Hi all.. I am newbie on Sun systems. I have an urgent problem on my server. The board has gone down and it seems that it will take a lot to hand the new one. My system is Solaris 2.9 os on Sun fire 2900 server. Since there is no error on the disk, i want to install the disk to my older ...

Hi I'd like to set up a x86 jumpstart server which can install both, sparc and x86, clients. Is that possible? If yes does the client know which boot image to choose? Should I have two different directories for the images? Thank you for your help ...

Hi all, I'm installing Solaris 10 via jumpstart, and I'd like to set the terminal type for the console to be vt100 by default. I've tried setting the terminal type to vt100 in sysidcfg, with a line: terminal=vt100 but this has no effect (and never has done). In previous versions I just ...

I'm having a problem configuring jumpstart for Solaris 10. I want to put the install server for Solaris 10 on the same jumpstart server that I use for Solaris 9 jumpstarts. The problem is that Solaris 9 Jumpstart uses /jumpstart and the .cdtoc for Solaris 9 is listed under that directory. ...

I've just started doing some Solaris 10 jumpstarts. I've been using these filesys entries: partitioningexplicit filesys rootdisk.s0free/ filesys rootdisk.s11024swap filesys rootdisk.s718/disksuite-DB-reserved The resulting disk layout looks like this: PartTagFlagCylinders SizeBlocks ...

Hi all: I just tired to burn the cd #1 of solaris 8 or others to make the jumpstart server... so I download the dvd images but when I mounted they appear on such way that I can't run setup_install_server... So this is my challenge... how to mount a dvd iso images of older solaris (9..8..etc) ...

Hi all, i'm trying to install OS flash image with Jumpstart DVD bootable, but i have the following problem : Environment monitoring: disabled Executing last command: boot cdrom -install Boot device: /<a href="mailto:pci&#64;1f" target="_blank">pci@1f</a>,0/<a ...

Hi, I'm having a problem jumpstarting my new V240 server. The problem I'm experiencing with Jumpstart is that when I try to start the process, the jumpstart hangs just after it warns me that the Hardware Watchdog is enabled. I have tried to do a number of things to disable this watchdog ...

Hi Does anybody know a good howto for configuring a frontend for solaris jumpstart installations? Thank you

Trying to jumpstart V240 from a SunBlade 100 jumpstart server and the v240 boots but still prompts for Language. The SunV240 has Hardware watchdog and a firmware password. Not sure whether those two things will stop an automated non-interactive install or not. The sysidcfg file listing is: ...

I am new to Solaris, more familiar with Linux. I have various questions about locations of files : Where are good places to - place file (eg shell scripts) that you want any user to be able to execute - place scritps that root wants to use for admin tasks - install packages that you have ...

I am working with third-party (Tadpole) SPARC laptops. They are true UltraSPARC II-e machines running Solaris 9. The physical machines offer an internal 40GB drive (the boot volume) and a hot-swappable bay which can be populated with either a CDROM drive or a second 40GB hard drive. There are ...

Im building a load of headless servers (a mixture of t2000's and v490's) - and our vendor specifies the SUNWCXall cluster. I mentioned to them about Gnome, and they're happy for us to not install it (so long as /usr/lib etc. is untouched). What's the easiest way to accomplish this in my ...

I'm trying to debug my startup scripts in rc2.d and rc3.d - during boot the system prints nothing to the console. Where does the output (stdout, stderr) from the scripts go? The scripts do run, I know that, Thanks, -w ...

Dear all, How to configure a Sun Solaris 8 such that the swap memory will not be used after the physical memory is used up Thanks!

I doubt it, I was able to run add_install_client with -d: /js/os/sol-10-u1-ga-x86/Solaris_10/Tools/add_install_client -d -s sunset-qfe0:/js/os/sol-10-u1-ga-x86 -p sunset-qfe0:/js/jumpstart/yipes/Sysidcfg/Solaris_sol.nm24 -c sunset-qfe0:/js/jumpstart/yipes dnsback3.yipes.com i86pc But the ...

Hi I tried to create a profile for an x86 pc to jumpstart. But when I run "check", I get an error message. My sparc-profiles are working. The only difference between those profiles is the partitions: fdisk c1t0d0s0 4000 / fdisk c1t0d0s1 256 /swap fdisk c1t0d0s3 4000 /var fdisk ...

i am attempting to jumpstart some v240s with OpenBoot 4.17.1 to solaris 10 and am encountering an issue i haven't seen before. early in the jumpstart process, i receive the following error: Using sysid configuration file 10.209.128.27:/export/install/Sysidcfg/Solaris_10/dns.10.209 ...

Hi Sorry but i'm new to Solaris and need some help i can get here. Regarding about the file system backup using the 'ufsdump' command, i have some problem which seems that i couldn't backup to tape. 1. Scan for tape device: Oracle(root)#/usr/openv/volmgr/bin/sgscan tape ...

Hi, We are currently trying to use LiveUpgrade to enhance our upgrade stratergy. Recently I installed the patches required for the LiveUpgrade for Solaris 8 (04/01). The patches I have added are those listed in the LiveUpgrade package readme and include: Patch-ID# 109318-34 Synopsis: SunOS ...

I've upgraded 3 6800 domains from Solaris 9 12/02 to 12/03 in the past few days. I'm seeing a problem on each one after the upgrades. If a normal user enters a filesystem, /var for example, and runs pwd, they get back: pwd: cannot determine current directory! If they df -k they get: df: ...

Hi, I am trying to setup a Solaris Live Upgrade environment of a SF6800 domain. The domain has local disks and is also connected to an EMC SAN. At present, lucreate is failing with the following message: INFORMATION: Unable to determine size or capacity of slice ...

Hi, I could be able to upgrade solaris 9 to solaris 10 with live updae, Its asking me to uninstall Solaris 9 LU and install solaris 10 LU in order to proceed. Am i missing some thing. Please help. Dany. ...

Does anyone know of a way to create a second BE and load a fresh install on it via flash archives? I don't want an upgrade, I want a whole new install from an archive.

Hi, I had to install openSSH on Solaris 8. By default Solaris 8 doesn't have random devices. Moreover, that machine cannot be rebooted. Hence, I chose a patch which doesn't need a reboot if the random devices are created and the /kernel/drv/random module is force loaded. While force ...

What are the versions that I need to upgrade from Sol9 to Sol10? here is what i get: ERROR: This version of Live Upgrade is unable to upgrade to <Solaris> version <10>. Only upgrades to <Solaris> version <5.9> are supported by this version of Live Upgrade. To upgrade ...

We've been recommended to install patch 112233-12 on our Solaris box by sun - to check whether that stops various hangs and so forth.The problem is as follows:# uname -aSunOS $host 5.9 Generic_112233-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-80# patchadd 112233-12 Checking installed patches...One or more ...

Hi, I want to know the differences between patching Solaris and Upgrading Solaris I want to install a software over Solaris 8 release 10/01, but the software needs Solaris 8 2/02. And I want to know if I could install the recommended solaris 8 patch cluster to solve the problem instead of ...

I am getting this error after I reboot from alternate boot environment (solaris 9). Can someone plz help.. the system is going into panic mode and is rebooting repeatedly.. i have used live upgrade from solaris 8 to solaris 9 on enterprise 450.. thanks Rebooting with command: boot Boot ...

Hi Folks, Where can I find what caused my system to hang up? This moring I found my Sun OS freeze.. Where is the log file to check when this type of incidents happens in the system? I already check the /var/adm/messages file to check for memory issues. I found nothing. Is there any log in the ...

Hello, I get the following message when trying to run cimom. I seem to be the only one in our group with this problem. Any ideas welcomed. thanks. /home/me/jdk1.5.0_05/bin/java -classpath /home/me/ProviderTools/3rd_party/wbemservices/cimom/lib/wbem startup.jar -Xmx128m ...

Hi ! What are the upgrade methods available for solaris 8 server. Is it possible to upgrade through CD or DVD or only Live upgrade possible... thanks in advance bestest, vijay ...

Whenever I try to create my boot environment on a V890 server i get the following errors below. It works OK on all other class of servers. Help! ============================================= # lucreate -c boot_pri -s - -m /:/dev/dsk/c0t1d0s0:ufs -m -:/dev/dsk/ c0t1d0s1:swap -n ...

I am looking for a workaround to help me delete liveupgrade Boot Environment definitions and configuration from a system. According to the ludelete man pages: The ludelete command deletes all records associated with a boot environment (BE) on all defined complete BEs. A complete BE is ...

Hey, I'm going to upgrade my e450 server that is running solaris 6 to another e450 that i'm going to install with solaris 10. The thing is the old installation have a lot of binary home made stuf on it and I havn't got the source code, so my question is can a solaris 10 run my solaris 6 ...

hi people... at first, sorry for my english. I hava a Sun Fire 280R with Solaris 8 and today it boot aparently without a reason, it boot 5 or 6 times. The error before the fall is: WARNING: Uncorrectable error detected by pci0 (safari id 00000000.00000008) during DVMA read transaction ...

Dear Solaris Gurus, I am in process of upgrading my server running on Solaris 8 (having VxVM 3.5, MP4) to Solaris 9. The process I followed is as below: 1. Identified a disk which was not under control of VxVM 2. Created boot environment called SOLARIS9 3. Upgraded boot environment using ...

Hi everyone... Here is a curly one for the Sun gurus. . I attempted to perform the upgrade from Sol 8 (Dec/02) to Sol 10 (from the CD/DVD Jan/06) and got all the way past the "Test Upgrade Profile". The initialize started after I clicked onto the gui "Install Now" button. ...

Trying to find answer to question? Is Raid Manager 6.22.1 supported on Solaris 10 Reason I ask below. I live upgraded solaris 9 to solaris 10 on a unit with SVM mirrored boot drives. When I tried to reboot the solaris 10 activated Boot Environment I got errors such as ...

Something happened to my Ultra60 box. Now, I can not log in to any user account. I would get the fiollowing error message:"Unable to access home directory. Click OK to start a Failsafe session, or Cancel to restart login."When I hit the "OK" button it takes me back to the ...

question:-$ iduid=1002(worker) gid=500(sybase)$ ls -ltotal 4drwxr-xr-x2 rootother512 Jun 16 16:14 aadrwxr-xr-x2 workersybase512 Jun 16 16:11 bbb$rm -rf bbbrm: cannot determine if this is an ancestor of the current working directorybbb$ -why? ...

Hi,I've found that using nmap with a particular option to portscan a Sol 8/9 machine with a user logged into a Gnome desktop causes the gnome-session process to seg fault.Can anyone else suggest a fix or workaround for this? Or even just reproduce it?Using nmap against a Solaris 8 or 9 box, ...

Hi,Sorry, but was not sure what forum to post the question.I am trying to compile SFS with gcc 3.3.2 (from sunfreeware) and gmp 4.1.2 (from sunfreeware).Configure runs without any problems, but when I try make, I get thefollowing error:ld: fatal: file /usr/local/lib/libgmp.so: wrong ELF class: ...

When I try to boot the CDROM from the ok Prompt I get an error. Below is the error I get from my E450:? 'mfg-options' environment variable invalidCan't open input device.screen not found.Can't open input device.Keyboard not present. Using ttya for input and output. Keyboard not present. ...

Dear Sun experts,I am trying to install Solaris 9 on a Sun Ultra 10 Sparc workstation. This system formerly had Solaris 8 on it, but we decided to do a reinstallation to configure things the way we wanted them.Before doing that we encountered a few problems 1.The system failed to recognize the ...

Hello,I figured my question should be posted here, if it should be done somewhere else, I apologize.I'm in the process of exploring solaris 9 (I have RH5 - 9, FC1-3 and FreeBSD 4.7> experience). I was wondering which tools I need to build stuff from source, like Apache and PHP. I am aware ...

Read the manual zoneadm how to shutdown a zone.=====================================================halt Halt the specified zones. halt bypasses running the shutdown scripts inside the zone. It also removes run time resources of the zone. Use: zlogin zone shutdown to cleanly shutdown the zone ...

This has been an unaswered issue before and I wonder whether anybody has found a solution.I try to install Solaris 10 to my Compaq Proliant 1600 using a CD boot. All the hardware - including the SCSI card Symbios Logic 53C875 - is found correctly.At some point, the installation process ...

I am attempting to install Solaris 10 on an E450. I have 4 18G SCSI disks installed in the E450.When I boot from the install cd (Solaris 10 Install Disk 1), it boots up just fine, and I go through the initial configuration menu (networking, name service, kerberos, etc.), and when it gets to ...

Hello all ,I attempted solaris 10 X86 GA version on an Adaptec 39160 ultra160 adapter SCSI Bios version :3.1 (the latest).Mother board : Supermicro S2DGE (Dual xeon pII 500 Mhz) + 1GB SDRAM.When the HD boot is attempted, a long pause then:the following messages appear.<b>Timeout on target ...