Monthly Archives: January 2014

Automating System Management

Posted on January 21, 2014 by Russell Doty

The future of system management is automation. As the number of systems and virtual machines being managed continues to grow, and the complexity of distributed applications increases, automation is the only way to keep things running smoothly. Specifically, we need … Continue reading →

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Using LMI Commands

Posted on January 14, 2014 by Russell Doty

The LMI CLI command processor is invoked by entering “LMI”. You can use it to enter either a single command or multiple commands. Entering “LMI” with no arguments puts you into interactive mode until you enter CTRL-D to exit the … Continue reading →

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Update: LMIShell for RHEL 7 Beta

Posted on January 10, 2014 by Russell Doty

Key characteristics of an Enterprise Linux like Red Hat Enterprise Linux are long term support and stable interfaces. The OpenLMI Providers are designed to be stable, which allowed them to be included in the RHEL 7 Beta. On the other … Continue reading →

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OpenLMI on RHEL 7 Beta

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Russell Doty

Getting Started OpenLMI is under active development, and its first public release on Red Hat Enterprise Linux is with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Beta. Install OpenLMI Install OpenLMI can be installed by installing the openlmi package. This is … Continue reading →

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