Category Archives: solution

Compiling / installing pycurl on Solaris

Posted on March 20, 2015 by Graham

I had to add pycurl to our Solaris 10 image. I hear (in the ether?) that packaging is a bit weird in Python, (pip / easy_install , whatever). Running easy_install pycurl returned Searching for pycurl Reading http://pypi.python.org/simple/pycurl/ Best match: pycurl … Continue reading →

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Jenkins Java OutOfMemory?

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Graham

How to increase the number of threads available to Jenkins Continue reading →

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Active Directory over SSL – banishing 8009030e to the land of wind and ghosts

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Graham

Easy way to fix 8009030e error with SSL enabled ADAM or AD. Continue reading →

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ESXi – unable to complete sysinfo operation when unmounting NFS datastore

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Graham

How to figure out what rogue processes are preventing you from unmounting NFS datastores in VMware ESXi. Continue reading →

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Unable to install VMware Tools – no such file or directory

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Graham

How to fix the common error of missing VMware Tools isos with ESXi. Continue reading →

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Followup – ERRORCODE=-4214, SQLSTATE=28000 from DB2

Posted on October 28, 2010 by Graham

New findings about this common DB2 error on Linux, with an even simpler fix. Continue reading →

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DB2 Silent Install Error: The return value is “5121”.

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Graham

Is db2setup having trouble creating users on your system with Db2 9.7 FP2? How to solve Return code 5121. Continue reading →

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