This document is a step-by-step procedure on how to create a flash archive and also start an Apache Web Server to install Solaris 10 OS via WanBoot. Task 1 : Creating the Flash Archive Task 2 : Configuring the Apache Webserver Task 3: Configuring the WANBoot...
This post explains some of the basic questions and procedures involved in Zone/container creation 1) Where will the Container reside? # mkdir -p /export/zones 2) Configure the Container: Command zonecfg, located in /usr/sbin like all other Zone Commands, is used to configure the Container. The Zone...
Installing or uninstalling a patch intends to perform 3 main functions: file updates, file additions, and file removals. – File updates update the existing files installed on disk via scripts or add the patch files to replace the existing files installed on disk. – File additions...
Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris 10 Zones & LDOMs / Solaris Admin / Solaris Networking
by Ramdev · Published November 22, 2021
The command, zonecfg, has no provision for defining the netmask of network resources. Modifying /etc/netmask file resident within the designated zone does not configure the netmask of the new interface. This procedure details how to set the netmask of a network resource within a zone to...
Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Packages & Patching
by Ramdev · Published November 7, 2021
For servers with Solaris 10 OS at, or near, update 1 (1/06) or update 2 (6/06), if non-global zones are already configured and running, patching these servers at single user mode will encounter issues. Patches may only be loaded on the global zone but not on...
Solaris Admin / Solaris11 Admin / solaris11-Howto / Unix Intermediate
by Ramdev · Published June 28, 2021
On SPARC platforms, the following two options of the boot command support booting from a ZFS boot environment or root file system: -L Displays a list of available boot environments within a ZFS pool. Note – The boot -L command is executed from the OBP, not from...
Solaris Admin / Solaris11 Admin / solaris11-Howto / Unix Intermediate
by Ramdev · Published January 27, 2022
A system’s run level (also known as an init state) defines what services and resources are available to users when the system is in that state. A system can be in only one run level at a time. Oracle Solaris has eight run levels, which are...
Solaris Admin / Solaris11 Admin / solaris11-Howto / Unix Intermediate
by Ramdev · Published January 22, 2022
How to Apply a New Configuration to the IPQoS Kernel Modules You use the ipqosconf command to read the IPQoS configuration file and to configure the IPQoS modules in the UNIX kernel. The next procedure uses as an example the file/var/ipqos/Goldweb.qos Apply the new configuration. #...
Solaris Admin / Solaris11 Admin / solaris11-Howto / Unix Intermediate
by Ramdev · Published February 15, 2022
How to Manually Set a System’s Date and Time Become an administrator. Enter the new date and time. # date mmddHHMM[[cc]yy] mm Month, using two digits. dd Day of the month, using two digits. HH Hour,...
Solaris Admin / Solaris11 Admin / solaris11-Howto / Unix Intermediate
by Ramdev · Published March 26, 2021
How to Modify an SMF Service Property This procedure shows how to modify the property that identifies the user that can start a service. Become an administrator Change the value that is assigned to the start/user property.First, give the FMRI to identify the appropriate service....
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