Solaris articles - church1e's blog

What is minfree?

20 Jan 2011 1 minute read 29 visits.

minfree space is a portion of a UFS file system that is reserved (held back) from users but accessible by root.

18 Jan 2011 3 minute read 2605 visits.

This post provides the necessary steps in creating a fully automated jumpstart for Solaris 10

13 Jan 2011 1 minute read 2777 visits.

A Solaris FLAR image can be used for reinstalling the OS one the original host and other systems.

19 Mar 2015 1 minute read 2923 visits.

The automounter has built in debugging, which can be used to examine exactly what the automounter is doing.

15 Dec 2010 1 minute read 2976 visits.

A sparse file is a type of file that attempts to use file system space more efficiently when blocks allocated to the file are mostly empty.

14 Dec 2010 1 minute read 2954 visits.

In the event of drastic file permission or ownership changes, it is possible to restore the original permissions of the file(s)

13 Dec 2010 2 minute read 2711 visits.

The beauty of zones under Solaris for me is the ability to clone any zone and then easily adapt it for it's new resources and function.

13 Dec 2010 1 minute read 4105 visits.

A simple procedure to uninstall a solaris zone in an incomplete state

14 Oct 2010 5 minute read 743 visits.

This is a step-by-step tutorial that explains the installation and configuration of ypserv NIS server and client.

2 Nov 2010 2 minute read 2784 visits.

When we aggregate two or more network interfaces we are forming a new network interface on top of those physical interfaces.