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Solaris 11 network install without DHCP SPARC

1st create install service (running solaris 11 sparc ) installadm create-service -a sparc -n s11-sparc *********************************** Image path: /export/auto_install/s11-sparc Service discovery fallback mechanism set up Creating SPARC configuration file Refreshing install services Warning: mDNS registry of service s11-sparc could not be verified. Creating default-sparc alias Service discovery fallback mechanism set up Creating SPARC configuration file… Leer más »

Configuring an NTP client in Solaris 11

It is really easy to configure an NTP client on a plain standard Solaris 11 (that said it isn’t more difficult on Solaris 10 … it’s the same procedure). So i will just give a very short walkthrough. At first you have to create a config file. You can edit /etc/inet/ntp.client, edit it and copy… Leer más »

Starting the Enterprise Controller

The Enterprise Controller can be in a stopped state due to a system reboot or maintenance. While the Enterprise Controller is stopped, Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center does not function. You can start the Enterprise Controller using the satadm command. To Start the Enterprise Controller As root, log in to the Enterprise Controller system. Run… Leer más »

Rotate wtmpx log

If you like this article, please +1 or Recommend via FB with the provided buttons above:   Article ID: 85 by: Reese K. Posted: 21 Jan, 2013 Last updated: 21 Jan, 2013 Views: 1507 Once wtmpx hits 2 GB in size, certain unfavorable conditions may occur.  To alleiviate this from happening, I setup a logadm to rotate… Leer más »

screen to tmux: A Humble Quick-start Guide

An online friend named bmc_ on Twitter introduced me to tmux. It reportedly has simpler, cleaner code than screen, which implies that it’s more robust, in addition to more very useful features. The problem is tmux is very different from screen. It wasn’t at all easy to jump straight into tmux, without doing a thorough… Leer más »

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7 habits of highly successful Unix admins

http://www.itworld.com/operating-systems/413259/unix-7-habits-highly-successful-unix-admins   7 habits of highly successful Unix admins You can spend 50-60 hours a week managing your Unix servers and responding to your users’ problems and still feel as if you’re not getting much done or you can adopt some good work habits that will both make you more successful and prepare you for… Leer más »

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Setting up a private opencsw

Setting up a private mirror Sometimes it is sufficient to simply use a mirror on the Internet. However, there are situations where a local mirror can be useful. When you have a lot of servers accessing the repository, want to control the package updates exactly or when your production servers just can’t access the internet… Leer más »

OpenCSW pkgutil config solaris

Getting started OpenCSW uses a tool named pkgutil on top of the Solaris packaging utilities to automatically download, install and update packages. It needs to be installed manually once, after that all maintenance is done via pkgutil.