Solaris articles - church1e's blog

Configuring DNS services in Solaris 11

24 Feb 2012 1 minute read 681 visits.

Modifying /etc/nsswitch.conf and /etc/resolv.conf to configure naming services is depricated in Solaris 11, We now perform this task using SMF.

10 Jan 2012 4 minute read 999 visits.

A simple process to cleanup the LiveUpgrade configuration for the solenv1 and alternative boot environments without impacting the system.

18 Dec 2011 6 minute read 2789 visits.

This post is an introduction to the new virtual technology introduced from Sun Microsystems, namely Solaris Zones (not containers)

25 Nov 2011 1 minute read 2018 visits.

A short how-to article to rename a local zone on Solaris.

2 Sep 2013 1 minute read 777 visits.

You can use the zfs send command to send a copy of a snapshot stream and receive the snapshot stream in another pool

2 Sep 2013 2 minute read 3170 visits.

ZFS has the ability to send and receive data. This can be used to combine snapshots, create backups, or replicate data between servers

28 Oct 2011 1 minute read 760 visits.

The "isainfo" command determines whether the running Solaris kernel is 32-bit or 64-bit.

19 Oct 2011 2 minute read 3089 visits.

Explanation of the Solaris 11 fine grained versioning schema for SRUs and updates

22 Jan 2012 1 minute read 3710 visits.

For security purposes, administrators may wish to disable ftp on a given Solaris system.

17 Oct 2013 1 minute read 4986 visits.

For security purposes, administrators may wish to disable telnet on a given Solaris system.