Cristian Livadaru's Blog

My personal view on things

Extending an LVM backed by an LSI RAID controller

Adding new disks to a LSI controller, creating a new VD and extending an existing LVM volume group

Posted by Cristian Livadaru on Sunday, January 7, 2018

Migrating IMAP accounts to Zimbra

Having to move ~ 180 Mail accounts from an older IMAP server to Zimbra (open source version) I though I would document the process if anyone else finds themself in this situation.

Posted by Cristian Livadaru on Friday, December 22, 2017

Fun with ssh tunnels

How to connect to a server behind a firewall through a SSH tunnel

Posted by Cristian Livadaru on Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Dumping mysql backup from file backup

So you have backups in place but forgot to install a mysql backup? Don’t panic, it’s not the end of the world, except if you excluded the sql directory from your file backup, then go ahead an panic.

Posted by Cristian Livadaru on Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Daddy, you lost!

When my 4year old daughter realizes I am doomed.

Posted by Cristian Livadaru on Sunday, December 17, 2017

Changing conference voice prompts on FusionPBX

Offering VoIP solutions to endusers requires the VoIP system to speak their language. Here’s how to change the language for the conference system on fusionpx

Posted by Cristian Livadaru on Tuesday, December 12, 2017

Changing disks of a Linux mdadm RAID

If you change all disks at once there will be issues booting the system and mounting the correct disks, here’s how I solved this issue.

Posted by Cristian Livadaru on Sunday, December 10, 2017

I Am Becoming a Istqb Certified Tester

I usually don’t post blogs regarding my work but I think this one is worthy for being blogged.

Posted by Cristian Livadaru on Wednesday, December 6, 2006