Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Disk Management / Solaris Troubleshooting
by Ramdev · Published September 18, 2022
When trying to access a soft partition after a disk replacement, the metareplace command or any direct I/O to a soft partition will fail with the following types of errors: In an instance where d68 is the mirror device, and d28 is a soft partition inside one of...
A slave DNS server is similar to a master DNS server. It can help with load balancing and provide redundancy should the master DNS server fail. Because it serves as a “secondary” DNS server, it actually pulls the necessary files from its master counterpart, making configuration...
One of the most important factor for application programs is that the locale . Locale define the native-language environment, code sets, data and time formatting conventions, monetary conversions and the standard library functions of ANSI C. A locale name is follows the pattern of base language,...
Most shell commands produce their own output, which is displayed on the console monitor where the script is running. Many times, however, you will want to add your own text messages to help the script user know what is happening within the script. You can do...
Working with disks is an important part of maintaining storage space on your system. Partitions determine how your storage space is carved out for use later by the system and its users. When adding more storage or creating it for the first time, you should partition...
Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Troubleshooting
by Ramdev · Published September 12, 2022
For Solaris System Administrators It is often necessary to find out all the related processes that are using a specific network port. There are several ways to accomplish this (lsof, pfiles, crash): Method 1: lsof examples: Ex: netstat -a shows a connection between hodware.port 36169 to...
Linux Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Best Practices / Unix Experts
by Ramdev · Published September 11, 2022
The role of system administration involves three different responsibilities. 1. Be ready to Prevent the issues which are Expected to Arise 2. Be ready to Resolve the issues which are already Expected but couldn’t prevent from occurring. 3. Be Ready to Resolve the issues which are...
Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Storage Configs for Unixadmin
by Ramdev · Published September 10, 2022
The steps below will help confirm that STMS is being used and both paths are seen. 1. Validate that STMS is enabled: Check that the mpxio-disable parameter is set to “no”. *Solaris[TM] 7,8,9 — check /kernel/drv/scsi_vhci.conf *Solaris[TM] 10 only — /kernel/drv/fp.conf Example: mpxio-disable=”no”; If mpxio-disable is...
Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Disk Management
by Ramdev · Published September 9, 2022
You will need the following info handy to proceed with the process: 1. ls -l /dev/dsk/c#t#d#s# of the alternate sub-mirror boot device 2. partition table layout of the failed boot device Part I Creating an openboot prom alias to alternate boot device 1....
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