Hi,+ installation of the latest SolarisExpress for sparc is extremey slow.+ Installation server has Solaris 8 (E450) and the target machine is a Netra X1.+ The first 881.93 MBytes have been installed over the period of about three to four hours.+ The installation is now "stuck" at "Installing: ...

hello!,I need to execute a bash script when any user logs in and out, can you tell me where are the files I need to modify in order to accomplish this?Thanks!

Hello,I am using solaris 10 and when i create new user I have to pass password that must start with number e.g 12solaris , it is not accepting solaris12 as password as displaying password must be alphanumeric.how can I cure this problemMessage was edited by: thbaig

hello,I have dual os winXp and solaris 10 , I want to explore winxp partition(fat32) from solaris environment . from smc -.disks it is not showning any other disk than that of solaris.how can I accomplish this task

Hi there,I'd like to install a new locale - en_GB.UTF-8.Does anyone know which package this would be in? I've lookedfor some time, and I can't see anything on how to add extra localesto Solaris 9.Thanks in advance.Paul S

I have a solaris8 server with a swap device (file) that is a mirrored metadevice (/dev/md/dsk/d1). swap -l reports 20484272 blocks, which = about 10GB. format says slice 1 is 9.77 GB. To me this means that the system is treating the metadevice as a mirror, which it is.Is the OS really mirroring ...

hello,I want to allocate unallocated space to solaris partitions, but it is not visible.how can i do this?

Hi allI am trying to restore the root and var file system which have been backed-up on one server and restore is on another server:1. I took /,/var ufsdump on server 12. I booted from cdrom -s on server 23. I used ftp to get the ufdump from server 14. I ran format on server 2 and created /,/var ...

Hi Sun ExpertsI have a query can any one tell me the advantages and disadvantages of Nis setting up in Sparc box and i386 .My query's are ........1. If i set up NIS in i386 box what is the advantage and disadvantage.2. if i set up NIS in sparc what is the advantageThanks in ...

How long does it take Solaris 9 systems to clear their arp cache if they lose the gateway? The network admins are making some changes to the network and the defalut gateway MAC is going to change. Is there a way to clear the arp cache or is this fairly automatic?

Hi allI have posted this thread first in the Install forum but I think it should be here.I am trying to restore the root and var file system which have been backed-up on one server and restore is on another server:1. I took /,/var ufsdump on server 12. I booted from cdrom -s on server 23. I ...

Hi,I have installed SunOS 10 in VMWare Workstation. In VMWare setting, i used NAT or used to share host's ip address. How can i able to access IE from the OS? Please advise. Thanks.

Hello,we've recently updated our Support-Sun to Solaris 10. Due to a mistake the machine was installed with End User Support, but Developer Support was requested. Since we are not able to reinstall the machine (Of course it's a productive system) we are looking for a solution to modify the ...

Hi thereI have problem on archiving some Oracle files.Total folder is little over 25G, and when I try to archive this folder onto a tape (40G capacity), after about 2/3 of files, I get EOF message.I have typed next command:cd /index/Backuptar cvf /dev/rmt/0 .and messages about archiving in ...

I am trying to troubleshoot an existing script and have located the point of failure. Before I make any changes I need to know what the bolded entry is doing/for:mount /dev/dsk/$disk /mnt 2>/dev/nullI know that if I leave it off everything will work, but does anyone have an idea what the ...

Hello members,I have a question for the technical team. I am tasked to install SunOne directory server on AIX 5.3. We have already installed SunOne on AIX 5.2 and it is proven that it works fine in our live environement however it is not yet tested on AIX 5.3. I would like to know if SunOne 5.2 ...

I have following physical disks:AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:0. c1t0d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848> /pci@9,600000/SUNW,qlc@2/fp@0,0/ssd@w21000014c336a0ad,01. c1t1d0 <SUN146G cyl 14087 alt 2 hd 24 sec 848>Now:metastat d0d0: MirrorSubmirror 0: d10State: OkaySubmirror 1: ...

Hi ExpertsI have forgot the root password in solaris 9.0 sparc box for that i have boot with the cdrom with single user mode and i mounted the root file system in /a directory after that i edited the shadow file in thatroot: xyxxxiiuu:::3453 i removed the hexa now the output is ...

Hi Can any one help me to install and configure SAMBA on solaris 8.0Could you guys can sent steps to do it.....Thanks in advance

Before I give up altogether on this edition, can anyone give me a bit of guidance regarding:1) 5/07 Developer has been changed so DHCP is the default for network IP address assignment. Before, I could use static addressing and it stuck. Now, when I use the applet to set static address it goes ...

Hi,I'm a new Solaris sysadmin and I have a solaris 9 system with 4 drives. The first 2 drives are mirrored and don't have any more space left on them. I other 2 drives are unformatted/untouched.Can I set up another mirrored set with the 2 unused drives so I can get some more room? Do I need ...

Hi All,we have already got sun one directory server installed.where do I get the installation file for setting up Sun one directory server console on my workstation.The version needed is 5.2

Dear All,We have 6320 Sun storedge Array,this is working online with other servers.i m trying to install San In new servers 1. created new LUN / VG / Intiators/ Initator Groups in online working 6320 Storage array.2.6320 has SAN FC Switch - already Zone sets are avaialbe in FC switch. we ...

I have added a new Sunfire v440 server to my network; I need to make it the NIS master. Current NIS configuration: Ultra60 (Solaris 8) is NIS master, Samba server, license server and NFS file server; v440 (Solaris 10) is a NIS slave,Ultra10 (Solaris 8) is a NIS slave. Planned NIS configuration: ...

I am trying to figure out why a machine with lots of unused RAMis using so much swap.I have a V240 running Solaris 10. Its running a large Oracle db.The 4th line of /opt/sfw/bin/top shows:Memory: 8192M real, 4907M free, 2143M swap in use, 18G swap freeRunning '/opt/sfw/bin/df -t ufs -t nfs -t ...

Dear all,How can i view the solaris 10 kernal parameter which were set?how can i change the default runlevel on solaris 10Can someone provide me some good link for luxadm and fiber channel admin on solarisTIA

I can't download the Solaris 9 patch cluster without a subscription? Am I missing something?Because if I have to pay to patch now, this could be the final step that'll finally get my company to completely abandon Sun.

I finally got around to installing my Solaris 10 11/06 DVD. Installation went fine, nothing went wrong to my knowledge. Then, when I booted for the first time, I selected the default choice at the boot screen. Then it gave me some song and dance about a database integrity check and gave me a ...

hello,I wnat to connect to other machine running (1)solaris and (2)Fedora on local lan.what configuration I have to made on my machine and on other machine.

Hi,how to supress printing the burst page on Solaris 9?PS: maybe its hard to find because of terminology. So trying to help searchers ...banner pagepage with job descriptionunwanted auxiliar pageAny other suggestion?

Hello,I'm trying to setup a demo box to evaluate Sun Com Suite. I'm following the "Deployment Example Sun Java Communications Suite 5 on a Single Host." Everything has worked fine up till I tried to start the Calendar. I'm not sure where I should look for the problem.This is the out put from ...

Hello, I need to mirror a hard disk with Solaris 10 using an external USB hard disk . But this is not my only problem, something happen with the external disk after my first tries and now I cannot read the disk. I need to reformat, add file systems and anything it is required to use it again. ...

My question is whether or not to mirror swap space.I have a V240 with an SE3310 JBOD attached, running Solaris 10.My predecessor set up RAID 1+0 on all partitions except swap.I presume not mirroring swap was decided for performance reasons.We currently have complete failover coverage (mirror + ...

am a new user of sun solaris 10. I am using sunfire 280 for test. I am trying to install Quantum DLT7000 tape backup device to my sun fire. Is there any one who can tell me how to do it step by step? Thank you very much.

Hi all,I hava w WD HD which woke up ill.I did:[Stop]+[A]boot -sfsck -y /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0s7 ... ... ...WARNING: /pci@1f,0/ide@d/dad@0,0 (dad0):Uncorrectable data Error: Block ... ... ...... Command: 0xc8 Error: 0x40 Status: 0x51 ... ......BAD MODE 0170000 I=2263BAD MODE: MAKE IT A FILE? ...# fsck ...

Hi all,i had this problem a couple of times with sun blades 100/150/200.The HD crashes, i by a new one, connect, power on, [Stop]+[A]ok boot cdrom... ... ...Can't open boot deviceok show-disks...(make my selection)ok nvalias cdrom2 [Control+y]@1,0:fok nvstoreok boot cdrom2...Can't open boot ...

Hi ExpertsI have small problem and doubtIf i login to global zone ... "zlogin -C -e @ testzone" how to logout from global zone......testzone#when i press exit button it is comeing to zone login promptzone1 console login: @( from Zone login prompt i want to come back to my normal solaris prompt ...

hi there,i am so new to system administration. using ufsdump command, what file shud i backup? what is the proper command to use?please help and advise.thanks.

I am trying to redirect output from a 'find' invocation in Solaris 10. This find command:find . -type d -name "02" -printWorks great when run without redirection. When I attempt to do a simple redirect, like this:find . -type d -name "02" -print > /tmp/stuff.outNothing ends up in the ...

Hi ExpertsI have small problem and doubtIf i login to global zone ... "zlogin -C -e @ testzone" how to logout from global zone......testzone# when i press exit button it is comeing to zone login promptzone1 console login: @ ( from Zone login prompt i want to come back to my normal solaris ...

Hi,all,I found one of the filesystem is 100% full, which existed one of Oracle temporary file of temp tablespace, and I followed the database operation and deleted the temp file from the filesystem.However, it didn't release the space when I used 'df -k' to show the system space!!! But I know it ...

<p>Hello,</p><p>I want to install Solaris 10 with a server JumpStart.</p><p>But i want only actived the ssh mod (for security).</p><p>How do you write that in the jumpstart script ?</p><p>What is the command line ?</p><p>Anybody can help me, please ?</p><p>Thank you :)</p>

<p>Hi,</p><p>In Solaris 5.8 Sparc which OS command to use to list all process with the amount of Physical Memory they are using ?</p><p>Thanks</p>

Hello All,I wish to generate all kinds of memory stats showing faults, like paging faults, cache misses, memory access errors, read/write errors etc. So which all commands would be helpful?Would it also be possible to find out the delay/latency in writing to a mirror disk?Any other help related to ...

<p>Hi</p><p>I configured samba on my solaris 10 box .</p><p>could you please tell me how to set samba password and qwhat is the command </p><p>Please help me on this i am new to solaris .......</p><p>Thanks</p><p>RK</p>

I am trying to assemble an Opensolaris CD form the three parts that are downloaded:$ cat sol-nv-b64a-sparc-dvd-iso-a sol-nv-b64a-sparc-dvd-iso-b > sol-nv-b64a-sparc-dvd.isocat: write error: File too largeThis is apparently a shell problem. Does anyone know of a workaround that will work in Solaris ...

<p>Hi </p><p>I am new in solaris i want clustering documention please help me</p><p>Thanks</p><p>RK</p>

<p>Hi </p><p>Can any one tell me the merits and deerits of the x86 and SPARC</p><p>Thanks</p>

Hi ExpertsI configure smb.conf file and i ran test parm and started my smbd and nmb service also i am getting given below error message when i used to connect from my XP box to solaris 10 i checked the firewall it is disabled.Error: The network connection was aborted by the local systemGiven is my ...

<p>I need to know how to turn on controls for password creation on Unix servers with Solaris 8, 9, and 10. I want to force users to use proper guidelines when resetting and creating new passwords (i.e., enforce some password policies in addition to those found in Admintool).</p>