General Administration

July 26, 2013 (Back to the Previous Post in the Series) In the previous article of this series I provided steps to install and run the Nagios network monitoring utility on either a Synology DiskStation DS1813+ or a DS412+ for the purpose of pinging network devices to verify that the devices respond to ping requests.  […]

July 26, 2013 (Back to the Previous Post in the Series) (Forward to the Next Post in the Series) In the previous article of this series I provided steps to install and run the Nagios network monitoring utility on either a Synology DiskStation DS1813+ or a DS412+ for the purpose of pinging network devices to verify […]

July 19, 2013 (Modified July 27, 2013, July 28, 2013, November 19, 2013) (Forward to the Next Post in the Series) —- Update July 27, 2013: I now have Nagios running on an ARM based Synology DiskStation DS212+.  Most of the steps are the same as outlined below, however there are a few additional errors […]

July 19, 2013 (Modified July 27, 2013, July 28, 2013, November 19, 2013) (Forward to the Next Post in the Series) —- Update July 27, 2013: I now have Nagios running on an ARM based Synology DiskStation DS212+.  Most of the steps are the same as outlined below, however there are a few additional errors […]

March 24, 2013 As I type this blog article I am in the middle of reading a second book on the topic of Windows Server 2008 R2.  I bought the books several months ago, possibly even a year or two ago, and just had not found the time to invest in reading yet another dry […]

March 24, 2013 As I type this blog article I am in the middle of reading a second book on the topic of Windows Server 2008 R2.  I bought the books several months ago, possibly even a year or two ago, and just had not found the time to invest in reading yet another dry […]

February 14, 2013 A couple of days ago I noticed that an interesting set of search keywords were used to access this blog.  The search keywords: What does it mean when a select statement in Oracle is using 100% cpu I had two thoughts when I first saw that set of search keywords: Well Done! […]

November 25, 2012 (Modified December 7, 2012) Compatibility problems?  Visual Basic 6.0, released in 1998, is not officially compatible with Windows 8 Pro 64 bit… or Windows 7, or Windows Vista.  But I still like the language a lot for its simplicity, rapid development, and significant pre-existing code base within my company.  Of course, Oracle […]

October 22, 2012 Lately, I have been busy with a couple of items that are not completely Oracle Database specific.  I tried experimenting with high definition 1080p security cameras.  After wasting an unacceptable amount of money to purchase two Y-Cam Wireless High Definition 1080p video cameras (model YCBLHD6), and spending in excess of 38 hours fighting with the cameras [...]

September 17, 2012 Sometimes humor is a good recipe for undo.  A mid-50s man was driving down the road, riding a purple mule, when he saw a house with a new window.  Uninvited, the man decided to take a closer look using an obvious tool of choice, a tire iron (YPDNTI).  Elapsed time, roughly 60 seconds.  [...]