Questions tagged [ibm]
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IBM Bladecenter S with 6-Disk Storage Module with new Hard Drives
We have IBM Bladecenter S with 6-Disk Storage Module and are looking to add new larger drives, as IBM no longer supply and support this system.
Has anyone tried to add off the shelf hard drives either ...
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Connection Reset Error AxisFault
I'm trying to call a third party web service using axis2. It was working fine before the third party provider made some changes on their server. They disabled TLS 1.0 protocol and the server only ...
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IBM x3650 will not boot from USB
Hello serverfault community, and thank you in advance for your time.
Summary: I have an IBM x3650, which I bought secondhand (eBay). I am trying to install and run VMWare ESXi 5.5 on it via a USB ...
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Testing IBM LTO 7 hh drive out of its library tray
I am trying to diagnose a library drive for wich I don´t have a library. It belongs to a ibm 4300 library.
I connected an atx psu to the mini molex 4 pin connector on the drive, and as soon as I turn ...
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How to extract CA Certificate from .pfx file and add it to a trust store file
I have a .pfx file that has multiple certificates, one of them is the signing CA certificate of a server certificate assigned to the IBM i Remote Command Server in DCM.
I managed to use openssl and ...
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Instana installation issue
I have installed Instana backend docker install on a VM according to IBM documentation: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/instana-observability/current?topic=installer-installing-instana-backend-docker
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Can a Sun rack be converted to a normal rack?
The Sun rack with PN 595-5953-01 does not use the normal rails like HP and IBM uses.
Does there exist Sun rails so standard servers can be put in it?
Or perhaps those L-shelves, where you lay the ...
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Extract private key from Domino keyring
I'm trying to use a multipurpose certificate on an infrastucture that contains a Domino 7 server.
To accomplish this, I tried:
Generate a CSR outside of Domino: I'm able to use the produced ...
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Unable to connect IBM Flex compute node to network
I am having a problem wiht configuring IBM/LENOVO FLEX SYSTEM's networking.
The problem is that the node sees 9+ different interfaces where 2 are active but without a connection.
We bought the system ...
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HS22 10 GB network
I want to switch from 1 GB ethernet connection to 10 GB on HS22 blades which are installed in a H chassis.
On the storage side, I have installed 8GB FC cards which are connected via the MSIM to a 8 GB ...
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Unable to connect to local DB2 instance
I have installed an Enterprise version of DB2 on my local Windows 11 pro laptop for some development tasks.
Installation proceeded without errors but, it seems I cannot connect using TCP. If I try to ...
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Lenovo ServeRAID M5210 controller in non Lenovo/IBM Servers
I hope you can help me. I purchased this controller "ServeRAID M5210"
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/tips1069-serveraid-m5210-sas-sata-controller
I am trying to use it in a custom build home ...
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Activation key part number for Db2 Data Server Client 11.5?
I think I have reached the end of Google, but still not able to find the part number I need to download the license file for IBM Data Server Client 11.5. Not listed here https://www.ibm.com/support/...
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Cannot find/update firmware for IBM x3650 M2
I am trying to revive an old IBM x3650 M2 server, but am running into trouble with IMM/IPMI related to the FW being almost as old as the server itself. Server is from 2010, firmware is from '09 (UEFI) ...
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How to disable the RAID in x3400 M2
Hi I just wanna disable the default RAID in my server IBM System X3400 M2 Server(7837-24X),i have 3 disk drives SAS.
I want to make them a JBOD "Just a Bunch Of Disks", because I want to install in ...
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Trying to start script but keep getting error syntax error near unexpected token `stop'
#!/bin/bash
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case “$1” in
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echo -n “Starting Queue Manager”
/opt/mqm/bin/strmqm QMPROD1
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echo -n “Started Queue Manager”
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DB2 systemd startup
I have a DB2 systemd startup unit that is being denied by SELinux. Here is the unit:
[Unit]
Description=IBM DB2
After=network.service
[Service]
Type=forking
EnvironmentFile=/user/home/dvdxadm1/sqllib/...
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LTO6 drive asking firmware update but does not accept it
I recently pulled an ibm LTO 6 fh fibre drive from a library and was using it in standalone mode in a windows 10 pc where I use other sas drives. It was working just fine.
Yesterday I turn it on to ...
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Sametime Issue - User not available in group even when online
We have two sametime servers(Replica) located in London and Singapore.
We also have a group (PL_ALL) in which singapore users and london users are added.
When user log in via London server as host,...
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No messages transferred to Dominoserver?
We have two Lotus Domino servers, both running latest version 8.5.3.
in one of the servers we get the below messages on the server console all the time.
We have no problems with mail routing, ...
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IBM HS20 Blade server rebooting due to NMI Error
I have an HS20 Blade which is mounted inside a BladeCenter H Console. When I first boot the machine, it displays the following error:
See the System Error Log. Re-booting due to unexpected NMI at ...
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Slow SSD performance - IBM X3650 M4 (7915)
I set up a test environment for development purposes. It consists of a IBM X3650 M4 (7915) server with:
2 x Intel Xeon E2690 @ 2.90GHz
96GB 1333MHz ECC RAM
2 x HDD 146GB 15k rpm
6 x SSD 525GB (...
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IBM SAS RAID Controller: POST results not complete
I have two IBM SAS RAID Controllers (17P9277/43W3630). One of them will not POST and fails with the error:
POST results not complete: FF
What can I do to fix this?
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IBM X3650 M3 occasional PCIe-related errors on reboot
Intermittently, this system will fail to POST and boot loop repeatedly (sometimes for hours) without making it past the BIOS screen. The errors appear to be PCIe related, but no additional PCIe cards ...
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AIX Samba user access getpwuid failed
I have installed Samba 4.12.10 via yum in AIX 7.2. I have also installed kerberos package to authenticate samba with kerberos.
My objective is to allow users access of folders/files in AIX from their ...
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Is JDK 1.6 supported in IBM POWER 9(AIX 7.1-7.2)?
I would like to check if jdk 1.6 is supported in AIX 7.2.
We are planning to upgrade from AIX7.1-7.2 (POWER7-POWER9).
But we are not sure if we have to upgrade java . As our development is done in JDK ...
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Can't reach IMM on IBM x3650 M3
I have IBM x3650 M3 server 7979B9G. My issue is I can't reach the IMM interface via network (can't ping , no link Act led)
I tried to configure IMM in multiple ways, but dedicated ethernet port doesn'...
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Syslog-ng service error on restart - syslog forward to Qradar
Hopefully my qeustion is in the right place.
I am currently trying to forward syslogs from an Ubuntu machine to a Qradar machine.
They're on the same network and i already managed to get Rsyslog to ...
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IBM x3400 M3: hangs on "UEFI Platform Initialization"
I am trying to set up an IBM x3400 M3 machine.
However, every time I boot and reboot, the machine displays: "UEFI Platform Initialization" for a while and nothing happens. Even the error LED ...
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Migrate from IBM Directory Server 8 to MS Active Directory (Windows Server 2019)
We are in a project to migrate users and passwords from IBM Directory Server v8 to Microsoft Active Directory. Use of IBM Directory Integrator (LDAPSync) is referenced in official IBM documentation. I ...
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How to distribute Maas360 Bulk Enrollment app to set up 200+ Windows computers
My company is getting started with MaaS to replace our old MDM service but we've hit a roadblock pretty quickly...we have several hundred desktops and laptops that need to be enrolled.
Since everyone'...
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Recover data from IBM x3650 with SYS BRD ERR
As in every sysadmin nightmare after shutting down a server I'm not able to power it on any more. The server is an old IBM x3650 M4, which has been shut down because unused and of course when not ...
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Operational State Down on QLogic 20 Port 8Gb Intelligent Pass-thru Switch Module
I have an IBM blade center with 13 HS22 (mix of 4Gb & 8Gb Qlogic HBAs) servers and duel 4Gb brocade fiber SAN switch.
I am replacing both brocade SAN switch with QLogic 8Gb 20 Ports, Intelligent ...
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what kubernetes ip to give vendor to whitelist
have a java app on a Kubernetes cluster on IBM cloud that needs to make an outbound SOAP call to a third party vendor's app. This vendor's servers are protected by an IP whitelist. No matter what I do,...
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What is real difference between old Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz and new Intel Xeon Gold 5218 @ 2.30GHz
We are hosting file processing SAAS on Intel Xeon E5-2690 v3 @ 2.60GHz and recently the Intel Xeon Gold 5218 @ 2.30GHz (Cascade Lake/Gold) is introduced in our data center. While comparing them at ...
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System x3550 M2 stuck on system initializing after firmware upgrades
I have been having this major issue for the last few hours now.
I have a system x 3550M2 server and I ran the UEFI and IMM firmware upgrades within Windows Server 2008 R2 x64.
All upgrades went fine ...
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Customizing Cognos 11.1.6 Connection Portal
Previously in Cognos 10 you could customize the connection portal by adding a company logo and/or fonts and colors. These settings could be changed by editing the banner.css file on the gateway web ...
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DS3400 - no access - only ping via management ethernet port
This is my first post, so sorry if I `ll miss something
My task is to collect data from few years old DS3400+EXP3000 ( it was disconnected from power last 2 years).
After starting it on front panels ...
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IBM GPFS : very slow to remove files recursively
To delete files recursively in our IBM GPFS cluster, we use simple unix command like :
rm /my/directories -fr
However deletions are very long to be done.
Problem is that our distributed apps (Spark-...
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How can I reset the Storage Manager password on a IBM DS5020 Storage Array on network using telnet?
I have an IBM DS5020 Storage Array to which the Storage Manager password is lost, but it has been configured on a network and the IP Address is known.
How can I reset the password remotely without ...
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Detect faulty voltage regulator on x3650 M4
I have an IBM x3650 M4 which unfortunately falls within the condition of Lenovo errata HT118532, that means at any reboot the voltage regulator might fall for overvoltage. While we figure out how to ...
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12 seconds delay in DNS queries - Windows 2019
Resolving any hostname takes 12 seconds on a new Windows 2019 server on baremetal, but only when using the system-default DNS servers instead of directly querying one.
I can reproduce it reliably with ...
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HDD SATA speed setting
I just noticed this info from smartctl
Does that mean I'm running inferior SATA II speed?
If yes, how do I enable SATA III speed?
smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-37-generic] (local ...
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IBM system x3650 m3 server machine. Ram
This machine uses 16 slots of Ram. There are installed 4 memory of ram. Each of it has 4 GB. So the whole machine has 16 GB of ram. They are placed on different slots. So the question is. Why does it ...
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IBM HS22 Blade loses connectivity intermittently
My IBM HS22 Blade loses connectivity intermittently. It happens randomly every few hours and lasts just a few minutes. The connection is restored without any action taken.
Problem is very similar to ...
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Connection failure on HACMP service address
I have Ansible 2.6.20 installed on a Oracle Linux 6.10 with Python 2.6.6 and I'm trying to configure IBM machines running AIX 7.2 with Python 2.7.15 in a HACMP cluster.
Running ansible in console ...
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USB Flash Drive unbootable on IBM/Lenovo x3850 X5
Specs/Firmware:
Server: IBM/Lenovo x3850 X5 (model: 7143B2G)
IMM: YUOOH5A-1.55 (01/15/2018)
UEFI: G0E188BUS-1.88 (05/29/2018)
DSA: ...
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Incompatible drivers on IBM SAN due to different firmware. Can I flash it?
I had to change a drive in my IBM DS3512 SAN, I bought it by model (Seagate model) and not by IBM FRU code.
I tried to put the drive but it fails with error "incompatible drive". I saw that the model ...
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IBM 2005-16B switch console cable
I have an IBM 2005-16B switch, and it has a male serial connector on it, and I want to use that to configure the device.
I also have a usb to male serial cable, and I have recently created a null-...
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IBM Lotus Notes 6.x view txn log files
I have a situation where I need to view the transaction logs on my lotus notes 6.x server. These logs are stored as 64mb .txn binary files.
Is there a way to directly view it on the server or export ...