Sun Cluster - Patching implication

197 byte By simkaa at 2007-11-26 19:23:45
Hi,Currently, my system is running on a HA. Will the sun recommended patches will affect the stability of the cluster. Anything to watchout on pre-patch? Need advice. Thank you

Clustering over a WAN on two different subnets (HOWTO)

654 byte By edwardwaithakaa at 2007-11-26 19:24:54
Hello,I would like to cluster 2 SUN servers which are on different buildings. The two buildings are linked with a WAN connection over fiber.The Clustering Software on the Servers (Sun CLuster 3.2) has a requirement that the two nodes/servers need to be in the same subnet for the cluster to ...

How to add a Solaris ZFS partition

1612 byte By vctrmariana at 2007-11-26 19:26:15
Hello everybody,I have a fdisk partition on my X86. The fdisk partition is 100Gb large.the hard drive is 250Gb large.The problem is I have a small ufs 4Gb / partition and a 96Gb/export/home ufs partition. I would like to move the /opt directory on another partition. I thought of creating a zfs ...

Is my MD5SUM ok?

881 byte By Becoa at 2007-11-26 19:26:17
md5sums:927d8376df0ea39737a3b66e06fe1902 sol-10-u3-ga-x86-dvd-iso-a.zip02566ce1fb50ea372e2f6ee6fd24f622 sol-10-u3-ga-x86-dvd-iso-a7206f08b6df3f3691d2d8047ebe7031b sol-10-u3-ga-x86-dvd-iso-b.zipee84a50b3401b85ed425003bdbffe073 sol-10-u3-ga-x86-dvd-iso-c.zip9e7dc814970d5e868036e7359c5de04c ...

Help with memory allocation on Solaris 10

2946 byte By pkorpelaa at 2007-11-26 19:27:01
I am trying to make a FEM analysis that requires at least 6,5 GB of memory according to software's logging. I have increased the per project memory limit to 12 GB, machine has 8 GB of RAM and 6 GB of swap. But the analysis fails every time to "out of memory"Here's a list of limits I've taken ...

Live Upgrade

58 byte By Ravenroya at 2007-11-26 19:28:02
What network ports and services do Live Upgrade use

How to display available hard disk in Unix?

126 byte By nankeen80a at 2007-11-26 19:30:09
I ve just installed a new hdd on A1000, but how do i know it is working perfectly?Thanks for any feedback at all

Solaris 10 Installation stops after the Solaris Install Console appears ?

185 byte By lachdanana at 2007-11-26 19:30:16
it says , "Completing system identification...." and then no progress can be made, and the welcome screen didnt show up at all. Does anyone know how to do with this? thanks a lot

Apache2 / SSE2 with patch 120544-08

443 byte By mcervenya at 2007-11-26 19:31:11
Hello.Why is the apache2 in 120544-08 patch compiled with SSE2 instruction set ?httpd and libraries "file /usr/apache2/bin/httpd":/usr/apache2/bin/httpd: ELF 32-bit LSB executable 80386 Version 1 [SSE2 SSE FXSR CMOV FPU], dynamically linked, stripped"isainfo -v" for my cpu (it does not support ...

Where did all of my diskspace go ?

184 byte By techristiana at 2007-11-26 19:31:14
I installed Solaris 10 on a 20 GB hard drive and with only a few small apps installed I'm down to only 1.7 GB ?DanMessage was edited by: techristian

configuration of DNS server

205 byte By sanket_pathaka at 2007-11-26 19:32:41
Hi Alll, I am a student of Nagpur University, India and much intersted in Solaris OS.... Can anybody mail me complete steps of configuration of DNS ? my id is sanket_pathak@hotmail.com.Thanks

Array size calculation

824 byte By rajukgp_suna at 2007-11-26 19:35:34
Hi All,I have a small question.I am using SunOS 5.9 and gcc 4.0 compiler.Please take a look at the below codeWhen I compile the following program under gcc 4.0 it doesn't give me any compiler error and even the size comes correctly.#include<stdio.h>int main(){int c;scanf("%d",&c);int ...

Solaris Patches

275 byte By simkaa at 2007-11-26 19:36:59
Hi, Please help,From the SUN Recommend Patch, there is 3 kernel patches as;1. 118558-06 ( Latest 118558-39)2. 117171-17 and3. 112233-12. What are the different between.? should i install the latest 118558-39? Thank in advance.

Solaris 10 on Acer 5584wxmi help needed..

339 byte By archrival9a at 2007-11-26 19:38:33
Hello all, im trying to install solaris 10 on my acer 5584wxmi.. it manages to boot.. but it "hangs" with a rotating cursor after 2 lines of NOTICE: Failed to initialize inband hotplug controller.According to Sun website.. it is nothing and can be ignored.. setup will be continued.. but mine ...

How to timeout idle sftp/ssh sessions without killing foreground processes

688 byte By chamra at 2007-11-26 19:39:17
Hi,Recently there have been two patches releases by Sun which add ClientAliveInterval and ClientAliveCountMax to the sshd_config options in Solaris 9.By setting these options, one can control ssh/sftp timeout. I set ClientAliveInterval to some positive timeout in seconds and ClientAliveCountMax ...

Cluster recovery methods

1200 byte By trevor_teca at 2007-11-26 19:40:05
Hi,I was hoping that somebody out there may be able to advise me as to the recommended method for restoring a cluster? I cannot seem to find useful documentation on this from Sun.I plan to put together a Disaster Recovery procedure for a cluster - this is what i was planning on doing:a) Restore ...

Why sendmail crashes ~ twice a month.

316 byte By vitaly_ila at 2007-11-26 19:41:08
I run sunos 5.8 (SunOS msw9 5.8 Generic_117351-24 i86pc i386 i86pc).My sendmail (VERSION: 11.8.0,REV=2000.01.08.18.17)crashes several times a month.I see no relevant info into syslog/dmesg.How I should debug this problem? Should I upgrade my sendmail?Thanks in ...

Solaris 9 Patch problems

2123 byte By wgkorba at 2007-11-26 19:41:23
Hello,I am trying to patch a system that is running Solaris 9, and I'm having serious problems - all of the patches fail to install with a "pkgadd" error.First, here's my /etc/release file:Solaris 9 9/04 s9s_u7wos_09 SPARCCopyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.Use is ...

DST Solaris 8 and 9

226 byte By CyberMartyr01@hotmail.coma at 2007-11-26 19:41:49
Hi,How do I find out if any DST patches for Solaris 8 or 9 have been released after 2006/12/31? We have already patched for the quarter and I didn't know if I need additional OS Patches!Thanks,Doug

Executing Privileged instructions

357 byte By ignacio.hernandeza at 2007-11-26 19:42:34
I'm writing an application that requires access to privileged instructions such as rdmsr, I've tried doing the read at kernel level by creating a driver which performs the rdmsr execution. I've been getting kernel panics due the rdmsr instruction is not being executed in ring 0. How can I ...

Create bootable custom Solaris 10 flash dvd

845 byte By E.Pa at 2007-11-26 19:43:08
Hi all,I am trying to create a bootable Solaris 10 dvd with a custom flash archive (sparc version) to install a server we have that is in a place that we cannot do it over the network. I have followed the "Building a Bootable DVD to Deploy a Soalris Flash Archive" instructions, which were ...

Unable to login after applying patch updates

570 byte By weinharda at 2007-11-26 19:44:15
Last friday I applied booted up my box and spent the day applying about 2 weeks worth of Solaris patches. After rebooting I can no longer log in to any account on the machine. I am able to get to the login screen, but I cannot log into an account. When I switch over to the command line login, ...

Ada compilers for Solaris?

443 byte By martin6a at 2007-11-26 19:51:21
Hello,I recently started using Solaris and one thing I am missing is a good Ada compiler. I used GNAT under Linux, and I am having some difficulty in finding a version for Solaris.I tried to bootstrap GCC, but the Ada compiler is written in Ada, so I am in an odd position.If anyone knows of an ...

How to set the ftp root folder to the user's home folder

186 byte By edepasa at 2007-11-26 19:54:59
I'm new to using the ftp server in Solaris 10....Can anyone tell me how to set the ftp root folder that a user sees when he logs in, to his home directory?Cheers...

Open Solaris Distribution Development

565 byte By simplifiera at 2007-11-26 19:59:03
I need and am willing to pay someone or a group of people to develop a user friendly Open Solaris distribution. I have my own name for it, brand logo etc. and plan on preinstalling it on a new line of computers I plan on selling,.Some of the features I find important are:- It should install ...

what is the command to display files full time information

184 byte By geraldranjitha at 2007-11-26 19:59:41
what is the command to diaplay a file's full time information?Iwant time as well as date.ls -l some times gives time, but i want the year of modification as well.

DNS HA agent bugs?

1860 byte By iainfirkinsa at 2007-11-26 20:04:27
I'm running SC3.2 on Sol 10 11/06 (fully patched). I'm using the DNS and DHCP agents side-by-side for my (test) cluster.Failing the resource group between nodes works fine, without affecting DNS resolution or DDNS updates from DHCP. However, I have noticed a couple of problems with the ...

Verify TZ settings

397 byte By fordaca at 2007-11-26 20:07:07
I know there has been a lot of talk about the DST changes that are coming up but can someone verifiy one thing: If my current timezone settings are TZ=US/Eastern, do I still need to apply the libc patch? I have already applied the timezone patch. I can unstand applying it if my TZ=EST5EDT. Just ...

failed installation of the lastest 10_Recommended

1380 byte By mpecha at 2007-11-26 20:08:51
hi,Server: Sun Fire T2000OS: Solaris 10 11/06Specific soft: Sun Solaris 3.1u4Trying to install lastest 10_Recommended patch and see this message in/var/sadm/install_data/Solaris_10_Recommended_Patch_Cluster_log##<SKIP>Approved patches will be installed in this order:118833-36Executing ...

fsck after 9_Recommended install?

255 byte By hboswella at 2007-11-26 20:09:35
I installed the 9_Recommended patchset, and had to fsck both / and /var after the patchset installation. Has this happened to others? This was on a small test server, but now I'm a little leery of installing that patchset on my production servers.

What steps are required to install and load a new STREAMS module?

584 byte By tfortmann@xcapesolutions.neta at 2007-11-26 20:10:10
I have a new STREAM module based on sample code from the STREAMS Programming Guide. Everything compiles correctly but modload is failing. I get the error "can't load module: No such file or directory" everytime. I've tried fully qualifing the path, coping my module to the /kernel ...

Patch Installation

268 byte By bud1258a at 2007-11-26 20:10:21
I have to add DST patches to several Solaris systems. The instructions I have say that single user mode is optional. Is this true? The reason I ask, is that I have to do these updates remotely and single user mode is not an option.Thanks In Advance, Bud.

New DST(2007) exit time not taking effect for Solaris 9

981 byte By Amvbra at 2007-11-26 20:11:15
Hi,While exiting from DST time frame(US/Central) i.e. 4th November 2007 1:59 AM the clock rather than bouncing back to 1:00 AM it is forwarding to 2:00AM.However,the DST entry on the same machine was successful i.e.advancement of clock on 11th March 2007 from 1:59AM to 3:00AM. Also the patch ...

Nokia USB mobile phone

3220 byte By contrabandaa at 2007-11-26 20:13:40
Hello, I would like to connect to the internet using GPRS. For this purpose i have Nokia 6680 hendset, which i connect to Solaris Box on USB port.Here you can see all priontouts. When i connect Nokia to Solaris,As you will see from the logs Solaris detects Nokia mobile phone and version, but he ...

rpm details wanted for Solaris

306 byte By aganguly01a at 2007-11-26 20:15:30
Hi All,I have rpm file for solaris.But when I do man rpm it says no manual entry.So how do I extract the package from the RPM file? Is there any rpm equivalent command in Solaris?My Solaris version is 5.9.Do I need to install relevant package for that?Looking forward for your ...

New line command help

744 byte By imran_nya at 2007-11-26 20:15:45
How can I insert a new line wherever "<" in the following file?1102,1145d1101 < Mar 2 10:00:03 judas.the-ark.com root: Solstice Backup Savegroup: (info) starting Weekly Backup (with 11 client(s)) < Mar 2 10:00:03 judas.the-ark.com root: Solstice Backup Savegroup: (notice) Weekly Backup ...

Applying DST Pathces in a Cluster Node

247 byte By grkrajesha at 2007-11-26 20:16:13
Hi All ,We are planned to apply DST (Day Light Saving Patch) patches in a two node cluster.I would like to know what are steps for applying DST(Day Light Saving Patch) pathces in Clustered node.Regards,R. Rajesh Kannan.

Set Minimum UID for New System

97 byte By tarheel92a at 2007-11-26 20:16:50
I want my UID's to start at 1000, how can I force the system to recognize this?TIA

rssh on solaris 9

154 byte By carlos_molinaa at 2007-11-26 20:17:29
I would like to install rssh on my solaris 9 system in order to restrict the Winscp only to the home directory, where can I download rssh software?

Wanting to start

641 byte By Omaricka at 2007-11-26 20:20:34
I have Solaris 10 installed on my computer. Just finished a second time with the installation. I am running Windows XP also. I can open into the start menu of Solaris and log my username. That is as far as I can get.. When I try to type in the password, the keyboard doesn't work. I can hit any ...

Need driver for DFE-530TX+ NIC for Solaris 10

384 byte By UnixMan07a at 2007-11-26 20:21:32
I'm having a real hard time finding an installing the driver that i need for my D-Link DFE-530TX+ NIC card. I found the Driver name, and the version in the Solaris HCL. But there is not any way for me to download the driver from the Sun's web site. Does anyone knows where I can find a working ...

accessing an ftp site that requires vpn

272 byte By kmha at 2007-11-26 20:21:37
I have installed Solaris 10 on my x86 computer. When I try to access a particular ftp site I receive the message that anonymous users are not permitted. I assume that the issue is that I don't have VPN. Is that likely to be my problem? If so, how do I install VPN?

SCSI problem

775 byte By gadicoa at 2007-11-26 20:22:22
Hi,i recieved a SCSI arror:"Mar 4 02:12:40 tasdp2 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.warning] WARNING: /sbus@3,0/QLGC,isp@0,10000/sd@0,0 (sd30):Mar 4 02:12:40 tasdp2 Error for Command: verifyError Level: RecoveredMar 4 02:12:40 tasdp2 scsi: [ID 107833 kern.notice]Requested Block: 0 Error Block: 0Mar 4 ...

question about multibooting Solaris, XP, Suse?

799 byte By Legolas.wa at 2007-11-26 20:22:28
HiThank you for reading my post.I have a PC with two hard SATA disks.one one of them i have a 60Gig partition for suse installtion and my computer boot from that disk and suse boot loader allows me to boot windows or linux.Now i have download Solaris 11/6 and i want to install it on my ...

Error No disks Found during Solaris 10 installation

180 byte By flava13@a at 2007-11-26 20:27:01
Hi,i am trying to install Solaris 10 x86 on an Ml370 server that we bought. during the installation it gives the error No Disks Found. how can i correct this problem?

Loading an alternate DSDT table (ACPI)

1017 byte By oliberta at 2007-11-26 20:29:08
Hi, with my Toshiba P105 laptop I had the common issue that a broken ACPI table was the cause for problems with the sound device. Disassembling the code with Intel's iasl compiler, fixing the bugs in the source code and recompiling the DSDT worked fine. After copying in the DSDT table to ...

Problem with fdisk & label

620 byte By MegaZoidea at 2007-11-26 20:29:49
Hi, I'm new to Solaris 10 but an experienced GNU/Linux/BSD op. I'm trying to get Solaris 10 x86 running on a Pentium 200MMX/ QDI Titanium 1B+ P51430TX/ 192 MB RAM/ Dual VGA S3 Trio64v+ & Cirrus Logic Alpine/ 2 Fujitsu 6GB for makig RAID an a Fujitsu 30GB.The fact is that the installation ...

Migrate jdk1.2.2

218 byte By mysunsolve_edsa at 2007-11-26 20:31:18
Hi,JDK1.2.2 running on Solaris9. Due to the DST i need to upgrade jdk1.2.2 to 1.4.x_13 ot later.can any one please let me know how to upgrade/migrate to 1.4.x_13 ot later?ThanksRamesh

Newbie Data Service Agent question?

790 byte By ldeavilaa at 2007-11-26 20:32:50
Hello all,Sun EIS has installed Sun cluster and now it is up to me to configure Sun Cluster and an applicaiton so that the applicaion can failover to node two ( two node active/active setup) when node one fails and vice versa.My question is, How do I set this up? The application runs as a unix ...

kstat problem on Xeon machine

627 byte By gr3gora at 2007-11-26 20:35:43
HiI have Solaris 10 6/06 installed on a dual xeon processor machine.When I run netstat I can see that the tcpInorderBytes and other byte counts are updated ok.But when I run kstat -p the obytes and rbytes counts do not change.I see that same thing when I use nicstat - the packer count is ...