About OneByte
My name is Alex Hess and I'm the creator of OneByte. I created OneByte to serve as personal documentation of my work in technology. I found that many of the projects I worked on had valuable information. In hopes to preserve that information I decided to catalog and document my experiences here. OneByte is an evolving project and I hope it helps others as in the process. If it doesn't help you I hope you enjoy reading the nonsense. - yours truly

Installing ssacli – view raid ESXI 6.5
Goal: To have the ability to monitor the RAID status without rebooting. The setup: HP Z400 workstation P410 HP Smart Array ICY 6-bay cage 6 SATA disks After some troubleshooting, I found that in order to view the raid configuration for the P410 on the HP z400 the utility i […]

Installing hpacucli on Proxmox
Goal: To have the ability to monitor the RAID status without rebooting. The setup: HP Z400 workstation P410 HP Smart Array ICY 6-bay cage 6 SATA disks I found that there was a supported utility for the Z400 machine, hpacucli1)http://www.datadisk.co.uk/html_docs/redhat/hpacucli.htm. The hpacucli is available for linux or as a vib2)https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=MTX_0838c22ed1c345968031a22ba0. […]

Finding your node name Graylog 2.2.x
I found it odd I wasn’t able to locate standard node information from the Graylog dashboard under ‘System/Nodes’. After some research I found that you can locate your Graylog Node name (and additional information regarding your cluster) by navigating to the following page:

The incomplete path to a syslog
The path to a great syslog! My first full-fledged syslog deployment should be interesting, and an educational read for anyone who’s on a similar path. If you do not already know what a syslog is, I suggest you do some research. When you’re ready please come back.

Parallels RAS Remote Desktop Client – mass management
The ability to make mass changes to our kiosk mode workstations. We have hundreds of workstations with Parallels RAS installed on them in kiosk mode (their own shell). Parallels offers no direct method to mass update client settings or local applications. Applies for v14.x and 15.x.

How to setup Mesh – Ruckus Unleashed
I’m familiar with Ruckus equipment as I have them deployed in an enterprise environment with a controller. Fantastic products. Some executives needed solid wireless in their homes and I thought what better than an R500 ruckus WAP? A few months ago Ruckus released a consumer/SMB model, Ruckus Unleashed. My guess is this was designed for small companies starting off with no controller giving them the scaling option to add a controller at a later date as they grow.

Veeam 9.x PSSnapIn failure
ISSUE Installed Veeam 9 Backup and Recovery. Installed the Veeam Powershell after a couple days of demoing. When launching the Veeam powershell module via Veeam menu it opens1)http://forums.veeam.com/powershell-f26/how-do-you-even-get-powershell-to-work-with-veeam-t26429.html?hilit=icon#p137617p and works just fine. However when attempting to launch the Veeamssnapin using the command ‘Add-PsSnapIn VeeamPSSnapIn’ I received an error (below). As […]

Finding your linux version
Useful CLI commands that I’ve compiled in order to determine which flavor/version of Linux I’m running. Kernel: uname -r Distro: lsb_release -a Prints certain system information usually related to the kernel (-a is the ALL switch).
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uname -a |
Output:
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[/dev] # uname -a Linux BACKUP01 3.4.6 #1 SMP Tue Feb 17 04:58:58 CST 2015 x86_64 unknown |
You can cat the /proc/version file:
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cat /proc/version |
Output:
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[/dev] # cat /proc/version Linux version 3.4.6 (root@NasX86Builder) (gcc version 4.1.3 20070929 (prerelease) (Ubuntu 4.1.2-16ubuntu2)) #1 SMP Tue Feb 17 04:58:58 CST 2015 |
cat the […]

Useful AIX 5.3 commands
Commands I’ve found using frequently. Change network adapter
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smit mktcpip |
mktcpip1)http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/P8DEA/p8hcg/p8hcg_mktcpip.htm can be used itself in CLI. HA! Only 1 command! Notes & References [ + ] 1. ↑ http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/P8DEA/p8hcg/p8hcg_mktcpip.htm

Useful PFSense commands
Here are some commands that I’ve compiled over my time working with pfsense. Description Command Reload the Firewall with all the configuration. This also restarts the webgui and sshd – but keeps the current ssh sessions active just as a regular sshd restart. /etc/rc.reload_all Manually edit the configuration in /conf/config.xml. […]