Does anybody know the technical details of how the solaris command "filesync" actually syncs up files between Solaris systems? More specifically, does the command copy entire files or just the changed bits? For example if it detects that the 100Meg file called "access.log" on System A is newer ...

Hi thereI have two boxes with the following patch levels (uname -a)5.10 Generic_118844-285.10 Generic_118855-15Could somebody tell me what the dates are that are associated with these Solaris 10 relaeases ? and if I apply the current 10_Recommended what it will take this number to ?any help ...

Remote root login to solaris 10 (patch level May or so this year) fails. You are prompted for the password three times and afterwards "Permission denied ..." is returned. Commented out the "CONSOLE=/dev/console" entry in /etc/default/login file like described in the man page for "login" in ...

Are there iSCSI drivers for OS levels 2.6,2.8, and 8.? We have older boxes and we are considering a NAS/SAN but I can only find info on Solaris 10 with regards to iSCSI support.

Hello,I've searched high and low for an answer to this.I want to direct the console to a terminal, so I am greeted with a login prompt when I SSH into the ILOM and do: cd /SP/consolestartAt the moment, when I start the console nothing happens. I would like it to display a login prompt as if I ...

G'day Support,From my customer, who is running Solaris 8 (kjp117350-28) :===Hi,Could you please help me with the following question. One of the metrics that we use when estimating whether or not we have enough CPU resources available is the run queue. We often use the following rule of thumb. ...

Does anybody know the command i issue to find out the manufacturer of the RAM modules in my machine ....ie KINGSTON etc ....i know there is one because I saw sombody use it the other daycheers

I have instructions to download a file as followsftp://servverx/file.sharWhen I run the exact commad above from unix machine. I get an error. What am I doing wrong? CheersAnna

Hello,I'm in the process of setting up a new qa/dev environment. I brought back one of our old prod boxes to use for qa/dev. It is currently running Solaris 2.6. When I boot the workstation it stops after the line that says: Setting default IPv4 interface for multicastThis is the last line ...

Hi,Is anybody know how I can remove the pre-installed OS10 packate without a cdrom?

Hi all,got the follwing LVM-Config:- -root@global@ffsv4133...: metastat -s TEST-ds -iTEST-ds/d201: Soft PartitionDevice: TEST-ds/d200State: OkaySize: 1572864 blocks (768 MB)Extent Start Block Block count 0321572864TEST-ds/d200: Concat/StripeSize: 2068480 blocks (1010 MB)Stripe 0:DeviceStart ...

We have BSM enabled on our Solaris 8 boxes. We have OpenSSH version 3.8.1p1, OpenSSL 0.9.7b.When the crontab file is edited, "crontab -e" and saved using the SSH login, the crontab auditing feature will not allow cron jobs to run. Error messages received in the /var/cron/log give error for the ...

Hi,Support just added a new board, how do I flash it using OBP 5.19.x? Looks like the update-proms command was available in 3.x, I don't see it here.Thanks

Is there a utility or command I can run in Solaris 9 to find out if the cpus on a machine are single or dual core?

I am using the Sun V440 machine but it has a problem that whenever machine rebooted its IP address is going to flash. So allocation of IP address is required everytime it reboots. So it is creating problem to access the machine via network. Please suggest.Regards,Faisal

Hi,we're making heavy use of password-less logins (a genericuser account with no password and a special app as login shell). The account gets Permission denied (gssapi-keyex,gssapi-with-mic,publickey,keyboard-interactive).and that's it. How do I make ssh in Sol10 behave like OpenSSHand permit ...

i recently upgraded a Sun ULTRA 60 from Solaris 8 to Solaris 9.now my daily suspend operation does not work anymore. every evening i do a backup and once that is finished i do a "/usr/openwin/bin/sys-suspend -nxd xxx". under Solaris 8 it worked just fine but now i get the following error:Oct 21 ...

Hi,Let say I have a Volume created within a diskgroup on a specific LUN.How can I sync it with another volume on another LUN so that the new one is synchronized with the first one?upon successfull attachment and synchronization I want to de-attach the second and back it up to tape for ...

How to setup HP LaserJet 3015? (Solaris 10)

Hi!I'm executing an ftp from a ZOS system to a Solaris 9. The file transfer is correct, but the files arrive with rw-r--r-- permissions. I need those files to have rw-rw-r-- permissions for a former processing.I'm using TCP Wrappers, in the inetd.conf file I use the following commands:# FTPD ...

Hi,Just after installation, Mozilla 1.7 cannot access internet :The interface e1000g0 works (ping, scp, ssh in both directions)Is it a configuration problem ? Help should be appreciated.# mozilla -debug IP ADDRESS: e1000g0 = xx.xx.49.12...DNS DOMAINNAME: not configured for DNSETHERNET ADDRESS: ...

I've got a shiny Sun Ultra 20 M2 by my desk that I can't manage to connect to a network under a fresh install of Solaris 10 6/06 (I can connect it to a network under Windows XP Professional x64 Edition) using the built-in NIC.I've installed the nge drivers from the Sun Ultra 20 M2 ...

I am having a problem when I managed to configure in.ftpd with -d option on Solaris 10. I have no idea where I can put this option on. Apparently, it has been removed from /etc/inetd.conf. I am just wondering why Solaris 10 would do such change against most of previous versions. Any ...

I did a backup test, found the HP DAT72 Tape Drive just can backup 36GB data. The transfer rate about 3MB/s, so it looks like no harware compressd, but I don't know how to enable it, could anyone please tell me? Thanks in advance.

I want to look at raw data on an optical disk but this only gives a 4k dump:dd if=/dev/sip/t0d0n1sa count=1 bs=4k of=/tmp/xxHow can I dump more than the 4k? I've tried many dd options but none seem to work.thanksmd

I have 2 U10 servers, both running Solaris 2.5.1 with hme interface.I configure the hme and force it to 100FD using ndd command.However, my data transfer speed is very poor. I only have 200kb/s even using cross cable btw 2 servers.When I connect the server to my notebook via cross cable, I ...

Hi AllI although I know how to keep a unix system up and running I actually don't know how to apply the patch for gzip :(Its a diff file. Can someone give me the right syntax or point me to the documentation (I looked around at docs.sun.com but didn't find it)Thanks a ...

Hello, I am new at this so please be patient and tolerant if I ask dump questions. Thank you I want to understand the naming convention used by Sun for there solaris OS's. People use the name solaris 8 or Solaris 9 etc. How does this relate to the command line uname -X For Example bash-2.05$ ...

I have some systems that when the time changed in the states for daylight savings, it also changed here, why? There is no daylight savings in singapore, it is on the equater, the days are always 12 hours and the nights are always 12hours............This is my /etc/default/init ...

I want to add a user with a previlege that root has. The OS is Solaris 10 on x86 platform. Could some body please help me ? And how do i do this from command line and aswell as from GUI ?Appreciate for help.thanksravi

Hi,I'm trying to encapsulate and mirror the root disk with VxVM.I saw a script on the net with the following lines:/usr/sbin/vxconfigd -k -m disable/usr/sbin/vxdctl init/usr/sbin/vxdg init rootdg/usr/lib/vxvm/bin/vxencap -c -g rootdg rootdisk=$ROOTDISKDo you know why lines 1-2 are needed if ...

Hi,I've encountered something odd, I recently created a simple profile that looks like:install_typeinitial_installsystem_typestandalonepartitioningexplicitcluster SUNWCmreqfilesys rootdisk.s0 15360/filesys rootdisk.s1 4096swapfilesys rootdisk.s3 15360/varAs you can see I'm declaring the ...

I have two harddrive WinXP on one and Solaris10 on the other The only way I can switch OS is by going into the Bios and changing the drive sequence.I have tried editing the grub file menu.listand it just either returns me to the menu or hangs thereCan anyone give me some ideas on solving the ...

Hi,I'm trying to export a filesystem from a Solaris 10 (x86) server to a Solaris 8 client.I've setup dfstab on the server and started the nfs server.sol10.[root]# more /etc/dfs/dfstabshare -F nfs -o ro -d "test" /raidsol10.[root]# share-/raidro"test"However when I try to mount from another ...

I have configurations with multiple virtual interfaces on the same physical interface in the same subnet. (Solaris 9). On the machines I run ana pache with lots of IP based virtual host.If i have applications which don't bind to a certain ip, then ip of one of the defined interfaces is taken. ...

Does anybody know how this is done?

Hi EveryoneHow do I find the serial number of a server if I'm logged in to the server. I need this on Solaris 8.Any help would be highly appreciable, please note I will not be able to install anything on the servers but if there are any commands I can run to find this that would be great ...

When I run top command on my unix machine (SunOS 5.9 Generic_112233-04 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-880) , it shows the idle time as 1.0% (and keeps changing in the range between 1 and 2%).But when I run mpstat command the idle time for each processor is shown as 40 plus . Why is there such a huge ...

First of all, I know that this is an old unsupported product. In fact, I am painfully aware of this. I inherited this headache when I started this job, and had no support back then either. So please, pardon me if this question can not be answered, is in the wrong place, etc. I am desperate at ...

I added a qfe card, enabled it, etc and now I'm getting the following in Solstice backup. I guess Solstice doesn't like qfe4 and hme0(nwcard) having the same hostid? Any Solstice experts out there?Nov 2 18:01:01 nwcard root: [ID 702911 daemon.notice] * nwcard:/ save: SYSTEM error: copy ...

Friends,I have some doubt in 搈ailx?Command.My requirement is: I扐ll included "mailx" command in some scripts for Critical warning msg or space Check scripts, that will send a mail to particular domain user. For example if /var mount point above 80% that script will send a message to particular ...

Hi Folks,I'm trying to create a bootable Solaris 9 CD for my PC, and am not able to. I'm using my PC running windows, with the "copy>burn image" function in Roxio easy CD creator. The name of the file is:sol-9-u8-ga-x86-v1.isoorsol-9-u8-install-ga-x86.isoWhat happens is that the first 70 M ...

Dear Experts,please i need your help.I have sendmail filling up a lot of space in /var/log/syslog with such messages:Nov 2 03:19:43 server1 sendmail[4879]: [ID 801593 mail.info] kA22nhfo001366: to=postmaster, delay=00:27:21, xdelay=00:00:00, mailer=relay, pri=218718, relay=[127.0.0.1], ...

When would you choose Orca over SRS Net Connect to collect and graph system performance data?Thanks,sysglen

Hello,Does anyone know the frequency of Solaris 8 Recommended Patch Cluster releases? As of this posting, it appears the most recent available is 10/9/06. Do you know when the next one will be. Also, when was the last one prior to 10/9/06. I can't seem to find this information in Patch ...

Hello..I am Still Learing Solaris and this is on my desktopwhen i try to Install Solaris 8 from its CD...i pressed STOP + A and i get a OK prompt screen.I then typed, "boot cdrom" and i am getting this error message." FATAL: system is not bootable, boot command is disabled."How do we enable the ...

Hi,I've postfix installed with virtual domains support using mysql , courier imap, courier maildrop and spamassassin on a solaris 10- sunfire v880 system.It looked like everything is working fine until i found out that i can telnet to port 25 on the server and use the EHLO, MAIL FROM and RCPT ...

I'm trying to install a usb converter to serial hardware. I want use a modem, but I obtain de next message in /var/adm/message:Nov 7 18:42:41 solaris10 usba: [ID 912658 kern.info] USB 1.10 device (usb403,6001) operating at full speed (USB 1.x) on USB 1.10 root hub: device@2, usb_mid4 at bus ...

Hello all,During install, I noticed several ethernet port, qfe0-7, thatwere "skipped" for lack of an interface cable.They are physically there, and now I need to configure/use them.How do I do that?I have no cable to insert into the connector yet....that is not the ...

I recently acquired a ultra 25 running Solaris 10 that seems to have a broken telnet service. Any help appreciated.Yes, I still have some devices that don't support ssh :)Inbound telnet is blocked by ipf.When I try to telnet out I get$ telnet anyhost.anywhereanyhost.anywhere: service name not ...