June 17, 2025

Why Veeam V13 Is a Game-Changer in Data Protection

AWS,Azure,backup and recovery,Cloud Infrastructure,Data Storage,FreeBSD,GCC Compliance,Internet Security,IT Infrastructure,IT Management,Veeam V13,Veenam,Virtualization,VMware,

Veeam V13 Sets a New Standard for Intelligent Backup Data serves as both a critical business asset and a potential source of risk. Organizations face the challenge of storing it efficiently while protecting against loss, corruption, and cyber threats. Veeam Data Protection V13 responds with intelligent, automated, and resilient capabilities that go beyond a…

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April 16, 2025

Stay Resilient with 3-2-1-1-0 Backup Tactics

Amazon S3,AWS,Azure,backup and recovery,cyber security,Disaster Recovery,FreeBSD,Server Management,

Understanding the 3-2-1-1-0 Golden Backup Rule In today’s digital business landscape, data has become the most valuable asset. A single data loss incident—whether due to cyberattacks, hardware failure, or natural disaster—can significantly impact business continuity and reputation. This is where robust backup strategies come into play. Among them, the 3-2-1-1-0 backup rule stands out…

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March 24, 2010

How to identify CPU resource problem?

FreeBSD,Linux General,

vmstat command helps us to determine if a server is running short of CPU resources. First, let us determine the number of CPUs available Linux: $ grep -i processor /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l FreeBSD: $ sysctl -a ‘hw.ncpu’ Run vmstat command 10 times with an interval of 5 seconds $ vmstat 5 10 procs ———–memory———-…

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March 13, 2010

Rendering MySQL query results in vertical format

FreeBSD,Linux General,MySQL,

Easily reviewing SELECT query results in a shell window can be particularly difficult when a table consists of numerous columns. Remedying this inconvenience is easily done by appending the \G switch to the query: mysql>SELECT * from users WHERE id=1\G Executing this query with the \G switch attached formats the output like so: mysql test>select…

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March 13, 2010

Create strong passwords in Unix

FreeBSD,Linux General,

openssl command helps in creating strong passwords for user accounts, email addresses, web forms etc. openssl rand 12 -base64 The above command will create a random base 64 encoding string each time it’s run.

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March 13, 2010

Capture top command output in a file

FreeBSD,Linux General,Shell Scripting,

Capture top command output in a file The output of top command can be captured as follows top -b -n1 > /tmp/top1.txt This will run top command once and write the output to a file, then exit. To run top 3 times with an interval of 5 seconds, run the following command top -b -n3…

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January 29, 2010

Display Info about FreeBSD system

FreeBSD,

Display Info about FreeBSD system 1) Determining the Hardware Type/platform: # uname -m 2)  Determining machine processor architecture: # uname -p 3) Determining FreeBSD release level: # uname -r 4)  Generally, following command is use to get all info at a time: # uname -mrs 5) Determining how long a system has been up #…

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December 29, 2009

How To set the timezone in FreeBSD OS

FreeBSD,

Copy from /usr/share/zoneinfo/Etc or /usr/share/zoneinfo/<continent>/<city>, the timezone, that coresponds to your city/GMT setting to /etc/localtime Once the timezone is set in the FreeBSD server, run the command: adjkerntz -a (adjut kernel timezone). How To set the timezone in FreeBSD OS

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