Topics: CentOS

Scope/Description This article will walk through the process of joining an Active Directory in Houston UI. Prerequisites CentOS 7 Houston UI Windows Active Directory Credentials for Domain User with permission to authenticate Active Directory Join Steps Installing packages Install packages needed for domain join [root@centos7 ~]# yum install -y realmd oddjob-mkhomedir oddjob samba-winbind-clients samba-winbind samba-common-tools […]

rm -f /etc/hptuser.dat /etc/init.d/hptdaemon stop /etc/init.d/hptdaemon start Wait for about 10 seconds and then try the default login credentials Username: RAID Password: hpt   Password can now be changed within the Web GUI once you are logged in.

Summary This guide will use Linux RAID AKA the mdadm module – however, this will work with other file systems such as ZFS or even hardware RAID to work as the underlying physical volumes. Just replace the step of creating RAID volumes with mdadm with a module of your choosing. The initial setup will just […]

Scope/Description This article details the process of configuring Veeam as a backup repository Prerequisites This guide explains how to set up a Storinator running CentOS 7 as a backup repository for Veeam. This guide assumes Veeam is already up and running on the Host Windows machine and that the Storinator CentOS install has a mounted […]

Scope/Description This article details the process of downloading the necessary packages to use the SAS3IRCU commands. These commands can be used to locate drives on specific controller cards within the system. Prerequisites A configured Storinator running CentOS or FreeNAS FreeNAS comes with packages pre-installed Steps Install SAS3IRCU on CentOS Download the sas3ircu command: wget http://images.45drives.com/tools/sas3ircu […]

Scope/Description To download and upgrade the firmware of your LSI 9305 Controllers Prerequisites Having 9305 controllers installed in your system Access to the internet from the server wget installed (“yum install wget”) sas3flash installed (“wget  http://images.45drives.com/Firmware/LSI9305/sas3flash/linux/sas3flash”) Steps Once you have sas3flash downloaded to your machine, make it executable by running: chmod +x sas3flash   Once […]

Scope/Description This article will cover installing Houston UI for CentOS 7. Prerequisites CentOS 7 installed Steps First, we’ll update to the latest packages [root@centos7-45d ~]# yum update -y Reboot after the update if there is a new kernel. Install epel-release. [root@centos7-45d ~]# yum install epel-release -y Next, we’ll install the ZFS packages. [root@centos7-45d ~]# yum […]