Recent content by jameshall

Hi All, We are using NTP to configure the time on our servers throughout the European region. I would like to know where i can find a list of Timezones and regions for the world. When build a server in a small countrywe have sometimes got it wrong during the install process!! Is there a way...

Hi All, I am fairly new to Solaris and Sun machines. This week I have to tackle my first HP-UX installation. The server is racked and powered on. My problem is connecting to it via a Cyclade Console. According to the HP-UX and Cyclade documentation describes using Serial Port A. Any advice...

Hi All, I think this is a common problem but I have not had any luck setting this up. I have a Solaris 9 Sun Blade 1500 with a Tft screen, I would like to connect it to a Cyclade console as well. output-device=ttya input-device=ttya This gives me console connection but no graphics. Does...

Hi All, I am doing some research into setting up a Jumpstart solution in my organisation. I have setup up a simple Jumpstart server and this is okay. My concern is how to recovery quickly the current servers that have not be created by Jumpstart. We have over a Sun 100 servers of varying...

Hi All, I'm pretty new to Solaris! I am trying to set up a jumpstart solution. This is in an early stage. My problem lies in trying to install over the network. The current setup. The Solaris 8 cd's have been successfully copied and shared. I believe tftp has been setup correctly. There is an...

Hi, thanks for the help so far. the code i am using now is... Set rs1 = New ADODB.Recordset Set rs1.ActiveConnection = CodeProject.Connection rs1.Open "GIT_Assigned" rs1.MoveFirst rs1.MoveLast total = rs1.RecordCount I get the error "Row set does not support fetching...

Hi All, Thank you for such a quick reply. Now I get an error on this line rs1 = CurrentDb.OpenRecordset("GIT_Assigned") The error is "Invalid use of property" Has anyone come across this before? Regards James

Hi All, Its been a couple of years since I have done any VBA coding in Access 2K. I have a problem with trying to get the RecordCount out of a result set. Here is the code. Its probably an easy solution but I just cant seem to solve it. Dim StrSql1, StrSql2, StrSql3, StrSql4, OnOpen, StrSql...

Hi All. I am using DoCmd.TransferSpreadsheet to import some data from Excel. This is a weekly task and is completed by different people. Every so often the workbook gets renamed and this confuses my TransferSpreadSheet command Is there away to read or update the names of worksheets in my...

Hi All, I am new to HP-UX. Does anyone know how to retrieve the Serial Number from the operating system of the machine? It is not possible to physically see the back of the machine as it is somewhere in europe. Thanks in advance James

Hello, I am new to Veritas. I have several Unix servers all running Veritas Products. Is is possible to find out the Veritas Product Serial Number? Thanks in advance

Thanks Annihilannic. i'll try it now. many thanks jameshall

Hi, I have filled up the SWAP space but after checking my vmstat list, i have not filled up the RAM 768mb. Is there a simple way to go about this? Any advice would help, Many Thanks jameshall

Hello, Sorry i wasn't very clear on what i said. i need to test the memory under full load and see what happens. We are not allowed to install many apps on a server without loads of paperwork and testing. I would like to know what things use loads of memory on a standard install of solaris...

Hello all, I am new to Unix and as my first exercise i have to write a mini script to load test the memory on new server. My limited knowledge of commands has come up with. 1. Fill the swap space 2. Create a large file. #!/usr/bin/ksh x=1 while [ "$x" -lt "1000" ] ;do...