Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Troubleshooting
by Ramdev · Published February 18, 2022
There are chances that you lose the complete server and you see no other option other than restoring it from the recent full backup. There are many ways of doing it, below procedure is one of them.
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...
Creation of a Hardware Mirrored Volume in Solaris Servers: 1.) Verify which hard drive corresponds with which logical device name and physical device name, using the raidctl command: # raidctl Controller: 1 Disk: 0.0.0 Disk: 0.1.0 Disk: 0.2.0 Disk: 0.3.0 Disk: 0.4.0 Disk: 0.5.0 Disk: 0.6.0...
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,...
The most common problem that can be seen in many environment is to recover root password. Below is the General procedure which is being used from decades in Solaris 6, 7, 8, 9 ,10.
Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Networking / Solaris Troubleshooting
by Ramdev · Published February 13, 2022
This document is a short summary of failure detection types with additional/typical/recommended configuration examples using Link-based failure detection only. Even though link-based failure detection was supported before Solaris 10 (since DLPI link up/down notifications are supported by used network driver), it is now possible to use...
Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Booting / Solaris Troubleshooting
by Ramdev · Published February 12, 2022
The following is useful information on how to determine the cause of a system crash at the ok prompt, using the open boot commands. The Synchronous Fault Status Register (SFSR) provides information on exceptions (faults) issued by the Memory Management Unit (MMU).
Solaris Admin / Solaris Disk Management / Storage Configs for Unixadmin
by Ramdev · Published February 11, 2022
It is often necessary to system administrators to determine the multipath status, when ever they receive any alert / error / warning related to the storage. And in my previous post I have discussed about idenification of multipath product in solaris server, In this post i...
As a Linux administrator, when you think Windows, you should also think Samba. Samba is a great technology that you can run on Linux allowing you to communicate and interact with Windows servers and clients. A Samba server can host Windows shares, act as a print...
Configuration and Tuning of OS Services While applying system updates and patches helps correct known vulnerabilities, one of the best ways to protect the system against as yet unreported vulnerabilities is to disable all services that are not required for normal system operation. This prevents the...
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