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Using "prtconf" to determine the Solaris boot device

Published 30 Jun 2009 Read time 30 sec(s) (3306 visits).

Using the 'prtconf' command we can determine the path of the boot device that a Solaris server was booted from.

Updated 22 Apr 2011 Read time 1 min 5 sec(s) (2617 visits).

Every sysadmin that has upgraded or patched a system running multiples zones will tell it, the upgrade was an undefinably long process.

Published 2 Jun 2009 Read time 5 min(s) 35 sec(s) (1683 visits).

The difference between a snapshot and a clone is that a clone is a writable, mountable copy of the file system.

Published 1 Jun 2009 Read time 4 min(s) 2 sec(s) (638 visits).

This article simply provides addiational zone states from my previous post on the subject.

Published 31 May 2009 Read time 1 min 15 sec(s) (2753 visits).

This article simply provides a zone state flow chart and a table listing the state of non-global zones under Solaris.

Updated 18 Oct 2011 Read time 1 min 14 sec(s) (2533 visits).

inetadm is used in Solaris 10 to managing inetd services. If you run without any parameters you simply get a list of all services and status

Updated 26 Apr 2013 Read time 4 min(s) 37 sec(s) (3336 visits).

Learn how to install Nagios network and server monitoring on Solaris 11

Published 22 Nov 2008 Read time 24 sec(s) (3257 visits).

The version of sed running on Solaris is not capable of saving files so a workaround using perl is possible.

Updated 5 Nov 2008 Read time 2 min(s) 39 sec(s) (2623 visits).

Inodes store information on files such as user and group ownership, access mode (read, write, execute permissions) and type of file.

Published 11 Oct 2008 Read time 50 sec(s) (3179 visits).

A virtual PC is basically a single file containing an operating system, which with the correct software runs inside a window in your booted OS.