In solaris 9 and above, sendmail uses a 2 queue paradigm structure (/var/spool/mqueue and (var/spool/clientmqueue). This is to make sendmail more secure by not giving out setuid for root in the binary, unlike Solaris 8 and below which has one queue (/var/spool/mqueue).
Information Centers / Site Reference / Solaris SMF / Sticky posts
by Ramdev · Published September 1, 2015 · Last modified September 19, 2019
Read – Experimenting with smf to run parallel sshd service on different port Read – Debug Services controlled by Solaris SMF Read – Service Milestones Read – Configuring Apache2 under SMF Read – Troubleshooting Guide Read – Fault Management Daemon Services Read – Troubleshoot the problems...
Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Disk Management
by Ramdev · Published May 1, 2011 · Last modified July 2, 2015
When a metadevice goes into an undefined state, recovery of metadevice with meta commands is problematic. The workaround is to re-create the metadevice after carefully recording the current configuration from metastat -p. The procedure is a bit risky if not followed carefully, so keep the backup handy....
Solaris Admin / Storage Configs for Unixadmin / VxVM Learning / VxVM Maintenance / VxVM Migrations / VxVM Troubleshooting
by Ramdev · Published March 11, 2021
To simplify the Storage addition operation, i just made a quick cheat sheet for your easy understanding and quick reference, since this information cannot be presented as html format i will be sharing it in image format, which you can print and use it as desk...
Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Disk Management
by Ramdev · Published January 31, 2022
Moving a file system normally involves dismounting the file system, backing it up to tapes, and restoring it to a new partition. You may also copy the file system from one place to another while it is unmounted. This process could take a significant amount of...
Solaris Admin / Solaris Disk Management / Solaris Troubleshooting / Storage Administration - SAN / Unix Intermediate
by Ramdev · Published April 5, 2021
It is often possible that we boot from a Solaris machine from one of the root mirror disk, and after sometime we forget current active disk. And the information of active boot disk is important while we perform SVM maintenance disks. This post will help you...
Solaris Admin / Solaris Disk Management / Storage Administration - SAN / Unix Intermediate
by Ramdev · Published November 3, 2021
In this scenario we are assuming that we have full backup of the new disk. In order to restore the machine exactly the way it was, it is necessary to have a record of the locations of the state databases, and also the configuration of the...
Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Disk Management / Solaris Troubleshooting
by Ramdev · Published December 25, 2021
Beginning with Solaris 9 Operating System (OS), Solaris Volume Manager (SVM) software uses a new feature called Device-ID (or DevID), which identifies each disk not only by it’s c#t#d# name, but also by a unique ID generated by the disk’s World Wide Number (WWN), or serial...
Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Disk Management
by Ramdev · Published May 18, 2011 · Last modified July 2, 2015
Create a new DiskSuite configuration which points to the data correctly without requiring a backup & restore. There are occasions you wish to physically move disks to a new controller or to a new host (at which point, the device names may change).
This is a step by step procedure to grow a root filesystem which is mirrored using Solstice Disksuite or Solaris Volume Manager. It is strongly recommended that a backup of the root filesystem be performed prior to following this procedure. Also, experience with the Disksuite or Solaris Volume...
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