Solaris Troubleshooting : Ethernet Hardware Error Checking
When troubleshooting for Ethernet hardware issues, it might be useful to check the interface’s error statistics, but what do they mean?
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Solaris Troubleshooting : determine link status of ethernet interfaces
Below are several methods, with examples, to check network link status of ethernet interfaces in Solaris.
Solaris Troubleshooting NIS : Adding user to NIS, when passwd file is not in /etc
The NIS directory is /etc/nisdir, where all the NIS maps reside. Create a user in the /etc/passwd file.
Solaris 10 : Fault Management Daemon Services
The most important aspect of FMA to understand is the distinction between errors and faults. Errors are no longer simply written to the /var/adm/messages files for a human to diagnose, instead errors are used by the fmd (fault management daemon) to diagnose faults. Only the faults are...
Solaris 8 & 9 : SAN Configuration Steps
Steps to configure Fibre Channel (FC) storage devices on Solaris 8 & 9 servers. After reboot Oracle/Sun HBA Driver will bind to all Oracle/Sun Branded HBA Hardware, as well as, NON-Oracle/Sun Branded HBA Hardware, assuming NON-Oracle/Sun Branded HBA Driver have been properly removed.
Linux: AutoFS Configuration
Autofs Service executes auto-mount daemon for filesystem mounting. The “auto-mount” behaves “mount a filesystem when a client send a request to this daemon” and “unmount it when there’s no request for a long time”. There are two types of automounters in Linux, autofs and AMD.AMD is...
VCS : Verifying the access to oracle database configured on Veritas cluster
Verifying access to the Oracle database You can verify access to the database by running an SQL query. Depending on the location of your $ORACLE_HOME, perform one of the following procedures.
VCS : Sample Configuration for Sybase Cluster
In a typical configuration, VCS is configured in a two node cluster. The Sybase data is installed on shared disks. The Sybase server binaries can be installed locally on both nodes or on shared disks. The agent for Sybase is installed on both nodes. The shared...
VCS : Adding new node to the existing cluster
Install the VCS software manually on server check the packages and install the license key. 1. ./Installvcs -installonly Configuring LLT and GAB: Create the LLT and GAB configuration files on the new node and update the files on the existing nodes. To configure LLT 1 Create...
Solaris Troubleshooting NFS : Error Codes for ‘NFS write error xx’ or ‘NFS read error xx’
The NFS error macro listing is as follows:
