Sysadmin

I’ve been a happy ZFS user for years, appreciating its robustness and features. Yet, in all that time, I’d never had to rename a pool. That changed today. Whether it’s for better organization, a server migration, or just because you’ve had a change of heart about a name, renaming a ZFS pool is a task that might pop up when you least expect it. I needed to rename my pool from anime35 to anime36. I was pleasantly surprised to find the process is incredibly simple and elegant, which is what I’ve come to expect from ZFS. ...

After spending almost 8 weeks preparation, I finally took the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) exam yesterday. I found the questions are not very difficult, however it’s very easy to make mistakes. The exam duration is 3.5 hours and I had about 15 minutes left when I completed the last question. Having done the the Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA) before, I remember if you receive an email from Red Hat with an attachment, that implies that you pass the exam. Well, the grade came back within 2 hours after exam, and this time there was no attachment. Oh my! ...