Here is the script I used to generate hardware change reports from the OCS NG database. This script is implemented much like the daily disk reports from OCS (see this). Sorry there is no better documentation for this, I just have not had the time and soon will no longer have access to test or [...]
Dec
19
2008
19
2008
Jul
26
2007
26
2007
Daily diskspace alerts using OCS Inventory NG
Being proactive about managing system capacity is always a good idea. If you happen to use the OCS Inventory NG tool then here is a way for you to automatically have reports emailed to you (or various people) regarding systems with disk capacity below a threshold you set in a configuration file. This [...]
Feb
6
2007
6
2007
Recovering a Linux server on different disk partitions
We lost a disk in the RAID 5 array on one our Dell 2550 Linux servers today. Usually this is no big deal, just replace the disk and the array rebuilds right? Not quite – for some unexplained reason the array was “inconsistent” and we had to destroy and rebuild the container. [...]
