm trying to set up a site on a new dedicated server
host and these same setting don't work. as an aside, i'm using
cpanel and when i set up the ftp user i noticed the directory is
/home/wwwcoun/public_html/, so i alternated this with a simple
public_html/ but it didn't work. suggestions please. thanks.
mike

Try -
FTP Host - www.mysite.com
Host directory - BLANK
Can you connect? If you can, tell me what FOLDER names you
see on the
remote folder list.
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"hconnorjr" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:emvf4c$6cr$[email protected]..
> sorry if this a repeat question, but i'm stumped. i've
set up a number of
> sites
> previously, and never had a problem using the ftp with
dw. my typical
> setup has
> been
>
> ftp host: ftp.mysite.com
> host directory: public_html/
> username
> password
>
> never a problem.
>
> now i'm trying to set up a site on a new dedicated
server host and these
> same
> setting don't work. as an aside, i'm using cpanel and
when i set up the
> ftp
> user i noticed the directory is
/home/wwwcoun/public_html/, so i
> alternated
> this with a simple public_html/ but it didn't work.
suggestions please.
> thanks.
>
> mike
>
>

802.1x for user authentication setup questions

Hi,
I am fairly new to the 802.1x realm, I have read several documents on how the setup is accomplished and I was hoping someone could validate the setup I have in mind to make sure I am on the right page. Any comments or assistance would be greatly appreciated, I do not have the infrastructure to test everything before hand.
I have a remote site with a switch and router. I want to authenticate users using their AD credentials. At the datacenter I will have ACS 5.2, a Windows 2008 enterprise server for AD service and CS service. I do not have the option to install an additional client on the PC like anyconnect, I need to use Windows OS supplicant without installing physcial certificates on the machine.
- Within the CS service I will generate a certificate that will be imported by ACS.
- I will activate ACS to integrate with AD
- I do not want to insall certificates on the client machines so I will use PEAP w/ MSCHAPv2
- The authenticating clients will be XP w/ SP3, I am hoping that a group policy can be created to enabed the wired service to start automatically and I will also need to add my CS/CA server as a trusted authority unless I purhcase a verisign certificate to be used. Correct? or will this need to be done when the desktop image is installed on the pc?
Additional Questions:
- With the setup I described above using MSCHAPv2 when the user boots the computer in the morning, hits ctrl+alt+delete and provides their AD credentials will this act as a single sign on? first authenticating them through 802.1x so the port is authorized and then authenticating them to the AD server? or will there be some type of pop up window that will appear before the ctrl+alt+delete window? making the user provide credentials twice (annoying)
- Once the user is autheticated can I push an ACL down to the switch to enforce a set policy? or does this happen on the router?
- Most of the documents I have read are related to L2 802.1x is there a L3 option that includes the router that I should be looking at to provide more features?
- can anyone speak to their experience with the Windows OS supplicants? is the functionality flaky/clunky or if the backend is setup properly it works seamlessly?
Sorry for the long winded post but I am kind of shooting in the dark without having the equipment to test with. Any help is appreciated!
Thanks

Thanks too you both for the responses.
I have a few followup questions which I have added inline.
Q:
- With the setup I described above using MSCHAPv2 when the user boots the computer in the morning, hits ctrl+alt+delete and provides their AD credentials will this act as a single sign on? first authenticating them through 802.1x so the port is authorized and then authenticating them to the AD server? or will there be some type of pop up window that will appear before the ctrl+alt+delete window? making the user provide credentials twice (annoying)
A: If you select "Use windows credentials" it won't prompt you for credentials. so All automatic.
However note that it will only login AFTER you entered the credentials on the logon page. So you won't have network connectivity for the initial logon, so no login scripts this way.
With your comments I am rethinking my approach, I am considering that if the company security policy will allow it I will do machine authentication only instead of user auth. Obviously this is not as secure since a rogue user could change the local admin password and have access to the network. But interms of simplicity and ease of use machine authentication provides a transparent authentication mechanism that should suffice. I would just have to sell the solution to security.
There a few things I need to understand before persuing this.
- will the machine be 802.1x authenticated and on the network before the ctrl+alt+delete? so when user logs in the machine has passed 802.1x already and has received ip from dhcp? this is my hope.
- is peap/mschap still the supported protocol so no physical cert is required per machine? no EAP-TLS
- is the machine profile on the AD server used for 802.1x verification/authentication? meaning ACS will pass off to AD to verify the machine is part of the domain? or do you have to create machine profiles in ACS?
- I have read a few articles out there about issues with machine auth with clients using XP, perhaps this was related to previous serivce packs before SP3? there was mention of registery changes required etc.
- is there a different supplicant offered by cisco that is more robust that would provide more stability or is the cisco supplicant cost money per user license or other etc.
Again your feedback is invaluable as I do not have the physical equipment to test with. Unfortunatly I have to propose a solution before actually testing something which I am not particularly fond of.
Regards,
Eric

Oracle 11gR2 RAC VM and SCAN and DNS and /etc/hosts (two) setup questions

Hi,
I am looking forward to setting up two Oracle 11gR2 RAC instances
on my Oracle VM test machine.
I plan on using the Oracle 11gR2 RAC VM template.
I want the final Oracle 11gR2 RAC instances to have SCAN that uses DNS.
The DNS will be pre-installed in the JeOS.
My first simple question about the setup is the following.
In my DNS name file, for example,
/var/named/chroot/var/named/milkyway.univ.db
do I need to provide the racnode1 and racnode2 information,
for example,
# DNS name file (snippet)
myjeos IN A 192.168.1.150
racnode1 IN A 192.168.1.161
racnode1-vip IN A 192.168.1.163
racnode2 IN A 192.168.1.162
racnode2-vip IN A 192.168.1.164
rac-scan IN A 192.168.1.131
rac-scan IN A 192.168.1.132
rac-scan IN A 192.168.1.133
Or, can I just provide only the rac-scan information
# DNS name file alternate (snippet)
myjeos IN A 192.168.1.150
rac-scan IN A 192.168.1.131
rac-scan IN A 192.168.1.132
rac-scan IN A 192.168.1.133
What I am getting at is the following.
Within the install process, will racnode1, racnode1-vip, racnode2,
and racnode2-vip host names and their IP address be written
to the RAC instances /etc/hosts files? (So I should not bother
to put them in the DNS name file like '# DNS name file alternate (snippet)'?)
Or, should I put the racnode and racnode-vip host names and IP addresses
in the DNS name file like '# DNS name file (snippet)'?
The second question is the following.
Are the cluster name and the scan name allowed to be different?
Currently, I would plan them to be different,
for example, rac-cluster and rac-scan.
Or, are they required to be the same,
for example, rac-cluster and rac-cluster.
Thank you.
AIM

AIM wrote:
do I need to provide the racnode1 and racnode2 information,
Or, can I just provide only the rac-scan information You need to provide all of it in DNS, because other hosts in your network will need to be able to resolve all of the normal, VIP and SCAN addresses for your RAC nodes. We write this data out to /etc/hosts just to reduce the amount of round-trip DNS requests the cluster nodes make for themselves.
Are the cluster name and the scan name allowed to be different?They can be different.

[Solved] installation and setup question - gummiboot and EFI

Hi,
This is the first time i'm installing arch. i hit the below issues. hope someone can help me out. my understanding of uefi is just about an hour worth of reading or less..
(the wiki didn't mention the kernel requirement when I started installing it... now it does and i updated the beginner's guide wiki post.)
Problem
Gummiboot#Installing says that "If you are still running kernel 3.7 or have not booted in EFI mode, creating the boot entry will fail. You should however still be able to boot gummiboot as it copies the binary to the default EFI binary location on your ESP (/boot/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI on x64 systems). "
the gummiboot part fails. gummiboot gives this error at install saying file system is not FAT EFI, so first I got gummiboot and gummiboot-efi both using pacman. then, I provided the --path to install and now it coughs up because the latest iso isn't 3.8 yet.
Failed to access EFI variables. Is the "efivarfs" filesystem mounted?
I can see efivars but this is asking for efivarfs.
so instead I did,
# cp /usr/lib/gummiboot/gummibootx64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/gummiboot/gummiboot.efi
# efibootmgr -c -d /dev/sda -p 1 -w -L "Gummiboot" -l '\EFI\gummiboot\gummiboot.efi'
how do I set this up? I'm afraid if I overwrite /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI windows might not boot.
after the installation (of course without gummiboot stuff) now when I reboot, I don't see any gummiboot menu at all because i didn't copy it to EFI/BOOT. it goes straight to windows 8 boot. during boot if I press F12 and see the menu option on thinkpad, I see gummiboot as the first entry(must be because of efibootmgr) followed by windows boot manager. When I select the gummiboot and enter, it just circles back to the same menu. I have setup the loader.conf and arch.conf as described in the wiki.
how do I set gummiboot to work? i dont mind pressing F12 and then going to gumiboot-> arch until 3.8 is out.
If this isn't possible, can I install rEFInd without messing gummiboot? looking at the dir structure of FAT EFI I think it should be possible but not 100% sure until i try it out. Also, to get rid of gummiboot, i should delete the directories, uninstall using pacman and get rid of the efibootmgr change I made, right?
Last edited by lobo2 (2013-03-15 04:07:47)

srs5694 wrote:
sidneyk wrote:Maybe not, I use rEFInd and mount ESP on /boot/efi and copy over updated kernels and initramfs. Maybe if you are mounting ESP at /boot the kernel and initramfs get written to both places at once, I don't know. I also don't know if /boot is where gummiboot expects them to be.
I realize this has been at least partially addressed by others, but I want to make two points very explicit:
In Linux, partitions (or more precisely, the filesystems that most of them contain) are accessed by mounting them at a mount point (a directory). Thus, when you mount the ESP at /boot, the contents of /boot are the ESP. Put another way, mounting the ESP at /boot means that to read or write the ESP, you read or write files and directories under /boot. You can test this yourself by mounting and unmounting a partition that's not basic to the minute-to-minute functioning of the computer. The ESP will actually work fine for this. Unmount it from /boot or /boot/efi and then issue a mount command to mount it elsewhere (say, "mount /dev/sda1 /mnt"). Then check the files under your temporary mount point, and even copy a file there. You can then unmount it and mount it back where you normally do and look for the file you copied -- it should be there. Play with this until you fully grok it.
Gummiboot runs before Linux, and it has no conception of Linux mount points. Thus, whether you mount the ESP at /boot, at /boot/efi, at /home/fred/abadmountpointforanesp is irrelevant, so long as the files on the ESP are laid out in the way that gummiboot expects. The trickiest aspect of this for those unfamiliar with the Linux mount system is that you do not include the Linux mount point in filename references for pre-boot programs like gummiboot. That is, if you mount the ESP at /boot and place the kernel at /boot/vmlinuz, then in gummiboot, the kernel would be \vmlinuz.
Yeah, I figured this out based on the OP's response to that and thinking it through, I just never really thought about it much before now. But I will argue that the mount point /boot and the EFI partition are indeed 2 different locations. I know that once the ESP is mounted at /boot that this distinction disappears until it is umounted and something written to /boot, but while mounted as such, /boot and ESP are virtually the same, at least to the Linux system. I realize the EFI programs are ran before any OS and therefore don't really care about any OS specifics.
I wonder if the OP has confused the info between gummiboot and rEFInd (possibly from the Beginners Guide) because to me, after reading the gummiboot wiki, it just seems that it would be much simpler to just give gummiboot what it wants, i.e. ESP mounted at /boot, whether it's a separate partion or not. I'll have to take a look again at the Beginners Guide to see again the order of things there, but if it isn't, maybe it should be having the user ensure that pacman has completely updated the new system and then go on to the boot loader specifics. I was just thinking though, that the way the install medium is now, that it was automatically pulling the latest stuff down as part of the install process. I know it's not pulling testing or multilib without user intervention, but the core, stable stuff it is. That seems to be part of the confusion here maybe, 2 different versions of gummiboot with gummiboot changing some things between the 2 and maybe the kernels, too.
[EDIT] I took another look at the Beginner's Guide and it says that most users will probably want to use the [core], [extra], and [community] repos, which are enabled by default. It goes on to recommend that [multilib] be enabled for users wanting to run 32 bit programs and then reminds you to run #pacman -Sy to update the package lists, but not #pacman -Syu which would apply any changes from the repos since starting the install. Shouldn't matter much, even if the [multilib] repo was enabled because at that point no 32 bit libs have been installed, but it would matter if a user decided to enable the testing repos.
I wouldn't ordinarily recommend it, but in this case, if the OP is comfortable with the risk, then it might be useful to, at least temporarily, enable the [testing] repo and do #pacman -Syu to pull in the 3.8 kernel. Note that this is likely to also pull in other packages from [testing], but if you haven't installed X yet or any desktop environment, then what is pulled in shouldn't be too overwhelming. He can then immediately go back and disable [testing] if desired. I'm currently using testing without any issues, but there are risks to doing so.
Last edited by sidneyk (2013-03-14 18:13:43)

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