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  • Yellowdog Updater, Modified (YUM)

    Yellowdog Update, Modified (YUM) is a program that manages installation, updates and removal for Red Hat package manager (RPM) systems. YUM allows the user to update groups of machines without having to update each...

  • Monitor VMware ESXi with your existing Nagios application

    Nagios is plug-in-oriented management software typically installed on a Linux server. Many corporate system administrators use Nagios to keep track of the current state of their servers and other vital devices in the network. This makes Nagios a...

  • Configuring YUM on Linux

    YUM is a package manager for RPM systems, it is made to update groups of machines without having to update each specific RPM. Learn how to configure it using yum.conf and get some basic commands....

  • Using yum vs. RPM

    I've heard that yum is a good alternative to the clunky Red Hat updater. What is yum, and how can I best use it?
    Looking at the home page, http://linux.duke.edu/projects/yum/, I think my memory...

  • Using YUM to upgrade a system around the kernel

    Excluding the Linux kernel in a YUM upgrade can be done. Learn how from our expert, who also tells you why it might not be the best idea.

  • Using YUM in RHEL5 for RPM systems

    An expert discusses using YUM (Yellowdog Update Modifier) in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 for updating, installing, removing and maintaining RPM packages.

  • Installing VMware Tools on Linux

    The Linux command-line interface can be unfamiliar territory for Windows administrators who now have a Linux machine in their virtual environment, making it difficult to install VMware Tools. VMware Communities always features a couple of posts...

  • Manipulating VMware log file space via log file rotation settings

    VMware ESX Server and vCenter Server automatically maintain more than 12 different log files and update them on a daily or hourly basis. Fresh log files are created according to log rotation, which involves "dumping" existing log data into a...

  • Author explores Fedora features, platform stability in new book

    In this Q&A with the author of 'Introducing Fedora: Desktop Linux,' the basics of the distribution are covered, from Fedora features to installation and the package manager yum.

  • Tasty merger challenge sees Yummy benefits from IT

    Dickie Oliver, vice-president of global IT for Yum, the company behind KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, speaks to Adam Burns about how IT keeps the company cooking.

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