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Data center management is pretty big. I suspect most big centers have roll-your-own solutions. Here are the open source solutions I looked at: RackTables RackMonkey OneCMDB GLPI Just FYI.

Have you used any software for tracking data center assets? This computer powered by this UPS which is covered by this service contract? Some background: I asked a similar question on the FreeBSD ISP mailing list. Check that out.

These are my notes on attempting to setup OneCMBD. Some of these items would be added directly to their wiki, if I they give me access. At http://www.onecmdb.org/wiki/index.php/Get_Started_V2.0#On_Linux_platforms_2: bin/onemdb.sh start should be bin/onecmdb.sh start (missing a ‘c’) Same for the stop command. Same error occurs in the README. bin/onecmdb.sh contains #!/bin/bash. Why bash? Why not /bin/sh? ELF binary type “0” not known – you need to load linux compatibility: kldload linux. This needs

Are any of you running OneCMDB? If not, are you running some other Configuration Management Database?

I wanted to buy a netbook tonight. I failed. The website claimed the item was in stock. Off I went. “Sorry, we don’t carry that item at this store.” I’m sorry Best Buy, but I’m not driving to another store until you give me accurate information.

I have a job. I drove up to Ottawa on Sunday. Along the way, I got my TN status for the job. On the way back, I had my first close up encounter with a flying turkey. Full details

It is snowing in much of the north east of USA today. A few flakes were coming down by the time I arrived home at about 9PM on Sunday night, but there was no accumulation. By the time I went to bed at about midnight, the cars next to mine were covered but the Subaru had barely anything on it. My parking spot is more exposed to the wind, so less snow settled

Welcome to unemployment. What was ironic about today: At lunch, I dropped off a cheque to the car dealer for the Subaru Outback XT I’d picked up two Fridays ago. At 2pm, I was fired. DOH! Bummer. My resume. Thank you.