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How to Create a Mirrored Root Pool (Post Installation) raid 1 raid-1

If you did not create a mirrored ZFS root pool during installation, you can easily create one after the installation. For information about replacing a disk in root pool, see How to Replace a Disk in the ZFS Root Pool. Display your current root pool status.# zpool status rpool pool: rpool state: ONLINE scrub: none requested… Read More: How to Create a Mirrored Root Pool (Post Installation) raid… »

iSCSI Security with CHAP

Posted on June 28, 2007 source: http://cuddletech.com/?p=382 The first line of defense in iSCSI deployments is to properly define and bind targets to a target portal group (TPG) via a tag on the target (TPGT). ACL’s then provide yet more security by not only restricting how you get to the target, but which initiators are… Read More: iSCSI Security with CHAP »

Solaris 10 password with no numeric or special characters.

This is not the best for security, but if you must……  # passwd userNew Password: simplepasswd: The password must contain at least 1 numeric or special character(s). Modify /etc/default/passwd and uncomment MINSPECIAL and set to 0: # vi /etc/default/passwd    #MINDIFF=3   #MINALPHA=2   #MINNONALPHA=1   #MINUPPER=0   #MINLOWER=0   #MAXREPEATS=0   MINSPECIAL=0   #MINDIGIT=0   #WHITESPACE=YES # passwd userNew Password: simpleRe-enter new Password: simplepasswd: password successfully changed for… Read More: Solaris 10 password with no numeric or special characters. »

Understanding Oracle Solaris Constraint Packages

https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/understanding-oracle-solaris-constraint-packages install the solaris-11.3 constraint pacakge, that will ensure that you stay on the 11.3 release train and not move to the 11.4 train without explict action. # pkg install pkg:/release/constraint/solaris-11.3 For more information see https://blogs.oracle.com/solaris/understanding-oracle-solaris-constraint-packages

ZFS Compression – A Win-Win

Guest Author This may sound counterintuitive, but turning on ZFS compression not only saves space, but also improves performance. This is because the time it takes to compress and decompress the data is quicker than then time it takes to read and write the uncompressed data to disk (at least on newer laptops with multi-core chips). To… Read More: ZFS Compression – A Win-Win »