Purpose of Core Files Core files are generated when a process or application terminates abnormally. Core files are managed with the coreadm command. For example, you can use the coreadm command to configure a system so that all process core files are placed in a single...

Display virtual memory Statistics   You can use the vmstat command to report virtual memory statistics and information about system events such as CPU load, paging, number of context switches, device interrupts, and system calls. The vmstat command can also display statistics on swapping, cache flushing,...

The Fast Reboot feature of Oracle Solaris is supported on both SPARC and x86 platforms. The Fast Reboot feature behaves differently on SPARC based systems than it does on an x86 based systems. On x86 based systems, Fast Reboot is the default. On SPARC based systems,...

  How to Use a Run Control Script to Stop or Start a Legacy Service Become an administrator Stop the system service. # /etc/init.d/filename stop Restart the system service. # /etc/init.d/filename start Verify that the service has been stopped or started. # pgrep -f service Example 1...

How to Display the Current Crash Dump Configuration Become the root role. Display the current crash dump configuration. # dumpadm Dump content: kernel pages Dump device: /dev/dsk/c0t3d0s1 (swap) Savecore directory: /var/crash Savecore enabled: yes Saved compressed: on The preceding example output means: The dump content is...

The simplest way to create a crontab file is to use the crontab -e command. This command invokes the text editor that has been set for your system environment. The default editor for your system environment is defined in the EDITOR environment variable. If this variable...

The bootadm command handles the details of boot archive update and verification. During the process of a normal system shutdown, the shutdown process compares the boot archive’s contents with the root file system. If there have been updates to the system such as drivers or configuration...