Solaris Troubleshooting Archives

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November 17, 2022

Solaris 10 : Installing packages/Patches/ Applications in zones

In the global zone view the SMCsudo and SMCtop packages: cd /export/home/student/zones pkginfo -d sudo-1.6.8p4-sol10-zones-sparc-local application SMCsudo sudo # pkginfo -d top-3.5.1-sol10-zones-sparc-local application SMCtop top # Notice the “false” setting for SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES variable: pkgparam -d sudo-1.6.8p4-sol10-zones-sparc-local SMCsudo SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES false # pkgparam -d top-3.5.1-sol10-zones-sparc-local SMCtop SUNW_PKG_ALLZONES...

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Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris NIS

November 13, 2022

Solaris Troubleshooting NIS : Adding a NIS slave server to existing NIS master’s maps

To add a slave server to an existing NIS domain do the following: 1. become root on master 2. cd /var/yp/`domainname` 3. /usr/etc/yp/makedbm -u ypservers > /tmp/tempfile 4. vi /tmp/tempfileAdd the new slave servers name on a new line twice in a row on the same...

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Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris NIS

November 11, 2022

Solaris Troubleshooting NIS : Removing a NIS slave server (or convert it to a NIS client)

Changing an NIS slave server to a client is a three-part process: 1. Edit the ypservers map on your NIS master, removing the defunct slave from the list of servers. 2. on the NIS slave, remove NIS configuration 3. Convert the NIS slave as NIS client...

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Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Networking

October 28, 2022

Solaris Troubleshooting : Configure the banner message and greeting message for in.ftpd

BANNER: is text displayed before the user enters the username. GREETING: The greeting option allows you to control how much information is given out before the remote user logs in.

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Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Networking / Solaris Troubleshooting

October 27, 2022

Solaris Troubleshooting : Define a Static Route using routed

In order to do this you must create entries in the /etc/gateways file. The /etc/gateways file has the format of

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Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Disk Management

October 24, 2022

Solaris Solstice DiskSuite: recover a metadevice that is in an unstable state OR how to recreate metadevice without losing data

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....

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Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Booting / Veritas Administration for unixadmin / VxVM Learning / VxVM Troubleshooting

October 15, 2022

VXVM on Solaris ( Sparc ) – Understanding boot Failures

Possible reasons for a boot failure: The boot device cannot be opened. The system cannot be be booted from unusable or stale plexes. A UNIX partition is invalid. There are incorrect entries in /etc/vfstab. Configuration files are missing or damaged

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Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Solaris Networking

October 14, 2022

Solaris 10 : Enable / Disable telnet Service

For security purposes, administrators may wish to disable telnet (incoming connections) on a Solaris 10 system. To disable telnet on a Solaris 10 system: # svcadm disable telnet To re-enable telnet on a Solaris 10 system: # svcadm -v enable -r telnet Steps to Follow An...

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Solaris Troubleshooting / Unix Intermediate

October 13, 2022

Eleven Reasons that causes INIT: Cannot create /var/adm/utmpx – Solaris

The utmpx and wtmpx files are extended database files that have superseded the obsolete utmp and wtmp database files. The utmpx database contains user access and accounting information for commands such as who, write, and login. The wtmpx database contains the history of user access and...

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Blog for Unix Admin / Solaris Admin / Storage Configs for Unixadmin

October 11, 2022

Solaris 10 : mpathadm vs luxadm – manage multipathing in solaris 10

Solaris Multipathing software MPXIO operate now with new arrays using other protocols like SAS or iscsi, . The old Solaris luxadm command still manage FC arrays, but mpathadm command has been developed to work on all the arrays using FC, SAS, and Iscsi connections.

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