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Nagios Checks for Dell OpenManage Disk Health Written in PowerShell
I wrote these in PowerShell to run with nrpe/nsclient. They query Dell OpenManage's command line and return a Nagios-readable result. (There are plugins available on Nagios Exchange, but they all seemed to be... more than I wanted. I just wanted to know, "Is my RAID...
New Story Available–“Minotaur”
Did I really not post here about my latest story? My story "Minotaur" is available in the Alien Abduction anthology. Only $5 for the Kindle version, and my aliens are pretty alien. If you heard me read at the Broad Universe Rapid Fire Reading at Dragoncon last year,...
Katherine’s Excellent Log-Shipping Adventure
Or, Log-Shipping over 1200 databases automagically. The Problem Question: How many SQL Server databases can you put on one server? Answer: It depends on how fast you need them restored if something terrible happens. Because Dude, if your server crashes most heinously,...
Log-Shipping SQL Express with PowerShell
Someone on Server Fault asked a question about which versions of SQL Server support log shipping. He uses Express. Log shipping uses SQL Agent, and Express doesn't come with SQL Agent, but you can still manually log ship with PowerShell and Task Scheduler. Use the...
Peachtree Road Race
For those of you not in the know, the Peachtree Road Race is a ginormous (60,000 runners) 10K held every July 4th in Atlanta. This was my third Peachtree. Anyway, this is what I did for the 4th of July.
“Underworld” now available!
My story "Underworld" is now available at Fantastic Stories of the Imagination. Check it out! There's a great illustration of young Dion the wizard, Semele, and Thanatos! I love it!
Immortal Gifts invites readers to re-evaluate the meanings of things such as life, death, freedom, hate and love from the first page. Katherine Villyard manages to capture some of the most poignant questions we ask ourselves as we go through our individual lives. Is it worth being able to live forever if, in the end, we’ll lose the ones we love to mortality? Is Death really the ultimate enemy to life, or is death just life’s misunderstood old friend? To stop hate, do we need to restrict our freedoms? This book makes readers ask and answer tough questions not only about the characters and plotline, but about their own beliefs, understandings, and dreams.