Category Archives: Solaris
Send Break on XSCF – Sun M5000 Servers
From our last post about XSCF Cheat sheet, we put there some commands on an XSCF management interface card. I thought that was the most common one, but we forgot to put in how to send ‘break’ to the host console! Here’s how:
Optimized Open Source Software Stack (Cool Stack) 1.3.1 Final Release
Optimized Open Source Software Stack (Cool Stack) 1.3.1 Final Release… Will be installing Ruby on Rails using Cool Stack… this is the first of sets of post.. Now downloading the packages from Sun.com Optimized Open Source Software Stack (Cool Stack) for the Sun Solaris Operating System(TM). Cool Stack is a collection of some of the … Continue reading
Solaris Compilation “make: ar: Command not found”
…an error message “make: ar: Command not found” for any application being compiled on Solaris box, here’s what to do as per gcc forum…. Add /usr/ccs/bin to your PATH. In my case: root@host# echo $PATH Add /usr/ccs/bin/ Export PATH
Exiting from Container Console if forgot to specify an escape character…
Once you have a non-global zone installed or running on a Solaris 10 installation, it is often useful to connect to the console of the zone. This provides the same control over the zone as connecting to the console of a physical server running Solaris. To connect to the console of a Solaris 10 zone … Continue reading
Setting Search $PATH csh
Another quikie copy/paste kind of thingy… You may set your search path automatically each time you log in, by placing the appropriate “set path” command in your “.login” file. (To learn more about the .login file, type “help dotlogin”.) Here is a sample of a command line that you might put in your .login file … Continue reading
Top equivalent for AIX – Topas, Only Better
Top equivalent for AIX – Topas, Only Better… That’s what I searched when I got a ticket from one of the AIX boxes here complaining about CPU being 99% used up. Of course, you can use vmstat with interval, but for those sysadmin folks who are use to using Top, its still more comfortable using … Continue reading
Tools to Help Harden Solaris
There are several checklists on the Internet to help you lock down an out-of-the-box installation of Solaris. But, if you have followed any of them, you know how time consuming they can be, especially for a large enterprise. The Solaris community, however, is in luck when it comes to system hardening because a few forward-thinking Sun engineers have built some tools that can help to automate this procedure. In this article, I will discuss two such tools, TITAN and JASS. Continue reading
Free (Solaris) Virtualization for Dummies Ebook
I just want to share a link for those who are not subscribe to the official Sun Microsystems’ email newletter.. (what?! You’re not subscribed?!) Anyway, the link will forward you to a form where you need to fill up some personal information (it’s from Sun, so there will be no selling of email or spamming … Continue reading
How to Consolidate Servers and Applications using Solaris Containers
I am subscribe to the official Sun Microsystem newsletter and I got this one directly from my inbox that I want to share to every Solaris SysAdmin out there: This How-To Guide instructs users, system administrators, and developers unfamiliar with Solaris 10 OS on consolidating applications onto a single server using Solaris Containers technology. The … Continue reading