HiI would like to know whether the restoration process of Root file system in Solaris 10 is the same as that of Solaris 9Thanks in advanceAshraf.

Anyone have/know of a tool that can load the encripted password from a system's /etc/passwd to another system? We are moving to a different platform - some of the id's have been around a while and we don't want to reset the passwords for all of them. I am only talking about a subset of the ...

I have reverted back to solaris 9 after testing out the new 06/06 version of solaris 10. A number of disks have zfs pool vtoc information, i want to clear this and have tried over writing with dd as well as fmthard to replace vtoc. but neither work!other than running a format on the disk (which ...

Hi,I am using the following to get the VTOC from sol-10-u2-ga-sparc-dvd.iso:# dd if=sol-10-u2-ga-sparc-dvd.iso of=dvd.vtoc bs=512 count=1# od -D -x -j 452 -N 8 < dvd.vtoc0000000 0000012224 0000327680 0000 2fc0 0005 0000But when I try to do the same on an x86 machine I run into problems:# dd ...

I have only ever worked with veritas before,so my knowledge of SVM is minimal.I have a V240 server which is primarily a replacement backup server for the backup server, which will house a heavy read write database application.This server has 4 internal harddisks (146 GB), I would like the raid ...

Dear all,we have installed the OpenLDAP 2.3.24 on a Sun under Sol 8in order to set-up a LDAP client by modifying the files /etc/nsswitch.conf & /etc/pam.conf as directed by the docs.But when we try to test the nameservice with "id user" the following errorappears: libsldap: Status: 2 Mesg: ...

Hi,I have configured the DS 5.2 on Solaris 10 and it seems to be working.I'm getting the answers from the ldapsearch command with the SSL../ldapsearch -h ismesl90 -p 636 -Z -P /var/ldap -D "cn=Directory Manager" -w password -b "cn=Password Policy,cn=config" "(objectclass=*)"version: 1dn: ...

Does anybody know how to set a paramater in SSH so that if the connection have been idle (all channels) for a specified period of time thechild process is killed with SIGHUP, and connection is closed down. Does anybody know what value this is to set in the sshd_config file and what is the ...

We have a server that uses a KVM switch. It has a pc style keyboard. What are the key sequence to halt the system? On a sun keyboard you do a stop a..Thanks in advance.

Hi All,Recently i was monitoring Sunfire v240 i came to know that my harddisk has some hard error 15530 could any one tell me what could be the causesAswell it shows the Device Not Ready:155530.Here is the output .c0t1d0 Soft Errors: 0 Hard Errors: 15530 Transport Errors: 14Size: 18.11GB ...

Hi all,I have a V240 running solaris 2.9 that keeps rebooting almost every hour. When it comes up I do not see any error messages for hardware or software. I do not even see any messages in /var/adm/messages. I enebale diag-level to max and run reset-all at the OK> prompt and all the ...

Hi,I've recently been trying to setup a solaris9 server (MYSERVER, below) to keep time by checking an ntp server (NTPSERVER).However, it is not working and the following error is reported to /var/adm/messages...Jul 20 11:00:15 MYSERVER xntpd[4873]: [ID 381522 daemon.error] couldn't resolve ...

Hi,May I know admintool (Solaris9) equivalent command in Solaris 10?Ashraf.

When I run ndd -get /dev/eri link_mode, I get a zero, meaning half-duplex. I want to leave half-duplex available in case of problems, but want the nic card to run at full duplex. Can this be done?Any help is greatly appreciated.Mike

Dear Group, for the mirroring of our partitions, we use Solstice DiskSuite. I am not sure about the version, but the only paper documentation I find in the office is about 4.2 . Our systems are SPARC with Solaris 8. In order to install a new software on the /usr/ partition, I wanted to make ...

Burned the images onto CD and trying to install from CD. I can boot successfully but then it takes AGES to copy anything from CD (its currently been running for about 2 hours copying from CD to mini-root during install). I've previosuly done an install using Sw disk1 and that took hours to ...

I have installed the RSC on the V480, but I cannot connect to the server remotely even after rebooting the system. And the server is not taking me back to the ok prompt.This is the command I used after installing the rsc:ok diag-console rscok setenv input-device rsc-consoleok setenv ...

We haven't configured the sendmail and this sun server(5.9) not used as mail server or gateway. /var/log/syslog showed following:Jul 26 08:51:41 sun_server1 sendmail[1342]: [ID 801593 mail.info] k6O3nVlR002113: to=postmaster, delay=1+13:26:45, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=2463569, ...

Hi people,Please can someone explain me how to interpret the output of vmstat?!?Im asked to do a graphic report on % of CPU usage, physical memory usage as well as swap out of vmstat output. CPU usage is simple since i just have to take the rows of 'us' column, but for the physical memory and ...

Hello,I am a newbie to Solaris 10 and sorry if this question sounds a bit thick. I am trying to set up a new Solaris 10 SPARC server to host some applications. I am using the 6/06 release and I would like to deploy Solaris with all of the available patches to avoid any problems. I cannot ...

I am running Solaris 8 and have been having print problems. I noticed multiple lpsched processes are being spawned. Does an lpsched get created for every print request? I thought there should be only one lpsched. I read something about removing /var/spool/lp/SCHEDLOCK and fifos. What are they ...

HiWhat is the ufsrestore option to restore a directory from a filesystem dump ?Ashraf

Booting from Software 1 CD how long to install on a SunFire V100.... I booted mine and it took about 30 mins to boot from the CD. After going through all the config stuff and starting the install its now been running 16 hours and is only 40% through the initial install. This doesnt seem right ...

I am trying to mount a filesystem.When I ran the format command, I was able to see this disks:root@bkl# formatSearching for disks...donec2t45d0: configured with capacity of 68.11GBAVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:0. c1t0d0 <SUN72G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 424> ...

How do I stop error messages from popping up on my terminal screen?

Hi allFirst of all, it is the first time I installed Solaris 10 on my laptop. I was just wondering how can I get the network card to work? It's a standard Realtek ethernet card. The router that provides me with the Internet runs a DHCP server so the IP will be allocated to the computer ...

I am running Solaris 8 on a Ultra Enterprise 450. I found some error messages in the messages file that I don't understand.Does anyone have any idea what this means?Jul 30 12:27:08 chicagokent SUNW,UltraSPARC-II: [ID 695070 kern.info] NOTICE: [AFT2] errID 0x0005eb01.e43b04e5 CBI event on ...

Hi All,I am having problems with Solaris Resource Management (SRM). I have configured SRM on a Sun Fire V240 & Sun Fire V890 servers. Initially I started testing on V240. Sun Fire V240 has 2 CPU's and it's running Solaris 9 09/05. Below is the configuration I am using:/etc/project ...

Has anyone ever see this picld error message after trying to start picld manually? I just had to install the picl packages, fru packages, along with some masf packages to get SNMP working. This worked without any problems on all of our Solaris 8 Netra 440s except this one. It is affecting ...

I get the following error on the jumpstart client panic - boot: Could not mount filesystem1. From snoop ethers <client> on bootserverit seems it's trying to resolve jumpstart IP and getting no reply2. I made sure the root file system is shared3. ethers and hosts files are correctWhat ...

I have created a custom Solaris 10 DVD based on the instructions from the following sites: http://unix.derkeiler.com/Newsgroups/comp.unix.solaris/2003-05/1450.html http://www.informit.com/articles/article.asp?p=174310&rl=1All has gone well and my begin script generates a profile with the ...

We have a number of t1000's running solaris 10 in our development lab and we have a situation where we have at time a need to boot multiple configurations on the same machine.What we would like to do is to have multiple filesystems or partitions on the hard drive and then from the boot monitor ...

I'd like to require encryption for all telnet connections on my Solaris 10 box. In the past, I've been able to do this using MIT's in.telnetd that they include with their Kerberos distribution. I'd like to use Sun's if possible. Does anyone know the right way to require encryption? ...

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Hello all,I need some help. I'm trying to import an old 8mm Exabyte tape, once written on SINIX V5.43 with ufsdump. My Solaris 8 system's tape drive is ready and working. tcopy recognises tape and records but ufsrestore fails with:Media read error: not enough spaceChanging different block ...

I have a Solaris OS 5.8 system which I inherited and cann access it with root password via telnet. How do I install/activate/setup a gui interface for it?I'm new to Solaris and have no idea how to get started.Thanks for any help.

Dear guys...I search for answer about these question but not found the answer ,please help me?1.What are the main objective and key issues of distributed systems address by Java EE and who can benefit from this system compared to other systems? 2. what is about Java EE based on distributed ...

I'm having problems using Jumpstart (JET) on a Jumpstart server configured on 5 VLANS Utilising VLAN tagging (BGE Interface) - Configuration Below:JS Server - V2402 x BGE Interfaces. BGE0 - 3 VLANS / BGE1 - 2 VLANS.JS Client - V4402 x CE Interfaces.The Server and Client can communicate both ...

Hi all, While trying to jump an X4100, I'd like to have the jumpstart pass '- install nowin' when booting the system, so it starts jumping without asking further questions, and doesn't start a window manager. How would I pass such arguments during boot? I've tried what's suggested at ...

I get the following error when trying to install Fcode on a Solaris 8 machine. HBA is working fine and firmware is up to date.Error: Mailbox Command Failed (FFFF0000) Mailbox Command = 1C, Status = F1Any idea what's causing this error?

hi,when i try to share a file i get this error: Operation not applicablei did this:# share -f nfs -o ro /home/myfiles/ftp1and i have put it in the /etc/dfs/dfstabwhat might be the problem?um connected as root telnet, is this the ...

Hello All,I am having a problem while performing jumpstart. I have performed the procedure many imes before using the same client and server and it was working fine.For some reason, when i try this time, i get the following:requesting ip for <mac>boot: cannot open kernel/unixenter ...

Hi,The ps -ef command truncates the command line of the process.I tried running the /usr/ucb/ps command (/usr/ucb/ps -auwwx). It works in most of my test environments, but in my production environment even this command truncates the command line to a max 80 characters.How can I get the full ...

Hi,How do I change the environment variable of a user, say orambd.fromORA_NLS33=/oracle/client/81x_64/ocommon/nls/admin/datatoORA_NLS33=/oracle/MBD/920_64/ocommon/nls/admin/dataPlease helpAshraf.

Can some one guide me how to change the server time in Solaris 10.thanks!

Hello Everyone,I need help very urgently !!!We have a Sun Fire v240 with attached disk storage ( STOREDGE 3310 RAID AC). We were relocating the servers and while re-connecting I made something wrong in the SCSI and now it seems that the file system which would be mounted on the external Disk ...

Hi,I have aquired an used Sun Blade 100, without system.Trying to install Solaris 8,from CD I get the error:Can't read disk labelCan't open disk label packageCan't open boot deviceThe same set of CD's on other Blade 100 is working well, and began to install.More interesting, on one of my ...

OK, this deserves an RTFM and I am most happy to if someone can point me to the FM.My experience with Solaris is old, previously I would adda disk, newfs it (if needed), edit /etc/fstab and mount the disk. Now I have an Ultra 2 running Solaris 9. I bought an external disk off Ebay and will need ...

I have a netra 440. But I can only configure the 2 onboard interfaces(ce0, ce1).In fact the quad card doen't even show up in /etc/path_to_instgrep net /etc/path_to_inst"/pci@1c,600000/network@2" 0 "ce""/pci@1f,700000/network@1" 1 "ce"There should be another 4 ce entries.No errors on start ...

Attempting to jumpstart a Sparc/CPU 54 card with 512mb of memory and has no hard drive. Is there a way to create a image and load this into memory while utilizing jumpstart? Thanks,John