Category Archives: Work

HP SA – Client Side Software Policy Installs

Seems about the only time I post here now is to put up another script.  I really should figure out a nice little script listing page, but I find myself … Continue reading

Here’s an SA quickie

Not going to explain this one much – basically got asked by a coworker to write up a script real quick for him to update the Deployment Stage against every … Continue reading

HP SA – Running a known script from pytwist

I was asked to put up a script that displays an easy way to find a script reference and then start that script. One thing to realize is that the … Continue reading

HP SA – Finding offline agents

A common issue we experience is that agents often go offline in the SA console. Whether it is because the admin of the system screwed up a gateway, shutdown the … Continue reading

Opsware Custom Attributes and You.

I realize most of the time I end up complaining about Opsware – that’s generally because it’s part of the human condition.  We say stuff when we’re upset or angry … Continue reading

Restarting Cisco VPN Subsystem on OS X

If you’re like me and you use your MacBook Pro for work, it might stand to reason that you have to VPN into your work network. If so, it also … Continue reading

Gitorious setup: RSTRING_LEN in rdiscount

Ran into an issue recently where I was trying to install gitorious on a local RHEL5 system. The site would crash every time I tried to view a repo with … Continue reading

WordPress Gallery tutorial

Unfortunately, I’ve lost the code to this during my move from one provider to another. The gallery tutorial here was meant for WordPress 2.5 and is no longer relevant anyways. … Continue reading

AIX – JFS Recovering a deleted file ( undelete )

This is a document I wrote a while back for work that I thought I would release in hopes that some people out there would find it useful. Preferably, you … Continue reading

How to rename network adapters in AIX

It seems that lately all that I’ve written have been docs on how to do stuff at work. Mostly because I’ve been busy ( scuba, girlfriend, work, soccer, friends, etc. … Continue reading