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November 20, 2014 11:46 am

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SCA Pattern Development

The Supportconfig Analysis (SCA) Tools are support features that analyze supportconfig archives for known issues with the purpose of reducing problem resolution time. The SCA Tools require patterns and comes with a wide variety of existing patterns. However, you may want to include your own troubleshooting patterns for your specific environment, or to contribute back […]

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May 14, 2008 12:37 pm

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Creating a Central Supportconfig Repository

Overview FTP Server Configuration Host Configuration Conclusion Overview The supportconfig tool gathers system information to troubleshoot problems and reduce resolution time. The troubleshooting process is enhanced when you can compare a working server to a broken one, especially when you can compare the working and broken states of the same server. One challenge is, the […]

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February 7, 2008 10:42 pm

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Troubleshooting a supportconfig Hang

Problem On occasion the supportconfig will hang when gathering data. The supportconfig is just a bash script that runs system commands. There are times that a command is executed at an inappropriate time, causing a hang condition. However, this is rare. Most of the time, the supportconfig just identifies a problem you already have with […]

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July 27, 2007 3:26 pm

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Recovering a Lost LVM Volume Disk

Contents: Overview Server Configuration Disk Belonging to a Volume Group Removed Corrupted LVM Meta Data Disk Permanently Removed Conclusion Overview Logical Volume Management (LVM) provides a high level, flexible view of a server's disk storage. Though robust, problems can occur. The purpose of this document is to review the recovery process when a disk is […]

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June 21, 2007 9:48 am

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Troubleshooting the SLES10 Boot Process

Overview When a server fails to boot, a critical situation is at hand. The purpose of this document is to provide a quick reference guide to narrow down the cause of a failed boot and get the server back up as quickly as possible. It is based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (SLES10). Troubleshooting […]

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