Question: How to downgrade an rpm package in CentOS/RHEL 6 system to a lower version using the "rpm" command? Its not really recommended to use rpm command instead of yum to downgrade an rpm package. But in case if you don't have a choice use the below procedure. Pre-requisites Make sure you have downloaded all the packages and its dependencies for the lower version. Downgrading rpm version For the purpose of this post we are downgrading the systemd packages from … [Read more...] about Downgrading an rpm package to a lower version (using “rpm” command)
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How to Compress and Decompress .bz2 files in Linux Using bzip2 Command
Introduction In this article we are going to learn How to compress files using bz2 file compression tool (bzip2 linux command) and unzip bz2 compressed file. bzip2 is a open source compress tool similar to zip & gzip compression tool used to compress large sized files to reduce it’s size. bzip2 can compress files not directories. bzip2 gives more compression as compared to gzip and zip. bzip2 Linux command was developed by Julian Seward on year 1996 and released under BSD style license. Why … [Read more...] about How to Compress and Decompress .bz2 files in Linux Using bzip2 Command
How to Rebuild GRUB on MSDOS Partition Type in CentOS/RHEL/OEL 7
Question: How to Rebuild Grub on Linux servers with MSDOS Partition type. (proc) (hd0) (hd0,msdos5) (hd0,msdos3) (hd0,msdos2) (hd0,msdos1) 1. Execute the following commands in Grub prompt to set the root device and to load the boot image and initialize boot loader. > set root=(hd0,msdos1) > linux16 /vmlinuz-3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 root=/dev/sda5 > initrd16 /initramfs-3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64.img Then boot the server. 2. Once the server boots up, rebuild the Grub config file. You can edit … [Read more...] about How to Rebuild GRUB on MSDOS Partition Type in CentOS/RHEL/OEL 7
Failed to Download Metadata for Repo ‘repo_name’
The Problem All the dnf commands fail with the following error: # dnf repolist Oracle Linux 8 BaseOS Latest (x86_64) 0.0 B/s | 0 B 00:00 Failed to download metadata for repo 'ol8_baseos_latest' Error: Failed to download metadata for repo 'ol8_baseos_latest dnf was not able to refresh the cache as it could not reach the yum server itself, Hence pointing to cache being expired. # yum clean metadata Cache was expired … [Read more...] about Failed to Download Metadata for Repo ‘repo_name’
How to configure Linux Resource Groups (cgroups) for MySQL
The following provides the procedure for configuring and using resource groups under Linux: 1. To use cgroups, you must install the "libcgroup" package on your system. # yum install libcgroup 2. Create a config file for cgroups (/etc/cgconfig.conf) and add below configuration. # vi /etc/cgconfig.conf mount { cpu = /cgroup/cpumem; cpuset = /cgroup/cpumem; memory = /cgroup/cpumem; } # High priority group group mysqldb { cpu { # Allocate the relative share of CPU resources … [Read more...] about How to configure Linux Resource Groups (cgroups) for MySQL
CentOS/RHEL – How to Remove stale ISCSI Target Node Information from ISCSI Initiator Server
The Problem Stale ISCSI target connections which are still present on Initiator node can lead to various issues like: 1. hung iscsid service which can lead to global outage. 2. flood of messages error like: messages:Jun 3 13:58:00 server1 iscsid: iscsid: Connection5:0 to [target: iqn-name, portal: ip-here,3260] through [iface: default] is shutdown. messages:Jun 3 13:58:00 server1 iscsiadm: iscsiadm: Could not login to [iface: default, target: iqn-name, portal: ip-here,3260]. messages:Jun … [Read more...] about CentOS/RHEL – How to Remove stale ISCSI Target Node Information from ISCSI Initiator Server
CentOS/RHEL 6 Kernel Panic – “Out of memory” kernel parameter panic_on_oom is enabled
The Problem CentOS/RHEL 6 system reboot due too out of memory error: DUMPFILE: vmcore [PARTIAL DUMP] CPUS: 2 DATE: Mon Feb 29 05:28:02 2016 UPTIME: 33 days, 09:45:55 LOAD AVERAGE: 1.88, 1.52, 1.41 TASKS: 218 NODENAME: localhost RELEASE: 2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64 VERSION: #1 SMP Sun Nov 10 22:19:54 EST 2013 MACHINE: x86_64 (3000 Mhz) MEMORY: 8 GB PANIC: "Kernel panic - not syncing: Out of memory: system-wide panic_on_oom is enabled" PID: 31010 COMMAND: "java" … [Read more...] about CentOS/RHEL 6 Kernel Panic – “Out of memory” kernel parameter panic_on_oom is enabled
How to enable core dump for Applications on CentOS/RHEL
1. In CentOS/RHEL core file creation is disabled by default. To enable it, executing the below command: # ulimit -S -c unlimited > /dev/null 2>&1 then execute the program in the same shell environment. 2. To enable it permanently, please follow steps below: - Edit /etc/security/limits.conf. # vi /etc/security/limits.conf * soft core unlimited The '*' is used to enable coredump size to unlimited to all users. - Edit /etc/sysctl.conf to add the path of the core dump and file … [Read more...] about How to enable core dump for Applications on CentOS/RHEL
How to add additional language support in CentOS/RHEL
Question: How to add additional language support in CentOS/RHEL? To add specific language support in CentOS/RHEL, you need firstly confirm the correct language group name by "yum grouplist" command. # yum grouplist The available language groups will be displayed in yum output as below: # yum grouplist Loaded plugins: refresh-packagekit, rhnplugin Setting up Group Process Installed Groups: ... Installed Language Groups: Arabic Support [ar] Armenian Support [hy] ... Available … [Read more...] about How to add additional language support in CentOS/RHEL
What are “segfault” messages in /var/log/messages file
This post explains how to analyse the segfault message in message file and to identify the problem in application or operating system side. What is "segfault"? A segmentation fault (often shortened to segfault) or access violation is a fault raised by hardware with memory protection, to notify operating system (OS) about a memory access violation. The Linux kernel will response it by performing some corrective action, generally passing the fault to the offending process by sending the … [Read more...] about What are “segfault” messages in /var/log/messages file