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OS X Server NetBoot from NetRestore Image hangs at 0% progress

I've setup an OS X 10.6.5 machine with all of the user accounts and software that I'd like on all of the clients. I used the SIU on our 10.6.5 OS X Server to create a NetRestore image from that machine. I have configured the NetBoot service on the…
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Unable to Modify Files on Windows Share from OS X on Domain User Account

A few of my end users use Macs. One of them is currently unable to save files to a our Windows file server running Windows Server 2003. The file permissions for his user account are setup properly, evidenced by the fact that when I login to a…
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ubuntu does not use 100% ram

I am running ubuntu 8 on a 2GB laptop. Whenever I look in my system monitor, I see my memory usage is slightly below 1G. Why isn't ubuntu using the full 2GB? Let me say that the full 2GB are recognized, i.e., the system monitor says, usign 48% of…
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OS for Virtual Private Server (VPS)

I'm new to VPS managing and I need to chose which OS to install on my VPS. I have the following alternatives: CentOS 5.2 Ubuntu 9.10 Ubuntu Server edition 8.10 Debian 5.0 Lenny Debian 4.0 Etch Gentoo Minimal 10.0 I tried to install couple of them,…
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What is anonymous huge pages in node exporter?

Prometheus' node exporter has 2 metrics named as node_memory_AnonHugePages_bytes and node_memory_AnonPages_bytes. What do these measure? For a object detection flask app that ran across a bare metal server, a VM on hyper-v and a VM on ESXi, the…
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How to change model details in virtualbox?

I am trying on windows 11 on virtual box. For product testing purposes, we need it in virtual machines. But the product will do wmi queries and check whether it is a VM or not. How to update the details so that it would think it is a physical…
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System information (and dmidecode) is showing my hardware information as "default string". Can I change it?

I am on Fedora Workstation 35, my graphical systems information window is showing some of the data as "Default String". The same is happening in the terminal with the dmidecode tool: Is there anyway I can manually change those strings?
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How to uninstall two applications at a time in Windows System?

I need to uninstall 2 Programs/Applications from the Application Wizard (Control Panel). enter image description here When I try to uninstall the non related application to the current uninstalling application also, I'm getting this dialogue…
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renaming vmdk files in ESX4i

I am using a standalone ESX4i server and I have the VMware CLI tools installed. I have copied a base build VMDK file which has the OS installed and configured and I need to rename the vmdk file to reflect the server name. I am trying to use the CLI…
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Open the Windows c drive from Kali Linux

recently i am passing by a problem and i need help from you. I have a dell computer with two operating system (Kali Linux and windows 10),i made my windows in a hibernate mode and it shoot down due to the less charge in the battery, and when i tried…
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Centos stream 9 local console login input shown as squares

I'm after a fresh centos stream 9 install as minimal install, with only English keyboard and only root user. After installing, I rebooted and got to the login screen. Trying to type "root" for the username, all I'm getting is squares instead of the…
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System Volume Information in too huge in Windows Server 2016

I am new in system administration. One of my Windows Server 2016 disk has issue on space which is system volume information consume huge spaces and keep growing uncontrollably. Current size is 1.6TB and myself did not find any idea how to remove…
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Can VMs run on raw HW or do they neeed an OS?

I have a general question about Virtual Machines. It is not clear to me if I need an operating system at the lower level and then install the VM and on top of that the rest or I can install a VM without any OS present. Could someone clarify?
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What is alternative in Centos for Debains staff group?

There is the staff group in the /etc/groups in Debian. According to the https://wiki.debian.org/SystemGroups the purpose of this group is: Allows users to add local modifications to the system (/usr/local) without needing root privileges (note that…
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How do you choose a server Operating System?

What are criteria that you should be aware for choosing an operating system for a specified server (apart the fact that software needed is only available on 1 platform) ? For example, if I'm building an Oracle Database server, how do I choose…
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