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Changing hostid under Solaris 8

25 Nov 2005 1 min 10 sec(s) 2910 visits.

To change the hostid, usually it's sufficient (and very easy) to use the hid ( or hid2 ) programs, which change the hostid of the running kernel.

4 May 2007 3 min(s) 46 sec(s) 1962 visits.

The following is a simple example of creating a ZFS filesystem and using it to hold a newly-created Solaris Zone (Solaris Container)

5 Jul 2005 20 sec(s) 3316 visits.

A simple procedure to recreate /dev/null on a Solaris system using the mknod command to create a special character device.

14 Jun 2005 13 sec(s) 2557 visits.

By default, Solaris systems are enabled to respond to broadcast ICMP echo packets, which are ping requests.

16 Sep 2007 2 min(s) 16 sec(s) 1462 visits.

Sun have decided to terminate (end-of-support) Patch Manager 2.0 support. You are now recommended to use Sun Update Manager instead.

20 Apr 2005 34 sec(s) 3259 visits.

In this post I show options to disable the power/suspend key and an alternative to reassign the key to perform screenlock instead.

7 Mar 2005 3 min(s) 44 sec(s) 3293 visits.

For standard Sparc servers the normal method of setting up a jumpstart is the be st forward, but for X86 clients PXE is the way to boot Solaris.

19 May 2014 1 min 3 sec(s) 4491 visits.

syslog is an important facility need in all enterprises. We as sysadmins look at syslogs as a critical source to troubleshoot performance issues

7 Jan 2005 0 sec(s) 2645 visits.

15 Oct 2004 7 min(s) 42 sec(s) 1695 visits.

Solaris Fault Management Architecture (FMA) introduces a new software architecture and methodology for fault management across Sun's product line.