Migrating Linux (CentOS 6) from XenServer 6 to VMWare eSXI 5.1

There are many ways to migrate servers in a virtual environment. This has been the easiest for me (not to mention the simplest). The VMWare converter has problems with the way that XenServer modifies the bootloader. In VMWare, create a new virtual server and install a base image on it. Give it an IP address […]


Installing Cacti in CentOS 6.2 Part 2: GUI, Plugins, Host Monitoring, Email Alerts

First thing your going to do since the last post is log into the fresh cacti server. This can be achieved by going to http://(serverIP or FQDN)/cacti From here, you will get the welcome/setup screen: This just gives you some basic info that will help you understand what you are about to do. Just press […]


Installing Cacti in Centos 6.2 (Part 1): Apache, PHP, MySQL, and other YUMmy things

I’ve installed Cacti all over the place for server monitoring, but haven’t yet written a guide for it here. There are a lot of great resources out there to get info on this subject, and I’ll just add my 2 cents. The Post-Install of Centos From a fresh install, do a yum update to get […]