What is anacron and how its different from cron? Anacron is used to execute commands periodically, with a frequency specified in days. Unlike cron, it does not assume that the machine is running continuously. Hence, it can be used on machines that are not running 24 hours a day to control regular jobs as daily, […]
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How to install and configure Oracle ASMLIB on Native Linux multipath mapper devices
The post describes the process about how to setup ASM & ASMLIB disks using Mapper Multipath disks. The process involves : Installing and configuring the ASMLIB software Creating partitions on multipath devices using kpartx Creating ASM disks on new partitions updating the configuration file /etc/sysconfig/oracleasm Creating ASM disk groups 1. Install and configure ASMLIB software […]
Linux OS service ‘iscsid’
Service Name iscsid Description The iscsid (Internet Small Computer Systems Interface) service implements the control path of iSCSI protocol, plus some management facilities. For example, the daemon could be configured to automatically re-start discovery at startup, based on the contents of the persistent iSCSI database. ISCSI is a protocol to access remote SCSI disks via […]