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Webmin makes a sys-admin’s life easier
I find webmin to be very useful on the Linux OS. This makes my life easier, especially if you have very little linux experience. Here is how to install it manually: Use Putty to SSH to your vm Logon as root/root and run these commands: Notes: a. The path where wget resides may be different in your server. b. Download the latest version of webmin. cd /root /usr/sfw/bin/wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin-1.480.tar.gz gunzip webmin-1.480.tar.gz tar xf webmin-1.480.tar cd webmin-1.480 sudo ./setup.sh /usr/local/webmin A setup program runs now. Basically I accepted all options as default (just keep pressing enter!) At one point it will ask for a username and password. I left the username as admin and entered…
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My second attempt on installing SCCM 2012
This is the second part of my installing SCCM series. Read the first part here So I ran the setup again and at the “Database Information” page it seems to get stuck. I got the same “unable to connect” error as last time. troubleshooting… Updated 5/24/2012: See my third attempt at installing SCCM 2012
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SQL Server for SCCM 2012
During my testing of SCCM 2012, I determined that it needs a specific configuration of SQL server. This post tells you what needs to be done. I have a SQL server 2008 instance already installed for use with SCCM 2007. I was hoping I could use the same VM for SCCM 2012 testing. This post is in reference to that VM. Check out the official SQL server requirements list. Out of this I am listing my own experiences here: 1. Database collation: My SQL server has SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS I also checked a few other DB servers, they already have the Database collation required by SCCM 2012 installed by default. So I did not…
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Installing updates on SQL Server 2008
So when I was installing SCCM 2012 I found out that I need to install patches/updates on my SQL server. To find out what version I was running I looked at this document. How to determine which version and edition of SQL Server Database Engine is running To determine the version of SQL Server, you can use any of the following methods: Method 1: Connect to the server by using Object Explorer in SQL Server Management Studio. After Object Explorer is connected, it will show the version information in parentheses, together with the user name that is used to connect to the specific instance of SQL Server. Method 2: Look…
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Installing SCCM 2012
Here are my notes for installing SCCM 2012: I have already been using SCCM 2007 for a couple of years now. It has been working fine. Now SCCM 2012 has come out so we have to upgrade. Note that my domain controllers are still Windows 2003 R2 SP2. I am following this very useful website which describes how to do an SCCM 2012 install. My running commentary as I go through the steps described in the web-page above.