How to create a ZFS filesystem on two striped disk drives
I ran out of space on my SAN drive on the Solaris 10 SPARC server. Since I had two spare disk drives sitting in the server that were not being …
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List files by size in reverse numerical order in Linux or Unix.
The root drive on my Solaris server was full and I needed to find out what file was the largest. The du command can list the size of the files …
Read MoreHow to migrate users and groups from Solaris 9 to 10?
I just installed Solaris 10 on a new SPARC server, now I need to migrate the userids and groups over. The optimal way to migrate the userids while retaining their …
Read MoreStep by step configuration of the XSCF console for the Sun SPARC M3000 server.
I installed the new SPARC M3000 server on the rack and powered it on. The M3000 can only be configured via the serial cable connected to the serial port for …
Read MoreStrange message when launching the vi editor.
I got this strange error message when launching the vi text editor during the installation of Solaris 10, I don’t know what kind of terminal you are on – all …
Read MoreSolaris 10 installation fails with disk drive does not have a valid label.
When installing Solaris 10 I received this error. This disk (c1t50060E800429C458d7) cannot be used to install Solaris software. This disk drive does not have a valid label. If you want …
Read MoreHow to change the host ID for Solaris 10 global/non-global zones and Solaris 8/9 containters.
In Solaris 10 you cannot change the host ID of the server without doing some major hardware replacement. I will explain a workaround hack to change the hostid for Solaris …
Read MoreManaging the services in Solaris.
The svcs command will report the status of servics in Solaris. The svcadm command is used for service management such as starting, stopping and restoring services. To display all services …
Read MoreHow to configure a new network interface in Solaris 10.
When configuring a new network interface in Solaris 10, the first thing you want to do is to list all available interfaces. During installation of Soalris 10 the drivers for …
Read MoreStep by step instructions on how to create a Solaris 10 container.
Here is a step by step instructions on how I created a Solaris 10 container. I took advantage of the Solaris ZFS file system because of it’s inherient benifits such …
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