Linux
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Links
- linux kernel
- Distributions
- https://kb.novaordis.com/index.php/Events_OS_Metrics
- Linux on ircnet: #linux2
Rescue CDs
Checking resources
*inxi *http://www.slashroot.in/linux-system-io-monitoring
show what is doing most disk accesses
iotop glances
IO statistics
iostat vmstat dstat ioping atop
CPU usage etc
top atop htop vtop fio pidstat
Administration
FAQ
check if interface exists
/sys/class/net/$IF
check if virtual of physicalmachine
dmidecode -s system-manufacturer virt-who
Find bios version
dmidecode -s bios-version
watch which files a process opens
watch ls -l /proc/`pidof clamd`/fd
pam_succeed_if(sudo:auth): requirement "uid >= 1000" not met
Grow (GPT) last partition to max available
Where '3' is partition number
parted /dev/sdf resize 3 100%
No longer allowed?
gdisk
timestamp to human readable
date -d @1522142497
List hardware
- lshw
- dmidecode
- lsusb
- hwinfo
- lspci
dmidecode -t baseboard
BLKRRPART: Device or resource busy
spend all day or reboot
calling ioclt to re-read partition table: Device or resource busy
rescan partition table
Keep an eye on
cat /proc/partitions
Partition(s) have been written, but we have been unable to inform the kernel of the change
partprobe kpartx /dev/sdg partx -uv /dev/sdg (this one worked on centos 7.3!)
This one gave new disk size!
echo 1 > /sys/block/sde/device/rescan
Only one that seemed to work on (centos7.x)
echo "- - -" > /sys/class/scsi_host/host2/scan
The winner so far:
blockdev --rereadpt /dev/sdg
maybe
hdparm -z /dev/sdg
Force reboot
I found sometimes 'reboot' and 'shutdown' don't work in virtual machines, in that case try:
#sync echo s > /proc/sysrq-trigger #optionally umount echo u > /proc/sysrq-trigger #reboot echo b > /proc/sysrq-trigger
Mignight commander/dialog strange characters
Quick fix:
export LANG=en_US.ISO-8859-1
This probleem seems to be related to screen/su -
kpartx failing silently
No output/result when trying to create:
kpartx -lv /dev/mapper/foo
this might means the device hasn't been partitioned
No output when trying to delete:
kpartx -d /dev/mapper/foop1
means you should use
kpartx -d /dev/mapper/foo
Create swapfile
fallocate -l 4G /var/swapfile mkswap /var/swapfile
Temporary:
swapon -v /var/swapfile
In fstab: /var/swapfile swap swap sw,prio=-1
swapon failed: Invalid argument
problably trying to use fallocate on rhel/centos, use dd instead
partx: error adding partition
try kpartx instead
